Art Mixed Media - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford

Date	26 February - 26 March 2026
Sessions	Thursdays: 12pm - 2pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £40

About this course

Are you new to mixed media? Using mixed media is a fun way to create art! This course will introduce you to using a variety of mixed media such as lino printing, mono printing, collage and sculpture. Over the course of the 5 weeks, you will learn how to successfully design and develop ideas to create art images and 3D elements using collage, mono printing and sculptural techniques.

By the end of the course, you will: Build confidence using collage, mono printing, lino printing and sculptural techniques.
Create 2D outcomes.
Create 3D outcomes.
Understand and be able to use a variety of media such as ink, fabrics & paper, clay.
Build confidence in working with others to help integrate into a work environment.

Understand costing your work for selling purposes.

Please bring to the course with you:-

A basic sketchbook/notepad or paper to draw onto, a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener, clay tools (Amazon sell packs of tools from as little as £5.99) pack of air dry clay (any colour is fine 500g), water based ink (any colour), lino blocks (small) and 2x rollers.

Lino cutting tools will be provided. You will also be advised of what to bring each week.

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

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.