BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Braintree Community Centre - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Braintree Community Centre X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Braintree Community Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T204500 DTSTAMP:20260513T225002 CREATED:20260513T164509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T164510Z UID:8085-1781550000-1781556300@www.braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk SUMMARY:Pen & Ink DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join our weekly Summer School where you’ll unlock the secrets of Line and Form\, Portraiture\, Colour theory and mixing colours\, Oil Pastels\, Watercolour paints\, Negative Space\, Chalk Pastels and much more………. \nAll skill levels are welcome – come explore your artistic potential![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7976″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Mondays- except bank holidays: 6.00pm – 8.00pm*\n*April 13th to July 27th 2026– Braintree Summer school Sessions with Bianca Garcia. \nhellopurplehippo@gmail.com \nFor all sessions bring an HB pencil\, an eraser\, your sketchpad\, masking tape. \n(If a painting session) additionally bring water pots and at least one palette knife for mixing paint\, a drawing board would be very helpful. \n*Please note prospectus for time and date amendments[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\nWEEK\nSUBJECT\nEQUIPMENT\n\n\nWeek 1 (April 13th)\nAssessment- \nLine and Form-lets see where you are in your art journey\nSketching graphite pencils\, charcoal\, pencil sharpener or craft knife\, putty rubber\, hard eraser\, smudging sticks if you have them\n\n\nWeek 2: (April 20th)\nPortraiture\nAs above\n\n\nWeek 3: (27th April)\nColour theory and mixing colours\nAcrylic Paints\, heavy body (or thin body and a mixing medium) \nPalette knife\, palette\, suitable support\, small selection of paintbrushes suitable for acrylic\n\n\nEarly spring bank holiday\n 4th May- no classes\nEarly bank holiday\n\n\nWeek 4: (11th May)\nOil Pastels- Back to Basics\nOil pastels\, suitable support such as pastel paper or mixed media paper\, cotton buds or smudge sticks\n\n\nWeek 5: (18th May)\nWatercolour Paints\, glazing and layering \n– Food & Drink\nWatercolour paints\, acrylic paints suitable paper\, watercolour brushes\, acrylic brushes\, palette\, at least one palette knife\n\n\nSpring bank holiday\n25th May – No classes\nBank Holiday\n\n\nWeek 6: (1st June)\nNegative space and using blacks \n \nWatercolour paints etc as above-\n\n\nWeek 7 (8th June)\nSoft ‘chalk’ pastels\nSoft chalky pastels\, suitable support such as pastel paper or mixed media paper\, cotton buds or smudge sticks \n \n\n\nWeek 8 (15th June) \nPlease note: Later start and shortened session. \n7pm start  – 8:45pm finish\nPen and Ink \n  \n \nArtists drawing pens\n\n\nWeek 9: (22nd June)\nWater based oil paints\nWater based oil paints\, a suitable support such as a canvas\, canvas board\, or canvas paper\, or oil painting paper. Suitable brushes\, pots for water.\n\n\nWeek 10: (29th June)\nLiquid Inks and Brusho \nLiquid Inks and Brusho- An Introduction to liquid watercolour inks\, acrylic inks and Brusho powders \n  \nNote for week 10\, all of these things combined can be quite expensive\, so bring the medium you are most interested in\, I’ll have a small selection of all three for you to experiment with. If you are not able to bring any of the three\, please bring £2.00 for my resourcing. \n \nLiquid acrylic ink\, watercolour ink or Brusho. \nA palette\, thick watercolour or mixed media paper: minimum gsm 240. small selection of suitable paintbrushes\, a teaspoon or very small scoop for the brusho\n\n\nNo session 6th July\nNo Session 6th July\nNo session 6th July\n\n\nWeek 11: (13th July)\nIntroduction to Alcohol pens and Coloured pencils- Mixed Media\nColoured artists pencils\, pencil sharpener or craft knife. \nAlcohol pens: this is a reasonably priced set \nhttps://amzn.eu/d/8TGEaT7 \npaper support suitable for alcohol pens\n\n\nWeek 12: (20th July)\nGouache Paints\nGouache paints\, watercolour paper or suitable support\, masking tape\, suitable brushes\, palette knife. Palette\n\n\nWeek 13 (27th July) \nFINAL WEEK– bring your favourite cake 😊\nThe Humble Ballpoint Pen\n Ballpoint Pens\, and white Ink \n(bring your normal artists pens too) \nWhite gel pen\, or white ink and a dip pen etc. A couple of ballpoint pens aka Biro’s black for preference and if you can pick up a few other colours such as blue\, red\, green or anything you fancy that would be useful\, suitable paper.\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Refreshments and biscuits are provided at a cost of £1.00 every four weeks payable in class. \nPlease note\, this may not be a nut free environment\, lactose free milk\, herbal teas\, and decaf ‘options are available.  if you require more specific dietary allowances please feel free to bring them along. \n*Learners are welcome to dip in and out of sessions\, however if you decide that these classes are not for you after enrolling\, or if you do not attend three consecutive classes please let the community centre know so that your space is freed up for another prospective learner. No hard feelings\, it’s fun to try new things![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7975″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1623343860751{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][vc_column]\n\n \n\n\n\nRegister your interest:\n\n Your Name (required)\n \n \n Your Email (required)\n \n \n Your Telephone Number (required)\n\n \n Your Postal Address (optional)\n\n \n Class or workshop are you registering for (required)\n \n \n Date of workshop or day and preferred session time of weekly class (as applicable)\n \n \n Additional comments (optional)\n \n \n\n \nThank you for registering your interest in one of our classes. Our admin team will be in touch to confirm your attendance. In the meantime\, if you have any further questions feel free to contact us by email at info@braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk or telephone 01376 323280.\n Δ\n \n\n\n[/vc_column][/vc_row] \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email URL:https://www.braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk/events/pen-ink/ LOCATION:Braintree Community Centre\, 19-21 Bocking End\, Braintree\, CM7 9AE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.braintreecommunitycentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/revslider/home-business-slide3/Summer-School-500.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR