Arts and Media

This course will introduce you to the vibrant and varied world of children’s book illustration. You will be introduced to character design, layout and story development. Experimenting with a range of basic drawing, painting, and collage techniques to create your illustrations. Using a wide range of materials. You will work with different media such as pen, pencil, paint, ink and collage. We will look at different children’s book illustrators to give us inspiration, looking at both traditi...

This course combines nature and recycling with craft; creating handcrafted products using materials we would normally throw away. Sustainability, re-using and upcycling are key elements to this course, whilst making some lovely handmade crafts for the home or as gifts. Learn to create bees wax eco wraps, seed paper and more. As an extra treat, Lancashire Adult Learning will be posting a resource pack out to you, containing all of the resources you will need to take part in this course. How lon...

Please note this course is only available to those who have completed the beginner course previously. This course would suit photography enthusiasts who have already attended a Digital Photography course and would like to build on their skills and practice of the subject. The course will look at slightly more advanced camera settings and aim to build on your technical knowledge, techniques and approaches to subject matter. Learners will work on assignments and assemble a portfolio of images, w...

This course will introduce you to the vibrant and varied world of animal illustration. You will experiment with a range of basic drawing, painting, and collage techniques to create your illustrations. Using a wide range of materials, you will work with different media such as pen, pencil, paint, ink and collage. We will look at different illustrators to give us inspiration, looking at both traditional and contemporary practice. You will develop a range of playful sketchbooks like work combining...

Join us on this FREE face-to-face classroom! Enter the fun, fabulous, vibrant, and varied world of animal illustration. Nature gifts us so many exciting avenues to explore the animal kingdom. You will be experimenting with a range of basic drawing, mark making, painting, and collage to create your illustrations. Using a range of materials, you will work with different media such as pen, pencil, paint, and collage. By working with mixed medias, you can enjoy playing with texture and pattern. This...

Join us for this FREE face-to-face classroom! Drawing is fun, sharpens your observation, and the concentration required to do it is also incredibly therapeutic. This introduction course will give you the basic skills to create beautiful and accurate seasonal botanical drawings and watercolour paintings. Using a variety of plant specimens, you will start by exploring drawing techniques such as tonal sketching, line drawing, you will also be guided to consider shape and composition. You will then ...

This course combines nature and recycling with craft; creating festive decorations and accessories. Key elements of this course include exploring nature and using materials we would normally throw away. These skills and ideas can then be used in the future to make homemade gifts to share with others. We hope this course will not only boost your wellbeing, but demonstrate some valuable recycling techniques you can use to make some homemade gifts just in time for the festive period! How long i...

Nothing quite says Christmas like putting a hand-made wreath on your front door. With tuition from our teachers, you’ll be creating your own festive wreath using greenery that you have gathered yourself from your garden or other accessible green spaces. As an extra Christmas gift, Lancashire Adult Learning will be posting a wreath making kit out to you, containing all of the resources you will need to take part in this course (with the exception of greenery, foliage and flowers.) How long ...