Art Course
with Takumasa Ono 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
This one-day workshop which will introduce you to Sumi-e, the ancient art of creating Japanese ink pictures, or Japanese brush painting. Traditionally, these paintings feature subjects from the natural world such as flowers and birds. The Japanese experience painting as a form of meditation that brings peace and harmony to the artist and the finished pieces are intended to inspire the same sense of tranquillity and joy in the viewer. This practical course will help you master all the techniques you’ll need to create striking paintings and discover the spiritual aspects of this unique art form.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List The tutor will supply materials for the additional cost if £5 payable on the day.
Artist’s Profile Taku is a well known Japanese painter and artist. Born in Tokyo he is a long standing friend of Nature in Art. He has travelled to various regions of Japan and, in support of environmental protection activities, painted the nature in Japan that he hopes will be left untouched. Now, he is working vigorously to introduce traditional Japanese culture to foreign countries and to share it with others.
He also was awarded the “Japan Society Award 2014 for making significant contributions in the field of UK Japan relations.
Using all kinds of different materials and techniques you will create a work of art to be proud of. This sessions could include anything from using fabric, different types of paper, glue, textiles, paint, inks with methods such as printing, painting, stitching, drawing and collage.
Using all kinds of different materials and techniques we will create an work of art to be proud of. This sessions could include anything from using fabric, different types of paper, glue, textiles, paint, inks with methods such as printing, painting, stitching, drawing and collage. PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE IN ADVANCE!
Using all kinds of different materials and techniques you will create a work of art to be proud of. This sessions could include anything from using fabric, different types of paper, glue, textiles, paint, inks with methods such as printing, painting, stitching, drawing and collage.
Using all kinds of different materials and techniques we will create an work of art to be proud of. This sessions could include anything from using fabric, different types of paper, glue, textiles, paint, inks with methods such as printing, painting, stitching, drawing and collage. PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE IN ADVANCE!
Come and hear from Mandi Baykaa Murray who will talk about her work painting on feathers and creating paintings of feathers
Art Course
with Joanna Dewfall 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
Day One
You will learn about the various mosaic materials and techniques of cutting and setting. You will make a 25cmsq panel on board on the first (or only) day.
Day Two
You will make a 30cmsq mosaic slab for the garden on a concrete paver. The tutor will assist you to make sure you have a simple bold design to mosaic. The tutor has templates available to use if need be. You will mosaic the design in reverse during the day and, if complete in time, the tutor will assist you to set the design in cement adhesive on the paver. The tutor has run this workshop numerous times and everyone always leaves with a completed paver. However, if a student has not finished the mosaic in time they can take away a paver and adhesive to fix at home. Grouting will be demonstrated but you will need to complete this at home – grout and full instructions included. Please note the concrete pavers are not suitable to be transported home on a bicycle!
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Absolute beginner – Improvers
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Matererial List All materials will be supplied by Joanna Dewfall, at a cost of £20 per participant, payable directly to her on the day.
Artist’s Profile Joanna Dewfall has been making and teaching mosaic for 25 years. Her commissions vary from exterior wall panels with school pupils across 7 counties to a recent private artwork featuring a roman design in marble as an 8 square metre pavement.
Art Course
withSophie Buckley 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
Join Making Needle Felted Animals author Sophie Buckley, who will guide you through creating a needle felt garden bird using a special barbed needle and colourful merino wool. Learn about needle felt tools and materials, techniques including shaping, surface colouring, adding legs, facial details, symmetry and how to make the bird look realistic, as well as display ideas. You can choose to create any garden bird such as robin, blue tit, wren, magpie, woodpecker etc.
You will receive needle felt tools to take away, as well as lots of inspiration for your next projects!
Needle felt kits, supplies and signed copies of the book will be available on the day.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute beginner onwards
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List Materials will be provided for a fee of £5.
Artist’s Profile During her degree in Contemporary Crafts at Falmouth University, Sophie Buckley found that as well as enjoying the process of creating, she also enjoyed sharing creative skills with others. After completing a course in workshop facilitation she moved to the Gloucestershire area where she met local creative Steffi Stern, and they have worked together ever since, writing the book Making Needle Felted Animals together which came out in 2015, and have created a business based around the book called The Makerss, through which they are able to share with others their enthusiasm for making, love of natural materials, and creative skills.
Art Course
with Ian Coleman 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
The iPad is a great concept sketching tool for conventional paintings, creating hybrid digital images or full digital works.
On this 1-day course Ian will familiarize you with the application Procreate. He will go through its functions and you will learn how to, import and export your work, import brushes, create brushes and create artworks in various styles from graphic lines to photo-real brushwork.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute beginner – Improver
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List IPad iOS 9.1 or later
Stylus
Chargers
Procreate App installed (currently costs £4.49 from the App Store as of Nov 2015. File size 95.9MB)
You will need to ensure that you have at least 1GB of space on your iPad, so that you can download content from the artist before the course.
Artist’s Profile Ian Coleman is a professional artist and over the last 32 years has produced gallery artworks in acrylics and oils, illustrations and graphic designs for books and advertising.
For the last 10 years Ian has run weekend courses on oil painting, watercolours and acrylic techniques. He is well known for his natural history paintings with a particular interest in marine-life.
Come and hear Ian Loe MBE talk about a lifetime looking for and then painting and drawing butterflies. This event coincides with an exhibition of his work. Event includes a finger buffet. PLEASE BOOK TICKETS IN ADVANCE.
