February 2019
Introduction into Portraiture with Bakhtiar Umataliev
Portraiture can be a difficult subject matter to draw accurately and successfully. On this introductory workshop to charcoal portraiture, you will learn techniques, methods and process that are critical to achieve life-like portraits. You will learn the Riley method of drawing human faces, how to use measurement to increase accuracy, how tonal values can help in making charcoal portraiture more realistic and how different materials can be used to provide different effect. During the workshop their will be demonstrations as…
Find out more »Introduction to Freehand Machine Embroidery £30 – £55
In this workshop you will learn how to draw with your sewing machine. You will be shown all the basic techniques of freehand Machine Embroidery, and will play with mark making and infilling using different stitch types. Once you feel ready, we will help you to develop an image of your choice and create a small machine embroidered piece of artwork, which can be mounted and framed to take away complete. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners or anyone…
Find out more »March 2019
Watercolour painting with Bakuma
This is a full day workshop from 10am -4pm, and is suitable for both complete beginners or more accomplished painters. Following the very successful Introduction to watercolour painting workshop earlier this year, Bakhtiar Umalatiev is returning! During the first part of this day Bakhtiar will be demonstrating his watercolour painting skills, and giving expert advice (especially about working plein air). The rest of the day will be your chance to have a go at creating a painting in watercolours, with…
Find out more »High Firing with Enamels. Full day £65.00
We'll be using enamels fired at higher than normal temperatures, learning to fuse finely powdered enamel onto the surface of copper to create beautiful a glossy glassy surface. exploring the fascinating process of the alchemy that exists between enamel and metal, we will be firing our pieces up to temperatures in the kiln of 1000⁰C to encourage the interaction between the enamel and copper and between different enamels. Trying to control the unpredictable, you will design and finish at least…
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