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NWR Mindful Art Course with Jane Barrett

A six week course from Wednesday, 19 February to Wednesday, 26 March 2025

11:00am – 60 minute sessions

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This is a paid online event for members of NWR National Women’s Register only.  To find out more about becoming a member of NWR, please visit www.nwr.org.uk

The total cost of this course is £18, working out at just £3 a session!

About the event

Join Jane Barrett, Berkhamsted based artist and Footwear Designer, for this Mindful Art course in mixed media, where you will explore line, shape, texture and composition. These will be fun, interactive sessions that you can do with or without the grandchildren!

Jane will lead you through 6 weekly workshops, consisting of basic print making, mark making and the joy of collage. Using the natural world as inspiration and drawing on the work of contemporary artists who use these techniques, you will produce your own unique artwork, whilst Jane creates along side you on Zoom.

The classes are suitable for all abilities, and 3 of the classes (1, 2 & 6) will work as a stand-alone sessions, or you can attend all six to see your work develop over the course of the workshops.

Materials needed:

Paper – this can be coloured, newspaper, textured – whatever you choose.

Acrylic paint (1 colour for printing) & 1 paintbrush

Colours – either pencils, pastels or felt tip-pens

Fruit or vegetable of your choice for printing

Scissors

Pritt Stick

Focus of each session:

1. Vegetable/fruit printing

2. Vegetable Print design

3. Mark Making – the sheets you make in this workshop will be used in workshops 4 & 5.

4. Animal Collage

5. Botanical Collage

6. Folk Flowers Design

We will send out a pre-lesson plan by email each week outlining what the next session will cover and to highlight any materials you will need to prepare. Please check junk email folders before contacting the office.

If you are unable to join the live classes, you will be able to catch up at your convenience as we will be recording each class.  We will email ticket holders a link to the recording after the event once we have edited and uploaded the video. Please do not share this link with anyone as this is a paid event.  Please allow two working days after the event for the recording to be sent to you and check junk email folders before contacting the office.

If you are joining part way through the course, after you have completed your booking, you will be forwarded recordings from the previous weeks and details of how to join the next session. Please allow two working days and check junk email folders before contacting the office.