Overview
Our evening provision will consist of a 2.5 hour evening workshop each week, for a total of 9 weeks.
There are a range of disciplines to choose from including: Ceramics, Textile Printing, Photography, Drawing and Painting.
These courses will not be formally assessed.
Final chance to sign up by Monday 12 May 2025.
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Thank you for your patience whilst we continue to develop the new Creative Development Programme called ‘Engage’.
If you have a question about our evening courses or any of our other courses in the programme, please get in touch with the Engage at Gray's Team and we'll do our best to help.
This 9-week evening course is designed to provide beginners with the basic skills required to hand build with clay. Throughout the duration of the course, you will focus on a number of different processes that will provide you with the basic skills required to construct your own three- dimensional form.
This 9-week intermediate evening course is designed to guide participants in developing their projects with tutor-led demonstrations and support. Throughout the course, you will explore a range of techniques for creating ceramics, including hand-building, mould making, casting, and finishing techniques.
Throughout this series of drawing and painting workshops, participants are invited to engage with both traditional and contemporary approaches to figure drawing. Participants can expect to learn measuring techniques, tonal drawing and painting techniques and are invited to experiment with movement and mark making techniques in order to produce their own studies of the human form.
This 9-week course has been designed to provide beginners with the basic principles of Film Photography, a discipline also referred to as Analogue Photography. During the course you will be introduced to manual camera operation, darkroom practice, studio practice and the production of black and white prints.
The aim of this 9-week course is to provide guidance to those currently exploring Film Photography or Analogue Photography at an intermediate stage. The course will enable a further understanding of how to develop your manual camera techniques. The course will enable you to extend your practice using the darkroom and enhance the quality of the black and white prints you produce.
This 9-week evening course provides a comprehensive introduction to portraiture, covering fundamental techniques from facial structure and proportions to advanced topics like lighting, colour mixing and refining details. Suitable for beginners and those seeking to improve, participants will develop their personal style through demonstrations and hands-on practice.
This 9-week evening course invites participants to explore the ancient craft of throwing; a method of forming pottery using a potter’s wheel. With a small group size of just five, the course offers tailored one-on-one tuition suitable for makers of all levels, from beginners to advanced.
This series of 9 workshops introduces participants to typography and print design, guiding them through creative exploration with various techniques and materials. Led by graphic designer Eva Crawford-McKee, the workshops cover a variety of practices, including hand lettering, moveable type, screen printing, and letterpress.