Event type: Workshop

Beginner’s Acrylic Painting

Over a 3 day course you will learn a variety of traditional painting techniques using acrylics.

***To avoid a booking fee and pay by card, cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***

Sundays, 12:00pm – 4:00pm starting 3rd March (£135 for 3 sessions)
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Programme:

This painting course will be open to all abilities from complete beginners to those who haven’t picked up a paintbrush since school, to those who use art as a hobby, as well as artists wanting to develop their own work and practice. Over the course of 3 weeks, you will develop your awareness of painting using acrylic as a unique means of visual communication.

Each session will give you the opportunity to use your imagination and develop those inventive processes alongside traditional and contemporary techniques. You will make art as an artist does and develop your project from its conceptual beginning to its physical end. The course will help you develop a deeper understanding of art and how as practitioners we think and realise work.

Day 1: Introduction
Basics of acrylic paint, properties, and solvents
Properties of colour: value, saturation, and hue
Colour theory: primary, secondary, and the rest; colour mixing
Making value and saturation charts
Mixing secondary colours as well as some random target colours

Day 2: Drawing and painting from a picture
Introduction to gridding method to draw and paint from a printed and digital pictures
Creating painting from one printed and one digital photo using a grid.

Day 3: Drawing and painting from life
With the techniques learnt over the previous 2 days, you will apply your learning to execute a drawing and painting from life.

Tutor: Laleh Kamalian

Laleh Kamalian is a self-taught artist who found art at a late stage of her life after a long career in medicine and science. Her favourite subject is human portrait, where she aims to show the characteristics and emotions of the portrayed to the best of her ability. However, she enjoys describing the nature beauties in the form of flowers, scenery, or wildlife with her art too.

Dates
3rd, 17th and 24th March

Venue
Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX

Situated in the centre of Liverpool, just behind Church Street, down Church Alley and in front of Liverpool ONE. You can enter the building via the front courtyard off School Lane, or through the garden at the back off College Lane. Nearest train station- Liverpool Central.

Cost
£135

It is possible to split this cost into two payments, please call 0345 017 6660 for more details.

Materials

Acrylic paint: A set, or individual tubes, that contain at least titanium white, red, yellow, blue, and black.
Brushes: Synthetic brushes suitable for acrylic paint, at least in three sizes, small, medium, and large (not wider than 2 cm). If you are getting a set, they normally come in different shapes. If you are buying them individually, go for filbert.
Paper: A pad of paper suitable for acrylic paint, size A3.
Palette knife: Go for a longer shape such as diamond or rectangular shape.
Painting palette: I recommend a pad of disposable pallet papers, although you can get a rigid one (wooden or plastic) or use disposable paper plates.
A pencil
An eraser
A pencil sharpener

Please bring with you a cup, or jar for water

Introduction to Chinese Painting

This Chinese brush painting session is a mixed ability class, suitable for experienced artists looking to experiment with a different technique, or beginners looking to create graceful and simple paintings.

***To avoid a booking fee and pay by card, cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***

Sunday 25th February, 12pm – 4pm (£65 for 1 day workshop)
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Programme

This session will begin with a brief history of Chinese art looking at the main ways it differs from Western painting styles

This will be followed by a demonstration of brush technique, correct handling and posture, leading to the first exercise which will finish in you painting a long flowing orchid stem, adding simple orchid flowers
The second exercise teaches more techniques focusing on ink and dilution, adding watercolour

You will then paint the “Four Gentlemen” – four plants used to teach the fundamental elements of Chinese brush painting: the plum blossom (梅), the bamboo (竹), and the chrysanthemum (菊) (the other plant is the orchid (蘭) previously used in exercise 1)

They will look at what different trees and flowers represent in Chinese culture: e.g. strength, peace, purity etc
They will also look at Chinese calligraphy and have a go at writing in Chinese using our paintbrushes

From a number of different visual stimuli, we will choose our own subject matter to create a more detailed painting using the techniques we have learned, with a demonstration from the artist, feedback and group critiques

Tutor: Madeleine Pires

Dates:
Sunday 25th February, 12pm – 4pm (£65 for 1 day workshop)

Venue:
BOLD Place
8 Bold Place,
Liverpool L1 9DN

Cost
£65 for 1 day workshop

Materials you will need to bring:
Set of 3 Chinese paintbrushes
pad of A4 watercolour paper or rice paper
Plain printer paper for practicing
Chinese ink
A palette or saucer with dividers
A pipette
water pot
If possible, a small watercolour set containing red, yellow, blue and green.

Event

*Please note BOLD Place has no central heating however heaters and hot drinks are provided. But we advise you bring layers and wrap up to increase your comfort during the course.
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Introduction to Cartooning

Suitable for beginners to intermediates, this course will teach you the fundamentals you will need to create your own illustrated characters or depict others in cartoon form.

***To avoid a booking fee and pay by card, cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***

Sundays starting 25th February
3 Day Course (£135)
25th February, 3rd & 10th March 12pm-4pm
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Programme:

Your tutor will introduce some examples of his previous work and what you will be working towards. Explore various styles and uses of comic drawing such as creating characters, avatars, designs, logo designs, product packaging, advertising, publishing (be it in books or specifically comic strips , animation storyboards and more!
Cartooning can also be funny, serious, bizarre and is a simple way to communicate.

They will do live drawing, covering basic figure drawing using a simple pose, geometric shapes and doodles. They will then look at how to add animation, with techniques like wizz lines and sound effects.

Frame content is also covered to show you how posing and composition can be used to add a dramatic or humourous effect. Finally we will work on appropriate backgrounds to a cartoon.

Tutor: Stu Harrison

Stu has been a cartoonist and illustrator for 30 years and has a number of various artwork styles appropriate to various ages and to varied job. Stu has worked for clients such as Nike, My Little Pony, Transformers, Kellogg’s, Oxford University Press, The BBC, Tescos, Marks and Spencers and many more. He has worked on comic strips, children’s picture books, animation, product design, packaging and illustration.

Dates:

25th February, 3rd & 10th March 12pm-4pm

Venue:

Bluecoat
School Lane
L1 3BX

Cost:

£135

Materials:

You will need to bring your own materials with you. Essentials include a set of HB pencils of varying softness, an A3 pad of paper, sharpener, eraser, fine-line pen and a ruler.
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dot-art Club (8-12 year olds)

Every child is an artist and dot-art Club is specifically designed to help children aged 8-12 years grow their artistic skills and build a lifelong love of art by exploring a range of art mediums.

***To avoid a booking fee and pay by card, cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***
BLOCK 1: Sundays, 10:30am-12pm, 25th February – 24th March (5 Weeks)
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Programme

This course is for children who love making art, want to broaden their drawing and creative techniques or would like to build confidence in bringing their imaginations to life.

dot-art club is a relaxing and fun space for nurturing ideas by experimenting with expressive drawing, colour, form, shape and pattern.

Take part in lots of creative activities, including:

Mark-making games
Paint to music
Make optical illusion art
Draw graffiti words
Learn simple printmaking techniques

Over the 5 weeks you will compose giant creations from your new creative skills and grow your confidence as a young artist.

If you would like more information on what dot-art Club will entail, send an email to info@dot-art.com.

Tutor: Denise Wright

Wright is a Liverpool based children’s and families artist and artist educator who uses playful and open-ended processes for nurturing children’s inner artist and self-expression. Denise has years of experience in creating unique art with community groups and with children of all ages in schools and art galleries.

Denise Wright has achieved a BA Hons Fine Art and Design, a PGCE and a PhD Arts-based education. Denise has worked with young people in a creative role for over a decade and is a practicing artist herself.

All staff are fully DBS checked and insured.

Dates

BLOCK 2: Sundays, 10:30am-12pm, 25th February – 24th March (5 Weeks)
Venue
Baltic Creative CIC
49 Jamaica Street
Liverpool
L1 0AH

Cost

£95 for a Block. The full course must be booked in advance.
Materials

Event

All materials will be provided. Children are welcome to bring their own snacks and drinks for the session.

Creative Futures

Are you a creative person based in Liverpool? Wanting to turn your passion into a business?

Wondering how and where to start?…

LUMA Creations and Business & IP Centre Liverpool have joined forces for Creative Futures – a brand new, free programme designed to help creative individuals kick-start their careers and businesses.

The series will consist of four workshops taking place weekly throughout March, offering help, support and advice from experienced professionals who have been there and done it before.

The workshop series will explain and advise on the intricacies of self-employment, including topics such as finance, marketing and networking. Attendees will be joined by like-minded individuals in a warm, friendly and relaxed environment.

All of the workshops are free to attend, but booking is mandatory. Tickets can be booked here.

Short Course: Introduction to Ancient ...

Uncover the truth behind the story of Leonidas and the 300 Spartan warriors who held back the might of Persia and discover more about the golden age of Classical Greece as theatre, philosophy, and democracy developed in the bustling metropolis of Athens. Finally we’ll look at how Greek culture spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean and beyond as vast empires were won and fought over.

This online short course will take you on a journey of over 3000 years and introduce you to some of the most important characters from Ancient Greece, some mythological, some real, all legendary!

Online sessions will take place on four consecutive Wednesday evenings from 5 July, 6-8pm. A link to join the online course will be sent to participants 48 hours before the course begins. Tickets cost £40.

If there are any barriers to you participating in this short course please email course facilitator Matt Exley on matt.exley@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk to discuss how we can make this accessible to you.

Tickets available soon

Go Higher Lecture Series: The Seafarer...

‘The Seafarer’ is one of a handful of Old English poems surviving in a single manuscript collection known as The Exeter Book. Normally referred to as an Elegy, this 124 line monologue is regarded as the reflections of an old seafarer at the end of his days; the words of an old salt to a young man embarking on a life at sea; a contemplation on life couched in seafaring metaphor.

Reading the poem in modern English, this session will explore its resonances and the fascination it continues to exert, while suggesting (and seeking suggestions for) how we may read and understand it today.

This talk will be led by Professor Jill Rudd from the University of Liverpool.

Amazing Animals

This workshop will introduce you to a variety of animals housed at World Museum from both their Aquarium and Bug House galleries. One of their animal care team will talk you through the amazing adaptations of these creatures as well as highlighting the importance of our oceans and wildlife and help encourage visitors to care more about animals and their environments.

Visitors will get to see live animals up close and projected on screen to look at their unique features in detail. They will also get the chance to touch some artifacts related to the animals alongside some interactive games and activities to help reinforce what they have learned in the session.

Fridays, Session start time 1.15pm

Meet and make: cyanotype printing

Spend a relaxing afternoon in the Lady Lever Art Gallery learning a new skill and getting to know new people.

Cyanotype Prints or ‘sun prints’ use natural UV light to create beautiful blue and white images. They are an early form of photography that does not utilise dark rooms or cameras. Our friendly facilitator will guide you through the process to create a bookmark, card, and postcard from found and collected materials. There is no need to have any experience, just bring yourself and some enthusiasm. Whilst the works are drying take the opportunity to head to the café for a chat. You never know, you might leave with a new friend as well as a new artwork!

This session is perfect for adults over the age of 18 who are interested and inspired to continue making art. Your £20 ticket includes materials, facilitator, and a hot drink in the café.

A booking link will be available soon here

Pitter Patter Painters

Pitter Patter Painters is a messy, fun-packed workshop for very young children aged 3 and under.

Within this sensory experience, our youngest visitors can enjoy exploring a variety of materials ranging in texture and consistency. The session allows babies and toddlers to learn about materials through play, with toys and tools provided to navigate these.

Pitter patter has limited capacity and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis with tickets available one month prior. £5.00 per toddler with maximum of two accompanying adults.

If you have any concerns about allergies or materials used in the session, please contact us. For each session we ensure a list of all materials used is available.

Wednesday 24 April 10am-11:30am and 1:30-3pm
Friday 26 April  10am-11:30am and 1:30-3pm