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Unleash your creativity and explore vibrant colours in this playful marker art class! We'll draw inspiration from stained glass windows, creating joyful compositions within a structured "window" format. This beginner-friendly class is perfect for anyone who wants to experiment with colour and explore a more graphic style. 
Although I'll be using marker pens in class, you can absolutely try other mediums with this process too - such as acrylic paints or colouring pencils. The focus is on being bold and creating an artwork which gives you a serotonin-boost!
 
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If you feel a bit stuck, not knowing what to draw, this process is a great un-locker!  By sketching inside a simple frame, you automatically bring your focus in to one area on a page.  This helps you to make decisions faster, sometimes without even realising it!
Taking inspiration from stained glass windows allows us to both simplify a subject and stylise it.  By breaking a composition down into it’s core shapes, we can rebuild it in a fresh way - the process of which can be useful for generating future ideas too.
I use this process as a way to play with colours and lines, with the pressure off.  As a smaller artwork, these drawings don’t need to take up a lot of time, so they are great for sketchbook doodling - but if I’m feeling the need to zone out for a while, I can let the time pass and lose myself in the line-work details.
If you are a beginner artist this class will help you to practise seeing core shapes, to think about composition and to play with colour.
If you are a bit further in your art journey, this class will encourage you to expand your art style, embrace bold choices and consider what a frame actually is (or can be!).
   
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<li>That all images and subjects can be broken down into simpler shapes</li>
<li>That using vibrant colours can lift your mood and boost your artwork</li>
<li> That adding bold black lines to a drawing is always satisfying</li>
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Hi, I’m Gemma!  I am an artist-maker who has a passion for learning new things and sharing creative joy.  Over the years I have tried many creative pathways, and for a while I thought that not sticking to one thing made me lesser somehow - until I realised that my curiosity was my creative strength.
From making puppets and playing with paint, to writing stories and playing the violin, I love learning new things.  It doesn’t matter how well I do them - it’s about the exploration, the learning, the simple “having-a-go” joy.
My mantra is Nurture Your Curiosity, Fuel Your Creativity - because I know from experience that by allowing ourselves to stay curious, we can become better problem-solvers and, therefore, better creative thinkers.  Creative variety is pure fuel, and fun too!
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Introduction

Our Project

Materials & Resources

Sketching - Deciding on the View

Colouring - Playing with the Mood

Outlining - Defining the Structure

Exploring - Finding New Ways to Frame

Final Thoughts

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Window Frame Templates - Gemma The Pen Skillshare Resources.pdf

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Window, window on the wall - which is the fairest view of all?

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