Painting with Oils, Wax and Glazes

Courses led by artists from Chisenhale Studios for adults of all levels of experience at Chisenhale Art Place, Thursday evenings, 7pm to 9pm.

A six week painting course beginning on Thursday 31^st May until Thursday July 12^th  (no class 7^th June), led by artist Emma Gunningham

This course is designed to be both practical and creative. Participants will learn how to mix and use glazes and wax and experiment with the media. This will lead on to painting on canvas.

Classes are small and suitable for all levels of experience and ability. Participants will have individual support and attention and feedback and discussion from the group as a whole. Students will need oil paints, brushes, oil paper sketch pad and canvas or board for later.

Fee for the six week course: £90, payable at the first class.

For bookings or questions please contact: Emma Gunningham, Chisenhale Studios, mobile no: 07940 563063 or email: emma@salamanda.net

Or come to the Education Space at Chisenhale Art Place,  64-84 Chisenhale Road E3 5QZ on Thursday 31^st May at 7pm

The Locket’s Riddle film project was the second hugely successful collaboration between Chisenhale Art Place and Lawdale Junior School, funded by Help a Capital Child.

Chisenhale Art Place commissioned artist Lisa Nash to work with children and teachers from Year 5 on a series of script-writing and film workshops, which culminated in the making of a short-film, The Locket’s Riddle. The film is set in London Docklands and looks at the history of the area, relating directly back to the curriculum. With Lisa’s support, the children worked as a team to lead on all aspects of the film-making process – from story-boarding and directing to editing and costume-making.

The Locket’s Riddle was screened at the school in January 2012 to a large and enthusiastic audience of children, teachers and parents. A very special second screening took place at the Museum of London Docklands in March 2012, allowing the children to see their film on the big screen.

Many thanks to Help a Capital Child, the Museum of London Docklands, Lawdale form teachers Justine Kavanagh and Anita Vanjara, and volunteers Yasmin Kauser and Mavela Daley, for their support of and enthusiasm for the project.

New Painting Course: Colour and the Canal

Artist-led courses for adults of all levels of experience at Chisenhale Art Place on Thursday evenings from 6.30 to 9pm.

A six week painting workshop beginning on Thursday 19th April, led by artist Kate Hardy.

Participants will make six paintings over six Thursday evenings using a range of painting techniques exploring advanced colour mixing and the subject of the canal: water, light and reflected buildings that can be seen from Chisenhale Art Place’s canal-side Education Space.

Basic materials supplied.

Group tuition alongside individual support ensures this course is suitable for all levels of ability.

Fee for the six week course: £90, payable at the first class.

For bookings or questions please contact: Kate Hardy, Chisenhale Studios, mobile no: 07946814317 or email: k.hardy@kcc.ac.uk

Or come to the Education Space at Chisenhale Art Place,  64-84 Chisenhale Road E3 5QZ on Thursday 19th April at 6.30pm.

Art of Growing, Wednesdays, 10am-1pm

The Art of Growing is a free, friendly, drop-in art club that is facilitated by the professional artists at Chisenhale Studios.

Workshops explore drawing, painting, sculpture, video, performance and much more. We rotate the tutors every few weeks, so there is plenty of opportunity to learn new skills and gain experience from the wide range of artists within the Studios.

Schedule for April, May and June 2012

18th, 25th April: EMMA GUNNINGHAM
Portraiture
Using a variety of materials, Emma will be looking different approaches to portraiture.

2nd, 9th May: JON GEORGE
Relief Painting
Jon George will be exploring a new approach to painting using pulped paper gesso.

16th, 23rd May: RICHARD LAYZELL
Video Art
Richard’s approach to art uses video and performance, and offers something, which is completely different for the Art of Growing project.

30th May and 13th June: KATE HARDY
Oil Painting
Colour and the canal. The group will focus on colour and oil painting.

20th June, 27th June: KEVIN HARRISON
Wood Sculpture
Kevin Harrison’s workshops embrace the enormous fun of using wood to make sculptures. A hands-on experience of working with wood, creating some astounding works of art.

All welcome!

We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of an anonymous donor who is supporting the Art of Growing from February 2012 to June 2012. This funding goes directly towards the workshops, enabling the community to continue to benefit from this much-loved art workshop and club, and supporting the artist tutors involved in the programme.

Portrait Classes with Emma Gunningham

Artist led courses for adults of all levels of experience at Chisenhale Art Place Education studio on Thursday evenings 7- 9.30pm.

Fee for six week courses: £90 payable at first class.

Portraits – Drawing and Painting

A six week workshop

Starts February 23 rd – March 29^th

Using a variety of materials we will be exploring different ways and starting points for approaching portraiture.  We keep the classes small so everyone will get as much attention and help as they need.

Chisenhale Art Place 64-84 Chisenhale Road E3 5QZ

For more information and to book a place please contact Emma Gunningham:

emma@salamanda.net      07940 563063

Art Courses 2012

Artist led courses for adults of all levels of experience at Chisenhale Art Place Education studio on Thursday evenings,7-9.30pm.

Fee for six week courses: £90 payable at first class.

Drawing into Painting.

A six week drawing and painting workshop.

Starts January 12th.

We will create paintings developed from a range of drawing media and techniques, and use these to inspire new work. We’ll also look at contemporary and historic drawings.

Chisenhale Art Place  64-84 Chisenhale Road E3 5QZ

For more information please contact Kate Hardy at:  k.hardy@kcc.ac.uk

Lots of tea and chat provided

All workshops are Free, everyone welcome, including beginners.

Jon George started with the first two weeks, showing the group an unusual technique of using a glue and chalk mixture to prepare a surface on which to paint. The mixture was used to cover a wood background, layer by layer until enough was built up to provide a smooth surface making it lovely to paint on. In the second workshop the group learnt how to make a special paint mix, produced using colour pigment, egg yolk and water called egg tempera. The richness in colurs created was wonderful and much appreciated by all.

Kevin Harrison’s three week workshop embraced the enormous fun of using wood to make sculptures.  All enjoyed the knocking and sawing and hands on experience of working with wood, creating some astounding works of art.

The last workshop session for this year will be led by Charlotte Mew, so no doubt there will be a wonderful surprise in store for everyone. The workshops are open for all ages and abilities and are a rare opportunity for everyone to experience professional art making techniques from experienced artists.

All welcome.

Last year in the autumn term at Lawdale school, Lisa Nash, visual artist and film maker created a  five minute film “The Vampire Bullies” with teacher Justine Kavanagh and Year 5 children,  because of  the huge success of this film project, the school starts it’s second film project this term.

In the first week, the group discussed their experience of film making before they started to brainstorm about what kind of film they would like to make.  Will it be a thriller a mystery, or maybe a romance?  As the children’s school year will be based on the London Docklands, they decided to somehow tie that in with their theme for the film.

Many of the children were interested in how filmatic “green screens” work, so Lisa decided to give them experience of how to use it for one of the sessions. The children had enormous fun using this technique, and were impressed with the special effects that can be created and are eager to use it for their film project.

When it came to developing the story there was much debate – but by the third session a story soon began to appear. They then had to develop the characters and agree on the final script. Then, despite having the theme, characters and the script there still was no title, so in recent sessions  the group worked on possible titles.  They also  rehearsed parts of the script, before auditing for the main six characters before Lisa and Justine.  After the final casting, in which everyone was happy with the outcomes,  attention was turned to costumes.

The days have been long, but everyone agrees they don’t want to go home at the end of each day, even though their brains are frazzled…….

Shooting will start soon!

Join artist Emma Gunningham for a six week course exploring the numerous possibilities of collage making and discovering ways to link it to painting. Emma keeps her classes small, so she can work individually with each student.  The end results will always be varied, as students follow their own themes.   You will need to bring your own paints, brushes and canvas, but some materials will be supplied. The six week course costs £90, payable on the first evening.

To find out more or to book a place contact Emma directly tel 07940 563 063  or  emma@salamanda.net