A course for young adults who enjoy art and are hoping to develop their skills or who are looking for new techniques and ideas to try. This course is perfect to help hone and improve skills in conjunction with school art lessons, or to start from scratch if you are home educated.
Starts: 26th Feb 16:15 - 17:45
In this workshop, you will learn, step by step, how to create a mixed-media contemporary landscape on canvas. Explore texture, colour, collage and painting to create your very own masterpiece.
Takes Place: 8th March 10:00- 16:00
Drawing together with tea and biscuits! This Expressive Drawing course is a fantastic way to learn and develop your drawing with others in a fun filled environment. From drawing lions with coffee to drawing feathers using string the course will take you on a journey exploring different expressive drawing techniques.
Starts: 14th April 13:00- 15:00
Art journaling is art making and diary keeping all rolled up into one glorious form. It is a way to express your thoughts, dreams, experiences, memories and worries in a creative constructive way. There are no rules or restrictions. It allows you to use colour, texture and mixed media to experiment, reminisce and have a good old rant.
expressive drawing techniques.
Starts: 15th April 10:00- 12:30
Bring your sketches to life with splashes of colour. This workshop will show you how to create lovely sketches with pen and watercolours – it’s a wonderful way to document and create memories.
We will cover some sketching techniques, using a pen to sketch and how to add water colour paints to complete your sketch.
Takes Place: 21st April 10:00- 12:30
This is a great course for anyone who enjoys painting with watercolours or is itching to give it a go. Suitable for both beginners and improvers you will get to have a go at painting flowers, birds, animals, still life, and landscapes. You will explore different styles and watercolor techniques such as wet on wet, glazing and resists. Watercolours are a wonderfully expressive and versatile medium to work with and you will be guided every step of the way
Starts: 23rd April 13:00- 15:00
A course for young adults who enjoy art and are hoping to develop their skills or who are looking for new techniques and ideas to try. This course is perfect to help hone and improve skills in conjunction with school art lessons, or to start from scratch if you are home educated.
Starts: 23rd April 16:15 - 17:45
Contrary to what many people believe anyone can learn to draw and it is a fantastic way to relax and unwind. This course looks at the basic techniques to help get you started over 5 sessions. We will explore sketching, shading, perspective and proportions, alongside working in different mediums.
If you have always fancied learning to draw or if it is something you would like to get back into after a long break this course will take you back to the basics to get you started.
Starts: 23rd April 18:30 - 20:30
Create your own stories interlaced in between paper, fabric and thread. The tradition of weaving can be traced back to neolithic times and the methods haven’t changed a great deal over time.
In this class I will will guide you through several ways of putting together mixed media weaves using paper, fabric, stitching, colour, imagery and words! Every weave turns out differently.
Takes Place: 28th April 10:00 - 12:00
Coffee is a wonderful medium to draw with! This drawing with coffee workshop is a great way to develop your creativity and take your mind off your everyday stresses. Each session will focus on creating a different animal picture
Takes Place: 5th May 10:00 - 12:00
Introducing you to Gel printing, you’ll find loads of painty goodness in this workshop. There are so many ways to use a gel plate, the possibilities are endless. It’s loads of fun but be warned, highly addictive! Give yourselves a treat and come along!
Gel plates are soft silicone mats that allow you to make fantastic monoprints at home without the need for a printing press. They are easy to use but there are so many different ways to use them and no two prints are ever the same. This workshop provides the basics and lots of lovely tips to get you started.
Takes Place: 19th May 10:00 - 13:00