“It’s about not being perfect but being loose, and a little bit inky,” Angie Réhe stated creating a happy, vibrant, and animated learning environment in the true spirit of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion festival evidently exposing the true overarching message of festival.
The “simple head-egg shape” and the “curving of the shapes and outlines” resonated the importance of each and every brush stroke in bringing their own beguiling model to life. The collection of paintings produced by the students constructed their own personality from the small detail of the shapes and angles adding to the sophistication of the artwork.

Pieces produced by all students participating in the workshop had a vast amount of drama to them, all being down to the thickness and flick of the brushstrokes. The simplicity of a brushstroke changing the complexity of the painting defines the inner beauty of art and the showcase of inner talent in all of us.

The Heide Museum of Modern Art provided the most gorgeous backdrop for the creative process. The Heritage listed gardens gave a sense of inspiration and innovation for the students, in its unique location transporting its participants into a whole new world that could only be experienced in The Heide Museum Workshop. . It’s clearly evident that in the workshop overlooking the beautiful grounds of The Heide Museum of Modern Art, a truly eccentric escapade.

Director of Adult Public Program Julia Powles at the museum summed it up beautifully, “The workshop setting launches people into a positive frame. So people come feeling relaxed and proud of what (the work) they are producing.”

The three hour duration of the workshop perfectly gave the artists an adequate amount of time to complete their piéce de résistance. The motivated mood of all the students was definitely kept on the onset and throughout.

This Parsian Illlustration workshop was inspired by Heide Museum’s exhibitions Moya Dyring: An Australian Salon, an artist who left Melbourne for Europe in the late 1930s and made her transition to a Parisian resident and charismatic salonniére.

The exhibition is a must see at Heide for those who wish to experience the vibrant, beautiful yet very dark war years which captivated France in the second half of the 1900s.

Angie Réhe proved to be not only an inspiring and remarkable teacher, but a genuine down to earth woman who is truly passionate about the education and furthering of art illustration in Melbourne. She is most definitely one of a kind, and conspicuously set to do some perplexing things in the fashion industry.

Buzzcuts sat down with Angie Réhe following the workshop for an Exclusive interview.

Buzzcuts: How does it make you feel that you are having such a profound effect on the development of artists?

Angie Réhe: It feels great, it is my favourite thing about teaching. Sometimes my students write to me and they say I have helped them deal with their mental illness (such as anxiety and depression).

Buzzcuts: What speaks to you when you look to get inspiration at Moya Dyrings charismatic art work?

I like the feeling of being transported to that time and being there in that moment.

Buzzcuts: What you say illustration is your first love, your number one. What are you overall hopes and dreams for the development of Parsian Fashion Illustration in Melbourne? 

Angie Réhe: It is becoming more (and more) popular. More people need to know about it. I hope there will be more exhibitions, there aren’t anywhere near enough around at the moment.

Buzzcuts: What advice would you give to those aspiring to get involved with Parsian Fashion Illustration? 

Angie Réhe: Do it! Just draw and do it!

Buzzcuts: What do you think makes your workshops unique to others out there?

Angie Réhe: My workshops are very special to me. I am very hands on as a teacher, I like to have smaller classes so I can have one on one (coaching) with my students. My workshops leave students smiling and feeling happy with their work, I am here to prove that anyone can produce the art work that I am teaching. You can learn to be great.

I also think my workshops are different as I always mantain a focus on education, I like to make what I am teaching as easy as I can and I’m constantly learning also, my classes are not the standard ‘teacher up the front’ workshops I’ll always have my brush on hand helping my students with their work.

If you would like to find out more about Angie’s workshops

Head to: https://www.thedrawingsalon.com

Or send an email to angie@angierehe.com

Follow her Twitter Handle: https://www.twitter.com/mspatsyfox

If you would like to find out more about Heide Museum of Modern Art

Head to: http://www.heide.com.au