Watercolour Collage
Date: Saturday 24 October 2026
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
Venue: Crescent Arts Center, Belfast
Price: 62 £62 | £57
Tutor: Eimear Nic Roibeaird
Book NowDiscover a creative and sustainable approach to watercolour painting in this course. You'll explore a range of watercolour techniques while learning how to transform paintings you may have considered "failed" into beautiful collage artworks.
Throughout the course, you'll gain practical tips and insights into working with watercolour, including mark-making, lifting techniques, and ways to develop texture and composition. By repurposing previous paintings as collage materials, you'll learn a fresh approach to creating finished pieces while reducing waste and supporting a more sustainable art practice.
Required level:All levels are welcome. However, participants will benefit from having some basic experience with watercolours, such as familiarity with paints, brushes, and simple watercolour techniques.
Please note materials are not included in the price.
A list of essential and recommended materials will be shared ahead of the course commencing.
About the Tutor
Eimear Nic Roibeaird is a visual artist and Gaeilgeoir whose work explores the impact of colonialism on land, identity, and cultural memory, drawing on Irish mythology and folklore. She primarily works in watercolour collage.
Her practice is rooted in cultural revival and investigates liminal spaces where ancestral memory meets contemporary identity. Through her work, she reclaims symbols such as Mother Ireland and the feminised landscape as sites of power and resistance.
She is co-founder and director of Arcade Studios Belfast and a studio member of QSS Belfast.
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