Workshops

Whenever I hear the phrase “but I am not creative like you”, I want to shake that person awake. Because somewhere along the way, that is what we’ve been told. Get your grades, do good in school, and focus on the result.

And you might roll your eyes at me and say “but really, I am not creative”. But you know what, I was once in your shoes. I identified with my work “I’m a marketing analyst, I like crunching numbers”. Yes, I did some photography on the side, but in the odd 20 years, I had not picked up a brush. 

But then one day, I decided to buy an online art course, it was 2.5 hours long, and I fell in love with creating art. When I look back at my first few pieces, yes they weren’t great, but it doesn’t matter, because I loved the process. 

In my workshop, I want to get you across that first hurdle, and to tell you that there is no right or wrong way to create art. But I do understand you want to take something home that you find beautiful, and hang on your wall. So here we are, my first course, where I will guide you, and we’ll make something beautiful together.

If this sounds like something you want to be part of, then join me for 3 hours on the 25th of May at 2pm, at Barespace in Amsterdam.

Details

Abstraction of Memory — Founding Session Monday 25 May | 14:00–17:00 Barespace, Amsterdam €35* — limited to 10 people

What you'll take home:

A framed original painting on raw canvas, 18x24cm, ready to hang the moment you get home. Not a copy, not a print: something you made, from a memory that's yours.

What we'll do together:

We'll start by choosing a memory — a moment of joy, a place, a feeling. Then we'll translate it into colour, shape and texture on raw canvas. I'll guide you through every step. There's no wrong way to do this.

*This is my first workshop, and I've priced it as a founding session — smaller, more personal, and at an introductory rate of €35. Future workshops will be €65.