Bridge

Bridge Arts & crafts with a difference. High- quality creative/ therapeutic activities for kids😊✨ The classes are social, educational and great fun.

Arts and crafts with a difference, offering magical high quality learning opportunities. Every Saturday -term time only in groups of up to 6 children per session
The Willows, Torquay

Groups by age:
4+
9AM- 10AM
7+
10.30AM -12.00PM- The Willows, Torquay
10+
1PM -2.30PM

Additional times and groups to be added, please get in touch with your desired times. Children will be learning some specific techniques but there is a great focus on imaginative thinking and creativity. The sessions are themed and they present art in the context of nature, tradition, history and science. The sessions might include:

Drawing
• proportions and measuring
• shapes as characters
• lines and shading

Watercolour
• the use of paper and tools
• painting techniques
• exploring colour


Portraits
Animals
Life drawing
Colour/ personal palette
Paper marbling
Constructing structures
Traditional techniques
Sewing techniques
Fabric dyeing
Pattern making
Costume making
Exploring stories
Forest school activities
Seasons and celebrations
Emotions in art
Art and wellbeing



The activities are designed to engage all the senses through music, drama and movement breaks. Everyone can join in at the pace and rate that suits them and any individual needs will be taken into consideration. There will be a list of basic materials that children will have to have to bring, additional ones will be provided on occasion. One parent can join the trial session to make sure that their child is fully comfortable with myself, the group and the setting. Copies of my DBS, First Aid, Safeguarding children and other training certificates are available on request. A bit about my background:
Brigitte Antal age 42, happy and in awe of children and their creative minds. I am an artist and childcare professional living in Torquay. I lived in London for 15 years where I worked in various environments creating and helping children and adults in their creative work. During this time I created a bespoke headpiece for Mrs Osborne for the Royal Wedding, I worked with the Artillery in East London delivering creative activities for the E17 Art trail and with the Arts Canteen in Hammersmith. I worked at schools and holiday camps and I co-curated and volunteered at the National Trust. I hold a Fashion Degree, Cache Level 3 Childcare and a TEFL qualification. www.linkedin.com/in/brigitte-antal-3b3ba55b
www.portray-me.co.uk
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stories/brigitte-rainham-hall
https://bridge2create.blogspot.com/?view=mosaic
http://e17arttrailschoolyard.blogspot.com/


My aim is to:
• stimulate creative thinking, boost confidence and teamwork
• teach creative skills
• build awareness of connections between different areas of life
• improve wellbeing and emotional health of children

"Realise that everything connects to everything else"
Leonardo da Vinci

09/02/2026

Max Ernst (1891-1976)
ForĂŞt et soleil
1928
oil on corrugated cardboard laid down on board, 25.4 x 20.3 cm.

07/02/2026
21/07/2025

"My work is intended to create tension in the spaces of our lives where we feel isolated...These feelings, often fleeting, are met in my work with bursts of color and harmonious moments of disruption. My work is aimed at creating those intersections and letting the viewer navigate this liminal space."

Explore Adam Anglin's landscapes on the gallery. https://bit.ly/40Q3rPh

(Art: Strange Waters)

21/07/2025

The United Kingdom’s artistic legacy spans the canon of art history, from Victorian masterpieces to the British Pop Art movement.

Explore how emerging UK-based artists are shaping today’s contemporary art scene. https://bit.ly/4lFa8fl

(Art: Tom Voyce)

21/07/2025
29/06/2025

‘Untitled’ van Anish Kapoor is een ‘echte sculptuur’, een vorm die bevrijd is uit een stuk gesteente. Je ziet de ruwe, onafgewerkte buitenkant, maar ook de ovale binnenruimte, met daarin een volmaakte eivorm. Doordat je ook niet ziet of de eivorm de uitgeholde ruimte raakt lijkt het net alsof hij zweeft. Terwijl de steen toch behoorlijk wat weegt. Hoe zwaar denk je dat de steen is?
'Untitled' by Anish Kapoor is a ‘real sculpture’, a shape liberated from a piece of rock. You can see the rough, unfinished exterior, but also the oval interior, containing a perfect egg shape. Because you also cannot see if the egg shape is touching the hollowed-out space, it appears to be floating. Even though the stone weighs quite a lot. How heavy do you think the stone is?
„Untitled“ von Anish Kapoor ist eine „echte Skulptur“ – eine Form, die aus einem Stück Stein herausgelöst wurde. Man sieht die raue, unbearbeitete Außenseite, aber auch den ovalen Innenraum, in dem sich ein makelloses Ei befindet. Da nicht erkennbar ist, ob das Ei die ausgehöhlte Innenfläche der Skulptur berührt, entsteht der Eindruck, als würde es in der Luft schweben – obwohl der Stein tatsächlich ziemlich schwer ist. Wie schwer schätzt ihr den Stein ein?

Anish Kapoor, Untitled, 2018

27/06/2025

The print, Va**um (2000), from Damien Hirst’s Pharmaceutical series, features a circular arrangement of colorful dots creating a dynamic, rhythmic spiral effect. 🔴🟣🟡🟢

Featured in the ‘Science: Life or Death' section of FLOWERS, this arrangement mirrors the seed pattern of a daisy 🌼 and is based on Fermat spirals, as illustrated in Robert Dixon’s True Daisy (1984), which later featured in The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Geometry.

You can discover the interesting mathematics and scientific healing properties of flora until 31 August at Saatchi Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition, FLOWERS – Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture.

Tickets from £10 via the link in bio or at saatchigallery.com 🎟️

27/06/2025

Henri Matisse
Bois de Boulogne
1902

12/06/2025

🍃Look at these amazing insect art creations made entirely from leaves, twigs, acorns, and love! 🧡🌿. Read more: https://mideas.co/BelzZ

The first time I'm seeing these!
03/06/2025

The first time I'm seeing these!

03/06/2025

If we didn’t know better, we’d think this ivy-leaf tiara belonged to an elven princess 🧝‍♀ 🌿

This realistic piece uses finely enameled gold to create the veined ivy leaves, while the small clusters of berries are inset chrysoberyl gems – a stone named for its golden-white hue ✨

👑 Tiara with ivy leaves and berries. Gold, enamel, and chrysoberyl, from England, around 1890.

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