Easter Eggsploring Creative Writing – A One Day Workshop with Andrew McDonnell

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Date(s) - 05/04/2024
10:00 am - 4:30 pm

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Easter Eggsploring Creative Writing- One Day Workshop

Join author and lecturer Dr Andrew McDonnell for this one-off workshop in the Easter Holidays.

Across a range of writing exercises, we will have fun exploring ways to write. Through these exercises we will explore prompts and start to generate ideas and concepts to take away and develop into full stories.

This class will touch on things such as:

Writing Points-of-view

How to build a plot

Character and voice

Imagery and sensation

Writing from Life

About the Tutor

Dr Andrew McDonnell has taught Creative Writing for over twenty years. He is currently the course leader for BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing at University Centre Peterborough. He has published both poetry and short stories and a handbook ‘You Are the Writer’ that advocates for working class writers will be published by Story Machine in 2024.

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Week	Medium and subject	Materials included in fee (unless otherwise stated)
1 10/4	Pencil and Graphite More drawing – perspective and creating distance in our work – buildings and landscape – graphite	Assorted pencils (Use own A3 Pads)
2 17/4	Mixed media wk1 – landscape, watercolour, inks, pastel, and collage We will look at some new watercolour techniques before we explore the possibilities of using a variety of resources to create a painting.	Watercolour, Inks, pastels, gouache, and collage materials. PVA glue Mixed papers
3 24/4	Mixed media wk2 – Continuing mixed media painting.	Watercolour, Inks, pastels, gouache, and collage materials. PVA glue Mixed papers
4 1/5	Portraiture and figure drawing – with live model in costume – Charcoal/Pastel We will look at the rules of drawing people.	Charcoal Pastels Mixed papers Fixative
5 8/5	More Acrylics wk1 – botanical painting on a stretched canvas (NB either provide own, or small additional charge for canvas)	Acrylic paint Brushes Canvasses (extra fee)
6 15/5	More Acrylics wk2 – Continuing acrylic painting.	Acrylic paint Brushes Canvasses (extra fee)
	3-week gap 23rd & 30th May & 5th June
7 12/6	Miniature painting – acrylics landscape or botanical (Mini canvass and easel available at £1.00 per set)	Mini canvasses (extra fee) Acrylic paint Fine brushes
8 19/6	More printing – monoprint, ‘poor man’s lino cut’ and tetra pak We will explore some simple print techniques using basic materials	Polystyrene sheets Block print inks Tetra Paks Mixed papers
9 26/6	Abstract approaches wk1 – We will explore various methods of creating an abstract painting through process and decision making. mixed media.	Oil pastels Charcoal Acrylic paint Papers
10 37	Abstract approaches wk2 – using materials and ideas from week one we create a finished piece using mixed media	Oil pastels Charcoal Acrylic paint Papers

Week	Medium and subject	Materials included in fee (unless otherwise stated)
1 11/4	Pencil and Graphite More drawing – perspective and creating distance in our work – buildings and landscape – graphite	Assorted pencils (Use own A3 Pads)
2 18/4	Mixed media wk1 – landscape, watercolour, inks, pastel, and collage We will look at some new watercolour techniques before we explore the possibilities of using a variety of resources to create a painting.	Watercolour, Inks, pastels, gouache, and collage materials. PVA glue Mixed papers
3 25/4	Mixed media wk2 – Continuing mixed media painting.	Watercolour, Inks, pastels, gouache, and collage materials. PVA glue Mixed papers
4 2/5	Portraiture and figure drawing – with live model in costume – Charcoal/Pastel We will look at the rules of drawing people.	Charcoal Pastels Mixed papers Fixative
5 9/5	More Acrylics wk1 – botanical painting on a stretched canvas (NB either provide own, or small additional charge for canvas)	Acrylic paint Brushes Canvasses (extra fee)
6 16/5	More Acrylics wk2 – Continuing acrylic painting.	Acrylic paint Brushes Canvasses (extra fee)
	3-week gap 23rd & 30th May & 5th June
7 13/6	Miniature painting – acrylics landscape or botanical (Mini canvass and easel available at £1.00 per set)	Mini canvasses (extra fee) Acrylic paint Fine brushes
8 20/6	More printing – monoprint, ‘poor man’s lino cut’ and tetra pak We will explore some simple print techniques using basic materials	Polystyrene sheets Block print inks Tetra Paks Mixed papers
9 27/6	Abstract approaches wk1 – We will explore various methods of creating an abstract painting through process and decision making. mixed media.	Oil pastels Charcoal Acrylic paint Papers
10 4/7	Abstract approaches wk2 – using materials and ideas from week one we create a finished piece using mixed media	Oil pastels Charcoal Acrylic paint Papers