Spring Greens with Melanie Lan
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Saturday, April 26, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
Leaves and buds and tender shoots – this session is a celebration of spring's new botanical growth! This workshop combines color theory with leafy brushstroke exercises. We'll be diving into color mixing all sorts of verdant greens: from earthy cypress to vivid emerald, to the softest greens of young ferns unfurling. We'll experiment with our color swatches in order to paint a variety of foliage.
Flexibility is key here. This session is less about botanical precision and more about the fluidity of paint. We will be exploring how it feels to make natural brushstrokes that capture the gentle yet lively energy of spring greens.
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!
- Your favorite Watercolor paints
- 2-3 pieces Watercolor paper – 5"x7" recommended, but this is flexible!
- Brushes – Larger sizes for washes, plus smaller ones for details
- Cup of Water
- Mixing palette
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Studio Cloth or Paper Towel
- Scrap paper to swatch paints and warm up
- Optional: Washi, Artist's, or Nichiban masking tape
- Optional: Pencil + eraser
- Optional: plant clippings or shrubbery
- Reference images 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
Zoom links are emailed 24 hours prior, and again 15 minutes prior, to the workshop start time. Please check out using the email address to which you’d like the link sent. If you have not received the link within 24 hours of your class, please check your spam folder first, then email friends@caseformaking.com.
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!!
