Brasspoint School of Visual Arts

based in Seaford, we opened in 2014, in the first week we had three students and one of those was my own son. There are now around 85 students passing through the school each week.

young artists

Our Young Artist’s classes are for 4 years – 12 years. We have set projects that allow the artists to experiment with a range of materials and methods, and the freedom to develop their own ideas. I never cease to be impressed by their art and how prepared they are to try new approaches.

GCSE and a Level

The GCSE in Art is for students who are either being home educated or have chosen art as an extracurricular option outside of their main school. We have A Level classes for students who have completed their GCSE and we also have classes for mature students who either want to reignite their art practice or are considering art for the first time.

adult workshops

We also offer workshops that are not attached to any qualification. This Autumn term we are taking on landscape painting, using the amazing local landscape to inspire and inform our progress. Weather permitting we go outdoors for sketching then back to the studio where we try out a few approaches and different mediums, from acrylics and oils to linocut and collage.

Please visit our website www.brasspointsva. com for more information, a gallery of student work and available class times/days, as well as contact details for Michael Stones, head of school.

artwave Exhibition

Our art studio will be doubling up as an exhibition space showing my own oil paintings (including the front cover image of this issue) during the Artwave Festival. September weekends: 11th & 12th; 18th & 19th; 25th & 26th. Please visit www.michaelstones. co.uk to see the work.

Images from top clockwise: The studio; Young Artist’s artwork; Fields Over Seaford by Michael Stones (front cover); GCSE artwork; Young Artist’s artwork.