March 2020
A Time Line Through Colour, with Leonie Gibbs … Walking with Bonnard, Matisse, Fergusson and Earl Haig
10 - 11 March, 9.15 am – 4.0 pm daily. Join us for a two day painting course in the gallery with renowned Scottish artist and sculptor Leonie Gibbs. www.leoniegibbs.co.uk. This is an adventure into the world of colour, looking at four artists who have most inspired Leonie. Over two days, Leonie will guide students through the techniques of oil painting, liberating inhibitions to produce creative and exciting results. The focus will be on learning to scupt with paint, putting one…
Find out more »Lost and Found – Freeing Up Your Technique with Lucy Powell
17 - 18 March 9.15- 4.0 pm daily As Diebenkorn said, “It is not a matter of painting life. It is a matter of giving life to a painting.” After some useful warming up exercises, you will make arbitrary marks with oil and/or acrylic paint, and then see how to respond to these initial marks. In this way, you will be learning how to FIND your paintings, rather than MAKE them. It will be an exciting journey into the unknown…
Find out more »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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