April schedule
Painting, books and art, oh my!
Hello!! Can you believe it’s April already? In the way of a mechanic constantly tinkering with their car, so too am I constantly tinkering with this here Substack. I decided a few months ago to post an update along with my schedule, but after spending ages on my update over the last few days, I have decided to post both separately so I can get as many eyes as possible on both posts! So here is your pure, unadulterated schedule for the month!
All the zoom links are here - pinned to the top of my page
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These are free, playful and fun art sessions. Each month I choose a theme or material I want to play around with and you can either join in, or go off-piste, and do your own thing. I might spend a session playing with wet textures, playing around with how things bleed, mix together and blend. Other times I might grab a handful of random materials and play around with those together. All previous Art Play Dates are available as replays, and each new session adds to the back catalogue to watch and play along with.
Date:
Tuesday 8th April. 12.30-1.30pm GMT
Theme:
I’ve just bought myself ANOTHER Staffordshire figurine! So we’ll paint that, along with the usual warm up! I’ll also set up a little still life I think - I might even buy a banana! Looking forward to this!
Look at this beauty! It’s got cows! It’s got ducks! It’s got pipes! Can’t wait to paint this one!
One of my favourite things about the MA was when we looked at picture books together and analysed them, so I am thrilled to run this on my Substack. I announce the book at the beginning of the month and then we have a live Zoom together and chat all about it! It is available as a replay afterwards for those who can't make it.
Date:
Tuesday April 29th 8-9pm
Book Choice:
Hooray! It’s finally time for Du iz Tak by
!! Woop! It’s one of my personal favourites - so. clever, funny and beautiful. Can’t wait!]Get the books from friends of Gather, Filter, Make Helen Hancocks at her bookshop Shelf Editions or Katie Clapham at her bookshopStorytellers Inc.and help support Indies!
Looking forward to seeing you all at one or both of these soon!
Until next time!
Ella xx
I've put both these in my diary and I"m looking forward to them!!