Introduction to watercolour & sketching food April 2026

Hosted by artist and teacher Kate Stedman in historic Maldon in country Victoria.

A fun and packed TWO DAY workshop learning how watercolour works and how to draw easy food sketches and illustrate your own recipes to give as gifts or to compile your own book of recipes.

Beginners all welcome as are seasoned experienced sketchers and painters. 

We all work together and learn from each other and create our own pieces of artwork.

The workshop will be an Introduction to the wonder of watercolour, hand-lettering and how to simply sketch food, plants and ingredients.

Anyone of any experience level will get the same enjoyment and learning from the workshops as we all work at our own pace.
Experienced sketchers are welcome too.
Kate will take you step-by-step and you will be amazed at what you produce.

You will need to bring along a basic sketch kit but Kate will keep the requirements to a minimum to save money for you.

LOGISTICS

Arrive the night before on the TUESDAY night if you are not locally based as we will start at our Maldon studio at 9 am on Wednesday April 22.

You may also like to do some exploring Maldon and Castlemaine and visiting the shops, cafes and galleries. Maldon is a very cute historic town.

We will not provide transport so the assumption is that enough people have their own cars. There is very little driving to Kate's studio from central Maldon

You could catch the train up to Castlemaine from Southern Cross and then get a taxi ($50) to Maldon to save driving up too if you like.

ACCOMMODATION:

1. Maldon Motel is our first suggestion. It's a great little motel with lovely facilities including a pool.
   (NB: you BYO breakfast stuff as  fridge, toaster, tea/coffee making facilities, and microwave oven are provided in each room.)

Call Adrian or Olivia on 0447 123 395 or book on line at this link: https://www.motelmaldon.com/

2. Maldon Getaways also offer local houses and cottages for rent for short stays and you can see what they have available for Wednesday March 25 - Friday March 27 or later…?  
Stay for the weekend and  explore historic Maldon.
https://www.maldongetaways.com.au/

3. Eaglehawk Hotel is an historic guest house available to rent out as a group (no staff on site) with 5 historic bedrooms and 3 beautiful bathrooms.
Good for a group of friends.
https://www.eaglehawkhotelmaldon.com.au/holiday-house

4. The Little Barn Maldon is a delightful separate private room and facilities hosted stay with a friend of ours called Kim. Call her on 0414 271 900

5. Palm House is a historic house B&B in town: https://palmhouse.net.au/

Starting at 9 am on WEDNESDAY April 22, 2026 we recommend you arrive the night before unless you are a local participant.

Our workshop finishes at 4 pm on Thursday April 23 in 2026 so you may like to book and stay an extra night too

Classes held in our comfortable art studio in Maldon.

Lunches and morning tea provided

COST : $330 AUD per participant.   

All accommodation from Tuesday April 22 (pre the workshop) through to Thursday April 23 (post the workshop which finishes at 4 pm) is not included.

All breakfasts and dinners are not included

Transport to and from Maldon not included.
NB: you can train up to Castlemaine from Melbourne and get a $50 pre-booked taxi to Maldon one way
Interstate travellers it is recommended you book the airport bus to Harcourt from Melbourne airport