Workshop

How to Paint with Tissue Paper

22 November 2025
10:00am – 12:00pm
£11

Get creative in this hands-on How to Paint with Tissue Paper workshop!

Get creative in this hands-on How to Paint with Tissue Paper workshop! Whether you’re an art enthusiast or beginner, this workshop offers the perfect opportunity to inject colour and tone into your art.

Led by artist Sue Gascoyne, discover how to use tissue paper to add interest, colour, focus,light, shade and tonal qualities to your work.

You will also use pastels and pen to create your own still life or favourite landscape artwork to take home.

There will be opportunities to experiment and play with colour, shape and form with often surprising results.

About Sue Gasgoyne:

Sue Gascoyne is a socially engaged artist whose current practice uses textiles, stitch, painting, mark making, mixed media and interactive installations to explore relationships, identity and belonging.

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