Art Course for Teens with Donna Lewis
Tuesdays: 5, 12, 19, 26 March & 2 April ’19
4.30pm – 6.30pm
Age: 12+yrs & Teens
Cost: £125 (or £30 per session and all materials included)
note: Instalment Payment Plan available
*To book your place just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No previous experience required
This 5wk course is a fantastic opportunity for teens to explore specialist art mediums, have fun, explore unusual and exciting tools, equipment and techniques – which they may otherwise not have access to at school.
During each session, students will learn about the materials, techniques and processes of a variety of specialist subjects including:
Etching ~ Wet-Based Photography ~ Papercutting and Lino Cutting & Printing.
At the end of each two hour session, students will be able to take their artwork home, and by the end of the course, students will have gained a sense of confidence in themselves, expanded their art-base, created a portfolio of work and discovered beautiful, fun skills that can be transferred to their school and college work.
Art Course for Kids #1 with Sarah Moorcroft
Wednesdays: 6, 13, 20, 27 March & 3 April ’19
4.30pm – 6pm
Age: 7+(unsupervised)
Cost: £100 (or £25 per session and all materials included)
note: Instalment Payment Plan available
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
At City Arts, we keep our classes small and this allows our students to receive 1:1 guidance and support – tailored to their needs and focused on their progress.
Colour Theory with Louise Gunnersen
Saturday 6th April ’19
10am to 3pm
Age: Adults & Teens
Cost: £45 (all materials included)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome – No Experience Necessary
Learn the theory behind making soft tones and zinging colour, why you might underpaint, and how to see colours within colours.
Louise Gunnersen, colourist and international artist, will guide you through a day of discovery. You will make a colour chart during the first half of the session and then use your knowledge to create a set of small studies.
Create Your Own Toadstool or Fairy Table with Sarah Moorcroft
Monday 8th April ’19
10am to 12:30pm
Age: All Ages, teens, adults
Cost: £15 (all materials included)
*Book your toddler’s place, just email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Have some imaginative fun creating a mini world in the form of a toadstool or table.
Be it a dinosaur land, fairytale castle, racetrack, unicorn forest or an underwater world.
Bring along any special embellishments to personalise your creation: jewels, stickers, cars and so on. Lots of materials will be provided, including the toadstool/table and white paint to give it a base coat.
This workshop is the perfect project to do with your little and big ones.
Clay Characters for Kids with Katherine Kingdon
THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!
Tuesday 9th April ’19
10am to 12pm
Age: 6+ supervised, 10+ unsupervised
£10 (all materials included)
To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome – No Experience Necessary
In this workshop you’ll make a figure out of clay. You’ll take on the challenges posed by proportion and balance. You’ll add features such as buttons and fingernails (without squashing all your other hard work). You’ll explore ways of creating an expressive face. And, if you have time after all that, you’ll be able to add colour too.
Pieces will be taken away for firing and can be collected from City Arts Newbury at a later date.
Nature and Animal Tiles for Kids with Clare Mahoney
Thursday 11th April ’19
10:30am to 1pm
Age: Kids 4+ (supervised) Teens & Adults
Cost: £12 (all materials included)
To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome – No Experience Necessary
This is a fun, hands-on session, where you and your child will have the opportunity to explore interesting tools and materials, including clay and plaster.
We will explore taking impressions with wooden stamps, plants, leaves, found objects and even our hands. The impressions will be turned into beautiful tiles for you to take home on the day. Be prepared to get messy and have fun!
Draw a Manga Poster with Donna Lewis
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Saturday 13th April ’19
10am – 3pm
Age: 8+yrs, teens, adults (unsupervised)
Cost: £35 (all materials included)
*Book your child’s place, just email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome – No Experience Necessary.
Donna’s very popular Manga Poster Day is back for 2019!
During the day, we will cover traditional Manga drawing techniques, focusing on facial features, clothing, props and backgrounds.
Having learnt the basics and planned their design in the morning, students will then spend the afternoon producing their A3 poster. There will be lots of step-by-step instructions, and useful tips on how to create your manga characters and setting.
Spiral Tie-dye T-shirts with Wendy Lloyd
Sunday 14th April ’19
10am to 12:15pm
Age: 8+ (supervised) Teens & Adults
£15 (excluding t-shirt)
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Make a super cool multi-coloured, spiral patterned tie-dye T-shirt. Learn about mixing dyes, to make a whole spectrum of colours so that every T-shirt is unique. You will tie and dye your t-shirt, then take it home to be rinsed the next day – once the dyes have set. Bring a washed white or pale coloured 100% cotton t-shirt and a bucket, washing up bowl or tub for taking it home safely. Everything else will be provided. Dress for mess!
Bamboo Bound Rainbow Books with Donna Lewis
Tuesday 16th April ’19
10am to 12pm
Age: 8+ (unsupervised), Teens & Adults
Cost: £12 (all materials included)
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary – All Welcome
Come and learn how to make a book using rainbow paper and bamboo sticks for the spine! You’ll be given step-by-step help on how to fold and cut your rainbow paper and thread your bamboo sticks – creating a brilliant book that can be used for all sorts of activities. Once your book is filled, you can then add more pages, just use the technique you’ve been taught – or start a new book!
Planet Mobile for Kids with Maria Lewis
Wednesday 17th April ’19
10am to 12:30 pm or 1:30 to 4pm
Age: Universal, 8+ (supervised) 10+, Teens
Cost: £12 (all materials included)
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary – All Welcome
This is a family activity, so little ones will need some help from an adult, and older ones can created this fab hanging galaxy themselves.
Intro to Papercutting with Pie Lady
Sunday 28th April ’19
10am to 4pm
Age: Adults & Teens
Cost: £45 (all materials included)
OFFER 2for80: book two different £45 papercutting workshops and get a £10 discount.
£5 off if you bring your own kit: craft knife, blades and cutting matt.
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary, All Welcome
Join this wonderfully unique workshop. You will be given a kit with everything you need, including 3 templates of your choice to cut on the day.
You can take all of this home with you, as well as your own amazing piece of art. You’ll learn lots of papercutting techniques, precision and tips and tricks of the trade – all in a friendly environment, while we share a cuppa and biscuits!
Manga Drawing Course with Donna Lewis
Tuesdays: 28 May, 4, 11, 18, 25 June ’19
4.30pm – 6pm
Age: 7+yrs (unsupervised) Teens & Adults
Cost: £100 (or £25 per session)
Instalment Payment Plan available
*Book your child’s place, just email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome – No Experience Necessary
Donna’s very popular Manga Drawing Course is back for 2019!
This five-week course will cover Manga drawing, techniques and specialist drawing equipment. Each week, we will focus on different characters, their features, clothes and props.
For New Students, you will be taught the foundation skills of drawing Manga characters, features and clothing.
For Returning Students, you will continue to develop what you’ve learnt with Donna, so far, and build on your skills to further improve your drawing, using source material and your imagination.
Each week, a new theme will be introduced to build on what was learnt in the previous session. Students will receive group and 1:1 tuition and feedback, with peer support being an integral part of this course.
Introduction to Botanical Plaque Casting with Clare Mahoney
Sunday 2nd June ’19
10am to 3:30pm
Age: Teens & Adults
Cost: £35 (all materials included)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome – No Experience Necessary
Enjoy learning how to take an impression and make a simple mould using a plaster and Cornish stone cast. Get creative using nature as your inspiration. The process is immediate and exciting, the cast dries relatively quickly and you will be able to take your work home at the end of the workshop.
This is a course suitable for all levels of experience and a perfect workshop to do with your teens!
Art Course for Kids #2 with Sarah Moorcroft
Wednesdays: 12, 19, 26 June & 3, 10 July ’19
4:30 to 6pm
Age: 7+ (unsupervised)
Cost: £100 (all materials included)
Instalment Payment Plan available
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Small class size allows 1:1 focused guidance and support.
Papercut Portraits with Pie Lady
Sunday 30th June ’19
10am to 4pm
Age: Adults & Teens
Cost: £45 (all materials included)
OFFER 2for80: book two different £45 papercutting workshops and get a £10 discount.
£5 off if you bring your own kit: craft knife, blades and cutting matt.
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary, All Welcome
See yourself or someone special come to life in paper form!
Come and make a portrait of yourself or a loved one to keep and display at home, or as a special hand-made present.
There will be tonnes of coloured paper and a choice of templates for hair styles, facial hair, clothing, accessories and more! So, you can mix and match to perfection, whilst having an artist to hand who can help with any added extras that make your portrait JUST RIGHT!
Design your own Canvas Shoes with Adriana Roberts
Saturday 27th July ’19
10am to 12 noon or 2 to 4pm
Age: Universal (supervised) 10+ (unsupervised) Teens & Adults
Cost: £25 for first pair (see below for offer)
OFFER: shoes are then discounted to £15, for each adult/sibling on same booking
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary – All Welcome.
Become a fashion designer for the day and create your very own pair of canvas shoes, you could even have matching family ones for all – big and small!
A lovely, fun and creative way to spend time as a family and leave with something useful as well!
Marbling with Inks with Serena Nickson
Saturday 3rd August ’19
10am to 2pm
Age: Adults & Teens
Cost: £25 (all materials included)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Marbling with inks is an exciting technique, which enables you to produce wonderful colours and patterns on good quality paper. Part of the fun is never knowing what you’re going to get and experimenting with lots of different marbling techniques! You will start by practising with a selection of A5 paper and then move onto A4 paper – once dried, they can be used to cover notepads, journals, frames and other craft items.
Bug Hotel: Foraging Field Trip with Donna and Maria Lewis
Sun 4 August ’19
10am to 2pm
Age: 8+ (supervised) Teens & Adults
Cost: £20 (hanging basket included)
*To book your child’s place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
During this exciting half-day ‘foraging field trip’, kids will have the opportunity to visit a local woodland and collect materials to construct their own bug hotel. With bark, moss, ivy and twigs, bamboo, pine cones and ferns, kids will learn about what environments insects like to live in, which materials work best and how to construct and reinforce their bug hotel, so it will last.
Acrylic Paint Pour with Caroline Moore
Saturday 10th August ’19
10am to 2pm
Age: Adults & Teens
Cost: £35 (all materials included)
Join Caroline Moore for a hands on workshop in Abstract Fluid Acrylic Pouring. During this workshop Caroline will demonstrate how to prepare acrylic paint for pouring, and will discuss a variety of different methods to perform an acrylic pour, for example: puddle pours, ribbon pours, dirty pours and flipcup techniques.
Location Photography Day for Teens with Donna Lewis
Wednesday 14th August ’19
10am to 3pm
Age: 12+, Teens
Cost: £40
*Book your place, just email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary – All Welcome!
Learn how to use your digital camera confidently and creatively. This is a fun and challenging workshop, part theory, part practical.
Teens will learn about their camera settings and how to use them to strengthen composition, focusing and aesthetic skills, as well as produce exciting and dynamic photos.
You need to bring your own digital camera, any camera will do – from a point & shoot to a DSLR (no camera phones).
Intro to Pyrography on Wood with Naomi Lunn
Sunday 18th August ’19
11am to 4pm
Age: Teens & Adults
Cost: £50 (all materials included, plus box or frame)
*Book your place, just email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Learn how to create a detailed drawing onto wood, using a pyrography tool to control depth, thickness of line and tonal depths of shading. Have fun creating a unique design, which can either become a framed piece or a wooden box to take home at the end of the session.
