Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Workshops & Inset Days.
Drawing Workshop
An introduction to the importance of drawing, and how to gently introduce the formal elements through fun and interesting ways of looking at images.
The course is structured so that you will cover an equal amount of theory and practice through discussions and by having a go yourselves.
Useful Reading
Anning Fitch Twersky
National Curriculum (KS1 & 2) & Progression of Skills
An introduction to the Primary National Curriculum for Art, Craft & Design, outlining the aims and purpose of study. The course looks at the skill progression across the key stages and how medium-term plans can be developed and linked to the term’s themes, books and investigations, and include the wider curriculum.
We offer inset days and workshops in a range media, skills and techniques. See below for examples.
The Formal Elements
Drawing - Chalk Pastels - Cave Painting
Drawing/Painting - Fantasy Worlds
Colour Theory
Painting - Watercolour - My Oxford
Painting - Egg Tempra - Leonardo Da Vinci
Painting - Indian Ink - The Highwayman
Painting - Brusho - Africa
Painting - Ink & Bleech - Picasso's Guernica
Painting - Brusho - India
3D - Clay - The Cronicles of Narnia
3D - Soap Carving - Viking Ship Dragon Head
3D - Wire & Newspaper - War Horse
Printing - Press Print - Ancient Egyptians
Printing - Dry-point Etching - Kurt Jackson
Printing - Drypoint Etching - Birds & Beasts
Printing - Press Print - Mythical Creatures
Collage - Karen Lynch - Fantasy Worlds
Collage - Rainforests - Henry Rousseau
Collage - Roman Mosaics
Collage - Still Life - Dutch Masters
Digital - Stop Motion Animation
Textiles - Silk Painting - Japan
Textiles - Crochet - One Plastic Bag
Land/Environmental Art