Welcome to Artaffect Studios and Gallery
We are located in Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. We enable space for creativity, well being and positive transformation in systems and daily life.
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ArtAffect is delighted to welcome the renowned artist and arts tutor, Chris Kent, for a beginner's course for drawing and a refresher for those who have done more art.
Learning to draw,… where do I start?
Drawing and sketching is a great observational skill as well as a creative process, developing new ways to represent the world. Drawing helps you develop other projects such as painting, printmaking, crafts etc. It’s challenging and good fun! We will be learning to play with pencils plus charcoal and a rubber.
Drawing develops skills like observation, concentration and can be absorbing and relaxing, as well as encouraging mindfulness and developing self-confidence.
What will we do?
There will be a tutor talk and/or demonstration of drawing methods. Student practice - students will have the opportunity to try out methods (have a short break) and share their work, if they wish. 1-1 Tutor advice.
Students will develop confidence in their drawing while making observational sketches, to record information as well as working intuitively and experimentally with a variety of media, plus learning about ideas of shape, form, composition.
Everyone will have a couple of drawings to take home afterwards andStudents will be encouraged to begin to keep a sketchbook to begin their own artistic journeys…
And the future…
There will be further courses about a range of drawing materials, e.g. pastels, (oil and/or soft pastels), inks (with brushes and other utensils), coloured pencils, (including watercolour pencils) and working in drawing books.
A word from Chris Kent
'Everyone can draw. Whether it is doodling while on the phone, scribbling ideas for a new kitchen. Everything that we see around us that has been made has first been drawn. When we run out of words we draw. By drawing we can create another world'. About Chris Kent
These classes are led by Scottish Borders based artist Christopher Kent who studied at Bath, Sunderland and Newcastle. He has exhibited his work across the UK, in Europe and USA, in group as well as solo exhibitions(including the Royal Scottish Academy).
He was selected for the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2016. He has written and published 3 graphic novels. As well as painting and drawing, his practice has also included wood sculpture and has worked on a range of private and public commissions, including for Marie Curie and the National Trust. His work is held in a variety of national collections, (including the City Art Centre, Edinburgh. His work also includes performance, which he has written and performed - ‘Compulsion’ (about Orson Welles), and ‘The Phantom’(about Edgar Allan Poe).
"The wood teaches you to listen, and if you listen carefully, it will tell you exactly what it wants to become."We are so pleased to be able to work at Crailing Community Orchard, an amazing community project and local natural resource. We will enjoy the space and a picnic in the orchard as we reflect upon nature, the environment and sculpture.
Course price includes picnic lunch.
FOUND WOOD SCULPTURE COURSE
Chris Kent returns for a unique class that concentrates on play, combines sustainability, sculptural techniques and personal storytelling and offers the tactile experience of working with nature and the magic of transforming discarded materials into art.
A class aimed at beginners and others wishing to explore their own creativity amongst nature and using natural materials.
Transform discarded, weathered branches and forgotten twigs into three-dimensional art.
Discover the hidden stories in nature's leftovers.
We will be working at the Crailing Community Orchard amongst many fascinating and ancient fruit trees.
What will we do?
Students will have the opportunity to choose from a range of found twigs and branches, by observing their shape, colour and texture, then playing with balance, knotting and interlocking shapes.
We will explore construction methods using twine and wire to bind pieces of timber together, as well as bolts/screws for added strength. Plus the safe use of hand tools.
Students will leave with a piece of sculpture suitable for a garden, as well as extra confidence and skills to develop other three-dimensional work in the future.
All materials provided.
There will be a tutor talk and/or demonstration of sculpture methods. Students will have the opportunity to try out these methods using the tools and branches. Have a short picnic lunch break and share their work, if they wish. 1 - 1 Tutor advice throughout the class.
Chris will be around at all times to support and give advice.
About artist, Chris Kent
These classes are led by Scottish Borders based artist Christopher Kent who studied at Bath, Sunderland and Newcastle. He has exhibited his work across the UK, in Europe and USA, in group as well as solo exhibitions(including the Royal Scottish Academy).
He was selected for the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2016. He has written and published 3 graphic novels. As well as painting and drawing, his practice has also included wood sculpture and has worked on a range of private and public commissions, including for Marie Curie and the National Trust. His work is held in a variety of national collections, (including the City Art Centre, Edinburgh. His work also includes performance, which he has written and performed - ‘Compulsion’ (about Orson Welles), and ‘The Phantom’(about Edgar Allan Poe).
REGISTER FOR £0 AND CONTACT US FOR THIS SPECIAL COURSE: jmanley@artaffect.co.uk
This course will be designed by Mary Young and ArtAffect in co-creation with registered participants.
Mary is a chiropractor with a particular interest in the ways we perceive and tell others about our experience of life. In her clinic she uses a unique combination of chiropractic, cranial therapy, fascial work, visceral manipulation and bio-geometric integration. This day workshop explores how much (or how little) of what is happening in our body we are aware of, and how many layers of meaning we load onto that awareness. Participants can expect to end the day with an increased toolkit for observing and sharing their lived experience.
Our vision
Explore the entangled potential of art and creativity with a mixture of courses that challenge traditional boundaries and reimagine creativity. Our innovative approach opens up creative spaces that question and redefine our perceptions of our present time through creative experiences that are accessible, engaging and multi-dimensional.
