Congratulations to all 120+ of our young artists for another fantastic term of painting and drawing. Thank you especially to the 54 young artists who sent in a piece of their work to share on this website. We love seeing … Continue reading →

Congratulations to all our adult students for all of the wonderful artwork that was made during the summer term 2021. Thank you very much to everyone who sent in a piece of work to share. We love seeing which pieces … Continue reading →

Sue Temple In response to a call out for a favourite drawing each from our current Zoom life drawing students, we received the following fascinating works. Congratulations to all of our life drawing students, who have achieved so much during … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! Last week we asked you to send in your favourite artworks from last term. We received work made in a variety of media, from adults and children, beginners and more experienced painters. Congratulations to everyone for helping … Continue reading →

For lesson 10 we talked about how artists and illustrators often use image to describe narrative, then asked students to choose a piece of text and respond to it in their own way. We received lots of very imaginative work … Continue reading →

In week 9 we looked at artists who made sculpture and asked our students to respond in two or three dimentions to a sculpture who inspired them. Congratulations to all of our students who took part, children and adults, as … Continue reading →

For week 8 of the summer term we asked our students to make work using Impressionist Marks. Our teachers Mick Kirkbride and Matt Davies made videos where they worked in the style of  Monet and Vincent van Gogh, and well … Continue reading →

For week 7 of the summer term we asked our students to make Monochrome work. Using tones of one colour only. The results were the best yet! Congratulations to all adults and children who took part. We sent students videos … Continue reading →

For lesson 6, we asked students to notice the sky, and make artwork in response. Our teachers made some videos, showing how they would respond to the theme of skies, as well as some short videos for beginners, looking at … Continue reading →

For lesson 5, we spoke to students about artists who, from the 1960s to the present day, have responded to what they see in the media, making memorable images about a moment in time. Thank you to everyone who sent … Continue reading →