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Colour My World Artist Series Workshop

Artist Series Workshop

Welcome to our first Artist Series workshop featuring industry specialists and practicing artists who will share essential practical skills and insights into their lines of expertise with the Colour My World community.

It’s the perfect platform to sample immediately gratifying darkroom photography, learn what it takes to become an illustrator and sequential artist, or get a head start with digital art 101… just to name a few upcoming workshops.

These workshops are recommended for junior participants aged 8 yrs+ as well as high schoolers who are considering an art discipline at university level. These short but intensive experiences are perfect for busy bees!

Facilitator’s Profile:
Growing up, Savannah Russell always had a camera in her bag – taking her passion for film and photography everywhere she went. Having attended SCAD Hong Kong in 2013-14, she then received her BA in Digital Filmmaking at De La Salle College of St Benilde, Philippines. Trained as a video producer, editor and photographer, Savannah joined Asia Pacific Vision HK as a creative intern serving A-list clients such as the like of HSBC, Swire and AS Watsons. Now a multi-disciplinary artist participating in Art Directing projects at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024, regularly creating installations for events, she continues to dedicate much time to advancing the art of film and photography.

From Pinhole to Darkroom Processing

For 9-12 yrs

Fees : $1,500
(2-day enrolment inclusive of darkroom facilities & ILFORD photo paper supply)

Pick Your Week:
Fri, 22 & 29 Nov 2024
5:30-6:45 pm (75 mins)

Sat, 23 & 30 Nov 2024
3:30-4:45 pm (75 mins)

This intensive series of workshops offers a fun and practical introduction into the principles of analogue photography and darkroom processes. Through practical projects, participants will learn a range of different techniques, chemical operations and approaches to cameraless photography. From constructing a pinhole camera to developing the images in a professional darkroom, you will be guided step-by-step to create a negative photo outcome.

 

Photogram vs Photograph

For 8 yrs+

Fees : $750
(per enrolment inclusive of darkroom facilities & ILFORD photo paper supply)

Pick Your Day:
Fri, 22 OR 29 Nov 2024
4:00-5:15 pm (75 mins)

Sat, 23 OR 30 Nov 2024
2:00-3:15 pm (75 mins)

The technique of creating a photographic image without the use of a camera is as old as photography itself. Photogram represents a unique art form that involves the placement of objects onto sensitised paper with the action of light. Although photograms may seem similar in their initial purpose to photographs, their final outcome is quite the opposite. Come experiment with this visual invention of photographing an idea, to reveal what has never really existed before.

Colour My World Half-Term 2024 Holiday Workshop

Colour My World Half-Term 2024 Holiday Workshop

Half-Term 2024 Holiday Workshop

Pick Your Week :

Week 1 2 – 4 Oct 2024
Week 2 :  8 – 10 Oct 2024
Week 3 :  16 – 18 Oct 2024
Week 4 :  23 – 25 Oct 2024

This holiday, pay homage to your favourite Addams Family and general spoooooooky October spirit in our three-morning art and drama camps for all ages!

When You’re An Addams

(Painting, Collage Art)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 4 – 6 yrs

Fees : $2,250
Pick Your Week:
Wed-Fri, 2-4 Oct
Tue-Thu, 8-10 Oct
Wed-Fri, 16-18 Oct

Wed-Fri, 23-25 Oct
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

This autumn, we invite you to craft a mixed-media mysterious spooky house. Use abundant imagination to decorate the outside with Halloween motifs. Combine papercutting, collage, and illustration to complete a 3D lit-up festive home.

IN DRAMA…

Get immersed in the spookily wonderful tales of the Addams Family as our young performers learn to dance to the musical classic ‘When You’re An Addams’. Explore stylised movements and up-beat choreography to channel your own inner Addams.

 

Wednesday’s Dance

(Acrylic Painting)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 7 – 10 yrs

Fees : $2,550
Pick Your Week:
Wed-Fri, 2-4 Oct
Tue-Thu, 8-10 Oct
Wed-Fri, 16-18 Oct
Wed-Fri, 23-25 Oct

10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Take inspiration from Wednesday Addams’ famous dance from Tim Burton’s TV series Wednesday and blend it with artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s expressive, dynamic poster designs. Capture Wednesday’s iconic, goth-y dance moves as you learn human anatomy and the basics of gesture drawing to produce a visually expressive piece in the style of a painted poster design.

IN DRAMA…

Get moving with the iconic dance moves of Wednesday Addams. Appreciate the influences of renowned dancer Bob Fosse as you learn choreography and dance in character.

 

Illustrated Gag Comic

(Ink, Watercolour, Liners)

VISUAL ART only for 10 yrs +

Fees : $2,950
Pick Your Week:
Wed-Fri, 2-4 Oct
Tue-Thu, 8-10 Oct
Wed-Fri, 16-18 Oct
Wed-Fri, 23-25 Oct

10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Did you know – the Addams Family made its first appearance in the New Yorker magazine, where it ran for 50 years, as a single-image one-liner gag comic by cartoonist Charles Addams? Design your own original creepy characters that become members of an eerie family. Craft these new characters to tell your uniquely strange and macabre one-liner illustrated gag comic. You will be guided by our in-house comic & sequential artist to experiment with monochromatic inks, watercolours and liners.

 

Colour My World Visual Arts E-Bulletin Nov-Dec 2024

Colour My World Visual Arts E-Bulletin Nov-Dec 2024

PLACES, PEOPLE AND PATTERNS

The relationship between the inner world of the mind and the outer world of the physical has long been the topic of artistic investigation. This upcoming term, we’ll draw the great outdoors like Caspar David Friedrich, we’ll paint interior spaces like Hernan Bas, and we’ll venture into the mind, where maths, science and art meet, like MC Escher. So whether you’re taking inspiration from the people, landscapes, and buildings around you, or focussing inwards on the world of the mind, we’ll have a project that’s right for you!

To find out more about our Visual Arts Workshops, visit: 

https://colour-my-world.com/term-workshops-on/

ENROL NOW: Term starts from 31 Oct!
Existing students do NOT need to re-enrol.

 

Explorer’s Art   (3 – 5 yrs)

Playcrafts

Less screen time, more creative play! Come experiment with our curated list of STEAM-inspired art projects and create amazing paper-crafted toys to share with friends! Combining basic science concepts, a little engineering, abundant illustration and decoration, plus a whole lot of fun! From Galactic Sensation, Magic Characters to Jack in the Box and Wiggle Jiggle Animals!

Core Art   (5 – 10 yrs)

Patterns in Motion

Be inspired by one of the world’s most famous graphic artists, MC Escher. We’ll indulge in pattern design, stamp and printmaking to appreciate Escher’s fascinating art of transformation from a bird to a fish. Study his portrayal of geometrical relationships among shapes, figures, and space, playing with positive and negative shapes. After creating stamps by drawing and embossing elements from nature, participants will then use their stamps to turn a single motif into beautiful printed tessellations, showing the illusion of moving patterns to achieve a harmonious balance.

Drawing Fundamentals   (6 – 8 yrs)

White & Black

Learn about Space, one of the core elements of art. Come explore positive and negative space, what they mean, how to identify them in an art piece, and how this stylistic feature helps the artist communicate. In practice, we will experiment with Notan art to appreciate how negative and positive elements of a composition interact with one another, then investigate further to render unique hand-drawn tessellations of your own design.

Ready-Set-Draw   (8 yrs+)

Where Would You Go?

If your imagination could take you anywhere, where would you go? We’ll be taking our newly-created characters (from Sep-Oct) outside for a stroll! By looking at influential landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich (romantic landscapes), Albert Bierstadt (lavish American West landscapes) and Moebius (surreal fantasy landscapes), we’ll be learning about crucial drawing principles such as how to apply a one-point-perspective and create the illusion of depth in our artworks. We’ll pen captivating scenery (natural, urban or fantastical) for our characters to inhabit; and a stunning 3-dimensional “pop-up rendition” enhanced with watercolour pencils and ink.

 

Comics   (8 yrs+)

Silent Comics

There are times when our words fail us and we can only express our stories through images alone. Silent comics have the advantage of being accessible to a wider range of readers as images can offer us visual clues to help decode stories. Look at a broad spectrum of silent comics from superhero comics, gag comics and mangas to learn what makes them effective in their storytelling. Create your own silent comic – when words, narration and dialogue go away, tell your story purely through visuals!

Ceramic Fanatics

(Pottery-Ceramics 10 yrs+)

Fundamentals Master Class

Learn to build three-dimensionally and excel in creation that takes form in art ware, figurines, sculpture, decorative and applied art objects. Acquire fundamental skills from pinching, coiling, slab to wheel-throwing, we shall experiment with new materials whilst utilising techniques of slip casting, clay modelling, and surface texturing.

NEW! Sculpture Culture

(Mixed-media 3D Design 10 yrs+)

Sculptural Inner Self

The art of masks have been used since early antiquity with the earliest design being made of stone and seashells! Throughout history masks have been created and used for a variety of reasons – as a disguise to conceal oneself, for ceremonial and ancient rituals, and for performance and entertainment. For the Venetians, masks were a means of creating a certain image of a character in theatres. This term, we shall take inspiration from the symbolic Comedy and Tragedy muses to create two opposing theatrical symbols that reflect contrasting parts of your inner self. Use sculpting mediums such as modroc, clay and paints to bring to life your own mask creations.

Pixelated

(Digital Arts 10 yrs+)

Who Lives in a House Like This?

Learn the technical skills of human anatomy and interior perspective to create a realistic illustration… with a hint of fantasy! Take on the role of a digital illustrator with a brief to bring fantasy characters into the modern world through illustrations suitable for a web novel. Study core anatomy principles to get your proportions and features spot on, before altering them to suit your chosen character. Then learn the ins and outs of digital perspective tools to make your homely interior look like a convincing 3D space. Do faeries prefer PC or console? Does a witch keep a tidy home? Only you can answer these questions!

Sketchbook Studies & Painting   (10 yrs+)

Homey Room

’What Makes My Room Unique and Appealing?’’ will be the autumnal creative prompt for you to conceptually create a cosy room. Be it a place for living, an uncluttered space to be creative in, or somewhere surrounded by your favourite objects, the result will be unique to you. Your inspiration will be drawn from artists namely Richard Hamilton, Hernan Bas and Edward Hopper, to imagine a dream place of yours, where a sense of space and perspective, colours and tones will be considered. This mixed-media painting combining colour pencil, crayon and collage on wood will be a composed imaginary mood board filled with a rich palette.

Mentor Studio   (13 yrs+)

For art enthusiasts who are considering Art for GCSE, A-Levels, IGCSE or IB; or who simply enjoy being stretched artistically. Mentor Studio is open to any participants who want to strengthen their skill repertoire, build on their collection of portfolio-worthy artworks, or explore challenging themes through open-end self-enquiry guided closely by a mentor. Acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of art-form, techniques and styles used as we guide you through various artistic decision and pathways to artistic achievement.

Architecture in Context   (13 yrs+)

Rendering technicalities with creativity, we explore architectural and interior spaces, with referenced imagery and floor plans of Hong Kong vibrant and historical landmarks to build a foundation of perspective, shape, space and form. Topics of investigation throughout the year range from Relocation, Restoration and Conversion, with rendition of a mix of architectural drawings, mood boards and illustrations; both conceptual and imaginative.

Colour My World Visual Arts E-Bulletin Sep-Oct 2024

Colour My World Visual Arts E-Bulletin Sep-Oct 2024

FALL INTO POWERFUL NARRATIVES!

We’re feelin’ groovy this September, as we celebrate the Fall term with a blast of colour, texture, shape and form. Inspired by an eclectic range of modern artists from Australia to America, Japan, Canada and beyond, we shall discover new art form with the use of visual languages, enchanting symbolism and fun narration. Check out the NEW Sculpture Culture which opens up a world of storytelling in mixed-media 3D design. Come create your own artistic narrative with our range of highly informative and fun visual arts workshops this Fall… what story will you tell?

To find out more about our Visual Arts Workshops, visit: 

https://colour-my-world.com/term-workshops-on/

ENROL NOW: Term starts from 2 Sep!

 

Explorer’s Art   (3 – 5 yrs)

Dreamtime

For our little Explorers, ‘Dreamtime’ takes us to the aboriginal landscapes which explore the continuous use of dotting, patterns, lines, and hatching to create a strong sense of movement. We shall play with dots, colours, and ambiance as we learn the symbolic pointillism technique, to complete an abstract acrylic composition. Following, we shall dream sculpturally to create a highly decorated papier-mâché Baobab tree which features in dreamtime stories and rock art.

Core Art   (5 – 10 yrs)

The Artist’s Table

This Fall term, our Core Artists will be inspired by the dynamic, playful everyday table setting scenes by Los Angeles-based artist Pedro Pedro who often plays with banality by highlighting the objects’ colours and forms. They’ll first create a bold and colourful painting of a ‘chaotic’ scene to portray an artist’s daily life, and then move on to exploring 3D element using versatile air dry clay to create a unique artist’s palette for home décor.

Drawing Fundamentals   (6 – 8 yrs)

Contours & Forms

Use line to create the illusion of 3D form through contours and curves. Understand form, planes, and dimension. Practice an artist’s way of seeing. Use pen lines on paper as well as a variety of mark-making techniques to produce visual volume.

Ready-Set-Draw   (8 yrs+)

Character Vignette

This year in Ready-Set-Draw we’re going to build up your skill set one term at a time, then show you how to combine them. First up is character design! Look at a wide range of sources from Disney’s Snow White to Naoto Ohshima’s Sonic the Hedgehog and learn how designers have inspired each other over the years. Then create design sheets for a human character and an animal character, showing their poses, expressions, and unique identity.

Comics   (8 yrs+)

Prompt-based Comics

If your dog could talk, what would it say? Select a creativity-sparking prompt as a springboard for your comic. brainstorm, sketch, draw, ink, and colour your comic. A great term for comics beginners and experienced comic masters alike.

Ceramic Fanatics

(Pottery-Ceramics 10 yrs+)

Fundamentals Master Class

Learn to build three-dimensionally and excel in creation that takes form in art ware, figurines, sculpture, decorative and applied art objects. Acquire fundamental skills from pinching, coiling, slab to wheel-throwing, we shall experiment with new materials whilst utilising techniques of slip casting, clay modelling, and surface texturing.

NEW! Sculpture Culture

(Mixed-media 3D Design 10 yrs+)

Art needn’t be confined to 2D, leap into the 3D world and learn how artists, architects, and designers in the entertainment industries can all use 3D mediums in their work. Using a diverse range of materials including silicone, resin, papier-mâché, plastic and foam, you will learn how to translate your designs into physical objects. This course is designed to give you a taste of the possibilities available to artists working in 3D media such as architectural models, stage props, costume design, and concepts for TV and movies!

Pixelated

(Digital Arts 10 yrs+)

The Infinite Canvas

Gaze into the future of comics as we investigate how digital technology can change this artform. Catch up on the history of comics and get to grips with the fundamentals. Then, from the theoretical “infinite canvas” of Scott McCloud, to the rapidly growing popularity of scrolling comics from Korea, you’ll experiment with a wide range of modern techniques before drawing your own revolutionary variety of comic!

Sketchbook Studies & Painting   (10 yrs+)

Ancient Art

Learn about the geometric and figurative symbolic representations of the spiritual across many different cultures. Use ancient grids and construction methods to create your own special and meaningful pattern. Then, create your own figurative symbols and use fine brushes to portray a realistically painted object representing something that is uniquely meaningful and important to you. Depict your symbol along with your pattern in a special acrylic painting whose meaning will be clear to you alone.

Mentor Studio   (13 yrs+)

For art enthusiasts who are considering Art for GCSE, A-Levels, IGCSE or IB; or who simply enjoy being stretched artistically. Mentor Studio is open to any participants who want to strengthen their skill repertoire, build on their collection of portfolio-worthy artworks, or explore challenging themes through open-end self-enquiry guided closely by a mentor. Acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of art-form, techniques and styles used as we guide you through various artistic decision and pathways to artistic achievement.

Architecture in Context   (13 yrs+)

Rendering technicalities with creativity, we explore architectural and interior spaces, with referenced imagery and floor plans of Hong Kong vibrant and historical landmarks to build a foundation of perspective, shape, space and form. Topics of investigation throughout the year range from Relocation, Restoration and Conversion, with rendition of a mix of architectural drawings, mood boards and illustrations; both conceptual and imaginative.