Art Course
with Tor Hildyard 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 8
Explore the mysteries behind the Collagraph Print on this 1-day course.
Learn how to make your own unique prints from plates created from mount card, which is incised with lines, collaged with paper and other textured mediums to create an exciting textured printing surface.
You will be shown how to prepare paper and how to ink up and wipe your plates ready for printing. The first part of the course will be spent making the plate and then the second will be spent printing in different ways to create your own unique print.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List A sketch/photograph you want to work from.
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty!
Drawing materials i.e. pencils, rubber, paintbrushes.
All other materials will be provided by Tor Hildyard, at the cost of £10 per participant, payable directly to her on the day.
Artist’s Profile Tor is a prize winning printmaker, who shows her work both nationally and internationally.
Tor is interested in experimenting with new techniques, images and printing methods which allows her to challenge the boundaries of printmaking and enables her to produce the right marks and textures that relate to each subject matter.
Tor worked as a Printmaking tutor and technician at UCA, Maidstone, Kent, after finishing her degree. She later returned to achieve an Masters in Printmaking in 2010.
She now runs her own private printmaking courses from her studio in Worcestershire.
Art Course
with Sharon Foley 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 9
Glass fusing is joining two or more layers of glass through heating in a kiln.
There are several techniques that can be adapted to this basic principle some of which give surprising results. This 1-day course will teach some of those techniques alongside glass cutting (if you are new or in need of a refresher) and consist of glass layering, use of glass frits, powders and encapsulation between layers of glass.
The course will guide you in designing and
making either 4 glass coasters or a larger, flat piece of art glass. These will then be fired in a kiln and ready for collection after the course.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Beginners
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List All materials will be supplied by Sharon
Foley, at the cost of £25 per participant, payable directly to her on the day.
Artist’s Profile Sharon Foley began working with glass in 1999. She started making stained glass panels and quickly used lots of different processes to obtain various effects. Once she had acquired her own kiln she began experimenting with more 3-dimensional forms.
Sharon completed a Masters degree glass course at Wolverhampton University which gave her the freedom to use this transparent material in other ways. She now expresses her ideas by combining kiln formed glass with
other media.
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Art Course
with Josie Brown 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
This workshop introduces the currently very popular modern script which is quick and easy to learn, fun and light-hearted to do and useful for just about anything such as wedding stationery, cards, jam/wine labels, chalk boards, albums and journals. Suitable for everyone and with a range of things that may be produced by the end of the day, including cards or folded gift boxes or bags.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List All materials will be supplied by Josie Brown, at a cost of £5 per participant,
payable directly to her on the day.
Participants are welcome to bring any suitable materials they already have that they may wish to use.
Artist’s Profile Josie is a professional calligrapher, book maker and illuminator and accredited tutor for the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society. She likes to make learning fun and inspiring so that people go away with lots of ideas to develop as a result of the workshop.
Art Course
with Helen Lomberg 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
A rewarding 1-day where participants will use willow and other materials to make stars, garlands, angels, reindeer and mini Christmas trees ready forb the festive celebrations.
By the end of the day you should have been able to make a number of items to take home.
Course Cost
Members: £42
Non-members: £55
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List All materials will be supplied by Helen Lomberg, at the cost of £10 per participant, payable directly to her on the day of the course.
Artist’s Profile Helen has been working with willow for over 20 years. She currently teaches at Waterperry and Highgrove and has done so in Steiner Schools and Further Education Colleges as well.
In recent years she has set up the Gloucestershire Arts and Crafts Centre based in Gloucester where county based artists and craftspeople can sell their work directly to the public on the High Street and pass on their skills through classes. Helen sells her work from her shop in 4 College Court, Gloucester.
Art Course
with Jonathan Newey 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
This is a two day course that will show you how to draw African wildlife portraits with coloured pencil. Using photographs supplied by the tutor you will be shown how to draw the textures of animals such as Lions, Elephants and African birds using techniques such as blending, layering, colour mixing and shading. Each exercise will be demonstrated step by step and the tutor will be on hand to provide group and individual constructive criticism. By the end of the course you will have produce a few drawings to take home. Suitable for beginners and students with some knowledge of the medium.
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Beginners – Improvers
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List All materials will be supplied by Jonathan Newey, at a cost of £20 per participant,
payable directly to him on the day.
Artist’s Profile Jonathan Newey is an award winning artist with over 20 years of experience in teaching in adult education.
He is well known nationally for his coloured pencil drawings of animals and is a founder member of the UK Coloured Pencil Society.
Art Course
with Jammie Boots 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
On this 2-day course you will learn all about working with graphite pencil from experienced artist Jamie Boots.
Graphite pencil can be used to produce so much more than just a sketch.
Jamie will show participants that. whether or not you are using a pencil that is blunt or sharp, pressing lightly or hard, or using a variety of tones, the realistic texture of skin, fur and the glassy look of an eye can be achieved.
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Advanced
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List All materials will be supplied free of charge to use during the course by Jamie Boots.
Artist’s Profile Originally from New Zealand, Jamie is a renowned, but self taught, artist whose work is produced in graphite pencil. Jamie first exhibited his work in 2004 and has won a number of awards for his artwork.
In a very short period of time a hobby became a profession and with a limited number of originals being available each year his drawings have become highly collectable.
Art Course
with Trevor Smith 10am – 5pm
Maximum Participants: 12
This 2-day course will cover basic bird anatomy, sketching methods and techniques, the use and handling of watercolour and composing a picture.
For the more ambitious, there will be the opportunity to have a go at sketching birds in flight, which is more of a challenge.
This course is aimed at a range of ability levels, with Trevor on hand to demonstrate particular techniques and to help you develop and
improve your skills.
Course Cost
Members: £84
Non-members: £110
Course Suitability: Absolute Beginners – Improvers
ART COURSE BOOKING FORM
Materials List A range a B grade pencils (eg 2b – 6b)
An A4 or A3 cartridge paper pad or sheets
Watercolour pad or block (A4 or A3)
An eraser and sharpener
A selection of watercolour paint (a field box is fine) plus with a few small, medium, and larger brushes
Artist’s Profile Trevor’s deep interest in wildlife dates back to childhood and grew with a desire to record the birds and animals he encountered on his visits to local nature reserves and wild corners of Worcestershire. Mastering and developing sketching skills was important!
Trevor has been teaching students the essentials of bird art for over twenty years, but still get a kick from seeing people thrill to the subject and often surprise themselves with hidden latent ability.
In 2001 he published a book Sketching Wild Birds, which was received to high acclaim, as a means of encapsulating his experiences of recording images from life and encouraging others.
This is a two day course that will show you how to draw animal portraits with coloured pencil on black paper. Using photographs supplied by the tutor you will be shown how to draw the textures of animals such as primates and birds of prey on black paper using techniques such as blending, layering, colour mixing and shading. Each exercise will be demonstrated step by step and the tutor will be on hand to provide group and individual constructive criticism. By the end of the course you will have produce a couple of drawings to take home. Suitable for beginners and students with some knowledge of the medium.
On this 2-day course you will learn all about working with graphite pencil from experienced artist Jamie Boots.
Graphite pencil can be used to produce so much more than just a sketch.
Jamie will show participants that. whether or not you are using a pencil that is blunt or sharp, pressing lightly or hard, or using a variety of tones, the realistic texture of skin, fur and the glassy look of an eye can be achieved.
These little garden bird mosaics are designed to interact with their environment, reflecting and refracting light so that they change throughout the day.
On this one day workshop you will produce a stained glass mosaic bird on a stalk to brighten up your garden. You will be able to make a bird of your choice from a limited selection of shapes.
Skills covered on the course will include mapping out of your original design, basic glass cutting, stained glass mosaic techniques, and grouting techniques.
This course is suitable for all levels although glass cutting skills are a bonus.
