These are some of the courses that took place in 2019
Quirky Clay Characters with Katherine Kingdon
Sunday 14 July 2019
10 am to 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £60 (all materials included)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Make a set of simple clay figures suitable for indoor or outdoor use. We will be exploring facial expression, playing with form and discovering ways of adding details such as buttons, ears and pompoms. If you’re feeling adventurous you can turn some of your figures into plant waterers. They look great standing amongst the plants.
Pieces will be taken away for firing and can be collected from City Arts Newbury at a later date
Linoprinting in Colour with Karen Carter
This workshop is now SOLD OUT!
Fri 5 July ’19
10 am to 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £45
Offer: book 2 different workshops with Karen for £80 (£40 each)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Explore a variety of different ways to introduce colour into your linoprinting. Produce a set of single and multi-colour prints in this structured but relaxed workshop exploring techniques such as spot inking, rainbow rolls, chine colle, stencils & masks etc. Feel free to bring existing plates or cut a new one during the workshop (tutor will supply A5 size lino). Suitable for anyone familiar with basic linocutting. Lots of step-by-step demos & individual help.
Whiteline Woodcut Printing with Karen Carter
Friday 28th June ’19
10am to 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £45 (all materials included)
OFFER 2for80: book 2 different £45 workshops with Karen for £80
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Where watercolour meets printmaking!
The easy way to do Japanese style woodcuts! We will take this ancient art and make it into something fun, accessible and simple to do, referencing the work of the Provincetown Printers in America.
All tools and wood will be provided and printing will be done with tubes of watercolour paints – perfect for printing at home with a minimum of equipment.
No previous experience needed.
Silk Painting: inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe with Sarah Moorcroft
This workshop is now SOLD OUT!
Sunday 23rd June ’19
10am to 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £55 (all materials included)
*Book your place, just email: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Create a silk painting, inspired by the stunning work of Georgia O’Keeffe, using the scale, colour, and textures of her flowers to bring your painting to life! Learn how to work out your design and transfer it from paper to silk, how to apply silk paints, blend colours, make dynamic colour choices and create textures using salt. By the end of the day, you will have a gorgeous painting, ready to take home with you and ideas on mounting/framing.
Architectural Linoprinting with Helen Naish
This workshop is now SOLD OUT!
Sun 16 June 2019
10 am to 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £45
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Learn how to see architecture in a completely new way! Turn your favourite building into a linocut print. Experiment with light and shadow, pattern and texture, and pick up new linocutting techniques. Print your building on up to 5 cards, ready to send to family and friends. Suitable for all abilities.
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.
Printing and Embroidery on Paper & Textiles with Karen Carter and Lorna Goldsmith
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th June ’19
10am to 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £120 (all materials included)
Installment Payment Plan Available
*Book your place, just email:
info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
No Experience Necessary – All Welcome
A creative and fun weekend combining a variety of printing techniques with stitch, fabric manipulation and embellishment.
Create a series of samples to give you ideas and inspiration for further development.
No experience needed – lots of demos and help throughout the weekend.
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!
Introduction to Linocutting with Karen Carter
This workshop is now SOLD OUT!
Fri 31 May 2019
10am – 4pm
Age: Adults
Cost: £45
Offer: book 2 different workshops with Karen for £80 (£40 each)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Learn all the basics of this simple printing process and produce a set of prints to take home in this structured but relaxed workshop. We will look at creating a design from your source material, safe linocutting techniques, and printing by hand using a variety of approaches. No experience necessary, lots of step-by-step demos & individual help. We will use water-soluble oil-based inks and easy-cut lino.
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.
Planet Mobile for Kids with Maria Lewis
Wednesday 17th April ’19
10am to 12:30 pm or 1:30 to 4pm
Age: All Ages (supervised) 10+ unsupervised, Teens
Cost: £12
*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
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!
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!
Draw a Manga Poster with Donna Lewis
THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!
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.
Fused Glass Tile with Metal Wire & Foils with Nicky Clarke
THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!
Wednesday 10 April ’19
10am to 11:30am
12:00 to 1:30pm
Age: Universal (supervised up to 10yrs), Teens & Adults
Cost: £15 (all materials included)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
All Levels Welcome, No Experience Necessary
Make a 10 cm x 10 cm glass tile with Nicky.
What will you create, a simple tree design, or an under water scene with fish and seaweed? Images for inspiration are available on the day but the choice is yours.
Once you have your design ready, you can create it using the glass frits and metals which will be glued in place, onto the glass, ready for firing.
Pieces will be taken away for firing and returned to city arts within two weeks for you to collect.
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.
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
*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.
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.
Experiment with Portraits with Isabel Carmona
Tuesdays: 19, 26 March 2 April ’19
10am – 12.30pm
£90 (or £40 individual session)
To book your place, just e-mail: info@cityartsnewbury.co.uk
Isabel is back, with her first course of the year – bringing her fun, challenging and unique style to this new 3 week course… a must for anyone who wants to give portraiture a go or advance their skills-base with an inspiring tutor!
Experiment with drawing each other portraits, self portraits and group portraits in various media (pencil, pen, ink, watercolour, biro) both monochrome and full colour. The course starts by looking at the proportions of the human face and will encourage participants to draw and paint without fear, having fun, whilst collecting it all in a sketchbook.
A sketchbook and materials provided.
No Experience Necessary!
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.
