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Blair Zhang
Watercolour illustrator
4.8 (207)
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I've been drawing since when I was a kid, I picked up watercolour as I really like the visuals you can achieve with that medium.
I taught some art workshops while I was in uni, and later continued it part-time. But I was passionate enough that I switched over to do this full time.
I draw in my diaries as a creative way to record my daily life and memories.
I particularly love drawing food (I just love food too much) and still life.
I find watercolour painting to be a very therapeutic hobby.
Hope to see you at one of my future classes!
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(207)
Sarah Proctor • Feb 2022
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
This was a great class! All the items were explained by Blair and techniques on how to use them.
Rukmini Singh • Feb 2022
9 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair is a great teacher - very calm and methodical. She breaks down all the techniques into easy steps and she is very encouraging. I really enjoyed the class. Also her cat is very cute.
Zifen Su • Nov 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
This is an interesting class and Blair is a wonderful teacher. This is my first time trying out watercolour and I have no issue following the instructions. Blair is very patient and is able to answer all the questions the class has. Overall, it has been a really great class.
Gai Cavanagh • Nov 2021
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Fun class really enjoyed the technique Thank you Blair I have been trying all your tips
Ella B • Oct 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair was very patient, and explained the different techniques in ways that were accessible to beginners and those who had painted before. The templates are absolutely beautiful - I can’t wait to practice what I’ve learned!
Estelle Liedemann • Oct 2021
11 ClassBento workshops attended • 7 reviews
Beginner Watercolour Painting Course
Lovely teacher and class. Easy to follow and she records it so you can watch it back later if you miss something.
Suzanne Albon • Oct 2021
5 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Lovely, informative & fun class with Blair. Good pace & lots of hints & tips. I really liked the mixture of basics & a beautiful final project.
Hannah Lyon • Oct 2021
6 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Great class! Blair was incredibly friendly and helpful and answered all my questions. I learnt a lot about how to use and mix watercolours, and looking forward to playing around with all the templates she provided!
Nomiki Gorgiadise • Oct 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Love this class with Blair! My fist water painting class and Blair taught us the basics of colour mixing, gradients and the different techniques. Had so much fun! I have a long way to go, but now I know the basics to practice and I look forward to practicing on the additional sheets. Thank you Blair! I'll be coming along more of your classes!
Yvonne Ashton • Sep 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
This class was fun and the teacher was very informative. It was great being able to see her and also see the sample work she was doing on two separate zoom screens. The templates were very helpful.
Natasha D'Souza • Sep 2021
18 ClassBento workshops attended • 14 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair taught us a variety of colour and blending techniques. She is a patient and professional teacher and has made me fall in love with water colour painting. I loved this class and am thrilled with my result. Who would have thought I could paint not me I highly recommend Blair’s class.
Eddy Mead • Sep 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Easy to follow instruction, good introduction to watercolour techniques. Overall it was a very good experience!
Sarah Kimball • Sep 2021
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Kids and myself really enjoyed the class. Wish we had a bit more of the green clay as we wanted to make more and more.
Angie Friedrich • Sep 2021
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Really enjoyed it! Wish it could have been longer :) I love I have extra clay to make more.
Selena Walden • Sep 2021
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Love the Class, lots of fun!I will definitely be making more polymer clay succulents!
Minting Lu • Sep 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
I always like watercolour but get imitated by the complexity of the painting. Blair is so good at explaining the techniques step by step to achieve the results and she made the whole process fun for beginner like me. I really enjoyed the class and definitely will join her other class again!
Lauren Chua • Sep 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair was great, right from the beginning she went over and above to ensure my private class for my birthday would be perfect including a bespoke stencil, making sure everyone got their kits with Australia post delays and constant and instant communication. The class was enjoyable, lots of great beginner techniques for us all to begin our watercolour journey!
Verney Burge • Sep 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair is an amazing teacher. She patient and very good at explaining all the techniques! Thank you again :)
Anonymized Customer • Sep 2021
24 ClassBento workshops attended • 21 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
This is the best class I’ve ever done! Absolutely enjoyed myself! This will be a great hobby that I will continue to do—very relaxing and a great way to produce art as gifts for relatives and friends. Blair is so lovely, friendly, and easy to communicate with. I thoroughly recommend this class!
Amour Mah • Sep 2021
9 ClassBento workshops attended • 8 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Amazing class today - Madam Goose is a great instructor - simple explanations that were easy to execute - love this watercolour journey ive been on!
Penny Spencer • Sep 2021
12 ClassBento workshops attended • 12 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Really enjoyed this class . Blair is an excellent teacher . I have not painted since I was a teenager - nearly fourty years on and I am inspired with my first watercolour painting . Thankyou Blair for the result !
Zdenka Spilauerova • Aug 2021
3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Love the class. So much fun and creativity. Enough material to make 9 small flower/cactus pots or you can play with bigger sizes. Online class very well managed, able to see the technique with a great camera set up. Blair is lovely and gentle teacher, very skill-full and knowledgable. Recommend!
Laine Fullerton • Aug 2021
11 ClassBento workshops attended • 7 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
This class was such a fun introduction to polymer clay - I had no idea how versatile it was! We worked with Blair step by step through one succulent and then she also showed us various other techniques and different succulent ideas to create at the end of the class too. Time flew by and I felt so relaxed at the end! The perfect lockdown activity. Can’t wait to buy more polymer clay and use all the + more
Paige O'Brien • Aug 2021
3 ClassBento workshops attended
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
This class was fun and the instructor was lovely. The succulents we made were adorable and there was plenty of clay left over to make more.
Marilyn Howarth • Aug 2021
7 ClassBento workshops attended • 6 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Loved the class. Blair was very informative and encouraging. I would love to participate in more online classes
Karen Spencer • Aug 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Very enjoyable will be looking out for Blair’s classes in the future I didn’t get it all alright I was encouraged to just practice thank you Blair great afternoon of painting
Jessica Keith • Aug 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
I’ve always wanted to paint, finally get to pick it up due to the lockdown. I tried to paint on my own and watched few videos but didn’t see much progress. I loved this class by Blair She pointed out a lot of mistakes from her experience and that’s exactly what I didn’t notice on my own. The class is fun, interactive, informative Blair wait and ask after every demonstration to make sure everyone + more
Leanne Solomons • Aug 2021
9 ClassBento workshops attended • 8 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Had a great class with Blair. She was patient and encouraging and I was so impressed with her knowledge and expertise in watercolours. We learnt a variety of techniques and the stencils were so much fun to work with. Blair was very responsive to my enquiries. I am looking forward to doing another one of her classes.
Matilda Hillam • Aug 2021
77 ClassBento workshops attended • 45 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
The class was okay. The teacher was kind and patient with the large class. Maybe less botanical watercolours and more very basic introduction to using water colour.
Reply from this teacher:
Thanks for your feedback, the class is designed based on the majority of the students are complete beginners. The reason to include the essentials basic techniques are from my past experiences that students won’t be able to achieve “painting” without the basic fundamentals.
This class is focused on basic techniques through botanical elements as described in listing, however I’m sorry to hear that if it didn’t suit your need :)
Jean Parlett • Aug 2021
6 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Unfortunately my kit was different to the other class member’s kits however the teacher did provide some tips on mixing colours. The other class members made one mini succulent during the class & we were shown examples of other succulent leaf styles. The teacher did send me more colours after the class & the class recording so I was able to make my first mini succulent after the class.
Glen Verdich • Aug 2021
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
We made some super cute succulents! Great activity during Sydney's lockdown. Blair covers 3 techniques/types of plants as well.
Emily H • Aug 2021
23 ClassBento workshops attended • 22 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
This class was amazing! Despite having a little experience with watercolours I learnt so many new techniques and skills. Blair is wonderful, patient and I highly recommended her. Would love to do more of her courses!
Vanessa Mozayani • Aug 2021
23 ClassBento workshops attended • 22 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Great class! Learnt lots of techniques to paint and sketch trees and leaves. Loved experimenting with mixing colours to get the highlight and shade. Blair explained things really clearly.
Jessica Douglass • Jul 2021
76 ClassBento workshops attended • 59 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Fun class. Ended up making mine a little small which meant it was a bit hard to manipulate but it was still lots of fun. Had no idea how enjoyable polymer clay can be
Natalie Vu • Jul 2021
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blaire was amazing. Very helpful and fun to learn from. I’ve taken her classes both in person and online, found them both very informative and I learnt a lot :) She gave lots of tips and show us multiple techniques to work with watercolour. I can’t wait to practice on my own to improve.
James D'Alton • Jul 2021
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Spending an evening painting with Blair was the perfect lockdown activity. She’s so incredibly vibrant and an amazing teacher. She understands how to teach from a beginner level and checked in with everyone’s previous experience prior to starting. The equipment used is great quality and I received it interstate within 2 days. After the class I had a good laugh looking through her Instagram (madamgoose). + more
Lori Becker • Jul 2021
12 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
My mum and I did this class together and we had an amazing time! I'm in Sydney, Australia, and she's in Vancouver, Canada, but we were painting and chatting just like we would have done in real life. For a few hours, we forgot that we've been 15,000km apart for 18 months and it was the best. Blair is a fantastic teacher and an incredibly talented artist. We learned so much and will definitely be back + more
Simone Crozier • Jun 2021
5 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair is wonderful teacher. She has a lovely gentle style and thoughtfully guides her students. She is a very talented artist, and a delight to be taught by. She did a private lesson for 3 of us today which we all loved and will be booking in due dinner more if her courses! Thanks Blair for a fun morning of creativity and conversation. Simone
Simone Crozier • Jun 2021
5 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair is wonderful teacher. She has a lovely gentle style and thoughtfully guides her students. She is a very talented artist, and a delight to be taught by. She did a private lesson for 3 of us today which we all loved and will be booking in due dinner more if her courses! Thanks Blair for a fun morning of creativity and conversation. Simone
Lucy Wang • Mar 2021
8 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Blair is a great teacher, and I had a lot of fun playing with the polymer clay. We went through how to make one of these little sculptures step-by-step, and then the techniques required to achieve succulents of all shapes and colour effects. Highly recommended!
Patrizia Pierini • Mar 2021
3 ClassBento workshops attended
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Relaxed setting,, technique instructions clear and plenty of visuals Review of class at end was helpful
Rachel Smiles • Jan 2021
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Absolutely brilliant class! From the perfectly packaged supplies to Blair's wonderful demonstration on how to create these gorgeous clay succulents, it was brilliant from start to finish. I especially enjoyed that not only did you learn how to make the project, but you also are left with enough supplies to make your own in your own time.
Rosa Bonilla • Oct 2020
7 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
I really enjoyed this class and i hope to attend face to face sessions soon.
Natasha Ratnasingham • May 2020
3 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Had a great time! Blair was patient, explained things well and demonstrated some lovely and effective techniques, which I was able to practise after the class. Very happy with my little creations!
Katrina Sonneveld • May 2020
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
This was so much fun and not as difficult as I thought it like be, thanks to Blair’s instruction and feedback!
Nikki Ferguson • May 2020
4 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Very enjoyable class! Blair is a great teacher and everything was explained clearly, and was easy to follow. Pace was great, and there was plenty of scope to continue to experiment and explore after the class. Highly recommend
Ang Bolding • May 2020
4 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
This was a great class. Well explained, clear instructions and all materials needed to complete the miniature succulents. I enjoyed doing this class via zoom with my daughter also attending. After the class we face timed and made more succulents together. Lovely morning and afternoon.
Amanda Holford • May 2020
3 ClassBento workshops attended
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
Blair was excellent, and the polymer succulents are very cute. The perfect isolation craft class.
Alice • Apr 2020
Beginner Watercolour Painting Course
Blair was very nice. I think the class would be even better if we had more interaction with a step-by-step check on our work as well to maybe point out what we're doing wrong or doing right. Otherwise it would be a bit like watching a YouTube video.
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings • Apr 2020
5 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Make a Mini Succulent Garden with Polymer Clay
This online class was so fun. The box of supplies came quickly and had almost everything I needed for the course, just needed some basic household items (spoon and cling film) that I already had. Blair was a wonderful teacher, she did a great job explaining and showing details on the camera. The kit came with enough materials to make at least 9 small succulents pots (for my first one I made a small + more
Ayano Kelly • Feb 2020
2 ClassBento workshops attended
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Blair was a great teacher, she was welcoming and made sure everyone understood her instructions. The room had a peaceful, friendly atmosphere and all our equipment was provided (even snacks and drinks)! We learnt how to do some basic watercolour techniques before working on our own paintings with the help of optional stencils. Everyone produced beautiful botanical watercolours at the end of the class + more
Parivash Charak • Feb 2020
3 ClassBento workshops attended
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Great class! Blair was excellent as a teacher and really let everyone embrace their own creativity and style.
Jo Goh • Jan 2020
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Venue easy to find, great set up, lovely fun teacher, great explanations and demonstrations. Gorgeous floral watercolour workshop, just felt we perhaps didn’t have enough time despite using a stencil! That’s probably more me than anything else
Laura Bee • Jan 2020
Watercolour Class: Boba and Brush
Blair was friendly & helpful with teaching us basic watercolour techniques - the activity was really approachable and accessible. We had a separate section of the store to ourselves. Milk tea and cheesecake were provided. We also got to make the milk tea ourselves! All the materials were provided for us. It was a lot of fun, would recommend
Angela Liu • Jan 2020
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
Great value and teaching. Had the perfect amount of guidance and materials provided were high quality, including templates we were able to take home.
Amy Schmitz • Jan 2020
3 ClassBento workshops attended
Watercolour Class with Dessert
Fun environment, great step by step technique tutorial and surprising final artwork! Loved every minute!
Lydia San • Jan 2020
Watercolour Class with Dessert
Great class taught in a cute open space! Blair is very talented! I liked how she split the class into different sections to help learn new skills then go on to put it into practice. I learnt some new skills and it was great to chat with her directly about all things watercolour from technique to equipment.
Julie Andrews • Jan 2020
7 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews
Watercolour Class with Dessert
My daughter Lucy and I attended the Dessert and water colour class with Blair. We learnt so much in a 2.5hour lesson, Blair was very patient and explained each step clearly we would recommend this class to all ages and ability. Fun Afternoon!
Jo Goh • Jan 2020
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Watercolour Class with Dessert
Blair is a wonderful funny teacher and entertaining. She is great at explaining techniques and demonstrating. I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop :-))) I’m a big fan of her work and so glad I got to meet her
Joanne Lim • Jan 2020
2 ClassBento workshops attended
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
We had the class with the lovely teacher. She taught us different techniques on how to watercolour and also provided templates for us and watercolour paint to bring home as well. Lovely experience and will definitely be going to another class with her as she was great.
Christina Cardillo-Zallo • Jul 2019
7 ClassBento workshops attended • 6 reviews
Watercolour Class with Dessert
Interesting class. Helpful teacher who was kind and interactive. The class needs more organisation though I feel. It was a bit all over the place and ran over scheduled time.
Avie Malabag • May 2019
I enjoyed this class. Dora is really good, she explains and demonstrated it well. Love the materials that was provided.
Irene Lay • Apr 2019
2 ClassBento workshops attended
Watercolour Class with Dessert
It was an exciting day, Blair make us feel like a real artist. It’s a relaxing place and just so casual. We didn’t want to leave.
Olga Royfman • Nov 2018
Learn Botanical Watercolour Painting at Home
I thoroughly enjoyed my 2.5hrs being taught by Blair. She is lovely and very patient. I learned so much and I will probably be back again for another watercolour session.
Dawn Ng • Nov 2018
Blair was a great teacher and explained various styles we could use. Tramshed was a great location with a good vibe and energy. Material provided were good and so were the desserts and drink. Would definitely sign up for more workshops with Blair! :)
Amy Collorafici • Sep 2018
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Watercolour Class with Dessert
Blair hosted my sisters hens day event of the Watercolour and Dessert Class and it was amazing! Everyone got to eat a delicious piece of cake and we all got to create a cute cake artwork piece to take home with us. The studio was the perfect set up for our event too so bright and pretty and I was able to bring drinks which we sipped on while we painted. Blair was so helpful with guiding us with our + more
Arjan Helmer • Aug 2018
Paint Your Pooch Class at Iikomazesoba
This workshop was very good, the food was amazing. We had a great experience and I can totally recommend this!
Teuntje Koomen • Aug 2018
3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews
Paint Your Pooch Class at Iikomazesoba
This was a great class! Everything was well organised, and the food was delicious, served beautifully and in generous portions. We liked the fact that every booking had their own private table, yet the group was seated together. Blair was a very nice teacher who obviously thought well about the assignment she gave us. She made sure everyone learned new things but that it wasn't too challenging for + more
Angela Ricketts • Aug 2018
2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews
Paint Your Pooch Class at Iikomazesoba
The class was great for beginners like myself. There was enough time to draw and paint as well as enjoy the delicious food & cocktails at Madam Shanghai. Blair was always available for questions & painting tips.
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