Mixed Media Collage Next Steps - Book of Self - St Mark's Church - Adult Learning

St Mark's Church, Woodthorpe

Date	3 - 31 March 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

Each week, you’ll learn different art techniques using a variety of mediums to create a mixed media altered collaged book/journal on the theme of ‘self’. We shall be exploring ways in which to express yourself creatively, building your confidence in drawing, mark making and collage.

Over the duration of five weeks, you will be shown how to use a variety of mediums with different art and mixed media techniques. You will be repurposing an old book and turning it into your own art book/journal of texture, colour and imagery, that tells a story about you and who you are. You will become confident with experimenting in collage, mark making and drawing.

By the end of the course, you will:

be able to demonstrate a range of mixed media techniques.
be able to demonstrate the use of different mediums.
have expressed yourself creatively.
Have a raised awareness of the positive benefits of art and expression for mental health and wellbeing.
have a range of materials to use in your own craft projects, such as collage making, scrapbooking, journalling and card making
plan your next steps as an artist including finding new opportunities to practice and develop your skills.

Learners should bring:

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.
An old hardbacked A5 sized book (from a charity shop).
Some photocopied photographs that relate to you such as - of yourself, your family, your children, your pets, a favourite place for example – can be in colour or black and white and different sizes if possible (upto A5 size – half of an A4 sheet of paper).
Different interesting papers to use such as old magazines, scrap paper, used envelopes, white and coloured tissue paper, packing paper, paper bags, newspaper, book pages, maps, old sewing pattern paper, lined and squared paper – no need to buy anything new, just use what you find around you.
A piece of sandpaper (B&Q, hardware shop, Tesco)
A variety of pens, pencils, coloured pencils and felt tips
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.
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: