Showing posts with label drawing workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drawing workshops. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 January 2013

Fossils, Art and Inspiration


Fossils,
Art and Inspiration
Art Days for Grown-ups
Sunday 10th March and
Sunday 17th March 2013
nr Longnor
10.30 - 4
try your hand at making ancient reef animals

two days of activities with artists from Stone and Water

felt crochet, model-making can all play their part


These days are partly training for our existing volunteers, training for possible new volunteers and also just days for adults who'd like to have a go themselves. We have worried about the wording of these - we want to offer days for adults and teenagers rather than families - we do a lot of activities for family groups but sometimes it is good for grow-ups to have some creative time that is just for themselves...

These days also mark the overlap between the end of  our "Exploring with Stories" project and the start of the next phase of "Ancient Landscapes"


just drawing is good, too
Inspired by fossils from local limestone and the rich landscapes of the Upper Dove Valley, we'll share skills, ideas and techniques giving ourselves time to experiment and reflect

No experience needed - just join in and have a go!

Workshops are free and materials are provided but spaces are limited so please book a place (either day or both)
Further details sent with confirmation

Sunday 10th: crochet your own coral, needle-felt a fish, printing fossils, small models of monsters
plankton painted onto chiffon

Sunday 17th: making tiny people, plankton cloths, casting fossils, just drawing, fossil lanterns

Booking and more information:
stoneandwater@btinternet.com
07791 096857
http://exploringwithstories.blogspot.co.uk

creating ancient rockpools
printing fossil patterns

Monday, 8 October 2012

The Big Draw in Buxton


autumn colours and inspirations
autumn leaves could set our art-ideas buzzing

Saturday October 13th
11am - 2pm
meet by the Bandstand 
in Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, SK17 6BE
Free
Materials provided

October is the month of the Big Draw so why not warm up your pencil fingers, wriggle those painting hands and give your art legs a shake down and join us for a Big Draw in the Pavilion Gardens

Inspired by the colours and patterns of autumn in the Gardens, we'll do a big picture in front of the Pavilion working on a long roll of paper with chalks and oil pastels

Everyone is welcome - you don't need to be "an artist" - enjoying autumn is enough for us to get you drawing!
early morning dew might inspire a scribble

Artists: Sarah Males and Gordon MacLellan are two of the leading artists from Exploring with Stories. Based in Buxton they both work to find ways of celebrating the places where people live, work and play.

Wet weather? we'll still work together but indoors and on a smaller scale - find us in the Conservatory!

NEXT EVENT: after this there will be another Big Draw workshop on 31st October in Buxton Museum. Details to follow