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Life Drawing through Watercolour

£85/£82(c) • Friends £83/£80(c)

Join watercolour artist, Peter Garrard for a series of three life drawing classes but with the gentle added dimension of watercolour to really bring the work to life. Peter will show you the basics of measuring and proportion and then over the course gradually demonstrate increasingly complex wet-on-wet watercolour techniques, starting by using one colour and simple poses until finally using three colours and looking at foreshortening and other more demanding poses. All equipment and tools are provided.

Three week course, Wednesday evennings 17 April to 1 May.

Alignment Yoga

£63/£60(c) • Friends £61/£58(c)

It’s a new term and the perfect time to enrol on our brilliant Thursday evening Alignment Yoga course with Neil Bloodworth. Neil will work with you to focus on gentle movement with breathing techniques to complement traditional Yoga postures.

Ideal for all abilities and levels of experience. Don't forget to bring along your exercise mat to each session.

7 week class

Green Man Masks

£96/£93(c) • Friends £94/£91(c)

Join us for this two day workshop with ceramic sculptor and artist, Peter Garrard to make a ceramic mask of a Green Man. The green man (aka foliate head) is symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of new growth that occurs every spring. With plenty of demonstrations throughout the day and one-to-one support Pete will guide you through each stage of the task of designing, constructing and then adding colour to your mask.

1^st workshop day 10am-4pm Saturday 20^th April

2^nd workshop half-day 10am-1pm Saturday 18^th May

Sketch Out at Breakheart Quarry

£8 • Friends £6

For the month of April, we’re heading up to the very top of the hill, to the beautiful yet bleak, unforgiving landscape of Breakheart Quarry (atop Stinchcombe Hill).

Following its rich and explosive past, the quarry is now a brilliant community project which focuses on learning, leisure and countryside education. And today, it serves as an uncharacteristic Gloucestershire landscape for us to explore and sketch. Huge skies with dramatic undulations to draw, plenty of perspective to play with and an abundance of natural light. And by just crossing the lane, we can venture into the spectacular woodland, following the paths through the sculpture trails. Oodles of drawing interest and inspo for your sketches!

Our Sketch Out sessions are led by artist Rose-Marie Marsall-Jane, a talented,  enthusiastic artist and dedicated sketcher who is keen to impart tips and techniques to help you brush-up your drawing and observational skills. Suitable for all levels of drawing experience.