Young Artists’ Club

Ages 9+, with Sophie Newnham

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Spring Term 2025 Course Dates

11, 18, 25 January

1, 8, 15 February

(Half term 22 February)

1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March

5 April

It is so exciting when artistic talent appears at an early age.

We are keen to encourage young artists. These classes are for older children (9+ years) who are showing a more serious approach to art.

The classes focus on traditional drawing, painting and collage techniques, in an encouraging and non-competitive environment. The work produced can be used to build a portfolio.

Course Details

A step-by-step approach to cover a range of traditional skills such as drawing, painting and collage and students will use a range of materials including pencils, charcoal, oil pastels, water colours and acrylics.

Each week we will work on unique projects covering different themes. Students will be encouraged to create beautiful artworks from life and from photographs, referencing art history throughout.

Undecided? Book a taster

For the taster session, all materials are included. For regular students, we recommend the purchase of an Art Pack - we can advise you on where to obtain this when you book.

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Spring Term Programme

Week 1: Picasso-line drawings, spacing, overlapping objects, bottles and jars. Mixing tones on the palette. Painting.

Week 2: Morandi. Drawing out negative space. Mixing a soft palette. Spacing and compositional balance.

Week 3: Wendy Jacob. Negative space, planning out a composition. Drawing and painting still life objects.

Week 4: Van Gogh. The importance of perspective and balance. Mark-making with coloured pencils and pastels.

Week 5: Reflections. Drawing glasses of water and vases. Shading, soft and hard pencils.

Week 6: Painting a tablescape from an aerial perspective.

Week 7: M Escher- tonal drawing. Learning how to add structure and perspective to our drawings. A study of Surrealism

Week 8: Tacita Dean- Drawing mountains and clouds using chalks, pencils and pens on black paper.

Week 9: Luis Barragan- structural drawings. Drawing and learning how to mix the palette to create a balance of tones building shadow and light

Week 10: Michelangelo- drawing classical architecture detailing using fineliner inks and watercolours.

Week 11: Large animals. John James Audubon.

Week 12: Branding. Hyper-realism. Drawing and colouring our snacks.

All materials are provided for the taster session. For subsequent lessons, you will find links to recommended materials below. You may already have some of these materials at home, in which case they will be fine to bring.

For regular students, we recommend purchasing a small collection of materials to keep in a bag so you can bring it with you each week.

 A range of H and B pencils
 A small box of acrylic paints (including, as minimum the three primaries- red yellow and blue plus white)
 A washable palette or tear off palette
 A small assortment of brushes
 A4 sketchbook + tear off pad of A3 cartridge paper if you prefer to work on a larger scale.