Art Mixed Media - Carlton Fire Station - Adult Learning

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:

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.

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

•    Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
•    Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• Greater London Authority
•    North East Combined Authority
•    South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
•    Tees Valley Combined Authority
•    West Midlands Combined Authority
•    West of England Combined Authority
•    West Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
•    York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Hull and East Yorkshire
•    Greater Lincolnshire
•    Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
•    Cornwall Council
•    Lancashire Combined County Authority
•    Buckinghamshire

• Warwickshire

• Surrey

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.