Workshops
Each week our workshop is inspired by a theme or a technique. This page shows our most recent workshops: please see the subject pages for other themes.
24th February 2024
Self-Portraits with Plants
We viewed the current British Museum touring exhibition "Drawing Attention" then drew our responses to a drawing by Charmaine Watkiss "Double Consciousness".
Self-Portraits with Plants
We viewed the current British Museum touring exhibition "Drawing Attention" then drew our responses to a drawing by Charmaine Watkiss "Double Consciousness".
6th March 2024
Working with Charcoal
We used charcoal to draw a still life, focusing on tone rather than colour.
Working with Charcoal
We used charcoal to draw a still life, focusing on tone rather than colour.
13th March 2024
Automatic Drawing
In response to drawings by Jessie Makinson in the exhibition "Drawing Attention" , while listening to music we doodled with inks and embellished with pen.
Automatic Drawing
In response to drawings by Jessie Makinson in the exhibition "Drawing Attention" , while listening to music we doodled with inks and embellished with pen.
20th March 2024
Oil Pastels
Our guest artist Kathleen demonstrated techniques using oil pastels.
Oil Pastels
Our guest artist Kathleen demonstrated techniques using oil pastels.
10th April 2024
Portraits of each other
Using a variety of media we continued our exercise of drawing each other.
Portraits of each other
Using a variety of media we continued our exercise of drawing each other.
17th April 2024
Contemporary Icons
Today at Still Lively we made work inspired by the American artist Howard Finster who had a vision from God telling him to paint sacred art. Finster had no formal art training but was extremely productive making thousands of pieces of work.
We used news snippets, cultural ikons and objects as our starting points in keeping with some of the subjects he commonly depicted.
Contemporary Icons
Today at Still Lively we made work inspired by the American artist Howard Finster who had a vision from God telling him to paint sacred art. Finster had no formal art training but was extremely productive making thousands of pieces of work.
We used news snippets, cultural ikons and objects as our starting points in keeping with some of the subjects he commonly depicted.
24th April 2024
Life Drawing
We warmed up with 1 minute and 5 minute poses, followed by longer poses of 20 and 45 minutes.
Life Drawing
We warmed up with 1 minute and 5 minute poses, followed by longer poses of 20 and 45 minutes.
1st May 2024
Free Responses
We drew our responses to any work of our choice in the Gallery. At the end of the session the group toured the Gallery so that each person could talk about what inspired them about their choice of work.
Free Responses
We drew our responses to any work of our choice in the Gallery. At the end of the session the group toured the Gallery so that each person could talk about what inspired them about their choice of work.