Colorful Eggs with Melanie Lan
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Saturday, April 19, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
One of my favorite childhood springtime activities involved decorating Easter eggs. I loved the soft colors of natural dyes, and the way they all looked together after the egg-hunt. Later in life, during a residency in Iceland, I developed a fascination for arctic seabirds and their eggs. The abundance of speckles, the variations in size, and the beautiful markings on the shells inspired me to observe nature more closely. This workshop incorporates naturalist illustration techniques with playful watercolor exercises. We'll be practicing color mixing, wet into wet, layering, and glazing in order to bring our watercolor eggs to life.
Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
These guidelines are here to help you gather supplies from home—feel free to use alternate options you love or have on hand!
- Watercolor paints – Various shades of neutrals and earth tones are lovely, but bright colors are great too!
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Watercolor paper – A pad or block of cold press paper, or individual sheets (8"x10" recommended, but any approximate size will do!)
- Brushes – Melanie will be using a Size 4 Flat, but any brush will do!
- Cup of Water
- Mixing palette
- Studio Cloth or Paper Towel
- Pencil + eraser
- Scrap paper to swatch paints and warm up
- Optional: salt, isopropyl alcohol
- Optional: eggs, if you have them!
- Reference photos will be provided
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Melanie Lan is an artist and illustrator based in NYC. She earned her MFA in painting at the Burren College of Art in Ireland, and has an interdisciplinary background in painting, cross-cultural studies, and somatic psychology. Her work explores the intersection of healing, meaning-making, and the natural world. In her free time Melanie is a selenophile who loves tide pools, stargazing, big trees, and long walks with good snacks.
melanielan.com / @melanie.lan
THINGS TO KNOW
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Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.
If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
Thank you so much for taking our workshops!!
