5 sessions from Mon 10 Apr 2023 [Show]
Join us for a week immersed in a wide range of explorative art and play activities.
Week 2, Monday 10 - Friday 14 April, will see the group exploring art through a plethora of techniques and themes.
Follow Guendalina Rota in an exciting adventure between lines, shapes and spaces, to train your drawing skills.
Drawing enhances cognitive development; it helps us to learn how to write and think creatively and develops hand-eye coordination. This week children will learn how to ‘see’ the world, understanding the positive and negative spaces and the simple shapes behind even the more complex forms, through play.
With a series of games both indoor and out in the garden and woodland, we will learn about proportions, composition, shadows and the basics of watercolour, together with pencils and ink drawings.
Through exploration, and looking at other artists for inspiration, children will learn the tools to draw confidently, thinking outside the box.
Monday 10 April
Understanding shapes
Do you know that you can draw anything starting with simple shapes?
With a combination of squares, triangles and circles we will break down all the things we can think of, learning the ‘chiaroscuro’ to add shadows to transform a flat shape into a form, understanding the positive and negative spaces.
Tuesday 11 April
Tracing outlines
Today we will trace different objects using the help of the light, hopefully the sun, or drawing directly around the edges. We hope nothing and no one will be too ticklish! :)
After that, we will be able to ‘see’ the edges of things around us and to choose a little part that can be repeated to create a pattern.
Wednesday 12 April
Depth and perspective
From the rule of thirds to the grid to help perspective, we will dig into our memory and fantasy to draw idyllic landscapes and busy cities, learning how to use watercolour wet on wet and wet on dry and pen and ink.
Thursday 13 April
Bring your favourite toy/object
One of the easiest ways to learn how to draw is actually by doing it. One of the best ways to do it is by observing an actual object, and it is even better if we like what we are drawing! You will be surprised to see how detailed and quick you will be after some warm ups.
Friday 14 April
Body and face proportions
With the help of some rules, we will be able to draw a person with the right size of the head, arms and legs. Also, we will understand the right proportions of the nose, the eyes and the lips. For the keen ones, we will explore the facial expressions as well.
Individual day’s are now available for booking.
As always, children will need to bring their own packed lunch (and sunhat/sunscreen/raincoat if needed).
We hope to get outside into our beautiful grounds to explore as often as possible.
The club is for children aged 5-12 years and will run from 9am – 3.30pm
(drop off from 9am-9.30am, pick up 3.30pm sharp)
The club costs £28 per day.
This includes the provision of a wide range of art materials, refreshments and snack.
Please select the days that you wish to book, and for how many, then proceed to fill in their details.
Please note that we are not a registered childcare provider, and we do not have additional support beyond our Artists and Creative Playworkers.
The club is made up of a series of creative art activity workshops. If your child does not enjoy art, or a busy environment, please look to book them into a more suitable workshop. We want all of our children to get the most from their art club workshops, in a safe and happy environment.
FREE PLACES -
There are 4 free places available each day for families with low income, such as those in receipt of Universal Credit. If this applies to you, and would benefit your family, please add this to your basket and proceed to fill in the child's details.
These few places are much needed, so please be considerate when booking so that these can be shared amongst other children too.
*We reserve the right to enquire which benefit you are in receipt of.
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