Wonderful Winter
Monday 21st December 2020 11:00-12:00 online
Suitable for girls and boys aged 6+, teens and adults
A cosy live online workshop celebrating winters festive landscapes. Discover your inner hygge and forget about all the usual Christmas red and green images you see. In this workshop, we will create landscapes in a mindful way resulting in some gorgeous art that you’ll want to display on the wall (not put in the recycling!)
This workshop will be a relaxed and calm way to enter the festive season. You will start by trying some basic landscape drawing and painting tasks that will encourage you to think differently and warm up. You will be guided through these by Beth, who will demonstrate at the same time.
Next you will create Christmas trees using paint and household bleach (children will need supervision) Beth will give you some tips and tricks to make your trees unique.
We will then add skylines, moonlight and stars to our paintings using paints, and maybe some pastels and inks if you have any.
After all the prep, the final pieces can begin. We will add our landscape designs into a snow globe template and paint together until we have a beautiful festive wintery scene. If you have some landscapes you’d like to include, bring them along, but if not, Beth has plenty of ideas for everybody!
How does a Beth Morris Workshop zoom workshop work?
The participants will be muted on entry to the zoom session and it is very much a listen and learn workshop. However, this does mean the energy and enthusiasm will be any less that if we were all in the same room together. There will be chats, and plenty of demonstrations to watch and you will be encouraged to engage with questions via the chat facility on zoom. The tasks will be short but inventive so will get you thinking quickly and will leave you keen to develop your creativity after the workshop.
How can the same workshop be suitable for a child and an adult?
The way Beth teaches is to encourage and develop skills of all levels and ability. Therefore as the learner you will take responsibility for following the workshops and using the knowledge acquired to produce art work.
The workshops are taught using live demonstrations. I will offer simple and harder versions of the projects, showing examples that will suit both children, teens and adults. In my in-person workshops at my studio, I often present the same task to children and adults and have found this technique produces some inspirational art work.
A child needs to be old enough to listen, engage and follow instructions. Therefore I do not advise any younger than six to attend the workshop without a parent.
As an adult you will learn and apply the knowledge gained to your own art practice.
As the workshop is primarily listening, watching and doing together, the chat is mostly from the teacher so therefore is suitable for all.
The bottom line is….art is for everybody. How many times do parents watch their kids colouring in or paint and wish that they could get involved. You are never too old or too young to be an artist!!! Let’s do this!!!
I have two children, or myself and my children all want to attend, do I buy two tickets?
The cost of the workshop is valid per household. So if you have more than one child, please only purchase one ticket. Siblings can all watch the same workshop, and families can all join in together. Or if you have an older child and fancy drawing alongside them, again you just pay per household.
I don’t have any children. Can I just do the workshop myself?
Absolutely!!
How will I access the workshop?
The day before the workshop is due to take place you will receive the zoom ID code and password. Please do not share this with anybody else. All workshops will take place promptly at the times advertised.
What will I need for the workshop?
Note book, paper and water colour paper if you have any
Sharp pencil
A ruler
A rubber
Washable felt pens or any water based markers (not sharpies)
water colour paints or inks
Pastels and coloured pencils (if you have any, don't buy especially)
Water pot
Paintbrush
Black biro or black fine-liner
A small pot of household bleach (like Domestos) You wont need much and younger children must be supervised if using.
An open mind ready to be inspired⠀⠀