Workshops and Tours
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3 day annual Pre Summer en Plein Air Workshop
for the tentative, or artists who haven't yet ventured out to paint outdoors.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
14th - 16th
November 2025
this will be the 9th year for this workshop
Plein Air Painting Introduction Workshop with Paint Down Under artists
Lyn Mellady and Julie Goldspink
3 days with
very limited spaces available
Fee $250
$50 deposit will secure your place. The final payment is due by the 1st day of the workshop.
Why venture out into the real world to paint!
There are many popular art tours happening all over the world offering to enrich the travel and share the experience of painting together.
This workshop is for artists who are uncomfortable with the concept of painting on site. They may feel exposed, inadequate or simply frustrated with their results. Or maybe they just want to feel prepared or become more practised. This is the time to choose, set up and capture the scene.
Bring your preferred medium - pastel, acrylic, watercolour.
We will paint on site then bring your work back to the studio each day to discuss the experience. We assess results and decide what the next step might be and the possibilities of improving. It will aim to sharpen your decisions in all stages and help you relax with the process. We will learn things to do and things not to do to improve the experience. What is the next step? We will each possibly have a different first step.
To Register for Nov 2025
A deposit of $50 can be made by direct deposit to Westpac
Lyn Mellady and Julie Goldspink
BSB 733243 Acc No. 815093
It is essential to include your surname + 3Day on your payment and send us an email with your deposit details.
Once you have registered we will contact you and send more information about what to bring and answer any further queries.
My studio is based in Mornington and we will travel short distances by car.
Tea/coffee is available in the studio. We recommend a BYO lunch.
Hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm (daylight saving time)
If you plan to travel to this workshop there is nearby accommodation available in Mornington, Mt Eliza, or the surrounding area.
We always recommend that visitors take out travel insurance.
Pastel & Watercolour touring art workshops
2025/2026
with
Lyn Mellady and Julie Goldspink
Would you like to join us?
Stay tuned for our 2026 tours
Southern Grampians in Victoria (Autumn)
New Zealand South Island (Spring)
enquiries:- Visit www.paintdownunder.com fill in the Booking Enquiry form and send it for expressions of interest. Lyn or Julie will answer you via email or phone if you leave us your number.
Lyn Mellady and Julie Goldspink your two expert tutors, allow you to work in your preferred medium or change at will. You do not have to choose in advance. Both are there to help you gain the most from your travelling art holiday. You will be able to paint, sketch and photograph 'til you run out of light or simply watch the demonstrations and enjoy the company, and art experience.
You will receive a materials list for your travel. Pastel Watercolours Both after you have booked with your deposit.
There was so much to explore and paint that we returned to Jindabyne in 2025
March 30 - April 9 - 9 days 10 nights 2025
Some of our final collection of paintings.
A sampling of day 2 at the trout hatchery.
Lyn Mellady and Julie Goldspink your two expert tutors, allow you to work in your preferred medium or change at will. You do not have to choose in advance. Both are there to help you gain the most from your travelling art holiday. Bring your watercolours or pastels or both, plus a travel sketch book and camera. You are ready for everything. You will be able to paint, sketch and photograph 'til you run out of light or simply watch the demonstrations and enjoy the company, and art experience.
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About Your Tutors:
Lyn Mellady – One of Australia's foremost Pastel Artists best known for her sea, cliffs and landscapes in pastel and oil.
A trained teacher, Lyn has the skill, knowledge and enthusiasm to help bring your art to a new level. With 5x paintings in government collections here and in Japan, and featured in 8 art reference books, she is also a member of the Fusion6 portrait artists, art judge and ex AGRA president who established the Australian Art Excellence Awards with the support of Australian Artist in 2000. With over 4 decades of successfully painting full time earning many admirers and awards, Lyn retired from her commercial gallery (2011-2016) to return to the freedom to paint and share her experiences.
Julie Goldspink – A very accomplished watercolour artist with extensive knowledge in most mediums, Julie travels frequently to give workshops in watercolour and mixed media Australia wide.
She loves to paint inland, landscapes, rivers, sea or flowers – wherever the light falls. Julie's art has won many awards and admirers. Her gallery in Port Macquarie and presidential activities with the Hastings Valley Art Societies before moving to Melbourne are the background depth to her life with art. Featured on Graeme Stevenson’s Put Some Colour in Your Life. Her most recent article was published in the Australian Artist Magazine in Dec 2019.
Pictures from previous art tours
