This is a unique opportunity to learn to sketch ‘on location’ at The Johnston Collection as part of the Australian Heritage Festival. On arrival, meet other participants and your tutor, Alissa Duke, over tea or Market Lane coffee, and become familiar with watercolour pencils and how to use them. Then test your new skills as you explore the ground floor rooms of The Johnston Collection’s historic exhibition house, Fairhall (1860), a double-fronted Georgian-style townhouse. Select objects and interior features to record in your sketchbook, and record your impressions with guidance from your tutor.
Your tutor ALISSA DUKE is a law librarian, artist and East Melbourne local who loves books: to read, to draw, and sometimes, to draw in. She sketches daily, documenting everyday events, objects, and travels in her life. She will sketch for five minutes on the tram, for half an hour while having coffee, at events, or complete a drawing over a few nights at home. Alissa carries her sketchbook, watercolour pencils and pen with her everywhere, as there is always something to draw! Her art captures the character of the objects that she draws, connecting them with the viewer. Alissa regularly leads sketching classes for small groups and her work has been exhibited around Australia and overseas.
