Splodges-draw what you see Its difficult to give our imaginations time and space to roam free. This projects is a workout for your imagination. Challenge Introduction Draw what you see – introduction to ‘Hirameki’ with an interview with the ‘inventors’. Our brains are hard wired to help us understand the world around us. We need […]
Time travel portraits Imagine yourself in the world of your favourite artist. Time-Travel through the centuries and re-imagine yourself like you’ve never been drawn before. Challenge Introduction Imagine yourself in the world of your favourite artist. Travel to Basquiat’s Brooklyn in the 1970’s, Rembrandt’s Netherlands of the 17th century, or put yourself in Gauguin’s Tahiti […]
“It’s fun and you learn new techniques to improve your art.” Silvi Student comments My class was: Fun, Exciting, Great My class highlight was: using the pastels and learning about shading to expand my current skills I would recommend the class because: it was incredible Maja My class was: Fun, Messy, Artistic My class highlight […]
“Very relaxing and enjoyable because I learned a lot and improved.” Lauren A Our first children’s and Youth Sunday art class took place in January with children eager to continue their exploration of art materials and techniques. It was great to see so many students returning from last year. Tracy, the tutor, did a fab […]
“It was educational and different to school art lessons and I got 1:1 attention throughout.” Suhaavi S Another well attended Sunday Youth-teenage art class of enthusiastic young people who all love their art and are eager to improve. Some students attend for fun while other are keen to apply what they learn to help improve […]
Temperatures falling, student numbers growing! More young people enrolled on this months Sunday Youth-teenager art class. Stunning to see how many young people value drawing and painting – young people’s lives are clearly not only about smart phones, social media and gaming. Clearly art and being creative plays a very important part in young people’s […]
The new academic year got off to a flying start with lots of young people eager to learn new skills in drawing and painting. The Sunday youth classes are taught by an experienced tutor and gives students a valuable experience learning new drawing and painting skills that will enhance their creativity at school and help […]
“I have come away with so many ideas to explore in my own sketchbook” We enjoyed a wonderful studio atmosphere during the June weekend with a small group of enthusiastic students eager to learn new ways of using their sketchbooks to help push forward their creative ideas. Penny’s comment sums up the idea behind the […]
“Incredibly insightful experience. Quality teaching and encouraging advice. Kiana M I taught the 3rd in the series of Modern Masters art workshops this Tuesday evening. A wonderful group of 10 students gathered together to discover what Cubism was all about, how they could learn from Picasso and see how it could help them improve their […]
“It’s a great way to start painting and drawing.” Jean G So pleased to be back in my studio teaching after my Easter holiday. Teaching the popular Begin to draw + paint course is always an enjoyable experience as it gives me the opportunity to talk about all the things I love about art. Laura […]
Another fabulous youth art class for children of secondary school age. Judging by the photos taken during the class the students had a brilliant time. Unfortunately we forgot to ask them for their feedback – so it’s just images for this blog!
“Its a great way to learn art” EBD Tracy taught another well attended youth art class all about drawing shadows and learning to understand the link between the shape of the object and the shapes of the shadows that are created as light moves around an object from different positions. The students ranging in age […]
I would recommend this class because it’s: “proper art, not like school” Emily G Another wonderful art class led by our fantastic tutor Tracy. She did a fab job of inspiring our 8 students ranging in age from year 7 to year 11. Tracy always finds a way of engaging all students in the projects […]
Fantastic environment with supportive tutor – no judgement or negative criticism.” Pat W I love teaching the Begin to draw + paint courses. Students always arrive full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn – it’s a privilege to be able to steer them in the right direction. Michael said he would “Recommend without hesitation. I […]
The Youth class had a new teacher from today and judging from the student comments when I met them after the lesson, and the work they produced – she went down a treat! So well done to Tracy for making such a good impression. I’m sure the students will be back again to learn from […]
