Have fun up-cycling everyday found materials, transforming bits and bobs into narrative rich self-portraiture.  Enjoy creating unique expressive 2D and/or 3D poetic, playful, serious or nonsense expressive characters.

Discover a creative dialogue between the process of making, the materials and life experiences.  There will be some collage materials to dip into, but please gather a collection of your own your mixed media, photographs, old artworks and objects to bring.  Then explore ways to intuitively respond with packaging, newspapers, magazine cuttings. Paint, collage and create curious and colourful assemblages which portray moods, feelings and personal stories.

There will be a range of exciting materials provided in the studio, although you will need to supplement with some found objects/ephemera from home to personalise your work. Please bring an apron or wear clothes suitable for an art studio. Please bring a bag or portfolio for taking your work home at the end of the session.

Buying as a gift?

When buying a course or workshop you will be automatically emailed a confirmation which you can print off and include in a card for your loved one. Gift vouchers can also be bought if you aren't sure which course they would prefer. Please email us the name and email address of the person attending on drawingschool@rwa.org.uk 

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Before booking we ask everyone please read our updated Terms and Conditions below.  

Participants must be 16 or over.

If eligible, discounts must be applied when first purchasing your class and cannot be given retrospectively. Please contact us if the discount code is not working.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health issue which you feel may affect your participation in your chosen class, please either email drawingschool@rwa.org.uk or call 07745694563, prior to booking, so we are aware of any needs you may have.

Refund/transfer and Cancellation Policy: We are unable to offer full or part cash refunds, but you are eligible for an RWA gift voucher or transfer, provided you notify us more than 14 days before the start of your class with us. If we cancel a course or workshop for any reason, then participants will be offered a different date, course/workshop or RWA gift voucher.