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Picky Pencil workshops
Welcome to our picky pencil workshop page. You will find lots of ideas and inspiration for your next nature nurture class , team building exercise or party with friends.
Choose from classes to explore a variety of artists, drawing to improve mental health and wellbeing or workshops designed to have fun our classes are designed to be accessible to all skill levels with the aim to connect and encourage the budding artist in everyone no matter what your age.
We are always looking for more ideas for new classes so please don't hesitate to let us know if we can create a new workshop for you or your group.
Picasso Inspired portraits
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Mirror, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: Explore Picassos cubist style of portraiture .Learn a bit about this famous painter and his work.
Outcome: Create your own cubist style self portrait.
Location: In person or over zoom.
Roy Lichtenstein Inspired portraits.
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Mirror, Paper and rubber A picture of a preson from a magazine.
Ability level: medium. Suitable from 11 years onwards
Description: Explore Roy Lichtenstein pop art cartoon style of portraiture . Look at this painters work and life.
Outcome: Create your own pop art self portrait.
Location: In person or over zoom.
Artist inspired workshops
Kadinsky Inspired Art
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Paint in a variety of colours, thick paper or canvas , pencils, ruler and paint brush.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: Explore Kandinsky abstract expressionism style of art in particularly using his his concentric circle painting as inspiration..
Outcome: Create your circle drawing based on mixing colour
Location: In person or over zoom.
Chuck Close Inspired drawing
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, ruler, A4 picture of a person , Paper and rubber.
Ability level: More challenging. Suitable from 16 years onwards
Description: Explore the work of chuck close and the use of the grid method of portrait sketching.
Outcome: Create your own realistic portrait.
Location: In person or over zoom.
Keith Haring Inspired Doodles.
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: Explore the life and works of Keith Haring. His attitude towards art and his distinctive style.
Outcome: Create your own haring style dancing figures .
Location: In person or over zoom.
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Colour theory doodle wheel
Length: 6x 1 hour sessions
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: Explore colour theory and how colours appear on the colour wheel
Outcome: Create a collage of doodles reflecting the feelings and emotions each colour represents from your own perspective.
Location: In person or over zoom.
Create a worry Monster
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: using a fun game to create a monster to help develop coping strategies in young children.
Outcome: Create a 'monster' that will gobble up all your worries and concerns.
Location: In person or over zoom.
Health and Wellbeing
Create a Calm down monster
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: A fun way to create a piece of artwork to help children deal with anxiety.
Outcome: a personalised drawing to use in any situation to practice deep breathing,
Location: In person or over zoom.
tree canopy perspective drawing
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours,Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Medium Suitable from 11 years onwards
Description: Learn about looking at the world from a different perspective and how to draw perspective.
Outcome: A mindful drawing exercise creating a personalised piece of art.
Location: In a woods eg Aden , Haddo .
How to draw a Mandala
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, ruler .Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Medium Suitable from 11 years onwards
Description: Learn the history and principles of drawing Mandalas and an excellent mindful drawing exercise.
Outcome: Create your own mandala to colour in.
Location: In person or over zoom.
step by step how to draw a caricature
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Mirror, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Medium. Suitable from 11 years onwards
Description: A step by step guide on how to draw a caricature of yourself.
Outcome: Your very own caricature
Location: In person or over zoom.
Create a monster with doodle
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: Create a monster with doodle the puppet
Outcome: Your own monster
Location: In person or over zoom.
Just for fun
Introduction to Plein Air drawing
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Mirror, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Medium Suitable from 11 years onwards
Description: A quick start guide to start drawing out and about..
Outcome: your own drawing from the real world
Location: Any venue
Step by step cartoon wildlife
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Medium. Suitable from 11 years onwards
Description: step by step guide to draw wildlife cartoons
Outcome: A range f your own cartoons.
Location: In person or over zoom.
Create a funky tree
Length: 1 hour
Materials: Pencils in a variety of colours, Paper and rubber.
Ability level: Easy. Suitable from 7 years onwards
Description: Explore how to draw textures and look at the world around us.
Outcome: Your own funky tree pattern
Location: In person or over zoom.
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