Online Sketching Sessions · Workshops

Mask Making Part One

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We are having a week off this Saturday! – So No Online Session on the 14th November – But we are back on the Zoom on the 21st November at 11am with Papier Mache Mask Making Part One.

We will be showing two techniques on how to make the mask:

  1. Using Aluminium Foil that you mould to your own face
  2. Using Newspaper and Aluminium Foil that you create into a mask shape 

What you will need:

  • Newspaper – Lots
  • Tissue Paper
  • Aluminium Foil – Thick 
  • A Board – or very thick cardboard to use as a base to mount the mask on when you are working on it
  • Thin cardboard/Egg boxes/Textured card 
  • Masking Tape
  • Scissors
  • For the Paste – Plain Flour or Corn Flour
  • Water
  • Spoon
  • Bowl
  • Plate
  • Cloth – to wipe your hands

For the Design and Decoration of Mask

  • Paper
  • Pencils/Pens/Crayons
  • Paints/Brushes

Collection of items for your garden or home that you might want to include with your mask

  • Seeds
  • Feather
  • Leaves
  • Twigs
  • Strings/Ribbons
  • Fabrics
  • Etc…
  • Objects that can create textures and patterns 
You will need Thick Aluminium Foil & Newspaper your mache mix and collection of items to shape and decorate your mask with…

See you on the 21st November 2020 at 11am for Papier Mache Mask Making Part One.

Not signed up already then please email Roz at gwendraethartslab@gmail.com

Online Sketching Sessions · Photography Sessions · Workshops

Mindful Photography At Home

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On Saturday 7th November 2020 we are going to have our second photography workshop.

We would like you to join us and our Associate Documentary Photography Ray Hobbs for ‘Mindful Photography At Home’

We will be meeting in your own home at 11am via Zoom and the session will run for 2 hours.

With the use of your own camera or camera phone (if you don’t have a camera and are in the Gwendraeth Area we can loan you one – just contact Roz – details below).

You are invited to express your feelings about Your Home, Ray will introduce the concept of Mindful Photography and discuss how you might want to go about looking at your home in a new light!

In the meantime please check out Ray’s previous presentation on our #Beachheritage Mindful Photography workshop and the images that were taken.

And remember to post and share your photos if you want on instagram and twitter and Facebook and tag with #GALSmyhome and #gwendraethartslab @gwendraethartslab

Online Sketching Sessions · Sketchbook Walks

dates for your diary

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Here are the dates for our Gwendraeth Arts Lab online and sketchbook sessions between now and the end of the year.

If you’d like to join us, save these dates in your diaries, and get in touch with us by email to receive more details!

Sessions are on Saturday mornings:

October 10th

October 17th

October 31st

November 7th

November 21st

November 28th

December 5th

December 12th

Sketchbook Walks

Beach Sketchbook Walk

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On Saturday 19th September 2020 we are having a sketchbook walk this is a follow-on from our amazing Mindful Photography workshop that happened last week! 

We would like you to join our Gwendraeth Arts Lab Artists on the Burry Port Beach for a sketchbook walk to express your feelings about the Carmarthen Bay Power Generation Plant, which was demolished in 1990. Observing the demolition landscape and considering the extensive natural erosion of the beach and the man-made and natural cliffs, which has exposed fragments of machinery and the original structures.

Burry Port Beach looking North

Bring – Pencils/Pens/Coloured Pencils with a sketchbook

Plus – Wax Crayons/Thin-Light Weight Paper for Rubbings

You are invited to consider this industrial ephemera #beachheritage 

*** COVID-19***

All Covid-19 Precautions are taken

We social distance at all times, we wear masks when required & have hand sanitizers/wipes just in case…

If you are joining us tomorrow, then the details are:

Details of the Session:

Saturday 19th September 2020 11am – 12.30pm

At the Burry Port Harbour (East) SA16 0ER 

Meeting at the very far end of the car park (lots of potholes so be careful) near the slipway to the beach

FREE & OPEN TO ALL Complete Beginners – Experienced Artists Children under 12 to be accompanied by an adult

More Info: gwendraethartslab@gmail.com or 07818 036 434

And remember to post and share your images if you want on Instagram and twitter and Facebook and tag with #beachheritage and #gwendraethartslab @gwendraethartslab

Have fun and Enjoy, take care and be safe, Roz, Sian and Lindsey

Online Sketching Sessions · Sketchbook Walks · Workshops

September Saturday sessions

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We are excited to announce that our online and sketchbook sessions will kick off again in September. This is our September programme:


Week 1
5th September, 10.45 on zoom for 11am start:
Thunderstorms! An online session using oil pastels and ink. (You can substitute with wax crayons/ candles and water-based paint if you don’t have these materials).

Week 2
12 September, morning – Burry Port. Mindful photography with Ray Hobbs (cameras provided).

Send us a message to sign up for this session, which has limited places.


If you are unable to get to Burry Port, you will still be able to follow a self-directed session using information and instructions that we will put on our website.

Week 3
19 September, morning – Burry Port. Mindful sketch book walk. If you are unable to get to Burry Port, you will be able to follow a self-directed session using information  and instructions that we will put on our website.


Week 4
26 September,  10.45 on zoom for 11am start :Online session, mindful printmaking. Making block prints and experimental print-making. Using the materials, sketches and inspiration from our coastal outings at Burry Port from weeks 2 & 3.


 If you’re interested, send a message to us at gwendraethartslab@gmail.com and we’ll add you to our mailing list and send out more detailed information about what you’ll need, closer to the time.

Sketchbook Walks

Sketchbook walk, Mynydd Llangyndeyrn

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A lot of intense looking and drawing on Mynydd Llangyndeyrn last Saturday at our sketchbook walk.

We climbed up as far as the stone circle and trig point, stopping and drawing every few minutes on the way. It was especially interesting to layer up our drawings one on top of another, and to combine them with rubbings taken from the standing stone monument which marks the way up.

The views from the top are amazing, you get to see where you are in the world, and what you’re connected with – the lay of the land. We talked about attempting to return to the summit to make some 360 degree panoramic drawings at another time – I’ll keep you posted about that.