Wednesday 22 August 2012

Lizzy Hewitt- At West End Gallery

Friday 3rd August, was the second opportunity to meet Leicestershire artist, Lizzy Hewitt at West End Gallery, view her latest Painting 'A Right Royal Street Party', her previous commissions and chat to her about her style and influences.


 Lizzy says.
 “As for ‘A Right Royal Street Party’, summer 2012 is a special, very British, occasion & I wanted to create something out of the ordinary to celebrate all that's happening. I hope you feel I've pulled it off!”






A little musical entertainment added to an enjoyable evening.





June Wadsworth and Tony Wadsworth BBC Leicester. 

Saturday 11 August 2012

CHILDREN ENJOY GALLERY WORKSHOPS

Summer Holiday Workshops for Children

Create your own T.Shirt




The children create a design for their T.Shirt.


The children are creative and their mixed media underwater scenes take shape.
They help to scan their images, 
ready for the gallery to print.


The imaginative, finished images are mounted to take home.
Fabulous,finished T.Shirts


Make a Felt bag or notebook cover







The children have had fun choosing the from the beautiful coloured wool.

They have made the shape of the item by rubbing the layers to felt the wool.

  Now they have more fun adding the design.


More soapy rubbing and rolling !

 .... and the magic starts to happen! 







'The young felters' proudly show their finished pieces.




Make a ceramic Picasso Head






Designing

Modelling










The children show their completed ceramic models
                                                                                               (after Picasso) 

How to finish your model at home  

 The models are taken home and as they dry, the clay will turn light grey. Once dry, your model can  be painted with one colour,  or decorated  with a choice of colours using poster paint. Then when the clay or paint is completely dry, ask an adult to help you  varnish the model or paint with PVA glue mixed with water. When the varnish or PVA dries, the finished model will be look shiny. The models can be left plain but will still be quite fragile.