April 2020
Lino Cuts with Celia Lewis: 23/24 April
23/24 April 9.15 am to 4.0 pm. Using time honoured simple techniques for truly striking results, this workshop will give you all the skills you need to achieve stunning table top prints - from composing your design, to carving and printing your block. The course will begin with an introduction to the various types of printmaking. Followed by carving a sampler and taking a print, to learn carving techniques, mark making and the mistakes and pitfalls to avoid! Celia will…
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Looking at Turner: Experimental Watercolour with Julie Collins 11/12 May
Turner famously wrote ‘It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.’ 9.15 - 4 pm - suitable for all levels Arguably the greatest watercolorist of all time Turner has inspired generations of artists with his revolutionary techniques which turned conventional 19th-century painting on its head. He considered his watercolours to be sketches and allowed himself limitless freedom in their execution. The main focus of the course will be on landscape painting as well as…
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Andrew Gifford: Exploring Light in the Landscape, Painting in Series 11/12 June
11 June 2.0 pm to 9.0 pm and 12 June 9.15 am to 4 pm This is an extraordinary opportunity to paint with the leading landscape artist, Andrew Gifford, famous for his luminous series paintings which capture the fleeting effects of light. Students will learn how to execute a series of quick studies, rendering the effects of light on the landscape. On day one we start at 2 pm and work through to sunset with a break for supper, to…
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