In response to recent events in Hong Kong, we’ve made some of our workshops available online!
Dedicated tutors are standing by with the tech and expertise to keep your minds engaged.
Workshops range from enhancing language skills, to speech communication techniques, visual arts and mentorship.
Places are limited so don’t delay in checking out what Colour My World has to offer.
Sat 15, 22, 29 Feb, 7, 14, 21, 28 Mar 2020, 1:30-3:00pm AND/OR 3:00-4:30pm
(Please enquire weekday options by e-mailing info@colour-my-world.com)
Fees : For 4-7 yrs+ $450 for one 1.5 hrly workshop OR $850 for two 1.5 hrly workshops
For 8 yrs+ $600 for one 1.5 hrly workshop OR $1,140 for two 1.5 hrly workshops
Join us and learn about building, painting and mixed media appreciation in this visual art drop-in workshop, themed around Surrealist Plants. Explore diverse media in 2D and 3D guided by specialist facilitators, as you stretch your creative minds.
Gather round this ad hoc creative extravaganza and pick and choose your favourite media.
3D Art – (for 4 – 7 yrs AND 8 yrs+) 1:30 – 3:00pm
Design your own 3D model plant using mixed media, abstract shapes and colours. Inspired by the works of Adam Frezza & Terri Chiao your unique organic piece with surrealistic inspiration.
Collage Art – (for 4 – 7 yrs AND 8 yrs+) 3:00 – 4:30pm
Ideas sprout up when you take a step into the woods. Create a surrealist flowerbed of layered textures, with harmonic and contrasting colours, decorated with print materials.
Oil Painting – (for 8 yrs+ only) 1:30 – 3:00pm
Introductory class to oil painting when you will use organic lines and vibrant colours of plants as basis to apply oil painting techniques. Emphasis on mixing and blending colours, and creating some imaginative and whacky flora.
Clay Relief – (for 8 yrs+ only) 3:00 – 4:30pm
Get stuck into our clay sculpting workshop, where we’ll mould a low relief inspired by Egyptian artefacts – fused with human and animal features (chimera); using subtractive and additive technique. We’ll continually score, model and carve to awaken a majestic fabulous clay memento.
Our Core Artists and Explorers will delve into the themes of Bauhaus and Abstract Surrealism as we travel through the March-April term. Explore organic shapes, colours and geometry whilst stretching our imagination. Advanced learners shall navigate fantastical landscapes in conceptual drawing and follow tactile folds and pleats to create stunning oil painting.
Join us as we take an unforgettable journey into the creative mind!
To find out more about our Visual Arts Workshops, visit:
www.colour-my-world.com/visualarts
ENROL NOW: Term starts from 27 Feb! Existing students do NOT need to re-enrol.
Core Art Yearly Focus – Fine Art and Design
Compose compelling original artwork and expand your skills in design. From Japanese contemporary art to early 20th century Russian Avant Garde, you will discover how the visual language of fashion, product, graphic design and modern architecture can be used for boosting sustainability awareness, advertising campaigns and commercial messaging.
Moving with the Movements
Explorers get ready! We’re about to take a whirlwind trip into abstract surrealism. Compile your very own hardback book of masterpieces, demonstrating the unique contemporary expressions of established artists, including Mark Rothko’s multiforms, Raymond Saá’s painted collages, and Damien Hirst’s visual candy painting. From acrylics to ink, oil pastels and patterns, this workshop is jam-packed with artistic development, art history and adventures galore.
I Think I’m Turning Bauhaus…
Looking at geometric, primitive and abstract art and design, you will be influenced to create a 3D architectural piece with an assemblage of coloured painted wood. Study visual text in graphic design and merge a collage of human figures, to form a dynamic outcome. The result will bring together light, and motion in a contemporary Bauhaus twist, all informed by Bauhaus masters like Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Ready-Set-Draw Yearly Focus – The Art of Illustration
Explore the roles of illustration in areas of storytelling, persuasion and commentary over a myriad of themes and subjects. This upcoming year focuses on in-depth exploration of illustration and practical techniques such as realism through lighting, texture, perspective and tone. Expand your expertness on fabric and wood and follow your story over themes and subjects.
Conceptual Illustration
Venture out into the wild and learn the technical aspects of illustrating textured animals and whimsical landscapes. Adopting the principles of graphic design, you will create a conceptual water-coloured illustration. Follow the contours of a wild animal to outline a landscaped vista in its natural habitat.
NEW Junior Ready-Set-Draw (6 – 8 yrs)
Creative Sketchbooks
Art courses for 6-8 year olds with themes centering on narrative, animals landscapes, portraiture and comics, coming soon! Please contact Colour My World for more information.
Layering and Gathering
Create contrasting bold volumes and rhythms, or even a soft sculpture. In this workshop you will be working towards a monochrome twofold outcome, layering and gathering textile techniques to create a harmonious body of work.
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 utilizing techniques of slip casting, clay modeling, and surface texturing.
The Digital:Hub – Animation, DSLR & Filmmaking (8 yrs+, 10 yrs+)
Filmmaking (10 yrs+)
Create a Commercial
Invent your own product and create a commercial to show it off. Write the script, film the shots and edit on Premiere Pro. What will your product be? A talking toy? A superhero drink? Learn to deliver a powerful narrative with professional guidance in camera work, props and set design. Wrap up your video with an engaging voice over and you’ll have a project that sells, sells, sells!
DSLR – Digital Photography (10 yrs+)
Product Photography
Using diverse techniques in product photography, you will create a photographic A4 poster to market a range of products. Adopt compelling compositions, and employ ‘cheating’ techniques and action shots, all captured within a studio lighting setup.
Stop Motion Animation (8 yrs+)
Compile still photography to create computer animation. Narrative and story board creation.
Sketchbook Studies / Painting (10 yrs+)
Flash The Light on Fabric
Here’s your chance to interpret your surrealist expression in oils! Like clouds morphing in the boundless sky, we can tell stories that personify the natural twists and folds of textile. Sculptural forms of voluminous fabric, organic folds and pleats have the potential to create endless possibilities. Embrace dramatic abstract shapes in your very own painting!
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.
In addition to an array of visual and performing arts, motion and creativity, we now offer Communication Skills and Music & Lyrics! Enrol now for our exiting New Year workshops to find your voice and put it to good use!
(Storyboarding, Collaborative Animation)
Fees : $1,750
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily
Let’s come together to create a lively story about the Rat who’s lost his cheese! Starting with narrative and storyboard creation to understand sequence and movements, design props and paper cut outs of still photography to create a computer animation. The outcome will be a collaboratively created animation clip to share with family and friends.
(Book Illustration, Ink Drawing)
Fees : $1,850
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily
Be mesmerized by ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ and illustrate a frame that depicts a moment from the classic German fairytale. On this course, you will learn how to illustrate from a story, developing skills in book illustration and sequential art. Amass a knowhow for ink drawing, and understand the core principles of composition and contrast. Informed by John Tenniel’s illustrative style for the ‘Alice In Wonderland’ series.
IN DRAMA…. Junior Masterclass in Presentation Performance
Introducing CMW’s School of Drama! Come and attend a crash course of drama where each day will be dedicated to in-depth training of a performing arts skill that participants can bring to the stage. Our 3-morning programme will be split into juniors and advanced levels to give the most effective learning experience for all ages.
Junior Skills (4 – 6.5 yrs) cover Vocal Training, Confidence Boosting and Presentation Performance inspired by the movie Ratatouille.
Advanced Skills (6.5 – 10 yrs) offer Vocal Training, Mime, and Improvisation Performance inspired by Aesop’s Fable The Lion and the Mouse.
(Drawing, Paper Craft, Textile, Mixed Media)
Fees : $2,050
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily
Want to learn a set of specialist art and design skills by manipulating printed images? Then join us for a series of workshops in free-hand drawing, paper cut, and weaving to create your very own experimental mixed-media artwork. Develop skills in composition and learn principles of art to design a unique triptych, inspired by the ever-adaptable rats.
Fees : $1,850
10:00 am – 12:00 nn daily
This Speak Aloud course by speech communication specialist Jonathan Daly offers a unique crash course in Public Speaking. Over three-mornings, you will acquire foundation level public speaking, from how to write an effective speech to practical presentation and performance skills. Come and increase your speech fluency, build your confidence, and develop your understanding of the skills necessary to be a successful Public Speaker.
Fees : $2,500
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily
With a focus on establishing a writer’s habit and creating ideas through clustering, free writing and prompt, this fiction-writing workshop by creative writer Mark McPherson is designed for anyone who has an urge to write stories. With an introduction to story structure, character, conflict, setting and dialogue, participants will be guided from their initial ideas to a first draft. Ideal for lovers of words, books and storytelling!
Fees : $600 / 2-morning enrolment
11:45am-12:45pm daily on 29 & 31 Jan 2020
With the rat’s surprising win in the Chinese Zodiac Race, we will celebrate the Year of the Rat in a music workshop dedicated to the song Best Day of My Life by American Authors. Singing with a keyboard and background music, we’ll find your beat and rhythm in a variety of games! Learn melodies and explore your vocal range, before recording a professionally engineered recording of your performance to download and play for family and friends!
(Lyric Composition/Sound Recording)
Fees : $1,500 / 2-morning enrolment
10:00am-11:30am daily on 29 & 31 Jan 2020
Combine creative lyric writing with music and sound recording! Starting with pop song structures and lyric analysis, brainstorm and rewrite new lyrics to create your own parody version of the song! Learn to sing with diction, articulation, breathing and intonation. You also have the chance to record and take home your very own recording to share with family and friends. Come and start your musical journey here!
Week 1: Wed-Fri, 18-20 Dec
Week 2: Mon-Tue & Fri, 23-24 & 27 Dec
Week 3: Mon-Tue & Fri, 30-31 Dec & 3 Jan
Mould, paint and craft your way across a panorama of Christmas symbols and traditions. Reinvent and remember the true meaning of Christmas this holiday season.
This holiday season, participants of 4-6.5 yrs will get to explore Painting and 3D Art when the 6.5 yrs+ will choose two projects from Painting, 3D Fibre Art and Animation to complete an inspiration-filled week.
Fees : $1,950
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily
Painting – Our youngest artists will paint patterned trees with a stamped silhouette of snowflakes and stars. Warm-toned pastel colours will inspire the Christmas spirit.
3D Art – Create your own 3D tree using fibre and paper to hang from a blue pine tree. Decorate it to your heart’s delight with an assortment of sequins and beads.
Painting – Create a painting of ‘The Trees Within the Tree.’ Here’s your chance to produce an acrylic art piece with simmering tone and hues in a stylized composition, all around the wintry landscape of pines and firs.
3D Fibre Art – Construct free-standing fabric tress, stuffed with wadding, decorated with glitter and sparkles.
Animation – Produce a stop-motion animation based on a list of Christmas carols. Develop your own characters, sets and props to create a magical stage. Choose a carol, design a storyboard, set up the scene and start shooting! Wrap up your mini movie with music and sound effects and screen to family and friends!
At this time of the year, we explore the theme of antiquity and regard for Lost Art, embracing new outlook on Restoration and Reconstruction through a range of media and techniques such as sculpting our favourite museum lost treasure, embroidering recovered fabrics, painting a beautifully restored porcelain piece, illustrating our favourite things to campaign powerful publicity and many more!
To find out more about our Visual Arts Workshops, visit:
www.colour-my-world.com/visualarts
ENROL NOW: Term starts from 30 October!
Existing students do NOT need to re-enrol.
Core Art Yearly Focus – Fine Art and Design
Compose compelling original artwork and expand your skills in design. From Japanese contemporary art to early 20th century Russian Avant Garde, you will discover how the visual language of fashion, product and graphic design can be used for advertising campaigns and commercial messaging.
Explorer’s Art (3 – 4.5 yrs)
Go Stone Age
Design your own Neolithic characters, animals and patterns in this prehistorically focussed term of ‘Go Stone Age’. Imitate primitive paintings using crude tools to create a textured ‘cave wall’ and create a stylised sculptural deity of your imagination. Add some earth tones and your work will stand alongside some of the oldest art ever discovered.
Core Art (4.5 yrs+)
Lost Art
Go in search of the world’s lost art! We will be exploring how artists recreate artwork that has vanished! Inspired by the likes of Michael Rakowitz’s, looted masterpieces will be reimagined. Join us to create a 3D clay model, rich in texture and a relief collage that plays with volume and space. Sign up now for your chance to rediscover a lost treasure.
Ready-Set-Draw Yearly Focus – The Art of Illustration
Explore the roles of illustration in areas of storytelling, persuasion and commentary over a myriad of themes and subjects. This upcoming year focuses on in-depth exploration of illustration and practical techniques such as realism through lighting, texture, perspective and tone. Expand your expertness on fabric and wood and follow your story over themes and subjects.
Ready-Set-Draw (8 yrs+)
Illustrative Publicist
Create your own product-focused-ad-illustration through sketching, watercolour and typography to create an illustration based on a classical painting. Referencing the realistic renderings of Joe McKendry and Norman Rockwell your aim will be to produce a piece of publicity art that is both clever and humorous.
NEW Junior Ready-Set-Draw (6 – 8 yrs)
Creative Sketchbooks
Art courses for 6-8 year olds with themes centering on narrative, animals landscapes, portraiture and comics, coming soon! Please contact Colour My World for more information.
Tactile Textile (10 yrs+)
Embroidery – Textile Adornment
Drawing on the conservation project at CHAT (The Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile at The Mills) embroidery techniques will be applied to printed or painted fabrics. Practise your textile skills to produce contextualised backgrounds, which will bring your embroidered work to life.
Sculpture Culture (Pottery-Ceramics 8 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 utilizing techniques of slip casting, clay modeling, and surface texturing.
The Digital:Hub – Animation, DSLR & Filmmaking (8 yrs+, 10 yrs+)
Filmmaking (10 yrs+)
Superhero Trailer
Join us for an extensive look into pre-production planning, timing and visual story telling. Develop your advance storytelling skills and basic camera techniques to create a 30 second trailer, around the Superhero theme.
DSLR – Digital Photography (10 yrs+)
Cutout Montage
Explore the boundaries of experimental photography. French photographer Jean Faucheur’s fragmented photography plays with perspective and dissects portraiture to create stylised compositions. Learners will acquire DSLR portrait techniques, lighting set-ups and creating optical illusions in this digital photography course, playing with geometric cutout and image manipulation.
Stop Motion Animation (8 yrs+)
Compile still photography to create computer animation. Narrative and story board creation.
Sketchbook Studies / Painting (10 yrs+)
Deconstruction / Reconstruction
Enter the reconstructed world of the deconstructed. Broken ceramics will be reformed and then observed and recreated in drawings. With a focus on the principles of design, balance, rhythm and dominance, our budding artists will be directed to convey the emotional qualities of abstract creations with oils on canvas. All the more informed by artist Yee Sookyung’s imperfect sculptures composed from mismatched broken pieces of porcelain.
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.