Mixed media and creative painting

Next date: Thursday, 06 February 2025 | 12:30 PM to 03:30 PM

Find your own artistic voice. Create expressive representational, abstract acrylic or mixed media or collage work, based on class exercises or a subject which you enjoy. Gain a better understanding of how to use colour, materials and the structural elements of art effectively in your work.

Sue loves to explore the open interpretation of subjects, expression, abstraction or semi-abstraction using ideas and objects from our everyday world, our imagination or the places that we love.

If you would like to book into term 1 & 2 together at a discounted rate, please contact us via email or phone.

Alternatively, if you would like to book an additional course in the same Term, please contact the Art Centre for a discount code to apply to your second course booking. Note that this discount code cannot be used in addition to the combined Term 1 & 2 discounted rate.

Materials required

A4 Visual diary/sketch book for practice
Sturdy drawing board to accommodate A2 paper
2-4 Bulldog clips
A3 or larger cartridge paper
Sturdy mixed media paper, card, craft, or watercolour paper 300gsm or more
Gesso (to prime canvas)
Water Jars
Large 2’ brush (good house painting brushes work)
Something to mix paint and ink on (I will explain how I make a palette in class)
Small containers for ink/spare paint
Brushes and things to apply paint with e.g. palette knives, card, shapers, rags.
Long handled brushes to draw with
A range of brushes round, filberts and flats.
Acrylic paint - bring a selection of colours if you have any. Anything to start. (2 complementary colours and black and white - only if you already have them).I will go through the other colours and preferred brands I usually use on day 1.
Bring what drawing materials you have. Willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, charcoal pencils, a range of lead pencils or graphite sticks, black ink, and any other ink colours you may have. Other drawing tools may include Chinagraph, coloured pencils, wax crayons, oil pastels, chalk pastels, a plain wax candle, old credit cards, sticks.
Rags, paper towel.
Putty eraser, plastic eraser.
Gel medium if you have any or glue you have available.
Rags, a plastic or other table cover.
Masking tape - low tack.
Apron.
A mug is useful and whatever you like for afternoon tea nibbles. Tea and coffee provided.