Art workshop at community Paten Park Native Plant Nursery
Saturday 22 March and Sunday 23 March
‘in the garden’ art exhibition
paper boat press gallery
21 February - 15 March 2025
ART WORKSHOP
Paten Park Native Nursery
Spend time at Paten Park Native Nursery painting and learning about Australian native plants.
Local artist, Lesley Kendall, will guide you through a series of easy exercises with watercolour and ink showing techniques she uses in her own work. You will then get to do your own drawings and paintings with Lesley’s guidance.
Each class is small and limited to 8 people. Beginners are welcome.
A volunteer from the nursery will talk to us about butterflies and their host native plants.
SATURDAY 22 MARCH, 2025
9.30 am – 12 noon (2 and a ½ hours)
or
1pm – 3.30 (2 and ½ hours)
$85.00 – includes art materials and tea and cake
SUNDAY 23 MARCH
10.00 am - 12.30pm
Paten Park Native Nursery 57 Paten Road, The Gap, Brisbane
If you are interested in a future workshop please go the ‘workshop’ page of this website and sign up to the newsletter or email me from the ‘contact’ page.
Days in the studio are spent with flowers, fresh from the garden.
Looking forward to this upcoming exhibition at the lovely paper boat press gallery at end of February. I will be sharing the space with talented local ceramic artist Jennifer Orland.
A beautiful day of doing art workshops at our community nursery - Paten Park Native Plant Nursery
Happy to be returning to Paten Park Nursery for another Winter art workshop.
'PLANTS IN INK'
We will be drawing Australian native plants that attract pollinators to the garden using inks and natural materials. A Volunteer from the nursery will give a short talk introducing us to the plants.
17 August
Saturday morning 9.30am - 12 noon (sold out)
Saturday Afternoon 1.00p.m. - 3.30p.m.(2 spaces left)
$85 - includes art materials and morning tea
Paten Park Native Nursery , 57 Paten Road, The Gap, Brisbane
Drawing by Carol in previous art workshop at Paten Park Nursery
Back again in July - ‘Nasturtiums from the winter garden’ watercolour and ink Workshop. These will be held at the delightful paper boat press gallery and shop.
It’s no secret I love painting nasturtiums. Ive been counting the days for the flowers to open. I’m looking forward to painting these beautiful flowers with you.
For more information please go to the ‘workshop’ link of this website or press on the booking link below.
If you have any queries please email me.
Workshop bookings - please press the link below which will take you to paper boat press workshop page.
Spend a Saturday morning or afternoon at Paten Park Native Nursery drawing and painting Australian native plants using inks and natural materials.
I will take you through a series of easy exercises showing techniques I use in my own artwork. You will then get to do your own paintings and drawings with my guidance.
The class is small and limited to 8 people. Beginners are welcome.
A volunteer from the nursery will talk about the native plants that we will be using from the nursery for inspiration.
Saturday 1st JUNE, 2024
9.30 am – 12 noon (2 and a ½ hours) (sold out)
1.00 pm - 3.30pm ( 2 and 1/2 hours) (sold out)
Paten Park Native Nursery 57 Paten Road, The Gap
$85.00 – includes art materials and tea and cake
BOOKINGS: Please go to go to the ‘shop’ page of this website or press on the booking link below
Below are a few images from last years’ art workshops I ran at the delightful paper boat press gallery and studio.
If you’d like to join in a workshop please go the blog post before this or to the ‘workshop’ page of this website. There are new workshops coming up in April.
‘Autumn Leaves’
I will be running more watercolour and ink art workshops at paper boat press gallery and studio in April.
For more information about the workshops press the art workshop with Lesley button below or go to the ‘workshop’ page of this website.
Lets get leafy!
New hand built porcelain moths pinned on small blocks of Australian woods are available in the online shop.
Please press the button below to go to the online shop
The’ Nasturtiums from Julie’s Garden’ art workshops at Paperboatpress studio and gallery in September were a great success.
Lots of beautiful paintings were created as participants learnt new skills, sipped on nasturtium leaf tea and shared their own memories of this special flower.
For details or bookings for the next ‘Spring Garden’ art workshop please press the button below
I will be back at the Paper Boat Press Studio and gallery next month to run a few art workshops . The theme is Spring Garden.
Saturday 18 November and 19 November
It is a beautiful space and we’ll be surrounded by flowers, paint and good company.
Kylie and her team have created a lovely space in Brisbane.
For workshop details and bookings please press on the button below.
NASTURTIUM POP UP
PAPER BOAT PRESS Gallery and Studio
18,19 and 20 AUGUST
A weekend celebrating beautiful Nasturtiums
There will be Nasturtium paintings - framed and unframed, paper cut outs, ink drawings and porcelain moths on blocks of assorted Australian woods for sale.
In addition to my work there will be seeds, seedlings and special Nasturtium vases by Niharika Hukku.
The gallery also has a selection of beautiful ceramic wares from Australian and Japanese artists.
The watercolour and ink workshops on Saturday and Sunday are full, which is lovely. We will be inspired by beautiful nasturtiums fresh from Julie's garden.
Thank you Julie.
Join us on Saturday for some edible nasturtium treats.
We look forward to seeing you.
Shop Hours
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am -2pm
Sunday 9am -12pm
Address
60 Ashgrove Crescent
Ashgrove
QLD
Telephone: (07) 3366 99 56
Website: paperboatpress.com
Instagram: paperboatpress
A Celebration of Nasturtiums
19 August
Paper Boat Press Gallery/Shop/Studio , 60 Ashgrove Crescent, Ashgrove
www.paperboatpress.com
‘Nasturtiums from Julie’s Garden’
watercolour and ink workshops (information in the ‘Workshop’ link of this website )
Nasturtium paintings for sale and ceramic moths
Redcliffe Museum have created a beautiful ‘Tiny Giants’ display for the exhibition. What a talented team. Thank you .
Curator: Carly Hughes
Designer: Jamie Spiers
Photographer Todd Hunter McGaw took beautiful close up photographs of the tiny paper insects . A few of these were enlarged and used as part of the museum display.
‘Tiny Giants’ Exhibition
Redcliffe Museum
22 March - 18 June 2023
paper invertebrates - Lesley Kendall 2022
Creating a new addition to the Tiny Giants paper invertebrate collection - A series of threatened butterflies and moths of Queensland . Tiny Giants will be displayed in the Redcliffe Museum for the next few months.
Tiny Giants is a collection of lifelike paper sculptures that interpret the diversity of invertebrates found in Mary cairncross Scenic Reserve, Maleny.
The museum is also hosting an exhibition of work by Harriet and Helena Scott. Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters. The exhibition will feature reproductions of their exquisite watercolour paintings.
11 March - 18 June, 2023
REDCLIFFE MUSEUM
75Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe
Telephone - 3480 6700
Paper Sculptures , Lesley Kendall, 2023