Adult Art Workshops at the Soane Museum
Adult Art Workshops:
(click the links below to view our exciting programme of workshops for the coming year)
September-December 2008 | January-March 2009 | April-June 2009 | July-Sepember 2009
Saturday workshops 2008-2009 | Return to workshops introductory page
January
Light and Shade
Thursday 29 January | £25 | 8 places
Using a variety of media this workshop explores the way light and shadow describe the forms of things we see.
Jane Bush
Turneresque Watercolours
Friday 30 January | £25 | 10 places
The free approach in Turner’s watercolour sketches is the inspiration for this workshop. Suitable for all levels of painting experience.
James Willis
February
Making Model Architecture
Thursday 5 & Friday 6 February | £45 | 8 places
Soane’s collection of architectural models is the starting point for this two-day workshop where you will be constructing a model building in three dimensions.
James Willis
Turner’s Palette and Watercolours
Thursday 12 February | £32 | 10 places
Join Windsor & Newton at the Soane Museum for an expert guide to Turner’s pigments followed by the chance to paint in watercolour using today’s equivalent colours.
James Willis
Drawing Dark Places
Friday 13 February | £25 | 8 places
Explore the potential of making dark drawings from the Soane Museum experience.
James Willis
Make and Fill a Sketchbook
Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 & Friday 27 February | £80 | 8 places
Soane and his contemporaries used sketchbooks to record their ideas. In these three days, learn how to make a sketchbook with marbled paper covers and use it to record your responses to Soane’s rich collections.
Jane Bush
March
An Introduction to Stone Carving
Thursday 5 March, Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 March | £75 | 8 places
After an introduction and sketching at the Soane Museum, join sculptor Matt Caines at St John’s Church, Bethnal Green and turn your design into three dimensions.
James Willis & Matt Caines
Clay Sculpture
Friday 6 March | £35 | 8 places
Drawing on the rich source material in the Museum, explore the joys of modelling in clay to create small figurative and decorative friezes, plaques or masks.
Rosemary Bianchi
Plaster Frieze
Friday 13 March | £30 | 8 places
Create an embossed plaster cast frieze based on patterns from the collection.
Rosemary Bianchi
Transparency in Watercolours
Thursday 19 March | £25 | 10 places
Create the effects of luminous light using transparent pigments and watercolour layers. Suitable for all levels of experience.
James Willis
Drawing Reflections and Light
Friday 27 March | £25 | 8 places
Explore the effects of reflections and light using mirrors and reflective surfaces inspired by the Soane Museum interiors.
James Willis
September-December 2008 | January-March 2009 | April-June 2009 | July-Sepember 2009
Saturday workshops 2008-2009 | Return to workshops introductory page
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Workshops will start promptly at 10.15am with coffee and registration from 10.00am.
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The workshop fee includes light refreshments during the day and lunch. A vegetarian option is available and should be requested as a preference when booking your workshop.
- Please note that lunch is not provided on Saturday workshops.
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The workshop will end with a brief review session between 3.30 and 4.00pm.
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For workshops you may be required to bring sketch books and pencils. Further details of workshops, including the programme for the course and requirements of what to bring, will be sent out to participants after booking.
Responses from past participants:
" Most enjoyable and informative"
" The small classes encourage personal tuition and social contact with fellow students"
" One of the best workshops I've been to"
To book a place, complete and return the form below.
Either cut and paste the form below into an email,
or download the form as a pdf document and post to the address below.
For further information contact Beth Kingston at
bkingston@soane.org.uk or on 020 7440 4254
The Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP
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The Museum is pleased to be able to offer a number of sponsored places on the art workshop programme. These places are allocated on a needs basis.
Please contact Beth Kingston, Soane Museum Education Manager, for more details.
