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Engage at Gray's

Evening Courses

Our weekly evening workshops are designed to support both beginner's interests in art and design, alongside continued professional development for those seeking to enhance their skillsets and expertise.

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 16 December 2024.

Find out more

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 evening course is designed for those new to life drawing. Over the span of nine weeks, you will engage in a practical exploration of both traditional and contemporary techniques for depicting the human figure.

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 evening course has been designed to allow participants to develop projects with guidance and demonstration from the tutor. Throughout the duration of the course, you will be introduced to several different techniques used to create ceramics. Techniques include hand building, mould making, casting and a variety of finishing techniques including raku firing.

In a series of playful workshops, illustrator Gabrielle Reith will guide participants in using illustration as a storytelling tool. Each session encourages a fun, uninhibited approach, giving participants the freedom to experiment with different materials while developing their own narratives through a variety of basic illustration techniques, all within a creative and supportive environment.

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.

During this 9-week evening course you will be taught how to prepare and transfer your own designs from paper onto fabric through the process of screen printing using several different techniques.

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.

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