Abstraction - Expressive Watercolour

Join Us - In Tropical North Queensland for this magic Workshop!

@ The Tanks Arts Centre - Cairns Botanical Gardens -

Friday 19th September 2025 - 10am to 2.30pm

46 Collins Ave, Cairns, QLD, Australia 4870

Venedig grün - Aquarell 2025

As you float up this Venetian canal with Ewald, you will understand his perspective and ability to take you on the journey - tell your story with the elements of the image, the colour and energy of his imagination!

This is a Workshop for those of you wanting to explore a different side for your brain, palette and brushes - just amazing opportunity to express a moment - a thought!

Ewald explains his process - The workshop will be done in two parts:

• experimental expressionistic watercolor painting

• experimental abstract watercolor painting
  I will show you how to begin an abstract painting. Then we paint almost without any given structure. We react on the colors and structures that appear by chance. This will be manly playing with color and form. Therefore, it will be necessary to analyze the progress of painting continuously and decide individually which step should be done next. 

Materials To Bring:

• Take your own range of colours as you like it!
• Bring several sheds of paper with which you are used to paint - but please, you should use rather big formats, appr. 40 x 50 cm or bigger. Paperweight should be at least 300 g/m2.
• In addition to some small brushes, please bring some big ones just as round brushes with appr. 10 mm diameter and flat brushes with appr. 30 mm or more.
• Bring a water container big enough to fit you biggest brushes, and
• A backing board to lay or tape your paper to - bring tape

Refund Policy |

You can book your Workshop with confidence - knowing that we will refund the Workshop Fee - less $AUD10.00 Booking fee to cover bank and admin charges - provided we are notified in writing via our CONTACT FORM - dated one week prior to the commencement of the Australian Watercolour Muster Biennale - 2025 i.e. 10th September 2025.

Cancellations after this date will be refunded at 50% of the Booking Fee, at the discretion of the Curator of the Australian Watercolour Muster - Wyn Vogel - depending on the critical circumstances and again notified in writing via our CONTACT FORM - with your phone number and details of the Workshop / Event you are wishing to cancel. A booking fee of $AUD10.00 will be applied to these late cancellations. 

There will be no refund if the Student doesn't advise of their inability to attend at least 24hours prior to the Workshop date and/or doesn't arrive at the Workshop!