Art, Design and Crafts

Art - My Places and Yours

Your places

Start date: 16th Jan 2025

Time: 09:15 - 11:45

Cost: £98

Day: Thursday

Duration: 5 weeks

Tutor: Richard Squire

Course code: 25SP014

Your chance to paint and / or draw creatively using materials of your choosing.

What are Places?

A shelf, an expansive landscape, flowers in the corner of a room, the inside of your kitchen cupboard, Flamborough head, the camping ground ……Be imaginative and creative.

We will work from images of yours or mine, natural or man made objects.

I will guide and advise you individually or collectively in the use of your materials, artistic techniques, composition, colour and much more.

The more creative ideas you bring to the course the better things will be.

We will look at the work of the Masters to see how they capture images of their chosen places.

What can you expect to achieve?

A sense of freedom

Artistic awareness

Greater control of materials

Confidence in your creative self

The chance to explore new ideas without fear.

All materials are supplied. However, you may wish to bring your own as well.

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Richard Squire

Richard Squire

A wartime baby born in Halifax, failed my 11 plus but passed every subsequent exam. Had to prove my abilities. I still trying to.
I’m a retired Art College graduate. An ex High School Art teacher who’s lived in Harrogate for some many years.

My training covered many areas from; academic, classical style drawing and painting across a range of mediums; to casting, pottery, print-making including lino, etching & lithography plus lots more things for eight brilliant years.

I’ve taught Art to people of all ages and experience for 56 years.
I love to work with anyone wishing to develop their Artistic selves whatever their age, experience or ability.
We’ve all got Artistic potential. Art is in me and makes my life complete.

In a mid-life career change I trained to teach the Deaf; another visual world. For many years I fought with Deaf and Hearing people for the rights of Deaf children to access their education via Sign Language and Interpreters. A fight that is still going on.

In retirement I was a volunteer worker at Henshaws Arts and Crafts, Knaresborough for 15 years until I had to care for my handicapped wife. I’ve also run local Art Clubs and Groups for around 20 years.

That’s about it so far, I think.
I’d love to see you and to help your Artistic self forward

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