SPC Group 1 10.30 am - 1.30 pm

Join our new cohort of SPC Clubbers! This group is for those with some experience of print-making, who have already attended a course with Paul or already have some print practice experience and are looking to expand and refine their print repetoire.

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SPC Group 2 2 pm - 5pm

This session is for existing SPC Club members / more experienced printmakers looking to continue to expand their practice over the coming year. Paul will be offering new workshops and fresh approaches to Print.

Led by experimental artist-printmaker Paul Wye (MA Printmaking) you will commit to 6 sessions throughout the year that will give you time to gain vital verbal and practical feedback in your practice and to develop depth and dimension in the way you work with print.

This season we are inviting you to meet with Ebru for a calming and mindful introduction to the magical art of painting on water. Ebru - also known as cloud-painting for the way that the paint clouds as it spreads across the water - is an ancient art-form originating in Turkey and dating back to as early as the 15th Century. Of course we’ll be adding a contemporary twist to the outcomes we produce, but the rest of the experience will be as authentic as it gets folks!

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 2nd May 2020

AM session: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Join us for a mindful morning in the forest where we’ll slow things down and take time drink in our surroundings with a winter inspired woodland inks workshops led by Surrey Art School founder Ellie Green. We’ll start with ‘mindful looking’ using our eyes to scan the bare branches of the trees, looking for texture, changes in colour, light and noticing where the shadows fall. We’ll spend the rest of the morning creating dreamy winter studies of the woodland – playing with washes and working with a range of different brushes and brush strokes to capture our surroundings. Full guided tuition from Ellie and suitable for absolute beginners.

Throw away you cutting tools!

This fab day course teaches you how to create beautiful, almost painterly marks on lino, smooth indents or rugged textures with a lot less elbow grease than traditional cutting tools and a range of NEW opportunities to experiment with the surface of a lino block.

Course Date: Sunday 5th April 2020

Course level: Beginners and Explorers!

Join us for a voyage of discovery with our fabulous 3D specialist where you will learn the art of botanical casting, working with clay and plaster to create incredibly detailed relief casts to take home!

Expect a fun, messy and wildly creative workshop that will give you lots of ideas and plenty of advice to continue your casting practice beyond the classroom.

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

You'll begin by learning practice strokes and getting a feel for  working with a brush pen, before moving on to learning both lower and uppercase letter-forms.  Then we'll be putting them together to make words before finally writing out a phrase.

Take a photo or make a drawing and then create a photo-copy. 

Take that photo-copy and create the most soulful and stunning prints from the photo-copy itself! 

This deeply satisfying and fully immersive full day course will teach you all you need to know to create stunning prints from old photographs or new. Take a cheap digital shot or photo-copy and transform it into a work of art!

Course Date: Sunday 1st March 2020

This season we welcome back to the studio the amazing Sarah Pimenta (Social Fabric) for a screen-printing workshop that embraces the beauty, colour and patterns of nature in our gorgeous Surrey Hills!

Join us for a wonder-filled afternoon workshop where you’ll learn all about the art of screen-printed textiles under Sarah’s expert guidance.

We’ll use nature as inspiration to develop a design - or you are more than welcome to bring your own ideas to the table.

This season we are inviting you to meet with Ebru for a calming and mindful introduction to the magical art of painting on water. Ebru - also known as cloud-painting for the way that the paint clouds as it spreads across the water - is an ancient art-form originating in Turkey and dating back to as early as the 15th Century. Of course we’ll be adding a contemporary twist to the outcomes we produce, but the rest of the experience will be as authentic as it gets folks!

Workshop Date: Saturday 22nd February 2020

Workshop Time: 2pm - 5pm

Join us for a mindful morning in the forest where we’ll slow things down and take time drink in our surroundings with a winter inspired woodland inks workshops led by Surrey Art School founder Ellie Green. We’ll start with ‘mindful looking’ using our eyes to scan the bare branches of the trees, looking for texture, changes in colour, light and noticing where the shadows fall. We’ll spend the rest of the morning creating dreamy winter studies of the woodland – playing with washes and working with a range of different brushes and brush strokes to capture our surroundings. Full guided tuition from Ellie and suitable for absolute beginners.

Drawing is simply taking a line for a walk - Paul Klee

Does it seem that simple to you? If drawing feels like a chore and you’d like to learn more about how to loosen up your line, let it flow with ease and glow with light and shadow then our learn to draw course is just what you need! We’ve designed a 6 week course with absolute beginners in mind that takes you gently through the core concepts of drawing, teaching you the tricks that make putting marks to paper easy!

Add a new string to your bow with our contemporary beginner's Calligraphy workshops with Fine Letter Co. You’ll learn how to create beautiful modern lettering, with our step by step beginners workshop.

Booking includes a full personalised starter kit with pen holder, nib, ink and plenty of worksheets to support your learning.

Workshop Date: Saturday 18th January 2020

AM session: 10:00 to 12:30

PM session: 1:30 to 4:00 pm

Workshop location: Surrey Art School, Dean House Farm, RH5 5DL

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

You'll begin by learning practice strokes and getting a feel for  working with a brush pen, before moving on to learning both lower and uppercase letter-forms.  Then we'll be putting them together to make words before finally writing out a phrase.

Sketchbook Club - Session 1: 9.30am - 10.45am

Sketchbook Club - Session 2: 11am - 12.15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

Sketchbook Club - Morning Session: 9:30am - 10:45am

Sketchbook Club - Evening Session: 7pm - 8.15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

You'll begin by learning practice strokes and getting a feel for  working with a brush pen, before moving on to learning both lower and uppercase letter-forms.  Then we'll be putting them together to make words before finally writing out a phrase.

Join us for a voyage of discovery with our fabulous 3D specialist where you will learn the art of botanical casting, working with clay and plaster to create incredibly detailed relief casts to take home!

Expect a fun, messy and wildly creative workshop that will give you lots of ideas and plenty of advice to continue your casting practice beyond the classroom.

Jazz up your winter gifting with a splash of colour and pattern this season with our fun twist on the traditional turkish Ebru marbling workshop.

We’ll be making it modern for this fun Friday night workshop working with acrylics but still keeping it mindful as we slow things down and drop paint onto the surface of a thickened water bath to make totally unique designs.

You’ll create a series of test prints onto special paper that can be collaged into cards as well as transferring designs directly onto gift tags to take home on the day. As it’s the season to be jolly we’ll include a glass of fizz in this fun Friday night workshop!

Sketchbook Club - Session 1: 9.30am - 10.45am

Sketchbook Club - Session 2: 11am - 12.15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

Autumn Botanical Pen & Wash Workshop & Seasonal Lunch

Date: Friday 8th November 2019

Time: 10.30am - 2pm

Workshop Location: The Salt Box, Priory Farm Estate, RH1 4EJ

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Parian Clay Christmas Decorations

Join the lovely Jo Hannah Ceramics for a simply beautiful festive Friday night in the studio and create stunning Parian Clay Decorations to adorn your tree.

Parian is type of porcelain which when high fired has the appearance of white marble. It has a translucent quality enabling light to shine through, making it the ideal material to hang from your illuminated Christmas tree!

Beginners Sketchbook Club
9:30am - 10:45am

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Mixed Ability Sketchbook Club
7pm - 8:15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

Beginners Sketchbook Club
9:30am - 10:45am

and

Mixed Ability Sketchbook Club
7pm - 8:15pm

Break up the week with our Sketchbook art class, suitable for absolute beginners to any level. A chance to meet and make regularly and get back into your creative flow. Make art, drink tea,  talk art, talk life, meet others and make in our cosy studio. Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments.

You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity.

No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

Brush lettering is a popular and commercial style of lettering seen everywhere from packaging to greetings cards to signage.

It is versatile and easy to learn! All you need is a brush and some ink or a brush pen.

https://www.surreyartschool.com/brush-lettering

This season we are inviting you to meet with Ebru for a calming and mindful introduction to the magical art of painting on water. Ebru - also known as cloud-painting for the way that the paint clouds as it spreads across the water - is an ancient art-form originating in Turkey and dating back to as early as the 15th Century. Of course we’ll be adding a contemporary twist to the outcomes we produce, but the rest of the experience will be as authentic as it gets folks!