Mixed Media - Collage Landscapes - St Marks Church - Adult Learning

St Mark's Church, Woodthorpe

Date	12 May - 9 June 2025
Sessions	Mondays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	St Mark's Church, Woodthorpe View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £35

About this course

Learn how to use a mixture of different art mediums, a range of art and mixed media techniques and simple hand stitching to create a paper and fabric collaged landscape. Over the duration of five weeks, you will be shown how to use a variety of mediums and different techniques to create a paper and fabric collaged piece of art based on landscapes using either your own photographs or ones that will be provided as inspiration.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate how to begin a project :

As well as using primary and secondary research, you will be able to create your own piece of art in response to your reference material.

2. Show how to use and apply different materials and mediums:

Incorporate at least three different materials and mediums to add texture and depth.

3. Express yourself creatively using a variety of mixed media techniques:

Use mixed media choices to express your creative self.

4. Explain how art can have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing:

Analyse and discuss the ways that art can positively impact mental health and wellbeing, including examples from your own experience or from research.

5. Demonstrate a range of mixed media skills that could be used in your own projects:

Apply at least three mixed media skills to a personal project that integrates multiple techniques.

6. Plan next steps as an artist including finding new opportunities to practice and further develop your skills: Outline two steps for further skill development, noting resources or personal goals in your journal by the last session.

Resources required:

- At least four photographs of landscapes (countryside or cityscapes) for reference.

- Three photocopies of each of the landscape photographs if possible.

- An apron, big shirt or old clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on.

- A set of basic acrylic paints (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, white and coloured tissue paper, 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.

- Glue sticks

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: