Mixed Media Collage for Beginners - Arnold Library - Adult Learning

Arnold Library, Nottingham

Date	28 February - 28 March 2025
Sessions	Fridays: 6pm - 8pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Arnold Library, Nottingham View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £35

About this course

Learn how to use a variety of different art mediums (paint, pastels, crayons etc) and a range of art and collage techniques to use together to create a visually exciting simple concertina collaged sketchbook.

Over the duration of five weeks, you will be shown how to use a variety of mediums and different techniques to create a piece of colourful art full of collage and interesting textures and imagery. You will become confident with experimenting in collage, painting and drawing.

By the end of the course, you will:

be able to identify and use mixed media terminology and vocabulary.
have explored and created different mixed media art techniques.
Have used a variety of art mediums.
be able to demonstrate how to create a simple concertina sketchbook.
have created a colourful and interesting piece of art that will act as a future reference for creating your own artwork.
have gained skills to use in your own craft projects such as for card making, collage making, scrapbooking and journaling

Resources required:

An apron, big shirt or old clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on.
A set of acrylic paints but essentially basic colours yellow, red, blue, black and white. Can be bought from The Range, The Works, B&M, Hobbycraft, Amazon.
A set of different sized paint brushes. Can be bought from The Range, The Works, B&M, Hobbycraft, Amazon.
A pack of baby wipes.
A notebook or sketchbook (plain or lined paper – it’s just to keep notes in).
Different interesting papers to use such as old magazines, scrap paper, used envelopes, white and coloured tissue paper, packing paper, paper bags, newspaper, old book pages, maps, old sewing pattern paper, lined and squared paper – no need to buy anything new, just use what you can find around you at home.
A piece of sandpaper (B&Q, hardware shop, Tesco)
A variety of pens, pencils, coloured pencils, soft pastels and felt tips
Glue sticks
Matt medium (only if you have it already)
White Gesso (only if you have it already)

Suggested Reading for the course:

5 Key Mixed Media Collage Techniques for Beginners (daisie.com)

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: