Event type: Workshop

About Life Drawing:

Convenience Gallery CIC host a monthly life drawing session.

We absolute love life drawing, and have been running classes in Wirral now for 3 years. It brings together a brilliant community of people together to draw and create.

This is a session for people of all levels. It is untaught so that means bringing along whatever materials you want to work with and have fun with it. There will be a mixture of poses; both short and long. There will be a 20 minute break at the halfway point to.

We will have some materials available if you forget yours, but please bring along whatever you wish to work with. Whether thats pens, pencils, paint, canvas, carcoal, paper, or something completely different bring it along.

We use Life Drawing to help fundraise to continue to do our work with the community around us. As a not for profit, your support at events like this helps us massively.

About Convenience Gallery:

Convenience is a not for profit, creative arts platform based in Merseyside. Since 2019 we have been on a mission to create accessible ways for communities to engage and be enriched through the arts. With over 5000 people participating with our projects and having created 108 paid freelance opportunities to date.

Read more on our website: www.conveniencegallery.org

More about the venue:

This takes place in the bar/ coffeeshop at Bloom too, so you can get a drink whilst you work on your drawings. (At Bloom bar & Coffee 100% of the £’s you spend go to support the work of the Open Door Charity. How boss is that?!).

Last bits:

Please let us know at least 7 days in advance for cancellation where possible, this is a popular class and we will look to reallocate your place if you are unable to attend.

If you have any questions please get in touch conveniencegallery@outlook.com

Join regular Heart of Glass collaborator artist Frances Disley to celebrate the trees of Halewood Triangle Park as she leads a workshop exploring gifting, ceremony and ritual. Together, we will make our own garlands and gifts to offer to the trees as a way of demonstrating our care and affection for them.

The so-called lungs of the earth, trees communicate with each other and even store memories. They have a profoundly positive effect on us humans too. By creating our own garlands and dressing the trees, we will explore the importance of acknowledging the importance of our cohabitation.

Whilst at Halewood Park Triangle, we invite you to explore Frances’ project Following the Roots: Stories of Halewood; a new trail of sculptural artworks made in collaboration with residents from Halewood, telling the human tales of Halewood intertwined with the wisdom of the trees.

This workshop has been designed for adults, but children are more than welcome to accompany.

Part of A Sense of Green.
We aim to create safe, welcoming and accessible spaces for all. If you’d like to discuss your access needs, please get in touch by contacting Heart of Glass via info@heartofglass.org.uk or call Anna on 07529224271.

Access information for Halewood Triangle Park Environment Centre:

Ground level with flat access

Accessible toilet on site

The main entrance to Halewood Park is on Okell Drive. There are several other local pedestrian entrances on Higher Road, Abberley Road, Stanford Crescent, Hollies Road and Lydiate Lane

Car parking available next door to the centre

• Safe cycle routes via the Trans Pennine Trail runs through Halewood Park. Cycle stands are available outside the Environment Centre
• Halewood Park is adjacent to Halewood Train Station on Hollies Road. Leave the station and cross Hollies Road and enter the Park through the pathway adjacent to the primary school
• A number of buses stop outside Halewood Park

Contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 for times of buses and trains or visit the Traveline website

10 Week Course
Wednesdays from 6pm – 8pm
4th October – 6th December

Starting from the basics, your tutor will provide exercises and tuition to help you improve your portrait drawing or help get you started.

Suitable for beginners, or for more experienced portrait sketchers.

The course is aimed at adults of any age, both beginners and the more advanced, who want to work directly from both the nude and clothed model.

The course will start with the basics of drawing the whole figure to achieve technical accuracy by learning how to measure. Once the student has learned the basic drawing skills, they can if they wish, through the guidance of the tutor, move on to the intermediate course and be introduced to using a medium of their choice: watercolour, acrylics etc.

This is an introductory workshop, covering basic techniques needed to delve further into the fascinating world of artists’ books’.

Many famous artists have made works in book format, such as David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Gilbert and George. Artists’ books are a fascinating and growing art form that is gaining in popularity with many exhibitions devoted to them.

In this workshop we will be covering essential basic techniques, such as

• choosing papers and covers
• correct measuring and cutting
• folding
• simple bindings

During the workshop we will be creating A5 pamphlet booklets, Turkish map folds and accordion booklets with exchangeable covers. We will discuss various other styles, methods and practical issues involved in making artists’ books.

Tutor: Brigitte Watkinson

Brigitte creates surreal paintings and collages. Collated magazine images, old art work, current newsprint, paint, photography and found objects amalgamated and intra-acted, creating visions and telling stories of the complex dynamic and surreal interior landscape of my emotions.

Dates:

Saturday 21st October, 12pm -4pm (£65 for 1 Day Course)

Venue

FACT Liverpool

88 Wood Street,

Liverpool,

L1 4DQ

Cost

£65

Materials

Participants should bring:

• A good selection of plain, printed or painted papers

• Card, heavy paper (decorated or plain), old artworks (for cutting up)

• Stiff fabrics and / or wispy fabrics, e.g. Tulle or gauze (if desired)

• A3 Cartridge paper 140 – 220 gsm

Tools and equipment will be supplied on the day

Notes:

There are a maximum of 16 places available on each session, so early booking is essential.

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

This 10 week course will focus on students creating a visual diary combining elements of collage, writing, drawing, ’zen’ doodling as a means of personal self expression and a space for experimentation; exploring themes from everyday life, as well as bigger hopes, dreams, and fears.

Fun and relaxing, collage is a wonderfully creative outlet, particularly for people who want to make art but don’t feel they have the skills or confidence for other endeavours. There are no rules! You can’t get it wrong and collaging, art journals are an easy way to help you connect with the creative self within.

The purpose of art journaling is not to make every page a masterpiece but to go with the flow, encourage playfulness and to enjoy experimenting with creativity in a personal, safe environment with the support of the tutor.

This self-directed process allows a freedom of expression that will build confidence and empower thinking.

Each week will begin with a quick 10 minute warm up collage exercise and then participants will create an image in response to a prompt or theme.

Prompts & Themes could include:-

• Creating a Mandala, zentangle
• A favourite quote
• A favourite poem
• Your Hand
• What’s in my head
• Faces
• Gratitude
• Black Out Poetry
• Nature
• A favourite memory
• Dreams
• Creating a Surreal collage/ humour
• A favourite song
• Free writing & imagery

On completion participants will have started a beautiful personal journal and will have gained the skills to carry on with this expressive, mindful art form.

Tutor: Olga Snell

Olga Snell is a digital collagist and workshop leader sharing her skills with students across the UK.

Snell was a freelance commercial photographer for 25 years based in Toronto Canada working for major Advertising Agencies, Designers and Blue-chip clients such as Apple Computer.

Dates:

Sundays 12pm -4pm, 1st , 8th and 15th October (£135 for 3 Day Course)

Venue

FACT Liverpool

88 Wood Street,

Liverpool,

L1 4DQ

Cost

£135

Materials

You will need to bring your own empty journal as a starting point, but all other materials are provided.

You may want to bring additional materials to collage such as pictures, notes, magazines and other scrap papers to personalise your Journal.

Notes:

There are a maximum of 15 places available on each session, so early booking is essential.

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