The Isle Gallery
A Community Art Gallery run by local artists
www.theislegallery.com
islegalleryiom@gmail.com
Adults have the opportunity to develop their creativity through engaging subjects and
exploring a range of mediums. The workshops are made affordable due to the support
of the Isle of Man Arts Council and are brought to you specially to celebrate Island of
Culture 2014!
All workshops begin at 10am and finish at 4pm, please see separate sheet for dates and times! All
materials are provided, please bring along your own protective clothing!
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided throughout the day, however you will need to bring your own
pack lunch or use the cafe facilities at Tynwald Mills.
Watercolour - Georgia O’Keefe Floral Studies - ‘Red Cana’ and ‘Oriental Poppies’ in detail
Learn about Georgia O’Keefe and look at examples of her art work. Choose to study one out of two of
her paintings, a piece to base your own work. After an introduction to water colour painting and following
a demonstration, from a simple sketch, learn how to build up your water-colour painitng using layers of
paint. Perfect for beginners or improvers!
Watercolour - William Turner’s ‘Study of Sea: Stormy Sky’
Learn about William Turner and look at examples of his art work. Using ‘Study of Sea: Stormy sky’ work on
your own semi-abstract work and learn to manipulate water based paint to create your own masterwork!
Perfect for beginners and improvers!
Lino Printmaking: Pattern Making
Learn the basics of Lino Printmaking with this beginners workshop. Learn to carve the lino using basic
patterns you have created from the source material provided. Learn what to carve out and what to leave
behind and how to ink up and print your plate! Perfect for beginners!
Modern Printmaking (gelli plate and other mono printmaking surface)
An exciting new addition to our series of workshops, you will look at contemporary printmaking artists and
build up layers of pattern using gelli plates and other mono printing plate surfaces. Learn to produce an
original print and experiment with patterns, layers and textures.
Acrylic Painting - William Turner’s ‘Snow Storm’
Paint your own original masterpiece based on the work ‘Snow Storm’ by William Turner. You will be given
an introduction and short biography of one of Britains most famous artists and look at examples of
Turner’s work. Learn about the artist’s technique and learn to build up layers of paint and make your own
masterwork! Achieve a masterpiece in one day, with similar effects as oil paint. Perfect way to start in
acrylics, learning skills that you can transfer to oils, if you would like!
Acrylic Painting - Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night Over Rhone’
Paint your own original masterpiece based on the work ‘Starry Night Over The Rhone’. You will be given an
introduction and short biography of this most famous Dutch artist and look at examples of his art work.
Learn about the artist’s technique and learn to build up layers of paint and make your own masterwork!
Achieve a masterpiece in one day (impossible with oils). Perfect for beginners and improvers!
Acrylic Painting - Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
Paint your own original masterpiece based on the work ‘The Starry Night by Vogh. You will be given an
introduction and short biography of this Master Artist and look at examples of Van Gogh’s work. Learn
about the artist’s technique and learn to build up layers of paoint and make your own masterwork!
Achieve a masterpiece in one day (impossible with oils). Perfect way to start in acrylics, learning painting
skills that you can transfer to oils, if you would like!
Acrylic Painting - Howard Hodgkin’s ‘Snapshot’
Look at the art work by this incredible painter and achieve a masterpiece in one day (impossible with oils).
Perfect way to start in acrylics, learning painting skills that you can transfer to oils, if you wanted to!
Acrylic Painting - Joseph Miro’s ‘Woman Bird Snake’
Enter the art world of Joseph Miro and with the other Acrylic workshops, achieve your own masterpiece
based on this amazing paiting, in one day. Perfect way to start in acrylics, learning painting skills that you
can transfer to oils, if you wanted to.
Drypoint Printmaking - Beginners - Townscapes and Landscapes
Learn to prepare a printing plate and experiment with mark making. Learn how to transfer your designs to
the printing plate. Look at samples of other artists work and make your own drypoint printing plate. You will
learn how to operate the printing press and be given simple registration tips. Perfect for anyone who would
like to try this wonderful printing medium. Suits beginners or improvers!
Screen Printing - Create a folk Art Print
After a short discussion and a look at examples of Folk Art, we will then create our own designs to be
transferred onto a screen for printing. We will use a process that eleminates the need for a dark room,
that anyone can do from home, and using the materials and screen printing equipment you will create your
own folk art print!
Screen Printing - Christmas themed Tea Towels
After a short discussing our art work images we will then create our own designs to be transferred onto a
stencil for printing. We will use a process that eleminates the need for a dark room, that anyone can do
from home, and using the materials and galleries screen printing equipment you will create your own folk
art print!
Lino Printmaking: Scandinavian Christmas Cards
Learn the basics of Lino Printmaking with this beginners workshop. Learn to carve the lino using basic
designs and patterns you have created from the source material provided. Learn what to carve out and
what to leave behind and how to ink up and print your plate! Perfect for beginners - impress your friends
and family with some hand printed christmas cards!
All workshop prices include materials and the use of the required equipment. You will be provided