Just For Fun!  You are welcome to join in with the monthly theme.

 

January: Rainy Days Inspired by contemporary Artist: Liubov Kuptsova, and Leonid Afremov.

Acrylics, Watercolours, Collage.

February: The Surrealists, Magritte, Leonora Carrington, Merret Oppenheim. 

Collage, Painting from the collage you have created, Dream Inspired painting, Found objects. 

March: (English Artist) Dame Laura Knight Interested in marginalised communities, Romany, Circus, and Wartime documentation. 

Pastels, Watercolour, Acrylic.

April: (Russian Artist) Kandinsky Abstraction, Colour & Music were at the forefront of his work. 

We will explore creating abstract, colourful art using a combination of techniques over the four weeks.  Some of these art pieces will be created while listening to music. 

May: (Czech painter) Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau, painter, illustrator and graphic artist. Famous for his decorative, theatrical, posters, of women. 

June: (French Artist) Matisse, Paper Cuts & Posters. We Will explore Matisse through paper collage, paper cuts and Acrylic paint. 

July: (French Artist) Toulouse Lautrec. We will explore creating large posters with simple fluid lines using ink & watercolours. Also foam printing block and make prints as part of the project. Other media may well be incorporated including Acrylic and Pastels.

August: (British) Patrick Heron Abstract Artist. Inspired by Cornwall he developed an abstract style, brightly coloured paintings. We will explore his work though a series of collages, mixed media and acrylic painting. 

September: Altered Art. Among other artists Banksy is famous for creating altered art. Using famous paintings and sculpture, we will collage and reassemble creating new art pieces and then copy the composition into a painting. This is a fun project! 

October: (Mexican artist) Frida Kahlo & The Day of The Dead. An appropriate artists to explore throughout the month of October, We will work in combinations of media. 

November: Pre-Raphaelites. Very much an English movement John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, to name few. A group of Romantic artists who believed in the art values prior to Raphael, they were close to William Morris. Beautiful redheads, melancholic scenes inspired by Medieval Art combined with writing and poetry. We may even create a little wallpaper? 

December: Christmas Themes. TBC. This year we will create your Christmas cards, paper wreaths  and winter watercolours.