Be inspired by everything from famous portraits to church gargoyles to mould a face in clay, adding lots of features to create a truly unique portrait!

Join Artist Educator Helen Friend for this Summer Art Club workshop exploring clay techniques. You will start by visiting the Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists exhibition at the Gallery. This will inspire us to start drawing faces, thinking about the different shapes of each feature (eyes, nose, mouth) and all of the details on the face, such as eyelashes, eyebrows and even moustaches and beards!

We will be using hand-building techniques and clay modelling tools to help us create our wonderful air dry clay portraits. Adding lots of detail to our faces, such as crazy hairstyles or magnificent hats will make them look even more fabulous!

What is Summer Art Club?

This is a series of studio workshops for children, exploring a range of media in a fun and friendly environment. These workshops are led by experienced artist educators who specialise in working with children and young people. They are designed for children aged 7+ with a selection of dates across the summer holidays.

Parents or carers are not required to stay for these workshops, although you are welcome to do so should you prefer.

Please provide a packed lunch for your child.

There are six sessions to choose from. Pay £22 per session or mix and match any three for £60. Just add your selected workshops to the basket and the discount will be applied at checkout.

Click here for the full range of Summer Art Club workshops