New Tools, New Marks & New Papers

Join Us - In Tropical North Queensland for this magic Workshop!

@ The Tanks Arts Centre - Cairns Botanical Gardens -

Friday 19th September 2025 - 10am to 2.30pm

46 Collins Ave, Cairns, QLD, Australia 4870

Watercolour practice is often about the journey while expanding your knowledge and confidence with new ways of expressing your creative self. 

In our workshop Angela & Caroline will take you on a learning journey into the contemporary world of watercolour with expression through play.  As international Brand Ambassadors from Daniel Smith Art Materials,  a wealth of knowledge & understanding will be shared with artists who are looking for new ways to expand your developing art practice in watercolour. 

The tricks behind the contemporary marks of a Watercolourist. 

‘Expand your colour understanding’ 

• Hot press papers vs Cold press rough & smooth
• How to get that unique mark with splashing, scratching, gravity & lifting.
• Colour mixing vs glazing
• Importance of creative play

Then have fun with:

Collages in watercolour  -

Create an expressive landscapes with watercolour, scissors & glue.

Make it your own with ‘Textures & Marks’ made by  hand made tools

Then expand your play with:

• Watercolour outside the rules:
• Mono-printing with watercolour sticks , tubes & pans.
• Step outside the boundaries with watercolour mono-printing & develop new methods to expand your watercolour practice.

Materials - Included in the Workshop

Materials you will be given - included in this Workshop:

• Sample Watercolour sticks from Caroline’s  ‘aquatic landscapes’   
• Bring an empty pallet to receive samples from the Daniel Smith watercolour range of superior watercolours.
• Flexiglass sheet for monoprinting.
• Extra art tools for demonstrations

Materials You Need To Bring

Students will be required to bring items below to the Workshop: 

1. At least 1 x sheet Hot press papers
2. At least 1 x sheet Cold press paper
3. A selection of WC brushes including flat/square , small & large round/mop & fine rigger/dagger.
4. Fine mist spray bottle & portable empty container for water.
5. Masking tape
6. Apron

Caroline Deeble - Profile

As a self taught artist, Caroline Deeble’s award-winning artwork continues to evolve and can be expressed as “contemporary nature.” Her unique style has been created on her artistic journey of 30+ years, exploring layers of colour and shadows, while capturing the essence of free flowing water, natural habitats & modern mark-making.  Caroline has a genuine passion for the importance of art in our lives. She has spent more than 20 years working with adults & young people in Fine Arts Education, as well as showing her artwork in local, national & international exhibitions.

“I am a visual thinker. With each moment captured in time, a non-erasable photograph is etched in my mind. It is these images that in turn redevelop and become the new image of the next artwork that I create. My paintings are my visual, creative response to my daydreams. Bringing them to life is my reward. I see myself as a painter of our natural world. Its beauty, colours and organic form inspires my continued developing artistic response. My passion & experience enables me to share my art and technical skills through my private studio workshop classes.”

Angela Barbie - Profile

Angela Barbi lives in Spain and studied classical drawing and expressionistic painting in school. For over 25 years, she was an English teacher at a secondary school, combining painting with her teaching tasks. During those years, she was the international coordinator of the European Work Experience Exchange Project for young adults between Spain and Great Britain.

Currently she manages her own business, EPC Art Courses (Enjoy Painting Catalonia) which hosts watercolour painting holidays in Spain and other countries that are tutored by some of the most world-renowned watercolour masters.

After founding IWS Spain in 2014, she continues to collaborate with the other IWS delegations worldwide to build strong, lasting bonds with other countries through the art of watercolor.

Angela belongs to several art societies, has exhibited her own work around the world, and has also juried several international watercolour exhibitions.

Refund Policy |

You can book your Workshop with confidence - knowing that we will refund the Workshop Fee - less $AUD10.00 Booking fee to cover bank and admin charges - provided we are notified in writing via our CONTACT FORM - dated one week prior to the commencement of the Australian Watercolour Muster Biennale - 2025 i.e. 10th September 2025.

Cancellations after this date will be refunded at 50% of the Booking Fee, at the discretion of the Curator of the Australian Watercolour Muster - Wyn Vogel - depending on the critical circumstances and again notified in writing via our CONTACT FORM - with your phone number and details of the Workshop / Event you are wishing to cancel. A booking fee of $AUD10.00 will be applied to these late cancellations. 

There will be no refund if the Student doesn't advise of their inability to attend at least 24hours prior to the Workshop date and/or doesn't arrive at the Workshop!