Art for Beginners Max Ernst-style - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford

Date	11 September - 16 October 2025
Sessions	Thursdays: 12pm - 2pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £48

About this course

Frottage is a fun way to do art where actual drawing is kept to a minimal. It is a technique made famous by artist Max Ernst (1891 – 1976), where he would create many masterpieces by obtaining an impression of a surface texture such as wood, by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing it with a soft pencil or graphite.

Over the course of the 6 weeks, you will learn how to successfully create art images with the Frottage technique, using lots of colour and minimal drawing elements. By the end of the course, you will:

Build confidence using Frottage technique.
Create a variety of finished 2D outcomes
Understand and be able to use a variety of media such as pen, pencil, paint and graphite.
Learn all about Max Ernst (1891 – 1976).
Build confidence in working with others to help integrate into a work environment.
Understand costing your work for selling purposes.

What you will need to bring to the course:

A basic sketchbook/notepad or paper to draw onto, a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener and graphite stick.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014