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Painting with Petals @ Oko Farms

  • Oko Farms 105 River Street Brooklyn, NY, 11211 United States (map)

Explore your creativity and sense of play with this fun and figurative natural watercolor class at OKO FARMS. This will be an afternoon of painting with natural dyes and getting your hands stained with petal paint. We will pick flowers grown on the farm, to create a beautiful floral still life arrangements for you to draw along with ample design objects in the space to spark your creativity.

Cara will provide natural watercolors, tea paints, natural dyes, watercolor paper and a variety of brushes and mark making tools on an immersive tablescape for you to play with.

She will begin with leading a few illustrative exercises for you to get loose and comfortable with exploring the medium for the first 45 minutes of class. The final hours are rest of the session are up to you! Cara will be present to help with any questions you may have. We will provide natural wine and non - alcoholic beverages along with light snacks. Feel free to bring your own brushes and paper or projects you have been working on. You will receive water color paper.

Learn More @caramariepiazza

Calyx Studios is a multidisciplinary creative agency providing solutions through the vehicle of natural dyes. Run by natural dyer and artist Cara Marie Piazza. We offer small scale natural dye solutions for fashion, interior design and the arts. We create one of a kind textiles only using natural dye stuffs such as botanicals, plant matter, minerals, non-toxic metals and food waste, transforming each textile into its own unique story.

We offer workshops on the public and corporate scale for natural dyeing and curates unique experiences merging healing, color and art.

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