Drawing & painting
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Festive Potato Printing
The challenge – make a framed picture, cut out your shapes as tree decorations or make Christmas cards.
Thanks to - participant HayleyRead more here »
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Fun mixed media printing
The challenge – Remember, have fun, it does not need to be perfect!
Thanks to - participant Toni.Read more here »
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Easy Mirror Portraits
The challenge – using a mirror and a felt tip pen, have fun creating an old fashioned selfie - without a phone!
Thanks to - participant artist Rachel.Read more here »
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Animal poly-printmaking
The challenge – a simple and fun animal print activity, perfect for children and a great way to teach them about animals.
Thanks to - participant artist Hannah.Read more here »
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Picasso Portraits
The challenge – create a self portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso.
Thanks to - artist Jasmine Walne. Find her online at tactilearts.co.uk and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tactileartsukRead more here »
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Mindful mark making & pattern
The challenge – experiment with mark making on paper with doodles and different patterns.
Thanks to - community and visual artist Sharon Campbell (Find Sharon onInstagram here ).Read more here »
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Autumnal Print
The challenge – create an autumnal print using leaves found outside.
Thanks to - artist and workshop facilitator Jasmine Walne. (Website and Facebook here).Read more here »
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Spooky Halloween Portrait Painting
The challenge – creates spooky faces like these inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Thanks to - David Milligan Croft (https://thereisnocavalry.wordpress.com and Instagram @milligancroft).Read more here »
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Watercolour doodles
The challenge – decide what type of doodle you want to make. Pinterest is a great resource for ideas.
Thanks to - doodle enthusiast and Arc participant, Kate.Read more here »
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Your Art is Street Art
The challenge – create your own work using Keith Haring's style, perhaps representing different feelings.
Read more here »
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Putting on De Stijl
The challenge – Trying De Stijl and Bauhaus that used simple geometric shapes to create beautiful works of art.
Thanks to - David Milligan Croft (https://thereisnocavalry.wordpress.com and Instagram @milligancroft).Read more here »
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Kitchen Table Mandalas
The challenge – draw a Mandala using household objects found in your home to create the patterns. Experiment and have fun seeing which objects work best.
Thanks to - Sharon Campbell for this activity.Read more here »
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Exploring Drawing
The challenge – choose 3 objects, then try each of the following drawing exercises with each piece - continuous line drawing, blind drawing and opposite hand drawing.
Thanks to - Alison Waters for this activity.Read more here »
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Mark-making and collage
The challenge – create a set of mark-making patterns that can be used in a variety of ways. Think dots, dashes, lines, squiggles and repeat these patterns.
Thanks to - Alison Greyer for this activity.Read more here »
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The Tempest
The challenge – using Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' as inspiration, create your own work of art on the page from the play (included).
Thanks to - Arc artist and creative wordsmith, David Milligan-Croft.Read more here »
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