90s Britpop Night 96rpm
The Settlement brings you a nostalgic night of live Britpop music by local lads 96rpm. A full bar including some juicy beers provided courtesy of Letchworths legendary independent brewers, Garden City Brewery. Bucket hats, baggy jeans and wet look hair gel (not) compulsory.
The Structure of Iconic Buildings
Once a building is finished, each visitor is happy enough to form his/her own impression of it. But the work of the engineers, which made the architect's vision a reality, continues invisibly to support that structure, whether it be Ancient, Medieval or Modern. With knowledge of that structure comes understanding (and even love) of the […]
Watercolour and Ink
This 2-hour workshop will focus around creating fun, beautiful loose watercolour artworks finished off with some fine pen details to create some quick, punchy, fun artworks to take home. We will learn how to apply minimal colours in selected areas but with enough interest to draw the eye. There will be some splatters, some colour […]
Drawing for Improvers
This improvers course will give you the opportunity to further practise those skills learnt through the beginners’ course. Your Tutor will send you information and a video tutorial on the Tuesday and completed artwork should be photographed and returned prior to the next weeks lesson for feedback given in video format.
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
To mark the 250th anniversary of her birth we will be studying closely this beloved novel which the author herself suggested might be "too light, bright and sparkling." Is such a thing possible? The novel is a masterpiece, much imitated and often adapted, drawing us in from the famous opening line. Let's meet Elizabeth and […]
Art Nouveau and its National Varieties
This talk reviews the development of various national varieties of Art Nouveau at the turn of the 20th century. It also points out the connections and differences between Art Nouveau and the national varieties of what became known as Art Deco in the 1920s.
Still Life Drawing Club
Vanessa has been running a Still Life Drawing Club for the last three years in Newark on Trent and brings this monthly club to the Settlement. The club focuses on bringing out each person’s individual style by everyone working from a still life arrangement of fascinating objects and given the freedom to respond in different […]
Autumn themed raw edge machine embroidery workshop
Join us for our autumn themed raw edge machine embroidery work shop. Learn how to make a greetings card or picture for the autumn. Beginners and more experienced machinists welcome.
Wrest, Women and Inheritance
Wrest Park in Bedfordshire is now known for an important 18th Century landscape garden; what is less know is the role that women owners had in creating and preserving it. We will look at how these ladies came to inherit the estate and what they did with it.
Introduction to Watercolour
This 2-hour workshop is aimed at those who have never used watercolours before or those who want to start with some basic skills. We will discuss how to choose between the materials: paper, brushes and paints. We will cover 8-10 different skills, making a reference swatch pad that you can refer to at home as […]