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.
This year there are 2 x week long courses to choose from:
JULY 15th – 19th: Meet the Artists
JULY 29th – 2nd AUGUST: Meet the Artists II
We will be looking at drawing, painting, printing, as well as sculpture and other messy activities including paper making, mosaic and book making. 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
JULY 15th – 19th 2024
Meet the Artists
We will learn about famous artists including George Seuret who said “some say that they see poetry in my paintings, I only see science” . He was amongst other things a fantastic colourist and developed the technique of “pontillism” – dots to you and me. We will try all sorts of dotty activities using pastels and paint , looking at negative and positive spaces and colour. Henri Rousseau loved drawing wild creatures and we will venture in the land of the jungle looking at mixed media and sculpture. Wednesday sees us looking at the artist Lowry who was nicknamed “the Matchstick Man” and even had a pop song written about him. Warhol was fascinated by everyday objects which gives us an opportunity to really look at the world around us in a different way. Chagall loved the transparency of colour shining through glass and we will look at various ways to show this effect.
JULY 29th July – 2nd August 2024
Meet the artists II
We will be looking at the artist Jean Miro, who famously said “When I stand infront of a canvas I never know what I’m going to do – and nobody is more surprised than I at what comes out”. Miro was famous for his soft edges and 3D sculpture so will will experiment with mixed media effects and balanced sculpture. Frida Kahlo loved colour and flowers so we will visit Mexico and look at the ‘day of the dead’ using inks and vivid acrylic paint. The artist Matisse also loved pattern and colour and we will look at different ways to reproduce some of his most exciting ideas, including a 3d bowl. The artist Magritte was a surrealist which meant he made art out of his own idea of what reality means; a great opportunity to create fantastical ideas. Georgia O Keefe was an artist who was excited by close up versions of flowers, we will look at various ways of interpreting flowers using 2d and 3d methods.
By looking at how artists have worked in the past, we can copy and make our own versions of their work. As well as educating children in artists work, it allows children to understand how an idea can lead onto other inspiring ideas.
As well as the two week long courses I will also be offering two weeks of half days:
HALF DAY WORKSHOPS
These week long workshops give a taster of the bigger projects we can work on in the full day workshops.
8th July – 12th July: workshop times 9.30-12.00
Monday 8th July: Pontillism: looking at the artist George Seuret we will be making a dotty painting using various different paper cut outs
Tuesday 9th July: Mixed Media: looking at the artist Henri Rousseau we will be making a jungle painting with lots of different textures and mess
Wednesday 10th July: Printing: looking at the artist Andy Warhol we will study everyday objects and transform them into a printing block.
Thursday 11th July: Miniature model making: looking at the artist Lowry we will be making a tiny story board to fold up into a matchbox.
Friday 12th July: Suncatchers: looking at the artist Chagall we will be making vivid suncatchers filled with natural objects to catch the light
22nd July – 26th July: workshop times 9.30-12.00
Monday 22nd July: 3d wire sculpture: looking at the artist Miro we will be making a balanced wire sculpture to put in the garden so that the wind can move it.
Tuesday 23rd July: Mixed media: looking at the artist Frida Kahlo we will be designing a self portrait using different papers and materials
Wednesday 24th July: Acrylic painting: looking at the artist Matisse we will be painting our own version of his famous painting “Gold fish” using watercolour and acrylic paint
Thursday 25th July: Sponge painting: looking at the artist Magritte we will be using sponges to paint a make believe illusion
Friday 26th July: Watercolour: looking at the artist Georgia O’Keefe, we will be designing and painting a large watercolour of flowers.
Week long half day courses are £130, or £26 per day if preferred. Later pick up available at 1pm, £40 per half day
Below are listed courses from previous years 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.
art workshops and creative parties 
I would like to book my daughter on week 1 and 2 of the summer art club classes, her name is Niamh Gill and she is 11yr old.
Can you please let me know if you have available space and how you would loke payment to be made.
Many thanks
Kind regards
Elizabeth Gill
Hi Elizabeth, are you enquiring about booking Niamh into the summer art club for this summer?
have a space left for the Guatamalan worry dolls workshop on the 29th august
Hello Pauline, yes there is space available on the 29th August, would you like to book a place for this?
yes please sorry for the delay ,its for my granddaughter Suranne kendall Thank you.
Hi I was wondering if I would book a space on both summer workshops for my daughter?
Thanks Charisma
Hello Charisma, yes there is still space on both summer courses if you’d like to book your daughter onto them. The other course is £130 for the week if you’d like to pay for the two courses together. Best wishes, Frances
Great. I have sent you an email.
Hello I would like to find out if you have any spaces left the week of 12 August please.
Many thanks
Claire
Hello Claire, yes plenty of spaces on that week available at the moment, best wishes, Frances
Hi- just wondering what availability you have on the 1st week of August for workshops. 2 girls aged 8 & 11
Hi Catherine, I do have two spaces available on the workshops for that week, would you like me to book your girls in? if so, could I have their names please. Many thanks, Frances
Do you have any of the September classes available at all for 2? (age 10 & 9)
Hi Emma,
Yes I have space on the 30th, 31st August and 1 September if you wish to join the workshops. Best wishes, Frances
Good evening,
My partner and I would love to do sessions like these, but cannot get involved in weekdays.
Do you have any weekend sessions available by any chance?
Thank you
Kim
Hi Kimberley, I usually start the adult workshops in September/October. They mostly happen on a Sunday afternoon as that seems to be quite a good time for people. If you give me your email address I’ll put you down on my mailing list and keep you posted for events. I also teach 1:1 if that is of interest, so if you wanted to learn to paint in a specific medium or have a special class on drawing I could help you with that. As with the group workshops, the 1:1 will also start up again in September/October and you can let me know which day and when is most convenient for you. Best wishes, Frances
Hello, I would like to book my son onto the half day courses from 15th – 19th August. Is there an available space?
Kind regards,
Kim Hughes
Hi Kim, yes there is a space available, what is your sons name please so that I can put him down on my register
Best wishes, Frances
Hi Kim, Thanks for your message. Yes I have a space for your son on that week’s course, what is his name please? Best wishes, Frances
That’s great thanks. Please sign him up, his name is Leo Hughes.
will do, many thanks, Frances
Hi Frances, I noticed you are taking deposits to secure places on the full day classes, do you need a deposit for my son, Leo Hughes (9) for the half days 15th-19th august?
Thanks Kim, if you are able to that would be much appreciated. It means I then know which places are definitely reserved. Are you able to pay £30 deposit for that week? bank details are: mrs f h lemmon, 74293991, 40-22-25. Many thanks, Frances
Hi,I want to book for the summer holiday 18-22July 2022 for my daughter. She is 7 years old.Could you please let me know if there is availability.
Thank you
Hi Alida, thanks for the email. Yes there is availability for that week, could you let me know what your daughter’s name is please for my register? I am taking a 10% deposit to secure the placement if that is acceptable to you. My bank details are Mrs F H Lemmon, a/c 74293991, 40-22-25. The deposit is £30. I will in touch nearer the time, meanwhile if you have any queries please do not hesitate to get back to me.
Many thanks, Frances
Hi Frances,
Thank you.Her name is Maria Roos.
Many thanks Alida,
Look forward to meeting her in a couple of weeks.
Best wishes, Frances
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Good day
would like to book my 7 year old boy for the first four days the week of 18 July, ie 18th,19th, 20th and 21st. We are unfortunately travelling the evening of 21st and none of the other weeks meet his availability. please advise if there is still space, also what the 9am-3pm course include in terms of material (is it extra) and snacks and drinks
Hello Johan, many thanks for your email. The course running 18-22 July still has available space for the four days that you are interested in. During the four days we will be looking at drawing, painting, paper making, 3d sculpture, book making and monoprinting. The only aspect of the course that your son will miss is the exhibition day on the Friday. If you wish to book the four days I will organise the week so that he can finish off all his projects on the Thursday. There is no extra cost for the materials used, snacks or drinks. He will need to bring his own packed lunch each day. Would you like to book a place on this course? best wishes, Frances
Good day
Yes please
His name: Luka Gerenger-Craig 7yo
For the four days 18-21 July 2022
Please send details for payment.
My email johangerengercraig@gmail.com
Hi
Do you have any space for an 11 year old on the Time Travellers summer course please? If so, could you let me know how to book?
Thanks
Naomi
Hello Naomi, many thanks for your email. Yes, I do have a space for your child if you’d like to take it At this time, I am taking full payment for the course as it is only two weeks away. To book, you can bank transfer payment of £300 to: Mrs F H Lemmon, 74293991, 40-22-25. Could you please let me know the name so that I can put it down on my register for the course. Best wishes, Frances
Hi Francis, do you have a space for an 11yr old girl on Illuminated Initial Letters on Tuesday 16th August, also Butterflies & Insects on Thursday 18th August
Thanks
Tony Yabsley
Hi Tony, many thanks for your email. The Thursday workshop is full, there is space on the Tuesday 16th August workshop however. Shall I put her name down on my register, if so, what is her name please? Best, Frances
Yes please, her name is Evita Jasinska, when do you need payment
You can pay by bank transfer to: mrs f h Lemmon, 74293991 40-22-25 The total is £26, Many thanks, Frances
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Evita’s course illuminated Initial Letters all paid.
She’s look ing forward to it.
Best wishes
Tony
My daughter would like to do the art summer club next week. But she can only do Monday to Wednesday. How much would that be?
Hi, thanks for your email. Monday to Wednesday would be £ 180 if she would like to come along. We begin at 9am and finish at 3pm, all she needs to bring is a packed lunch. If this is of interest please let me know what her name is so that I can put it down on my register. Best wishes, Frances
Thank you for getting back to me. We will take Monday to Wednesday. Her name is Daniela Russell and she is 10 years old. Could you send me the payment details via my email: Mariapaiva@yahoo.com. Thank you. Maria
Dear Frances, could you also send me the address where the workshop is being held please.
Thank you. Maria
Thanks Maria, I have just sent you an email with the information. Look forward to seeing Daniela on Monday, best wishes, Frances