Join us for a unique 2.5h workshop blending meditation and watercolour painting! This session is designed to introduce you to the basics of mindfulness and how it connects to creative expression.
🌿 What to Expect:
- A 15-20 minute guided meditation to help you center your mind and tune into your creativity.
- An introduction to watercolour techniques, drawing inspiration from art history.
- Step-by-step guidance through the painting process.
- Time to let your work dry while enjoying a tea & coffee break.
- A closing session where participants share and reflect on their artwork.
No prior experience in meditation or painting is needed—just bring an open mind and a willingness to explore! All materials will be provided, so you dont have to worry about anything.
Your host, Christina Darras - a mixed media artist and yoga instructor - with her experience in blending art and mindfulness practices is the perfect guide for anyone and everyone to meet themselves in the moment, flowing with what is, as in yoga - so in watercolour.
About your Host
Christina Darras is an interdisciplinary artist and a jewellery designer of Athenian Greek origin, currently residing and working from Melbourne. Christina works with many mediums, including drawing, painting, installations, and embroidery. She enjoys making with her hands, and considers making her thinking process. She is addicted to colour (having fallen into a fountain of colour as a toddler and swallowed lots of rainbow water, colour is in her DNA), which is excitingly apparent in her creations.
She has studied drawing and painting at Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France and printmaking at Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London, UK. In Athens, she is represented by Genesis Gallery and has worked with the Benaki Museum for the past 17 years, covering an area from ancient to contemporary art and culture. Christina has also sold her jewellery to Harvey Nichols London, Barney’s New York, and Collette in Paris. In Melbourne, she has collaborated with Crafts Victoria, Boom Gallery, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, Kiitos Living by design, and Kingston Arts, showing artwork and jewellery. She has recently completed a master in contemporary art at Victoria College of Arts.
More info about Christina Darras:
https://christinadarras.com
