Join in with our free online workshops from home or school. These workshops, devised by our talented artist educators are suitable for all ages, though preschool children will require assistance from an older child or adult. There will be a new workshop every Wednesday.
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We are now taking requests for themes for our Online Workshops! Are you exploring a particular theme or topic at school or home? Would you like us to create an Online Workshop on your theme? Tell us your interests, and we will try to make it a reality! Email alex.jolly@walsall.gov.uk
View all of our children’s online workshops via the Gallery’s YouTube Channel
Many Hands, Many Faiths
14 – 21 November 2021
As part of Inter Faith Week, 14 – 21 November 2021, our Many Hands, Many Faiths workshop celebrates the different faiths of our friends, family, and colleagues at The New Art Gallery Walsall. The workshop is inspired by the gesture of hands in religion and spiritual moments, such as prayer.
Film duration: 5 minutes
Workshop Templates (PDF download)
Create a Castle
Wednesday 15 September 2021
Turn your recycling into a castle you can be proud of! Inspired by painting ‘Dudley Castle’ (1893) by R.Paddy. Part of the Garman Ryan Collection at The New Art Gallery Walsall.
Film duration: 6 minutes
Plates of Love
Wednesday 21 July 2021
Make a papier-mâché plate for your parent or carer, and decorate it with words and patterns to show how much you appreciate them.
Film duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
Dream Lollies
Wednesday 2 June 2021
Imagine your dream ice lolly…What would it look like? Inspired by the ‘Fab’ ice lolly in ‘Cosmic Call 3’ (2019) by Anj Smith. This work can be seen at The New Art Gallery Walsall in the exhibition ‘A Willow Grows Aslant the Brook’ until 5 September 2021.
Film duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Woven Op Art
Weave your way through this workshop to create a wonderful work of art. Film duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds.
Film duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Soap Carving
Get creative and carve, cut and scrape a soap sculpture.
This workshop is Inspired by a drawing in the Garman Ryan Collection ‘Study for the Tomb of Oscar Wilde’ by Sir Jacob Epstein, 1909.
Film duration: 4 minutes
Wayside Weeds
Find out what plants are growing in unusual places near where you live. Head outdoors ‘en plein air’ to make sketches direct from life. Inspired by Edwin Landseer ‘Study of Wayside Plants’ (1866), part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 6 minutes
Lemony Pencil Garden
Turn your collection of pencils into a bright and uplifting lemon garden. Inspired by the painting ‘Villa Solaia’ (1949) by Theodore Garman, part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
Leaping Lambs
Create a Spring time hanging mobile of little lambs.
Inspired by ‘New Born Lamb’ a black chalk drawing by Eugene Delacroix from the 1800’s, part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
Printed Floral Patterns
Learn how to use a potato as a stamp to print patterns. Inspired by Theodore Garman’s oil painting ‘Window Picture in June’, part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration 4 minutes
Feathered Friend Puppet
Make a friend bird puppet using recycled material. Inspired by the drawing
‘Men with Mice and Birds’ by Sir Jacob Epstein. This black chalk drawing was produced around 1900.
Film duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Canopic Characters
These Canopic jars are inspired by the amazing Egyptian art we have at the gallery.
Film duration: 6 minutes
Building Bridges
Create your own 3D bridge.
Inspired by the painting ‘Carlisle’ by Joseph Mallord William Turner. This atmospheric watercolour shows a bridge over the River Eden in Carlisle, around 1797. Part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
Fruit Bowl
Create your own 3D Fruit Bowl still life picture.
Inspired by artist Charles Stuart’s still life work of ‘Study of Fruit’. Part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds
Print a Portrait
Learn a simple monoprint technique to make a pleasing portrait.
Inspired by artist Pablo Picasso’s ‘Head of a Woman in Profile (Tete de Femme Profile), from the Saltimbanques suite (1905)’. Part of the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Springy Spring Flowers
Spring is just around the corner. It’s the perfect time to get outside and spot the snowdrops and crocuses which are popping up everywhere.
Why not brighten things up with these gorgeous felt and card flower creations.
Inspired by artist Dod Proctor’s beautiful ‘Spring Flower’ painting. Part of the Gallery’s Permanent Collection and displayed in the ‘Flowers and Still Life’ themed room.
Film duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Speckled Paint Pots
Make a Papier-mâché container to decorate with fun speckles and
splashes of colourful paint. You can use the pot to keep or display your own objects.
This ‘Egyptian Pre Dynastic diorite bowl’ is part of The Garman Ryan Collection and can be found in the ‘Flowers and Still Life’ room.
Film duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Seaside Arcade
Make a playable seaside themed arcade game.
Inspired by ‘Le Chemin Creux dans la Falaise a Varengeville (The Sunken Road in the Cliff at Varengeville)’ by Claude Monet.
This oil painting can be found in the ‘Landscapes & Townscapes’ themed room in the Garman Ryan Collection.
Film duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Mega to Mini Art Books
Turn your BIG abstract artworks into a little book.
Inspired by the oil painting ‘Small girl reading book’ by Bernard Buffet, part of the Garman Ryan Collection and displayed in the ‘Children’ themed room.
Film duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Sgraffito Trees
Produce a beautiful tree using the technique of Sgraffito.
Sgraffito is a form of art, made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of contrasting colour.
This workshop is inspired by John Constable’s ‘Ash Tree’ a pencil drawing that is part of the Gallery’s Permanent Collection.
Film duration: 4 minutes 10 seconds
Four Seasons
Make a calender that celebrates the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
The Four Seasons calender is inspired by the drawing ‘Pendulum Clock’ by William McCance.
The ‘Pendulum Clock’ is part of The Garman Ryan Collection and can be found in the ‘Illustration and Symbolism’ themed room.
Film duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
Snow Globe Winter Landscape
Create a beautiful snow globe winter landscape using soft pastels, blending and a stencil.
Film duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Paper Plate Dancers
It’s the end of a crazy year, who feels like dancing?
Inspired by ‘La Danse a la Campagne’ (The Country Dance) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. This etching is part of The Garman Ryan Collection and displayed in the ‘Work and Leisure’ themed room.
Film duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Christmas Wreath
Create your own festive fridge wreath to help decorate your home over Christmas.
Film duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Sparkly Circles
Sculpt a festive display of sparkling circles and magical horses. Inspired by ‘Composition with Circles’ by Christopher Le Brun. This bronze sculpture is part of the Gallery’s Permanent Collection.
Film duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Golden Hawk
This fancy golden-winged hawk is here to brighten up December.
Inspired by this ancient Egyptian figure of a hawk. This sculpture is part of the Garman Ryan Collection and can be found in the ‘Animals and Birds’ themed room in the art gallery.
Film duration: 4 minutes, 20 seconds
Winter Wonderland
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Why not make it a reality with our fun, creative workshop.
Raid your recycling to create a host of snowy paper decorations to bring seasonal cheer to you and your neighbours! There are some wonderfully snowy paintings in The Garman Ryan Collection including Sally Ryan ‘Winter Afternoon, Walking Home’ and John Crabtree ‘Xmas Eve 1644’ which feature in the workshop video.
Film duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds