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
April
Drawing Objects in Detail
Thursday 2 April | £25 | 8 places
Develop your skills in this workshop focusing on observational drawing. Suitable for beginners.
James Willis
Painting Watercolours in an English Style
Friday 3 April | £25 | 10 places
A workshop looking at developing your watercolour techniques with special reference to the English school of watercolour.
James Willis
Still Life Oil Painting Techniques for Beginners
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 April | £55 | 8 places
Inspired by the paintings of Hogarth, learn to paint in oils on canvas. (Some materials provided)
Lucy Brennan
Drawing in the City
Thursday 30 April | £25 | 8 places
Come and draw some of London’s fine architecture.
Regan O’Callaghan
May
Drawing on the Imagination
Friday 1 May | £25 | 8 places
An introduction to Hogarth’s marvellous paintings in the Museum and his engraved compositions. Participants will use Hogarth’s work as a starting point for creating their own compositions in ink.
Jane Bush
Watercolour – Light and Shade
Thursday 7 May | £25 | 8 places
Taking a Soaneian idea of picturesque light and shade, explore ways of creating tones in watercolour painting.
James Willis
Fragment and Ornament
Thursday 14 May | £25 | 8 places
Explore Soane’s wonderful collection of plaster fragments and casts and make your own plaster work of art.
Jane Bush
June
Drawing Interiors 1: Soane Museum
Thursday 4 June | £25 | 8 places
Drawing interiors in the Soane Museum and developing the theme in the Art Room.
James Willis
Drawing Interiors 2: Dulwich Picture Gallery
Friday 5 June | £25 | 8 places
Drawing the Soane’s interiors at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
James Willis
Painting the Thames at Somerset House
Friday 12 June | £25 | 8 places
Come and paint a watercolour of the Thames and Somerset House.
James Willis
Painting at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
Thursday 18 June | £25 | 8 places
Visit Wimpole Hall and see Soane’s yellow drawing-room. Later paint watercolours in the gardens with your tutor.
James Willis
Drawing from the Life Model
Friday 19 June | £35 | 8 places
A one-day course drawing with a Life Model at the Soane Museum taking classical poses from the collection.
James Willis
Make a sketchbook
Thursday 25 June | £35 | 8 places
After looking at the sketchbooks of Reynolds, Gandy and Soane in the Museum library, make your own hand-stitched sketchbook with marble covers.
Jane Bush
Drawing at Somerset House
Friday 26 June | £25 | 8 places
The home of the Royal Academy of Art in Soane’s lifetime, Somerset House provides the inspiration for this drawing workshop.
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.
