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Daniel Owen Festival Visual Art Workshops

Published: 13/10/2015

As part of the Daniel Owen Festival and to celebrate the Big Draw and Family Arts Festival, Eleri Jones will be leading a family arts workshop at Mold Library on Saturday 17 October. The workshop, between 1.30 and 3.30pm is suitable for all ages and abilities and will be using a variety of drawing and painting techniques to make artwork based on the theme ‘Every Drawing Tells a Story’. The cost will be £2 per child, free for adults. To book a place please contact Mold Library on 01352 754791 mold.library@flintshire.gov.uk. Also, on Sunday 18 October, internationally renowned artist Emrys Williams, will be leading a workshop exploring the medium of watercolour and water based paints. This workshop between 10 am and 4pm at St Marys Church Hall will cost £30 per person and is aimed at all levels of experience from beginners to students and artists. The session will open up new ways of working with water based media in intuitive ways exploring pictorial space and mixing up abstract and figurative ways of working. The artist will show examples of his own work in watercolour and water based paints as an introduction to the practical session. To book a place please contact the Arts, Culture and Events Team, at Flintshire County Council, on 01352 704400 by Wednesday the 14 of October. The full Daniel Owen Festival programme can be found at www.danielowenfestival.com. For further information on the Daniel Owen Festival, The Big Draw and The Family Arts Festival events please contact Gwenno Jones on 01352 702471 gwenno.e.jones@flintshire.gov.uk