Recently I have some new art classes sessions for Home Educators. They will take place every Thursday mornings at my art studio in the Chilvers Coton Craft Centre in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Like with all the Children's and Adults sessions I run, I encourage person centred creativity, embracing everyone’s own way of mark making and outlook on how they visualise the world around them.
Contact me for more information.
Here is also a link for booking options. Book a session here.
I have finally put together a list of all the life drawing sessions that I will be hosting at the Wembrook Community Centre in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The sessions are on a Sunday evening once a month. It is on from 7-9pm and there will also be a longer session on the August 17th date from 4-9pm where there will be 2 models.
All the dates are open to all beginners and improvers. Materials are provided if needed and Free parking. Tutoring is also available on request.
If you live in and around the area and would like to join in on one of our relaxing group sessions, feel free to contact me for more info and booking.
Happy New year to those who celebrate this period of the festive time. It has been a while since I have posted on here and yet I have been wanting to write something on many occasions recently. One reason being extremely distracted and busy with various projects at home and also within my work involving some slight changes in direction.
A majority of my time has been establishing the art classes that I run between Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. The other one involves a Bamboo Windmill which I will need a lot of time to process and write about. Not only has it been a journey of learning and discovery, but a whole new way of thinking in my approaches and understanding within the relationship of how we define everything in our society. Creativity is very powerful and can be used as a gradual habitual method of learning.
All will be revealed soon on here and on the separate Windmill Blog I set up for this particular ongoing journey.
In the meantime here is the first video I have set up on my new YouTube Channel. It is a sketch I created of Baxterley Windmill in North Warwickshire which is no longer standing.
Charlotte Morwenna very kindly wrote this poem inspired by my sketch and is also a great introduction to what I will post soon.
They are simply designed for people of all ages, where I try to encourage person centred learning and start their creative pathways within a friendly group environment where they can learn and share off each other without judgement or intimidation.
A lot of people haven’t picked up a pencil since leaving school either because they were told they weren’t good enough or compared themselves to someone they thought was better. My ethos is to help people embrace their own individuality and discover their own version of mark making in a way that can help enrich confidence, wellbeing and a whole new creative outlook.
I cover a range of themes alongside individual developments. I see myself as a guide rather than a teacher and with my experiences help you to find your own.
I also facilitate life drawing sessions currently at Wembrook Community Centre in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. These are open to all adults of all abilities and I am there on hand to guide if requested and host the evening.
All the sessions are pay as you go and you can book as and when it fits within your daily life.
Below are the links to find more info and to book a space:
Nuneaton: Adult and Children’s classes / Life drawing sessions
Other classes
I also provide separate one to one sessions / private art classes at my art studio / Art workshops. Get in touch for more information.
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| Above: Van Gogh’s work used as reference for the Drawing DNA method exercises. |
Aside from that I also have the weekly Adults Art class in Sherwood, Nottingham.
If you or anyone else you know would like to attend and you are a complete beginner or improver then message me for more details.
Well what can say! I had the huge honour of going over to London working with imagineer and help facilitate a free 3 day art workshop at the National Gallery.
The gallery had installed a huge outdoor tent overlooking Trafalgar Square, housing many organised workshops over the course of the summer.
We designed and built a bamboo sea stormed backdrop relating to the theme of an exhibition that was on going at the gallery. The painting in particular was ‘A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas’ by the artist Claude-Joseph Vernet.
Over the course of the 3 days we were in the presence of over 4000 children and adults of all ages and backgrounds that came through and tried their hand at drawing and making artworks based off ships, sea monsters and other sea related themes.
Our main aim was to embrace the idea that creating art is for everybody no matter what the age or background. The one thing that struck me the most was the interaction between parents and their children, feeding off each others energy and creating fun and engaging work.
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My new Art studio and workshop opened yesterday at the Chilvers Coton Craft Centre in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The day started by doing small children’s art sessions.
My aim is to combine the workshops and classes for adults and children alongside creating and building on my own artwork.
If you or your child that would like to attend one of the workshops then message me for more info. There is a booking link on the website for more info.
As a working artist I felt that I could help transfer the experiences and difficulties I myself have endured and used this to ignite and inspire young people to create their own path.
This cohort I have been assigned as lead artist to help deliver the participants concepts into full size structures and installations that are to be displayed at the Godiva Festival along with the help of other staff and support workers.
Ants Art Classes Open to all beginners & improvers
In the Nottingham and Nuneaton, Warwickshire and surrounding areas.
For quite a few years now I have been hosting small art classes that are open to all complete beginners and improvers to help develop their creativity, motivation and confidence all within a friendly group setting.
There is no set course structure but themes and prompts are used as a way for development. I am here to use my experience as a working artist to help you on your creative journey. Basic materials will be available if needed, plus tea / coffee provided.
