Happy New Year from Magic Wool Art and Craft Studio in Worcestershire

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my students! Have a great celebration! Thank you so much for your continuous support and dedication! You have kept me going this year and inspired me! Very best wishes of good health, happiness and lots more successful art and craft projects! Look forward to seeing you again in 2024! Raya Brown Art Tutor and Artist

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Online Botanical art course

My New online Botanical Art course has been popular and I am delighted with my students' drawings . They were carefully executed with lots of love and attention to details. Well done to everyone on the course! Look forward to seeing my students again next Wednesday.  For more information on our courses and bookings, please visit our courses page. Raya Brown (Artist and Art Tutor)

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Online Landscape course

I would like to celebrate the achievement of my students in the online Landscape course. These are the final pieces that they produced at the end of the course. The works represent special places for my learners. They were carefully planned and executed with lots of care and attention to detail. My learners used a variety of materials, such as watercolours, fineliners and even textiles. I am so proud of…

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Beautiful Pastel Portraits created at online Portrait course with artist Raya Brown

These beautiful portraits were inspired by the work of French artist Odilon Redon. My students used soft pastels skilfully to draw the portrait of the sewing Lady and they showed the delicate textures of lace and other fabrics so well. I also like the floral background in their work! There is definitely some influence of the Impressionism in their work and some element of mystery. I am very proud to…

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Amazing art work by students from online Landscape art course taught by artist Raya Brown

Amazing response to the work of R. Kent by my students from the online Landscape course level 2. I love their interpretations of the artist’s work in soft pastels. My learners focused on colour blending techniques and sharp and soft edges. They skilfully used warm and cool colours. Beautiful transitions of colours and tones and a great sense of distance is present in their work. I am proud of their…

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Pop Art portraits produced by students from Magic Wool Art and Craft studio in Worcestershire

My students from the online Portrait course recently studied Pop Art, and were particularly interested in the art of Roy Lichtenstein. These are their ‘Pop Art’ portraits inspired by R. Lichtenstein’s art style. They also reproduced some of his portraits. The portraits are distinguished by bold colours , limited colour palette, simplified shapes and very few details. Besides, their portraits are influenced by the art of comic strips. The results…

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Learn how to depict water at online Landscape art course with live tuition

Weeks 4 and 5 of the online Landscape course with live tuition. We were looking at how to depict water. We studied the work of French Impressionists and explored some watercolour and pastel techniques. We discovered how to create some amazing new colours and tones and achieve beautiful colour combinations. These are my students’ efforts. Well done to all my students! I am very proud of you! Raya Brown (Worcestershire…

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Study how to show emotions in your portraits at online art course

Upper Intermediate online Portrait course is going really well. These are the earlier drawings that my students did when we were studying emotions. It was a fun subject, and we looked at how facial expressions changed depending on emotions. We also learnt about expressive gestures. These studies are done with various materials, and some of them are quite sketchy, however, each study captures a particular emotion really well. I really…

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Worcestershire Art Tutor and Artist delighted with her students’ art work which was created at her online landscape course

These beautiful Art pieces were created by my students who recently started the 10-week online Level 2 Landscape course. I am delighted with my students’ artwork! We were exploring the theme of mountains and rocks in Art, and then we were studying Pointillism art technique. My group of students are very enthusiastic and keen to explore various materials and techniques. They are a pleasure to teach. I look forward to…

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Online Portrait Art course with live tuition by Worcestershire artist Raya Brown will start tomorrow

Online Upper intermediate Portrait course is starting tomorrow. It will run every Wednesday for 10 weeks. We will resume studying the art of portraiture and explore the art of French Impressionists, Pop Artists and G. Klimt. There will be some exiting experiments with media, and we will be focusing on showing feelings and emotions in portraits. I look forward to seeing my students tomorrow. For more information about this course,…

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