Past Online Classes
Take a look back at the online classes we’ve run.
Past Online Classes
Watercolours for Beginners: Watercolour Dinosaurs with Emilie (Online)
In this intro to watercolours class, Emilie will teach the basics of colour mixing and brush work through some fun dinosaur illustrations ! And how cool are dinosaurs? We’ll learn about mixing our watercolours to make the most of the beautiful textures that watercolour has to offer. We’ll also start to develop more control…
Sew Your Own Vintage Tea Towel Drawstring Bag with Robyn
What’s it all about? Linen is a wonderful material, all the better when it's soft from wear. And even better better when it has a fun, vintage design! Do you have a draw full of these at home? Or some special ones you haven't wanted to use? Well you wouldn't be alone. Laneway has plenty!…
She, StoryTeller: Rediscovering the Many Faces of the Powerful Feminine + Clay Sculpting
This class is part of She, Storyteller a series for all women (and women-identifying) who want to unpack the stories that have been told to us, the stories that we’ve believed and the stories that we wish to write for ourselves moving forward. Over three classes, three fairytale-orientated, narrative processes are paired with grounding,…
Colour Theory for Watercolour with Emilie (Online)
Watercolour is a wonderful medium to start learning about the basics of colour theory. Get your watercolour set and join this class to learn all about composing a colour palette and mixing your watercolours! We’ll work on a couple of illustrations exploring the full spectrum of colour and learn to control the tonal value…
Visible Mending: Sashiko Boro with Robyn
What’s it all about? Being able to mend our clothes is an important skill that serves us throughout life. Whether it's repairing that denim jacket, darning some woolly socks, reinforcing elbows or the dreaded crotch mend! It gives our favourite items of clothing extra life and longevity. And memories. Sometimes subtlety is key, but sometimes…
Knitting for Beginners with Clare
Knitting remains a fun and useful skill across the ages - whether it's a beginner's scarf, a cosy blanket, toys or complex garments. Our knitting teacher, Clare, loves knitting all year round. In the warmer months plant-based fibres and yarns are great to create lighter pieces, and in cooler weather sustainable wools are her go to.…
Drawing Persian Geometry with Pouya
Drawing is one of the simplest way to create art, but many people feel uncomfortable to draw as they think they are "not good at drawing", "not artistic" or "not creative". Not True! Drawing is a pleasure for everyone to enjoy. In this beginner-friendly workshop you will explore Persian Nomadic Patterns & Iranian Tiling Geometry, and…
Learn to Loom Weave with Clare
Weaving on a loom is a beautiful and rewarding craft! The art of loom weaving creates beautiful textured wall hangings to suit your own style. Think tight, controlled and minimal or shaggy and colourful 70s vibes! In this workshop you will learn all the essential techniques to create your woven masterpiece. All the tools and…
Drawing Basics: Expressive Characters and Avatars with Pouya
Drawing is one of the simplest way to create art, but many people feel uncomfortable to draw as they think they are "not good at drawing", "not artistic" or "not creative". Not True! Drawing is a pleasure for everyone to enjoy. This engaging and dynamic class is all about the fundamentals of character design. You'll…
Cash Flow – Where Does It Go with Scott (online)
Personal Finance can be a stressful topic - an estimated 2. 44 million Australians experience financial stress in a normal year, and this can often stem from low financial literacy or low financial confidence. So when the cost of living starts to impact everyone, stress and discomfort around money can feel even more overwhelming. Take a…
Beginner Mosaics: Plant Pots with Heather
What’s it all about? Mosaic is a great technique for giving a colourful lift to everyday items - plant pots, coasters, table tops - with no project to big or small! It's a simple process of cutting ceramics, tiles and glass to size (or repurposing broken crockery), adhering it to a suitable surface, and…
Pottery 101: Make a Floral Bowl with Qing
Come and explore the world of pottery and clay modelling with air dry clay. Qing will guide you through an introduction to pottery and clay building techniques, and will support you to make your own bowl. Learn how to hand create your bowl and then how to decorate it! At the end of the workshop you…
Cute Closed Terrariums with Winter
Closed terrariums are miniature, self-sufficient indoor gardens. They're cute, fun to make, simple to care for, and easy to recreate again at home. If you manage to kill even the most un-killable of cacti but still yearn for some greenery at your office or home, then working with terrariums might be your best bet. A terrarium…
Ex Libris Stamp Making with Tish
Have you ever enthusiastically loaned a favourite book to a friend, housemate, family member and it never came back? You need an ex-libris! Ex-libris are stamps that are used to mark books from a collection, usually used by libraries. In this class you'll learn how to design and make your very own custom ex-libris stamp!…
All About Batik with Pei
Batik is a traditional textile art from Malaysia and Indonesia, where liquid wax is drawn or written onto fabric and dyed in layers. The name derives from the Javanese words, amba (to write) and titik (dot)In this class, you'll learn a brief history of batik and then design and dye your own batik piece. You'll…
SOLD OUT – An Introduction to Linocut Printmaking with Tish
Have you ever tried lino carving to make prints of art? It's a really interesting process of developing a design, carving away at lino, and creating a surface to ink, print and reveal your artwork! It's a type of printmaking process call relief printing - after cutting away at your lino, the ink attaches to…
Creative Writing: Developing Deep Characters with Liliane (Online)
People are multi-‘layered’ and when we read, we want these people to be as nuanced, flawed and multifaceted as we are. In this class we will explore all those layers, from outward appearance to deepest values and secrets. By studying the character you are most familiar with, you will gain insights into how to construct…
Intro to Resin Jewellery with Maria
Resin jewellery is so popular and lots of fun to make. However there are some safety considerations and some good tips and advice to follow when starting out working with resin. Join us for an intro to resin jewellery making where we will learn how to mix, colour and pour our resin into jewellery moulds.…
Attracting Career Opportunities through Personal Branding with John (Online)
What’s it all about? Wouldn't it be amazing to have your dream job land right in your lap? Well, it kinda can! But for this to happen, you need a powerful personal brand and a plan you help you get known. Your personal brand is the secret weapon that can help you stand out, gain…
Crochet 101 with Maria
Crochet is not just for your grandma! Once you learn the art of crochet there are so many projects you can put your skills to - crop tops, teapot covers, dolls and beautiful blankets! And yes, granny squares, too. Come and learn the art of crochet and start adorning yourself and your home in crochet goodness this…
The Art of Paper Marbling with Ellen
What’s it all about? Marbling is an abstract, ancient art-form and a lot of free flowing fun! By floating inks on a water solution, then taking prints, you'll create unique, one-off pieces of colourful art. No experience is necessary for this meditative creative process. Come and play with some colour together! Appreciating and enjoying the…
The Art of Collage with Yianni
Collage isn't new, it's been around for thousands of years. But collage can allow us to be kids again - thinking outside the square, constructing imaginary worlds, scenarios and even poetry. Like other styles of art, Collage can be aesthetic, disruptive, structured or free-form. Whatever you personal style, collage is flexible and endlessly expressive.…
Feldenkrais: Soft Eyes with Ralph (Online)
Our eyes are integral organs throughout our lives, and across different levels of vision. Through all our waking hours, our eyes are active and working, absorbing information and colours, patterns, intensities. But more and more our modern life is spent indoors, focussing on work and screens (and play) for long periods, and gazing at devices in our downtime.…
Learn to Darn with Robyn
What’s it all about? Being able to mend our clothes is an important skill that serves us throughout life. Whether it's repairing that denim jacket, darning some woolly socks, reinforcing elbows or the dreaded crotch mend! It gives our favourite items of clothing extra life and longevity. And memories. Sometimes subtlety is key, but…
SOLD OUT – Queer Social Footscray: Cute Closed Terrariums with Winter
This event will be half social chats with a bunch of like minded queer people and half fun, educational and interactive workshop. All workshops are taught by queers, for queers. Closed terrariums are miniature, self-sufficient indoor gardens. They're cute, fun to make, simple to care for, and easy to recreate again at home. If you…
An Introduction to Silver Clay: Mini Charms with Maria
Silver Clay is an interesting material for silver jewellery making. It's a pliable clay with powdered silver through it, meaning the clay can be sculpted into unique shapes and designs. The silver clay is then fired in a kiln and the clay binding component burns away leaving your creation as solid silver! In this fun…
Paper and Glass Jewellery with Qing
Who would have thought glass and paper could be made into wonderful pieces of jewellery? ! So simple to create, yet stunning to wear! With the limitless bounds of print media (think books, old maps, sheet music, photographs, origami paper) you can take almost anything flat and make it into your very own piece of…
Still Life Watercolours from the Pantry with Emilie (online)
In this fun and accessible art class, you'll learn to draw and colour products from your pantry! Grab a pack of biscuits or a bag of chips and come and learn how to create beautiful illustrations. This beginner class is perfect to get back into observation drawing and get great results following Emilie’s easy…
SOLD OUT – She, StoryTeller Workshop Series
Fairytales come from a time in human history when storytelling was an essential and spiritual occupation. In the fairytale genre, grisly truths and important life clues arrive in symbolic form, allowing us to mull on tough material in a way that doesn’t topple us over. This series is for all women (and women-identifying) who want…
SOLD OUT – She, StoryTeller: The FairyTale Framework + Textured Painting
This class is part of She, Storyteller a series for all women (and women-identifying) who want to unpack the stories that have been told to us, the stories that we’ve believed and the stories that we wish to write for ourselves moving forward. Over three classes, three fairytale-orientated, narrative processes are paired with grounding,…
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