Adults
Here are the courses that are going to be running in the immediate future. Unless noted all materials needed are supplied. All finished pieces are yours to take home at the end of the course. Please refer to the lists below to see what day each course takes place on. Each class runs for two hours. 18 years and over.
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Venue: Clacton Art Gallery Studio, Central Parade, Rosemary Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1TF
To book any course please click on the image and this will take you to the website 'shop', or just pop into the Gallery and book there.
​Watercolour
(2 week - £30, 1 week - £15)
Course SW1 Thursday 8th & Thursday 15th Jan 2.30 – 4.30pm Paint a bright Mediterranean scene, that will warm you up in these cold months.
Course SW2 Monday 12th & Monday 19th Jan 11am-1pm
Off to the Scottish Highlands for this painting! Learn how to use watercolour to create a wonderful scenic painting
Course SW3 Tuesday 13th Jan 6 – 8pm
Learn how to paint a lovely floral picture with watercolour paints
Course SW4 Tuesday 20th & Tuesday 27th Jan 6 – 8pm
A rural scene. Capture the beauty of a countryside scene in watercolour paints
Course SW5 Thursday 22nd & Thursday 29th Jan 2.30 – 4.30pm A lovely windmill in Norfolk. Using watercolour paints capture the beauty of a Norfolk scene.
Course SW6 Monday 9th & Monday 16th Feb 11am-1pm
A bridge over a beautiful river will be our theme for this course.
Course SW7 Thursday 12th Feb 2.30 – 4.30pm
Watercolour for beginners An excellent way to start your journey with watercolour paints
Course SW8 Monday 16th Feb 2-4pm
A tasty cupcake treat for you to paint.
Course SW9 Thursday 19th & Thursday 26th Feb 2.30 – 4.30pm Tea time is our theme for this watercolour course.
Course SW10 Monday 2nd March 11am-1pm
Watercolour for beginners An excellent way to start your journey with watercolour paints
Course SW11 Tuesday 3rd & Tuesday 10th March 6 – 8pm
Mont St Michael in France will give us the perfect theme for this course
Course SW12 Thursday 5th & Thursday 12th March 2.30 – 4.30pm A Scottish Castle will inspire us this session.
Course SW13 Monday 9th & Monday 16th March 11am-1pm Springtime flowers are our guide for this lovely watercolour painting.
Course SW14 Thursday 19th 2.30 – 4.30pm
Paint a bluebell glade in this watercolour project.
Course SW15 Monday 23rd & Monday 30th 11am-1pm
Speed is our theme, and how to paint something that is zooming along
Course SW16 Thursday 26th & Thursday 2nd April 2.30 – 4.30pm An Easter Still life will be this course’s subject. Beautifully painted in watercolour paints.
These classes are perfect for those that would like to learn how to start using watercolour paints, pick up on a hobby they once tried, or to continue to develop their skills.
Learn how to use them (and possibly other media) to create some lovely finished pieces. Over the weeks we will explore how to create watercolour paintings that capture the mood and emotion of the moment. All materials are supplied.
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Pastel drawing
(2 week - £30, 1 week - £15)
Course SP1 Monday 12th Jan 2-4pm
Using this wonderful medium we will create a cheery highland cow picture
Course SP2 Monday 2nd & Monday 9th Feb 2-4pm
Create a waterside picture with a variety of soft tones.
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Chalk pastel can create some stunningly beautiful effects and is a lovely medium to work with. Come and explore what is possible and create some amazing results.
Silk Painting
(2 week - £30)
Course SR3 Monday 2nd & Monday 9th March 2-4 pm
Create your own silk design and paint it in wonderful colours.
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Why not try silk painting. If you have done it before you will know how wonderfully satisfying it is - if you have never done it... you don't know what you are missing!
Printing
(2 week - £30)
Course SR1 Monday 25th Jan & Monday 2nd Feb 11am-1pm
Create a splendid repeating print pattern and then use the techniques learnt to make a striking floral image ready to frame and display.
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Explore the art of print making. This technique will allow you to create images in a special way, that no other media matches. Fun and immediate, it offers much to those wishing to explore their creativity.
Crafternoons
(1 week - £15)
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Course SR4 Monday 16th March 2-4pm - Painted boxes
Paint up a beautiful trinket box using acrylic paints.
Course SR5 Monday 23rd March 2-4pm - Easter bunnies
As Easter is just around the corner create a charming bunny picture.
Course SR6 Monday 30th March 2-4pm - Easter Eggs
Decorate your very own Fabergé style Easter Egg.
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A collection of crafty activities, for all abilities. All materials supplied.
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Paint like a Rousseau
(3 week - £45)
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Course SA1 Tuesday 17th & Tuesday 24th & Tuesday 31st (nb 3 week course) 6 – 8pm
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Over the three weeks create a painting on canvas with acrylics, using the French artist Henri Rousseau’s jungle paintings as your guide and inspiration.
