*New* Meanwhile Art ONLINE *Earlybird price*
Lesson release dates: 4 - 17 August 2025 (scroll down for access details)
Continued access period: LIFETIME
20% off earlybird price until 26 May 2025
The aim of this course is to provide novel art activities that can be done in between times...or simply when you need time off from your own thoughts. Perhaps you have a few minutes between appointments, or several hours in an airport; it might be a much longer period, between jobs or relationships, or while recovering from surgery or bereavement. Wherever you are in life, Meanwhile Art will lighten things up and relieve you of decision making with time-based activities ranging from one-minute mental exercises to absorbing projects that could last weeks. These may be enjoyed in isolation or used in combination with follow-on suggestions, creating a virtuous circle of thinking and doing: a rabbit hole of creative positivity.
Meanwhile Art, as a concept, is a reaction to the all-consuming emphasis on productivity and achievement that has come to underscore 21st century education, employment, and even life. Doomscrolling has replaced hobbies, while hobbies have become competitive, expensive, burdensome, and stressful. Sometimes, being told what to do and just trusting the process is all the therapy you need.
If you've ever thought "I want to make art but don't know what to do", this course is for you.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
Looking, writing, simple sketching (don't worry...I'll show you how), day dreaming, collage, play, seeing things differently, renaming objects, colouring in, constructing shapes, following rules, breaking rules, going off on tangents, having secret thoughts, collecting signs & symbols, making diagrams, being inventive, feeling content....
WHAT YOU GET
• Downloadable "Oi! Get Off Your Phone" flow chart of wholesome things to do
• Ten 30-40 minute video lessons, each with supporting web page featuring: summary of exercise(s), plus additional content such as quotes, anecdotes, and static illustrations.
• Two weekend briefs, designed to help you springboard an independent piece at the end of each week based on what you have learned from the preceding five lessons.
• Two bonus FAQ videos in which I respond to questions posed prior to and during the initial run of the course.
YOU WILL NEED
• A few black pens with different nibs (e.g. chisel or bullet tipped marker, rollerball, Biro, fine liner pigment pen, fountain pen etc.)
• Gaming dice (6 and 10 sided, if you have them) or a coin to toss
• Basic geometry set (compass, protractor, ruler)
• General stationery/craft supplies (pencil, eraser, sharpener, craft knife, steel ruler, cutting mat, scissors)
• Size A5 or A4 (letter or legal). Plain, ruled graph pages are all fine. Regular paper weight for writing and sketching. You need to be comfortable carrying this around with you all the time
• A few sheets of A4 (letter) paper in different colours and textures
• Tracing paper (and carbon paper, if you can get it)
• Paint (whatever sort you like) in at least 5 colours
• Selection of other coloured drawing media, such as coloured pencils, markers, pastels, crayons etc. Nothing specific...you just need to be able to make marks
• Scrap papers (from old books, packaging, tickets, pamphlets etc), preferably matt surface, for collage
• A couple of magazines with pictures in (e.g. fashion, garden, home, nature, geographic etc.)
• Paper glue (such as Pritt stick, Nori starch paste, PVA)
• Masking (Washi) tape
• Lightweight cardboard food packaging (from tea bags, crackers etc.)
HOW TO ACCESS THE COURSE
Content is recorded and available for self-paced viewing in any time zone. You may watch and rewatch as often as you like. Your access link and password will be emailed to you 72 hours prior to course commencement. Please type your email address carefully and check your spam folder.
CONCESSIONS
The lower price is provided on an honesty box basis for people on a genuinely low income. It is funded via a private grant for widening participation in art education. The discount is not funded by customers paying the full price. Please access it only if you are in actual need.
COPYRIGHT
All content is copyright Tansy Hargan. By signing up for this course you agree not to share, distribute or monetise its content in any way. Videos are not to be replayed in classrooms and studios. If you are a teacher and would like to see me (in person or online) in your school or studio please get in touch [email protected]
