Every Thursday
May 24th to June 14th
1pm in the Music Room
Harpist Zoe Eliza Arrow,Guitarist Alan Taylor and musician to be announced (please check our website).
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Anteros delivers a year-round programme of quality tuition, from beginners courses to advanced explorations as well as a schools programme and bespoke sessions for students of all ages and abilities.
Anteros offers an integral programme of arts courses. To book your place or enquire further or perhaps even talk to a tutor beforehand, use our contact page. All courses require £60 deposit to reserve your place.
Will Teather
5 March–19 May,
10am–1pm (Full term £200 or £25 per session)
Students will be guided through observation, scale, composition, placement and colour in a friendly environment. This course is suitable for all abilities and provides the opportunity to draw from life.
Mariam Cullum
9–23 May (3 sessions, £60)
These three sessions are the perfect introduction to ceramics and making vessels. - Working with a flat roller - Making pinch and coil pots - Using slip glaze
John Hemmant
9–10 June (£230)
Learn the techniques with traditional materials for use in icon painting or for decorative effects.
-Use of specialist materials
-Use of tools
Mariam Cullum
16–17 June (£120)
Students will be guided through the process of throwing a pot and preparing recycled clay. Each student will make approximately six vessels.
-Turning the forms for bisque firing -Glaze firing
Will Teather
23–24 June (£120)
Norwich
Students will develop their knowledge of portraiture and painting techniques including impasto.
-Use of oils and acrylics -Skills in underpainting -Glazing technique
Gloria Dean
20–22 July (£120)
The enchantment of Chinoiserie with a combination of oriental blossoms, extravagant florals and use of gold and silver has become a trend within both traditional and contemporary settings.
Students will be taught a brief history of the art-form and supported to produce a Chinoiserie panel to take away.
• Fundamental skills and design features • Mordant gilding techniques
John Hemmant
30 June–1 July (£230)
Bergh Apton
This specialist course teaches the theory and practice of traditional iconography, from the religious history and symbolism to use in portraiture.
-Use of egg tempera medium -Layering pigments -Translucent layers and depth
Mark Wisher
1 - 29 August
Mark Wisher for Making Conceptual Art using found objects,photos,texts, site specific work and performance,exploring the fundamentals of conceptual art from 1960s to today,visiting private views and public exhibitions,with workshops and critique.
John Hemmant
11 August (£60)
Setting off by boat from Barton Turf, students will be supported with their chosen medium to capture the spirit, light and colours of the beautiful Norfolk Broads.
Ernst Nicol
8–9 September (£120)
An introduction to the basic skills of drawing onto metal, to prints being taken from the engraved surface via an etching press. Students will explore creating tones within the drawing through the technique of hand wiping the plate.
John Hemmant
15–16 September (£160)
This course will teach the techniques of preparing to paint with egg tempera.
Boards are covered with several thin layers of gesso that are then sanded down to create a smooth and absorbent finish.
Irene Barkmann
22–23 September (£120)
We’re fortunate to welcome Irene, who will be visiting us from Germany. Her portfolio includes an array of wild florals including Royal Horticultural Society award winning work.
-Mixing colours -Image structure -Botany
Mitchell House
5 September–24 October
(8 sessions, £160)
Students will be taught to create a portrait bust that is anatomically close to reality and is also descriptive of the personality of the subject with modeling to casting and finishing to presentation.
-Observation and measurement of subject -Construction of armature application of clay -Mould making and casting -Finishing and mounting
Deb Hoy
Part 1: Tuesday evenings 11 September – 16 October
Part 2: 23 October – 27 Part 2: 23 October – 27 November
(12 sessions, £240 payable in two installments of £120)
This life-changing course supports you as you work through Julia Cameron’s classic workbook ‘The Artist’s Way’, exploring a spiritual approach to creative expression, beating creative blocks and increasing the flow of creativity in daily life.
Will Teather
29 September–15 December, 10am–1pm
(Full term £200 or £25 per session)
Students will be guided through observation, scale, composition, placement and colour in a friendly environment. This course is suitable for all abilities and provides the opportunity to draw from life.
Peter Welton
6–7 October (£120)
Driven by the art philosophy of ‘truth to materials’, students will be guided through the five ways to apply paint to watercolour paper and will put them into practice using a photograph supplied by the tutor.
-Critical importance of tone
-Importance of memory as an aspect of perception and appreciation
Toni Hayden
20–21 October (£120)
From greetings cards to invitations and place settings, this course explores using handwritten texts in formal and cursive styles. Techniques for serifs, swashes and flourishes with quotations, poems or zoomorphic images will also be explored. Suitable for all abilities.
-Layout and composition
-Combining words with shapes
-Pen angle, order and exit strokes
-Pen-lifts and oblique nibs
Sarah Beare
3–4 November (£120)
Students will make a small hard-back notebook on the first day and will be supported to develop their ideas more independently and creatively on the second day. The course will begin with an inspirational look at the tutor’s own collection of books, types of binding and samples. Materials and equipment are provided.
-Cutting and folding of the pages, collating into ‘signatures’
-Stitching with linen
-Covering with book cloth
-Assembly of the book
