Ideas for Classes

Understanding colour: mixing, colour design etc.

Basic watercolour techniques

Experiments with mineral and metallic watercolours

Watercolour mixed media: wax & oil, ink, metal leaf etc.

Acrylic technique: glazing, blending, adding texture

Acrylic mixed media: collage and much more

Slow-drying acrylics: more convenient than oils

Gouache: velvety rich watercolour, maybe with collage

How to paint a landscape

How to paint a portrait

How to paint a still life

Approaches to abstract painting

Rescuing unsuccessful paintings 

Copying a photo or other image

How to draw: tips guaranteed to improve accuracy

Drawing a portrait, including proportions of the face

Drawing people, including proportions of the body

Shadow and light: understanding the logic of light

Loosening up: techniques for expressive drawing

Perspective: people, buildings, landscapes, still life

Mark-making with different drawing materials

Drawing on location: perspective/quick sketches

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Basic relief printmaking with lino/wood/vinyl/styropor

Basic intaglio printmaking with Tetrapak/metal/plastic

Basic monotypes using a gel plate

Multi-layered monotypes using a gel plate

Small-scale screenprinting

Printmaking using pre-cut lino/wood blocks

Multi-coloured relief prints (puzzle/reduction method)

Carve your own vinyl rubber stamps

Chine collé: simultaneous print and collage 

Ingenious stamping/printing with everyday objects

Cyanotypes (sun prints)

Japanese boxes (covering pre-cut boxes with washi)

Simple bookbinding techniques (lots of different ones)

Make a hard-backed stitched book

4 basic origami structures (star, heart, butterfly, bobble)

Complex origami stars

Washi paper eggs

Experiments with altered paper: embossing, cutting, tearing, weaving, layering etc.

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Watercolour patterns and abstracts: letting colour flow

Creative pattern doodling with fine liners

Colouring designs with coloured pencil/alcohol markers

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General guidance on design and composition

How to plan an art exhibition

Stretching your own canvases

Working on a series

Working from photos: editing and scaling