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June 2022
Fish!
With Michelle Parsons. 10.00am to 12.00pm: Exploring a variety of fish, both photographs and live subject ,after bought by Michelle including small sardines … Consider Sgrafitto techniques (Paul Klee) Accurate drawing and mark-making 1.00pm to 3.00pm: Composing a painting - acrylic paint on canvas? Materials will be provided (included in course cost).Register your interest in this class by filling out your details below and our admin team will be in touch when we have more information to share!
Find out more »Dragon: Mixed Media Sewing
With Pam Jermy. Create a Fantastic mixed media embroidered Dragon! Paint a background in session one and embroider in session two. Most people will finish the embroidery at home. Requirements list o be available closer to the day. There will be a kit with all specialist items.
Find out more »July 2022
Basic Printmaking
With Michelle Parsons. Exploring three basic printmaking techniques, Monoprint, Etching and Relief printmaking Using a printing press, printing inks, perspex, lino for relief. Materials will be provided (included in class cost). Register your interest in this class by filling out your details below and our admin team will be in touch when we have more information to share!
Find out more »Embroidered Flowers – Free Machine Embroidery
With Vendulka Battais. REQUIREMENTS: You can create your background and the flowers in realistic colours or work very abstract in the colours you fancy. • Fabrics for the background – between 10-15 shades of one colour or moving from one colour into another one – remnants from previous projects will work well as we will only need strips about 2″ wide 16″ long (around that size) Or you can work with one fabric for the background – 50cm. Choose fabrics with not very dominant pattern, best are mottled, batiks or colour on colour prints. • Fabrics for leaves (FQ or…
Find out more »Watercolours – Summer Skies
With David Pasfield. Paint with confidence in this challenging medium. Beginning with a simple landscape and progressing to a larger stunning piece of work. Bring fresh colours and light to your landscapes. Work from your tutors ideas or bring your own sketches or photographs for inspiration. Equipment & Materials Water colour paints Water colour paper (NOT surface preferably) Watercolour brushes Easel – table or free standing plus board to fix paper to 2 Water pots, & palettes with large mixing wells Roll of kitchen paper Masking fluid Sketches or photos for inspiration
Find out more »August 2022
Cupcake Workshop
With Angela Flynn. Would you like your cupcakes to WOW? Now is your opportunity to develop the skills at this cake decorating workshop. In the morning you will learn how to colour and condition fondant so that you can make beautiful stable pastel-coloured decorations and practice your piping skills. In the afternoon learn how to dome your cakes, giving a perfect place for your decorations then finish with dots and lines. You will go home with 6 decorated cupcakes as well as recipes for the cupcakes with buttercream or royal icing. Your tutor will be Angela Flynn who has been…
Find out more »September 2022
Bedbugs Don’t Bite!
With Tabatha Mitchel-Simons. Making a characterful doll, using a sewing machine.
Find out more »Watercolours – Harvest Landscapes
With David Pasfield. Make a “warm” colour painting of a harvest landscape. Conquer the pitfalls and frustrations of working in watercolour. The course will follow a step by step landscape led by the tutor. Equipment & Materials Water colour paints Water colour paper (NOT surface preferably) Watercolour brushes Easel – table or free standing plus board to fix paper to 2 Water pots, & palettes with large mixing wells Roll of kitchen paper Masking fluid Sketches or photos for inspiration
Find out more »October 2022
Craft Hub
Helping unwanted craft materials get passed on! 30p-50p for “how?” sheets £1 for a pack of materials. Its green and it saves you money! More info : 01376 323280 or info@braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk Free help to learn how to make things! Craft goodies at exceptionally low prices Packs of craft materials with patterns Suitable for all PS We can re-home any crafty bits which you don’t want anymore!
Find out more »Embroidered Curves (Raw Edge Applique)
With Vendulka Battais. REQUIREMENTS: For 12” square cushion: 14” x 4 1⁄2” strips - 6 times For 12” x 24” cushion : 14” x 4 1⁄2” strips - 12 times For book cover (A5 book): 10 1⁄2” x 3 1⁄2” - 14 times Decide which project you’d like to do - small cushion, long cushion or book cover. You don’t have to cut your fabric to the given size, as we will have time to do it on the day. The size and amount of strips is just a guide. You can have each strip from a different fabric (going…
Find out more »Thick & Thin Acrylics – Autumn Colours in the Garden
With David Pasfield. Use an underpainting technique to apply a first impression painting followed by texture with heavy body acrylics in an “impasto” style. Free up your painting style - being bold and not worrying about details. Equipment & Materials Acrylic paints in vibrant colours Impasto gel (heavy duty) MDF board pre primed with white gesso – or you can use canvas or canvas board if you prefer – at least 50 x 50 cms) Large bristle brushes (old decorators brushes will suffice) Palette knife Easel – table or free standing plus board to fix paper to Palettes…
Find out more »November 2022
Craft Hub
Helping unwanted craft materials get passed on! 30p-50p for “how?” sheets £1 for a pack of materials. Its green and it saves you money! More info : 01376 323280 or info@braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk Free help to learn how to make things! Craft goodies at exceptionally low prices Packs of craft materials with patterns Suitable for all PS We can re-home any crafty bits which you don’t want anymore!
Find out more »Patchwork and Quilting Taster Workshop
Explore patchwork and quilting in relaxed Saturday sessions. All you need to bring is your usual sewing kit. Monthly meetings start January 2023.
Find out more »December 2022
The Holly & the Ivy – Stumpwork (3D Embroidery)
With Pam Jermy. Make a special piece of 3D embroidery on a traditional Christmas theme, but in Pam’s inimitable design style! You will work in a small class with a complete kit provided by Pam, so that you have absolutely every material you need. A few general items such as scissors, pencil and rubber are all that you will have to bring. There will be an additional kit cost (price TBC) - please book in advance.
Find out more »Acrylics & Paper Collage – Still Life
With David Pasfield. Still life can be “loosened” up” by using collage and acrylic paint. Bring texture and vibrancy to your work- gaining experience throughout the day with the tutor led step by step process. You will be amazed at how your work will want to do more of this exciting way to paint! Work from the tutors setup - normally flowers and fruits with ceramics. Equipment & materials Acrylic paints in vibrant colours Paper – newspaper, magazines, old maps. Doilies, rice paper, tissue, sheet music, junk mail – any decorative papers. Stay wet Palette PVA glue +…
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Information for Students
Some parking is available to the rear of the Centre. If you have equipment to bring in, you can access the building directly into the main hall through the doors in the car park. If the doors aren’t open, please inform the office you have arrived and the doors will be opened for you.
If you think you may have access difficulties please let us know in advance, as we have accessible facilities available. Accessible toilets are available on the ground floor. Wheelchair access is through the door on the front of the Centre.
Free tea & coffee will be provided. Don’t forget to bring your lunch or you can choose to visit one of the many cafes and takeaways in town.
Please wear suitable clothing, and if you’re bringing any electrical equipment please ensure that it is in good working order with a solid plug and undamaged wiring – check it before you come!
Payment
Class fees should be paid in advance by card (which can be done over the phone- 01376 323280).
We will also accept cheques, which will be cashed two weeks before the date of the class once we are sure the class will run, and should be made payable to Braintree & Bocking Community Association.
There may be an additional cost for appropriate materials, which if applicable, should be paid to the tutor on the day of the class – please check the class details.
Cancellation policy
Fees are non-refundable from two weeks before the class unless we can sell the space to another student (subject to a minimum of six students booked). Fees may be transferable at our discretion.
Please understand that the Centre cannot afford to run classes at a loss, since we are a charity. As such, classes may be cancelled if we are unable to achieve a minimum number of students. If this is the case, you will be informed two weeks before the date of the class and your fee will be refunded.