Studio 1310
Art classes and workshops
Heidi Willis
Macaw Portraits in Watercolour
Workshop;
Fri - Sun 4 - 6th April 2025
9.30am - 4.00pm
Cost - $850.00
Beginners to Advanced
Artable have partnered with SENIOR ART SUPPLIES to deliver a range of workshops in Melbourne.
Artable is Australian owned and operated by artists for artists. We specialise in connecting the best Australian artists with those who want to paint, have fun & learn with them.
It's your turn to see what all the fuss is about - Don't miss out!
What Will You Learn?
In this intensive workshop, you will:
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Capture Vibrant, Pigment Rich Colour: Learn techniques for rendering the truly vibrant colours of the macaw.
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Work in Layers: Explore the art of layering to create depth and texture across all areas in our subject.
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Texture & Detail: Master the creation of a range of textures, including the Macaws powerful beak, as well as capturing the all-important and remarkable eye, really bringing your bird to life.
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Realistic Rendering: Develop skills in realistic bird illustration and rendering, enhancing your overall watercolour technique and bird painting skills.
Why Attend?
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Detailed Instruction: Benefit from in-depth demonstrations and personalised guidance throughout the workshop. Heidi will be with you every step of the way to help you achieve a wonderful Macaw Portrait in watercolour.
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Creative Exploration: This workshop goes beyond painting a single bird; it’s about expanding your knowledge of watercolour techniques and bird illustration and tapping into your creative potential.
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Unplug, Have Fun, Explore and Learn! This needs no explanation, but the social side of face-to-face workshops is something truly valuable!
Australian born, Heidi Willis is an entirely self-taught Natural History watercolour artist. Her work intricately illustrates our native and exotic plants, flowers, fruits and seed capsules, whilst her powerful & distinctive portraits of our spectacular bird life offers viewers an insight into the world as she experiences it. Painting full-time since 2003, Heidi quickly established herself as one of Australia’s emerging artistic talents. Her reputation as a leading natural history, wildlife and botanical artist is well established and her meticulous and intricate studies of botany and birds can be found in significant public and private collections around the world.
Heidi’s work has featured in prominent national and international exhibitions over her career. Highlights include The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize six times to date, winning a Highly Commended award in the Works on Paper section in 2014 resulting in her work going on tour with the prize winning entries. Her major work St Vincent’s Amazons and Cannonball Tree has just been selected as a finalist again for the 2016 exhibition. The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious and richest art competitions held by the South Australian Natural History Museum. Several of her works have been showcased as a finalist at the Focus On Nature exhibitions, a leading international Natural History Art Prize held in the New York State Museum. Her work has also featured and won awards in both Botanica and The Margaret Flockton Award, hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
Her work is held in the permanent collection at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation PA, USA and her work has also been included in the highly regarded Shirley Sherwood Collection. Her work has also been featured in several publications, most significantly Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, Craft Arts Magazine, Colophon, SA Life, International Artist Magazine and Artist’s Palette Magazine multiple times over, with her work featured on the front cover of Artist’s Palette issue 123. In 2015 she was taken on by Australian Geographic as a freelance botanical illustrator where her work features in the Nature Watch section of the magazine.
