Places are limited and each course is carefully prepared. We encourage you to review our Terms & Conditions before booking. By booking, you agree to them and to the principles that shape our courses.
Seated lunch | Afternoon tea | Small-group
Led by Julia Blaker, Mixed-Media Artist, with heritage and cultural context from Neil Crump, Founder of Asterion & Co.
Create a layered portrait of your home, shaped by memory, atmosphere and feeling.
Work from your own photograph to produce a deeply personal A3 artwork.
Take home a finished, framed piece that captures not just how your house looks, but how it lives with you.
𐡷𐫱𐡸
Spend the day moving between studio and reflection in this immersive mixed-media masterclass at The Old Vicarage.
Working from a photograph of your home, you’ll explore collage, acrylic and mark-making to build a portrait that moves beyond representation into interpretation. A personalised A3 image pack, prepared in advance from your submitted image, gives you multiple visual starting points to cut, layer and respond to.
Guided by Julia Blaker’s distinctive, folk-influenced approach, you’ll be encouraged to simplify, exaggerate and reimagine instinctively. The result is a piece that holds atmosphere, memory and emotional resonance.
Asterion & Co. will open the day with a short contextual session exploring the tradition of house portraiture, from symbols of land and identity to the intimacy of domestic photography. The focus throughout is on quiet observation, intuitive making and the unhurried rhythm of Heritage-Inspired Learning™.
What you will learn
Explore the tradition of house portraiture and its cultural meaning
Learn how to translate a photograph into a layered mixed-media composition
Develop confidence in collage, acrylic painting and mark-making
Understand how to simplify and rework forms intuitively
Create atmosphere, depth and narrative through layering
How the day unfolds
Warm welcome and introduction
Contextual session on house portraiture and visual storytelling
Introduction to materials and Julia’s working process
Morning studio session developing initial compositions
Seated seasonal lunch and time to pause
Afternoon session building and completing your artwork
Framing discussion and final finishing touches
What you’ll leave with
A finished A3 mixed-media artwork
Professional mounting and framing of your piece
Greater confidence in mixed-media techniques
A thoughtful and restorative day of creative work
𐡷𐫱𐡸
Workshop Details
Date: Tuesday 13th October 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: The Old Vicarage, Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset
Pricing: £245 per person
Includes: Full tuition, all materials, personalised A3 image pack (based on a photo you send us in advance), A3 professional framed artwork, refreshments throughout the day and a seated seasonal lunch
Booking terms
By booking, you are entering into an agreement with Asterion & Co. in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, including our cancellation policy and course guidelines.
This masterclass brings together Julia Blaker’s expressive mixed-media practice and Asterion’s Heritage-Inspired Learning™ approach, creating a day of thoughtful making, reflection and quiet craftsmanship.
About Julia Blaker
Julia Blaker is a Somerset-based artist whose work explores domestic forms, memory and atmosphere through bold colour, simplified shapes and layered surfaces. Working across painting and collage, her practice draws on folk art traditions and the natural built world to create pieces that feel both familiar and quietly uncanny.
Read more about Julia in The Asterion Journal.
Places are limited and each course is carefully prepared. We encourage you to review our Terms & Conditions before booking. By booking, you agree to them and to the principles that shape our courses.
Seated lunch | Afternoon tea | Small-group
Led by Julia Blaker, Mixed-Media Artist, with heritage and cultural context from Neil Crump, Founder of Asterion & Co.
Create a layered portrait of your home, shaped by memory, atmosphere and feeling.
Work from your own photograph to produce a deeply personal A3 artwork.
Take home a finished, framed piece that captures not just how your house looks, but how it lives with you.
𐡷𐫱𐡸
Spend the day moving between studio and reflection in this immersive mixed-media masterclass at The Old Vicarage.
Working from a photograph of your home, you’ll explore collage, acrylic and mark-making to build a portrait that moves beyond representation into interpretation. A personalised A3 image pack, prepared in advance from your submitted image, gives you multiple visual starting points to cut, layer and respond to.
Guided by Julia Blaker’s distinctive, folk-influenced approach, you’ll be encouraged to simplify, exaggerate and reimagine instinctively. The result is a piece that holds atmosphere, memory and emotional resonance.
Asterion & Co. will open the day with a short contextual session exploring the tradition of house portraiture, from symbols of land and identity to the intimacy of domestic photography. The focus throughout is on quiet observation, intuitive making and the unhurried rhythm of Heritage-Inspired Learning™.
What you will learn
Explore the tradition of house portraiture and its cultural meaning
Learn how to translate a photograph into a layered mixed-media composition
Develop confidence in collage, acrylic painting and mark-making
Understand how to simplify and rework forms intuitively
Create atmosphere, depth and narrative through layering
How the day unfolds
Warm welcome and introduction
Contextual session on house portraiture and visual storytelling
Introduction to materials and Julia’s working process
Morning studio session developing initial compositions
Seated seasonal lunch and time to pause
Afternoon session building and completing your artwork
Framing discussion and final finishing touches
What you’ll leave with
A finished A3 mixed-media artwork
Professional mounting and framing of your piece
Greater confidence in mixed-media techniques
A thoughtful and restorative day of creative work
𐡷𐫱𐡸
Workshop Details
Date: Tuesday 13th October 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: The Old Vicarage, Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset
Pricing: £245 per person
Includes: Full tuition, all materials, personalised A3 image pack (based on a photo you send us in advance), A3 professional framed artwork, refreshments throughout the day and a seated seasonal lunch
Booking terms
By booking, you are entering into an agreement with Asterion & Co. in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, including our cancellation policy and course guidelines.
This masterclass brings together Julia Blaker’s expressive mixed-media practice and Asterion’s Heritage-Inspired Learning™ approach, creating a day of thoughtful making, reflection and quiet craftsmanship.
About Julia Blaker
Julia Blaker is a Somerset-based artist whose work explores domestic forms, memory and atmosphere through bold colour, simplified shapes and layered surfaces. Working across painting and collage, her practice draws on folk art traditions and the natural built world to create pieces that feel both familiar and quietly uncanny.
Read more about Julia in The Asterion Journal.
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