
Colour My World Visual Arts E-Bulletin May-Jun 2025
A PALETTE OF POSSIBILITIES
As things heat up in the studio for another tantalising term of workshops, you’ll see there are endless ways to tackle any creative subject! From the Futurist fashion design of Issey Miyake to the interchangeable outfit illustration of Helen Oxenbury. Will you get hands-on and craft a mixed media diorama, or go digital with a surreal interior scene? Whatever artistic path you’re on, we’ll surely have something 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 3 May!
Existing students do NOT need to re-enrol.

Explorer’s Art (3 – 5 yrs)
LEGENDARY!
Uncover the captivating legends from the age when gods and goddesses walked among mortals. Explore ancient myths to create your own Aegean-inspired works of art! Craft a Trojan Horse, reimagining this iconic symbol of cunning and bravery using an array of sturdy materials, from card sheets to wooden sticks. Then bring the Minotaur to life by designing and illustrating a striking paper mosaic collage, using construction pieces as your vibrant palette.

Core Art (5 – 10 yrs)
Futura
Dive into the dynamic world of Futurism and Constructivism in our Futura workshop! Begin with a quick, conventional costume design exercise painted with watercolor brush pens and inspired by the signature costumes of popular literary characters like Little Red Riding Hood and Hercules. Then, unleash your creativity and spatial thinking by designing and creating a dress inspired by Futurist fashion designers like Issey Miyake, using textured, reflective, and corrugated paper worn by your painted mannequin to be taken home.

Drawing Fundamentals (6 – 8 yrs)
Exquisite Persona
Learn the fundamentals of portraiture and figure drawing to render realistic faces and natural body proportions… then mix it all up! With the basics under your belt, show off your skills by designing, illustrating, and colouring three humanoid characters with watercolour brush pens. Finally, cut up your creations! Assemble the parts into a game of exquisite corpses originated from France where the faces, torsos and limbs are interchangeable, letting you mix and match a whole range of wacky characters.

Ready-Set-Draw (8 yrs+)
Non-Verbal Storytelling
Can you make a picture tell a thousand words? Create a non-verbal comic vignette featuring your own character, a vibrant landscape, and a textured animal – touching upon all that was learned in the previous terms of Ready-Set-Draw. Weave together small panels and a striking “hero-panel” into a cohesive wordless story, inspired by references like Shaun Tan’s The Arrival. Finally, digitally colour and then print your hand-inked works to be featured alongside your original drawings.

Comics (8 yrs+)
Comic Quest
Are you ready to bring your stories to life through the medium of comics? Embark on a creative adventure where storytelling meets artistry. Turn your ideas into a full-fledged two-page comic as you acquire basics in story structure and narrative. Gain insight into arranging your comic panels, learning about story flow, composition and readability. Then complete your comic with a captivating cover that showcases a sneak-peak of the story within. Get ready to unleash your creativity and bring your comic vision to life.

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+)
Miniature Worlds
Immerse yourself in the art of mixed-media sculptural dioramas. Be inspired by model maker and set dresser Julieta La Valle and her work at Laika Studios, you will create miniature worlds that feel like you could step right into them! Experiment with diverse materials such as clay, fabric, construction paper, papier mâché and plaster – honing your skills in crafting, painting and assemblage. While brainstorming ideas and stories for your diorama, consider space and depth as you render perspective and environment drawings. Acquire composition principles to create balance and visual interest as you create a unique crafted 3D scene.

Pixelated
(Digital Arts 10 yrs+)
Dream of Reality
Delve into the dreamy imagery of Rene Magritte and his ability to make the ordinary and mundane feel uncanny and surreal! Advance your digital painting skills by adapting classical still-life techniques to the digital medium and create a selection of realistic object paintings. Then it’s time to take your newly painted subjects and make them strange. Take advantage of editing tools to distort your paintings with out-of-this world proportions, adding unexpected contexts in unfamiliar atmospheres, crossing the boundaries of reality and representation.

Sketchbook Studies & Painting (10 yrs+)
Tactile Emo Portrait
Portraiture; a genre we are so familiar with in art history. Self-portrait; a category that was brought into vogue by phone selfies. This term, take the time and pay attention to your decisions to create a unique self-portrait, not only through the point of view and angle of the figure, but adding on decorative embroidery to a painted oval canvas that will make this multimedia outcome genuinely yours.

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.