jane cockayne

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I organise and run many workshops for all abilities, mostly in Cheshire and the North West.
Please check the website regularly for updates and future workshops.
If you would like me to forward information on new events please send me your name and email address.

SUMMER / AUTUMN PROGRAMME 2026

These will be held at:
THE READING ROOM, UPPER HIBBERT LANE, HAWK GREEN, SK6 7HX

SATURDAY JUNE 6th
ABOUT THIS TIME

10 am - 4 pm

This workshop will give you the opportunity to respond to the abundance of flowers and plants (and a few other things) that we see in the Summer.
Observational investigation may tip over (but not necessarily) into a more abstracted response as you consider the joy and dynamic of this subject area. Initial drawing techniques will lead to more sustained work. The aim will be to give flowers / plants and containers equal importance to the space around them .
The use and application of colour will be essential, offering you the potential to explore an exciting range of wet and dry media. Collage techniques may also be part of the process if you wish.
Scale & composition will be an intrinsic part of concept development .
Outcomes may be vibrant or subtle but predominantly reflect a creative and considered response to the subject.
Tuition will be available throughout the day.

Cost £65, incudes materials and all day refreshments.

SATURDAY JULY 4th
RE INVENT THE WORLD

10 am - 4pm

This is a workshop that involves maps, real or imagined.
Maps draw a picture or plan of the world but in reality, the information is purely physical; they describe 3D information onto a 2D surface, they organise and categorise reality in a particular way. Maps may then be folded or translate into a book form.
Artists frequently respond to an array of symbols and codes by re inventing and re ordering. Maps primarily provide service. And so, a more reflective response may exist whereby the idea of mapping could include a personal perspective in terms of story telling, travelling, holidays, memories and so on.
This workshop offers the opportunity to creatively exploit the traditional map format and develop ideas that re work, re think and challenge the notion of what a map / mapping might be.
We will begin the workshop by using actual maps, drawing, painting, mono prints and potentially a 3 D application, thereby seeking out a new creative (mapping) language .
We will begin with the idea of a map but may end with the map of an idea!
Tuition will be available throughout the day.

Cost £65, includes, includes materials & all day refreshments

SATURDAY AUGUST 1st
EXPERIMENTATION, COLOUR & ABSTRACTION

10 am - 4 pm

Abstraction investigates a language of form, colour, line & application in order to create a 2D or 3D composition. The result may be perceived as having a degree of independence from an initial visual reference.
This workshop will enable you to (have a lot of fun) consider a range of starting points and developmental processes in both drawing and painting within the dynamic of Abstraction. An application of colour mixing will be essential.
The focus of the day will be to seek out a unique and personal line of enquiry through experimentation and potential outcomes. Approaches should have few limitations!
Initially working with paper, we will explore mark making, geometry and paper folding techniques. Concepts may then be consolidated and translated into an outcome. You may wish to work towards a series of images and / or work onto canvas during the afternoon session.
Note the work of; Robert Motherwell, Sandra Blow, Richard Diebenkorn, Howard Hodgkin, Helen Frankentaler etc.
Tuition and advice available during the workshop

Cost £65, includes materials and all refreshments