Narrative Art -Telling Your Story with Art
Discover how to integrate stories—big or small—into your artwork. In this one-day workshop, you’ll explore practical and creative ways to bring both narrative and personal experience into your visual art. Through guided activities, you’ll gather inspiration and materials, experiment with composition using acrylics and your personal objects you will build confidence in expressing a story that feels meaningful to you.
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Sun 01 Nov
- $106.00 incl. GST
Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
Description
Course Outline
Discover how to integrate stories—big or small—into your artwork. In this one-day workshop, you’ll explore practical and creative ways to bring both narrative and personal experience into your visual art. Through guided activities, you’ll gather inspiration and materials, experiment with composition using acrylics and your personal objects you will build confidence in expressing a story that feels meaningful to you.
Narrative art has been part of human expression long before written language existed—from ancient cave paintings to everyday moments captured by contemporary artists. Stories in art can be clear and literal, or subtle and symbolic; what matters is how you choose to communicate.
During the workshop, you’ll develop a visual narrative of your choice. This might be a memory, a life event, a scene from a book or film, or an autobiographical self-portrait. You’re welcome to bring along photos, objects, or reference images that feel connected to the story you want to explore.
By the end of the day, you’ll have new tools, ideas, and a clearer sense of how to visually communicate your own narrative in a way that feels authentic and compelling.
What to bring
Please bring art-friendly clothing and any items or printed images you think could be used to depict your chosen narrative. All materials and equipment are provided (materials charge is included within your course fee), however if you have your own paints and brushes, you are very welcome to bring them.
About your tutor
Laura Williams is an artist known autobiographical and narrative driven paintings that explore themes of relationships, identity, and social theory. She lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and is represented by galleries in New Zealand and Australia.
