Edward Bawden: Four Week Illustration & Linocut Course
Learn illustration and lino printing techniques inspired by Edward Bawden, a close friend of Eric Ravilious, whose versatile and charming illustrative style continues to influence artists today. This course includes a behind-the-scenes visit to Towner's Art Store.
Please note: we are only taking bookings for the full four-week course
Learn illustration and lino printing techniques inspired by Edward Bawden, a close friend of Eric Ravilious, whose versatile and charming illustrative style continues to influence artists today. In this four week course, you'll learn to create lively characters and scenes, and produce multi-layered linocut prints of your own design.
Whether you're a complete beginner or would just like to dedicate time to creating each week, this guided, relaxed and low-pressure course is suited to all levels.
In the first session, you will have the exciting opportunity to visit the Towner Art Store with Sara Cooper, Towner’s Head of Collections & Exhibitions, to view our collection of Bawden’s works up close, and to learn a little more about his life and work. The rest of the course will focus on exploring Bawden's process and learning from his unique way of working; not trying to make an exact copy of his work or creating a ‘perfect masterpiece’, but having fun, meeting like-minded people and discovering new ways to bring ideas to life.
You'll leave the course with a chunky, hand-bound sketchbook full of experiments, techniques, notes, and drawings. You’ll also learn about materials, what to buy if you’d like to continue your illustration and lino practice, and how to develop more finished pieces inspired by what you’ve learned throughout the course.
All materials, and tea and coffee, will be provided at each session.
This programme will be taught by Zara Wilkins, who has over three years’ experience teaching art to beginner adults. She first studied illustration at university, graduating in 2019 and subsequently worked in illustration before moving into her passion of teaching. Zara is a multidisciplinary artist, spanning many mediums over her education, career, and personal life. For the last three years she has been teaching watercolours full time and as of this year has begun teaching lino printing to beginners in Brighton.