Artist Run Workshops in Schools
Murals, Illustration, Oil painting, Watercolour, Acrylics, Pastels, Pen & Ink.
Summary: painting, drawing, 3D and printmaking projects which either isolate the basic elements of pictorial and spatial representation, or have a practical application, or which extend into other disciplines like maths, history, science etc, with an age-appropriate approach.
Activities which explore the foundations of visual language, tie in with the national curriculum and any themes the school is working with.
Drawing workshops to create expressive, yet informed drawings of the human figure. Working directly from the unclothed model, the nature and processes of drawing are explored
through fast-moving exercises. Duration of workshops structured around individual school requirements.
Lightbox Workshop – Each group selects the colours for its lightbox using balckout paint, students create a picture that is then mounted in front of coloured lights. The box is then switched on to reveal a coloured picture.
(Up to 15 children at any one time)
Lightshow talk – Focuses on light & colour with working examples of natural & hand-made materials including an explanation of how they work and how they can be used in art.
(Up to 50 children 1 adult per 10 children).
Workshops: painting using a variety of media and theme – chalk pastels and charcoal – collage
Murals, Drawing and Painting, Collage. Workshops exploring expressive drawing and textural techniques.
Portraiture skills workshops and sculpture.
Painter incorporating collage and cast plaster to create unusual frames and mouldings. Murals, book art and casting projects undertaken.
Artist using a variety of media to produce a strong images with subliminal execution.
Workshops using painting & drawing in a way that encourages expression without the worries of a structured programme.
Workshops that concentrate on introducing new drawing styles and techniques to children.