The summer art club is a week long course running 9-3pm looking at different aspects of creativity working with a professional artist in a safe, relaxed, enclosed environment. Because it runs over 5 days we can work on complicated projects and projects that need time to dry.  The children make new friends and work together and at the end of the week they present an exhibition of their work to their family and friends, something that they are always proud to do.

SEASIDE BEACHCOMBING COURSE 2021

July 26th- July 30th         August 9th – August 13th

This summer we will be looking at drawing, painting and printing, as well as sculpture and mythology.  Lots of messy activities including making a sketchbook and art bag to keep your precious creations in.  These week long workshops will be very messy so please wear old clothes and be prepared to get your hands dirty! Mon-Fri, 9-3pm  £300 for all week

              BOOKINGS ARE OPEN

Aug 2nd-Aug 6th, Aug 16th-Aug20th and Aug 23rd-August 27th

workshops run 9.30-12.00

with option of arranging later pick-up if so desired.  Each workshop costs £26

SUMMER ART CLUB 2021 – all week Monday-Friday 9-3pm

Monday 26th-Friday 30th July 2021:  SEA MYTHS from Greek mythology to Loch Ness, Mermaids, Sea Dragons and giant squid, we will spend a week immersed in this diverse world making sculpture, printing, drawing, painting and collage.  We will be creating projects that will take a couple of days work to complete, such as illustrating a book and making magical sand bowls. Be prepared to get your hands dirty.  Exhibition of the weeks work will be on display on the Friday afternoon.

Monday 9th-Friday 13th August 2021:  PIRATES, looking at the nice ones as well as the not so.  Using all sorts of materials we will construct a pirate boat, treasure map and ships log book amongst other projects.  We will also be making sand sculpture as well as perfecting our drawing, painting and printing skills.   Feel free to come dressed for the occasion.  Exhibition of the weeks work will be on display on the Friday afternoon.

2/8/21-6/8/21  workshop times 9.30-12 (later pick up if required)

2/8/21:  PRINT-MAKING: using seaweed and found objects to make beautiful underwater world artwork, using styrofoam and monoprinting techniques.

3/8/21: MOSAIC PLATES: using shells, sea-glass and broken pieces of plates to make a small decorative plate.

4/8/21: MINATURE WIND KITES: using mixed media these underwater fish will ‘swim’ in the breeze

5/8/21: WATERCOLOUR PAINTING: using glorious translucent watercolour to mimic water effects within this piece of wall art.

6/8/21:  SEAHORSE SCULPTURES: using willow, thread, wool, string and ribbon to make a gorgeous wall mounted piece of art

16/8/21-20/8/21   workshop times 9.30-12 (later pick up if required)

16/8/21: SAND CLAY MODELS: gloriously versatile sand clay behaves like normal clay but also has a unique texture, ideal for sculpting with.

17/8/21: ACRYLIC FISH: bright, beautiful wall art to take home and frame, using lots of different techniques with this versatile paint medium.

18/8/21: PASTEL DRAWING: inventing your own world of seashore/seascape with lots of different techniques.

19/8/21:  PAPER MOSAIC: using hand painted foam marbelled paper and traditional marbelled paper to create beautiful wall art (very messy!)

20/8/21: SEAGULL SCULPTURES: using mixed media we will create a table standing 3d form.

23/8/21-27/8/21   all workshops run 9.30-12 (later pickup if required)

23/8/21:  BEACH GLASS WALL ART:  using found objects we will construct wall art within a hand decorated frame.

24/8/21:  MIXED MEDIA ART: create a fantasy landscape to hang on your wall using all sorts of media and fun techniques

25/8/21: BASKETMAKING: using thin rope and lace to make a miniature basket for beach goodies

26/8/21: OIL PAINTING: have a go at oil painting, we will be working on a painting of dolphins, or choose your favourite sea study (old clothes needed)

27/8/21:  TREASURE BOXES: using mixed media we will create boxes with secret opening

All workshops cost £26 and can be booked as single sessions.

Below are last years’ courses to give you more detail of the amount of work we get through!

SUMMER ART CLUB 2020

Monday 27th July 9-3: WELCOME FROM THE RABBITS AND ME –  Having made our own art badges to introduce ourselves to each other, we will then make art portfolios to keep our art work safe for the week using marbelling paint technique.  Introductions over, we will sketch a visiting rabbit or two in charcoal, pastel and ink.

Tuesday 28th July 9.3: ITS SUNDAY NOT TUESDAY – today our theme is the sun,  firstly making cyanotype prints,  then shadow tracing a fantasy garden full of weird and wonderful objects and lastly looking at huge sunflower paintings…wow hope the sun shines!

Wednesday 29th July: 9-3:  DONKEYS, BUTTERFLIES AND COAT OF ARMS –  we sketch our neighbours (donkeys) using graphite and chalk then design a fantastical 3D paper butterfly garden for our healthy garden.  Lastly thinking about our own coat of arms using batik technique we will create our own flags to display in the garden..

Thursday 30th July: 9-3:  GOOEY THURSDAY –  fingers crossed for no rain as we will be painting up our gorgeous batik flags on the grass and designing and making messy puppets for a fabulous puppet show tomorrow!

Friday 31st July: 9-3: PUPPET SHOW AND EXHIBITION –we will paint and decorate our paper mache puppets, design and finish our puppet theatre and generally finish off any other projects and decorate the studio ready for the grand presentation to family and friends at quarter to 3 this afternoon.

 This schedule will be repeated Aug 10th – August 14th

These workshops are aimed at children from 7 upwards who enjoy being creative and imaginative, to get the most out of the sessions it is advisable to book all 5, cost £300, however you can enrol for individual sessions if so wishing, cost £65.   Preference will be given to students booking all five as some of the projects need two days to finish and there is a continuation from one day to the next.  All sessions are led by Frances, a practising artist in her art studio in St Peters.  There will be a short break mid morning and early afternoon with juice and biscuits provided and a half hour break for lunch so please bring a packed lunch with you.  There will be a relaxation marquee for eating lunch, playing board games and reading if your child wishes to take a rest from all the activities.

Because numbers are limited in each workshop early booking is advisable, please email me directly, lemmon4art@hotmail.co.uk.

3rd August 9.30-12:  RABBIT RABBIT   we will sketch our friendly rabbits using graphite and chalk and make a fantasy shadow drawing (hopefully the sun will be shining)

4th August 9.30-12: SUNFLOWERS using multi media we will create a beautifully framed piece of wall mounted art.

5th August 9.30-12: 3d BUTTERFLY PAPER GARDEN:  designing a healthy garden full of butterflies and foliage using paper in all sorts of ways

6th August 9.30-12: KOINOBORI KITES:  we will design and construct paper carp kites to fly around the garden

7th August 9.30-12: 3D INSECTS:  we want our garden to be healthy and full of insects so lets make some beautiful ones.

These workshops will be repeated 17th August – 21st August

The cost of each workshop is £26 which includes a biscuit and juice half way through the session, option of staying for lunch (please bring your own) with pick up at 1.30pm, £14 extra.

AND LASTLY,  THREE DAYS OF PRINTING

Join me for the three final days of experimentation in my studio.  Looking at printmaking as I have discovered some great techniques and processes

September 1st:  9.30-12: Styrofoam printmaking:  using intaglio method of printmaking using easy to carve sheets and inspiration from the garden.

September 2nd: 9.30-12: Cyanotype printmaking: using the suns rays to develop fascinating results, experimenting with various natural ingredients.

September 3rd: 9.30-12: Monotype printmaking: drawing freehand in paint with various tools and found objects.

Cost of each workshop is £26 which includes refreshment break half way through.

 SUMMER ART CLUB 2019

Monday 29th July: BIG AND SMALL – Finding inspiration from everything around us, we will hunt down plants, animals and fruit shapes to build up a weird and wonderful portfolio of mark making using large pieces of paper, charcoal and chalk, pastels on sticks, feathers with ink, felt pens and magical colour pigments.  Then we will look into using these drawings to build up a story with a hero (whichever animal we drew in the morning) to make into a fold out story to go inside a match box.

Tuesday 30th July: 9-3: POP ART – We spend the morning sketching animals which will improve our quick decisive marks on paper.  These drawings will then be turned into Monotype and Styrofoam prints which will be the starting point to make bright pop art acrylic paintings. 

Wednesday 31st July: 9-3:  MESSY WEDNESDAY – Every week has to have one very messy day and this is it; dress appropriately please! Making gorgeous gooey Gelatine prints of some of the objects we found on Monday and shaving foam Marbelling paper are just two of the fun techniques we will be looking at.

Thursday 1st August: 9-3: MOSAIC – Great opportunity today to try your hand at creating a garden mosaic using small mosaic stones and also hand painting larger ceramic tiles to tell a story that is about the garden; the animals and plants within it.  If you are here all week, the storytelling can be a continuation of your matchbox story.

Friday 2nd August: 9-3: COLLAGE – Having worked hard all week we should now have a huge supply of exciting and beautiful papers, some of the sketches, drawings, prints we made, that can be cut up and things that we have found along the way in the garden – perfect to make into a beautiful collage.

The last afternoon will be spent tidying up and getting our exhibition ready for family and friends to come and admire what we have achieved.

These workshops are aimed at children from 7 upwards who enjoy being creative and imaginative, to get the most out of the sessions it is advisable to book all 5, cost £300, however you can enrol for individual sessions if so wishing, cost £65.  All sessions are led by Frances, a practising artist in her art studio in St Peters.  There will be a short break mid morning and early afternoon with juice and biscuits provided and a half hour break for lunch so please bring packed lunch with you.  There will be a relaxation marquee for eating lunch, playing board games and reading if your child wishes to take a rest from all the activities.

Because numbers are limited in each workshop early booking is advisable, please email me directly, lemmon4art@hotmail.co.uk.

2019

12th August 9.30-12:  MOSAIC:  create a mosaic plant pot and a plate for it to stand on (if you have time) – we will also plant a magical mystery plant seed in the pot to take home.

13th August 9.30-12: BLACKBOARD ART: using chalk pastels we will create a beautifully framed piece of wall mounted art.

14th August 9.30-12: PRINTING: monotype and stryrofoam printing of garden inspired objects.

15th August 9.30-12: MIXED MEDIA ART: using sketches we made of donkeys and inventing a wondrous landscape for them to live in using all sorts of materials.

16th August 9.30-12: POP ART: looking at animals, plants and still life in the garden using bright acrylic paint to make a wall mounted piece of art.

The cost of each workshop is £26 which includes a biscuit and juice half way through the session, option of staying for lunch (please bring your own) with pick up at 1.30pm, £14 extra.