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Expressive Mark Making is a two day course with professional artist and experienced educator, Amarjeet Nandhra.

Thursdays

7 & 14 October

10.30am – 3pm

Limited to 6 artists

Course Fees: Full Price – £150 : Retiree Price – £135 : Concession Price – £110

During this course we aim to free and liberate your attitude towards drawing, which will allow you to generate a series of expressive and experimental drawings.

Playing with and enjoying materials such as inks, graphite and bleach and using techniques like piercing and frottage, you will create wonderful abstract marks and textures. You’ll create innovative mixed media experiments working from personal objects you bring to the course.

No matter your level of experience, everyone is welcome to join this expressive mark making course.

Materials Required for Expressive Mark Making

We shall supply:

• A4 good quality white cartridge paper
• A range of white rectangular sticky labels
• Water based ink (Quink)
• Bleach
• Water pots
• Paint palettes
• Paint brushes
• Masking tapes
• A range of mark making tools
• Awls and large needles
• A range of threads
• Disposable gloves

You will need to bring:

• A couple of objects to inform your drawing ( jewellery, shells, natural forms, any item that has interesting surface and marks)
• A range of shiny, matt or brown papers – medium to heavyweight papers are best. If you use lightweight paper, it will buckle.
• A selection of small sticky labels – circle, square any shape
• Oil pastels / Coloured pencils (for example: ink tense or aquarelle )
• Marker pens / biro
• A range of inks and /or acrylic paints (colours relevant to your objects)
• An apron (and gloves if you require anything special)

We shall provide light refreshments throughout the day; however we do not provide lunch. Please bring your own lunch, or make the most of all that Dickens Yard has to offer.

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