Art
*Please note Welcome To The Jungle is 4-7 yrs, not 3-5 as incorrectly listed in the brochure.
Boxed In! (8-12 yrs)
Tuesday 28th May, 09.30 - 13.30 (£64)
Think outside the box! Help each other to build a house or shelter from only recycled cardboard. Bring in as many of your boxes from home as possible… maybe they had food in, or post, or furniture - let’s give them a new life! You’ll work in small teams, using nothing but scissors and string to help you create; there’s no sticky tape or glue to be found on your eco exploration! Get that roof on, climb inside and admire your new eco home that you’ve built from scratch. We are delighted to have returning visiting tutor Jonathan Huxley with us again in this half term. Jonathan is a contemporary artist and artist educator at the Royal Academy of Arts.
Tutor: Jonathan Huxley
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Sustainable Superheroes (3-5 yrs)
Tuesday 28th May, 09.30 - 11.30 (£24)
Let’s make our own sustainable superheroes! Together, we’ll use all sorts of recycled materials and multi-coloured paper to make a superhero picture. Your work will jump right off the page! We’ll also make our very own superhero masks out of leaves and berries to hide our true identity… How will your superhero save the planet?
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Important Insects (3-5 yrs)
Tuesday 28th May, 12.30 - 14.30 (£24)
Did you know that insects are some of the most important creatures on the planet? Even though they are so small, they keep everything ticking over! In this class we will celebrate these tiny beings who have such a big impact. We will make pictures using leaves and twigs and create images of our favourite insects. Come along to discover how to make paper create different shapes and spring into life… we will make some swingy spiders and some brilliant beetles!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Fashion Illustration for Teens (11-14 yrs)
Tuesday 28th May, 14.00 - 18.00 (£51)
Come along to this fun short course for teens exploring the world of fashion illustration. If you love fashion and are always drawing your next design, this course is perfect for you! We will explore a range of illustrative techniques used in fashion illustration as well as experimenting with different materials, exploring sustainability in fashion along the way. Participants will finish off the day by creating their own fashion illustration design using their favourite techniques from the session. Florence is a textile artist, trained and working at Central St Martins.
Tutor: Florence Tambini Cooper
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Wonderful Waves (4-7 yrs)
Tuesday 28th May, 15.00 - 17.00 (£24)
Did you know that the ocean is one of the most important parts of our planet’s ecosystem! Come along to this fun class to celebrate the ocean and all things wavy! We will use paint and rubbings to decorate paper, and then we'll learn how to manipulate it, using scissors to cut shapes to make feathers, leaves and waves… we’ll also draw patterns to make it look like the sea is waving from the page. You’ll be literally making waves!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Lovely Lakes (3-5 yrs)
Wednesday 29th May, 09.30 - 11.30 (£24)
We will use different methods and mediums to make a watery lake like the ones Monet painted over and over again at his gardens in Giverny. Using wax resist, paint and printing, we’ll create our very own version of his famous works. We’ll add water lilies and of course some jumping frogs… we can even make ourselves a funky fish hat!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Make a Rainforest Terrarium (5-11 yrs)
Wednesday 29th May, 09.30 - 15.30 (£64)
Join us on this exciting art course to make your very own imaginary rainforest! Under the guidance of your expert tutor you will create your very own forest terrarium from a recycled plastic bottle - which will keep it out of our oceans! You'll create rainforest recycled collages inspired by Henri Rousseau, and you'll design your own 'Save The Rainforests' poster, inspired by other artists, alongside a whole host of other eco-inspired activities.
Tutor: Nicola Corrigan
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Wild Weaving (4-7 yrs)
Wednesday 29th May, 12.30 - 14.30 OR 15.00 - 17.00 (£24)
Did you know that the branches from the trees all around you can be used to make things? People weave all sorts of things; baskets, fences… even houses! Together in this class we will weave some beautiful art. Using a branch shaped like a divining rod (like people use to find water!) we will make a stick loom. We’ll use wool, grasses, and other natural objects to weave our art on our loom. Let's have a look at the famous hungry caterpillar- they wove their way in and out of different fruits, cherry pies and even a lollipop!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Clever Clay Creations (3-5 yrs)
Thursday 30th May, 09.30 - 11.30 OR 12.30 - 14.30 (£29)
Clay is a wonderful natural material, which we can dig up straight from the ground. It can be used to make so many different things by adding water! It is biodegradable, which means that when you are finished with it, it can go back to the earth. Together we will get to grips with clay in this fun class… let’s make some pretty pen holders for all of our stationary, and we will use our imagination to paint them!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Papermaking (5-11 yrs)
Thursday 30th May, 09.30 - 15.30 (£64)
Come along to the Conservatoire for a fun day of creativity! Ever wondered how paper is made? In this all-day workshop you will create your very own paper out of recycled materials, starting from the very beginning of the process and finishing the day with beautiful paper that you have made yourself from scratch. You will include fun details like flower petals and different colours, making your creation uniquely your own. Will you use your paper in a scrapbook or notebook, for cardmaking or collage? Or perhaps you will wrap a present in it?
Tutor: Lilly Walker
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Welcome to the Jungle (4-7 yrs)
Thursday 30th May, 15.00 - 17.00 (£24)
Do you ever feel like being a jungle animal? Perhaps you leap around like a monkey, or sneak about like a panther! Let’s make a sign for your bedroom door, inspired by all things jungle-tastic. Using sticks we'll tie our sign together to make a frame, and then we’ll make a picture or a collage on paper and string it between the sides. Voila, your very own handmade sign!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Planet Protectors (3-5 yrs)
Friday 31st May, 09.30 - 11.30 (£24)
Using coloured sand and other natural materials, we will create our very own globes! Using paper and biodegradable string, we will create our planet base, before deciding what should go on it. What sort of planet will you build? Perhaps it will be mainly blue, like Earth, or maybe it will be covered in green forests? Come along to see what you will create!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Nature Navigators (4-7 yrs)
Friday 31st May, 12.30 - 14.30 (£24) OR 15.00 - 17.00 (£29)
What kind of natural landscape do you like best? Perhaps a forest, a desert, or a tropical island? We will create our very own landscape, using recycled materials to create shores, cliffs, fields and streams. We can use real twigs to make a bridge or a row of trees. We’ll paint grass, water… there might even be a volcano!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Salt Dough Creatures (6-12 yrs)
Friday 31st May, 13.30 - 17.30 (£56)
Learn how to create your favourite animal using squishy salt dough! Salt dough is a great sculpting material that can be made with a few household ingredients and is nontoxic and biodegradable. Join us at the Conservatoire for this fun and flour-filled day where we will learn how to make, dye and sculpt our material into all kinds of wonderful creatures. Please note that this course may not be appropriate for those with certain food allergies.
Tutor: Ellie Osborne
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