We enjoyed another fabulous weekend teaching the Creative drawing: introduction course to a group of 7 very creative and passionate students from a very diverse background of experiences. Kate thought that the course was an “excellent course for all abilities, takes you on a journey where you end up discovering you can do more than […]
Begin to draw + paint course diary The Begin to draw + paint weekend course last week was once again fully booked. It was a lovely group of students to teach who all got along well and supported each other in their learning. Lizzie considered the course to be “Amazing – awesome – informative – detailed.” […]
Abstract Art Course diary I had been really looking forward to the Abstract Art course I taught in early March this year. As a tutor I am always looking for ways to improve my teaching and this course was a great example of how the feedback and comments students give me – help me to […]
Acrylic painting: introduction Brigid, or new tutor to Creative Art Courses led this new course and it went amazingly well, so will become a regular feature in our line up of courses we offer at Creative Art Courses. Brigid brought her wealth of creativity, teaching experience and wonderful calm and inspiring personality to the teaching […]
Another sun-filled weekend in my studio teaching the very first Creative drawing: next steps course with 6 students. We enjoyed a very full weekend learning about ‘road maps’ to drawing, how to develop compositions, drawing exercises to improve how we ‘see’ objects more accurately, playing and experimenting with materials and the value of doing preparatory […]
What a fabulous time I had last weekend teaching my Creative Sketchbooks course. A group of adult students all attending creative courses with the Open College of the Arts (OCA) had received feedback from their course tutors that they needed to improve their creative sketchbook course and so they decided to do something about it – […]
I spent a beautiful weekend teaching the Begin to draw + paint course in my studio. Sun was filtering through the 2 large windows and we had a fab view over the Manchester skyline to the Cheshire hills beyond. Shame we could not have been outside, but what better place to be and having the […]
What did the students learn?The Drawing techniques evening course allows students the opportunity to explore and learn ways of developing their drawing skills in a fine art approach to making art. The course questions creativity and why we often struggle to draw what we see in front of us – why is the simple […]
Begin to draw + paint: 14 – 15 January 2017 The begin to draw + paint course this weekend was great fun. Loads of information, both practical and a bit of theory kept us really busy, but we still had time for a lot of chatting and making new friends, sharing stories about each of […]
Abstract Art Diary: 7-8 May 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. This course enabled students to go on a journey to create wonderful abstract acrylic and mix-media pictures by the end of the weekend. Not only did they get a chance to explore […]
I have recently been invited by a few Art Clubs to teach sessions at their weekly meetings. I’m usually asked if I do ‘demonstrations for art clubs’ which I don’t, and quickly go on to explain that I’m happy to offer fully guided tuition. I’m a qualified adult tutor, so am happiest planning fully tutored […]
An amazing weekend of creativity and fun. New ideas and techniques, experimentation and observational drawing using new media and old. Most students came along on this Creative Sketchbooks course with a brand new sketchbook full of pristine white pages not quite knowing what was in store for them over the 2 days. However, one student […]
