Materials Exploration: Mixed Media with Belinda Fox

Join us for a two-day workshop with acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Belinda Fox, offering a rare opportunity to experiment with a variety of unique, handcrafted materials and mediums.

Across the weekend, you’ll explore four distinct surfaces, each offering its own tactile and expressive qualities:

• Belle Arti Fabriano: Paper Stretched to Canvas

• Clayboard Panel

• Aluminium Artist Panel

• Stonehenge Paper

Working with a curation of exceptional water-based materials chosen from the Chapman & Bailey art shop, participants will have the chance to test, compare & learn how to best use;

• Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Watercolours
  

• Schmincke Supergranulating Watercolours
  

• Lascaux Resonance Gouache

• Art Spectrum Acrylic Inks

• Masking Fluid

• Lascaux UV Protect

You’ll also work with Da Vinci Colineo watercolour brushes (a beautiful synthetic alternative to the classic sable brush) and a range of techniques suited to each surface.

This workshop is the perfect chance to pick up and experiment with a new surface, medium, or tool; be inspired by unfamiliar materials or the studio environment; learn from an experienced artist who moves fluidly across multiple processes; or simply enjoy a few hours dedicated to creative play.

Day one will focus on experimentation & comparison of materials & surfaces.

Day two you will pull from the experiments, refining your favourite approach & working from a still life set up in the beautiful cbOne Studios, to create your resolved artwork to take home.

All products explored during the workshop will be available through Chapman & Bailey’s art supply shop, with discounts on materials used offered to participants. The emphasis throughout is on curiosity, play, and creative confidence: encouraging each artist to expand their toolkit and find new ways to express themselves through new materials.

What to Expect

• Material Discovery: Experiment across papers, panels, watercolour, inks and mixed media tools.
• Contemporary & Traditional Techniques: Discover how traditional approaches can be expanded using modern materials.
• Expert Tuition: Be guided by an acclaimed & experienced artist in a relaxed studio environment
• Hands-On Practice: Develop your own resolved artwork on Day Two, supported through tailored feedback.
• High Quality, Handmade Materials: All high-quality artist materials provided by Chapman & Bailey, with discounts for on all materials used for workshop participants. 
• Creative Community: Enjoy a warm, focused studio environment that encourages play, learning, and creative exchange.

Masterclass information: 

Address: cbOne Studios, level 1/1B Marine Parade, Abbotsford

Date: Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February

Time: 1:00 - 4pm Saturday

10:00am - 2pm Sunday

Photos by: Pia Johnson and Andrew Curtis