Art Workshops

“As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.”
~ Van Gogh

Materials:
Big brushes, 1 inch or bigger as well as your normal ones. Palette knife. Old credit card(s) and/or board offcuts. Roller, if you have one. They can be bought in most art shops or online, e.g. https://www.jacksonsart.com/lino-rollers

Large water pots.
Palettes for mixing.
Kitchen roll.
Spray bottle (I use a large garden centre one, but a smaller art shop one is just as good if not better.
Table covering/sheets/newspaper.

Colours:
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Orange
Alizarin Crimson
Indigo
Deep Violet or Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Yellow
Thalo Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Titanium White
Acrylic inks if possible

Large sheet of watercolour paper if possible. Drawing board or similar and masking tape.

We’ll look at how to use colour and marks to create vibrant autumnal colours.

Cost

The cost for this two and a half hour workshop is £30, payable in advance.

Places on this workshop are limited to 12. Please secure your booking here.

Registration

Please call or WhatsApp me on o7740 471665 for more details.

“When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.”
~ Constable

There is a tradition of drawing and painting agricultural scenes, often with livestock which goes back centuries. In fact if we recall the cave paintings of the Dordogne, we could say it began at the conception of art itself(?). As humans our connection to nature through the fields that we carved out of our ancient landscapes runs deep. When we stand amongst crops, ploughed fields, or farm animals we are reminded of our dependance on the living landscape for our very existence.

We can be inspired by artists like Constable, Van Gogh and Thomas Sidney Cooper who all focused on fields in much of their work. In our workshop we will try to convey the quiet majesty of the cultivated countryside.

Materials:
Big brushes, 1 inch or bigger as well as your normal ones. Palette knife. Old credit card(s) and/or board offcuts. Roller, if you have one. They can be bought in most art shops or online, e.g. https://www.jacksonsart.com/lino-rollers

Large water pots.
Palettes for mixing.
Kitchen roll.
Spray bottle (I use a large garden centre one, but a smaller art shop one is just as good if not better.
Table covering/sheets/newspaper.

Colours:
Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna
Indigo
Deep Violet or Dioxazine Purple
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Yellow
Lemon Yellow
Titanium White

Large sheet of watercolour paper if possible. Otherwise acrylic paper will do. Drawing board or similar and masking tape.

We’ll look at how to use colour and marks to create mood and atmosphere.

Cost

The cost for this two and a half hour workshop is £30, payable in advance.

Places on this workshop are limited to 12. Please secure your booking here.

Registration

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Where did you hear about these workshops

Which best describes you?

• Complete beginner
• Some Experience but lapsed
• Currently painting, seeking to improve
• Other

Please let me know what level of experience you have.

What are you hoping to achieve?

Registration

• Please register me on the ‘See The Light’ Workshop: ‘Pastoral Scenes”
• I have secured my booking. (Please pay on the link above)

You will be expected at the workshop and kept informed.

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Please call or WhatsApp me on o7740 471665 for more details.

“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.”
~ Banksy

Our cities, towns and villages provide huge opportunities for artists to focus on the built environment and the busier aspects of our lives. This workshop will explore the beauty of the urban scene. Amongst other things we’ll cover perspective, subtlety of light and possibly the odd human figure or two!

We’ll look at how to use perspective to create a sense of distance and scale.

This workshop should give us a sense of confidence when dealing with buildings, roads, pavements and figures in the landscape.

Cost

The cost for this two and a half hour workshop is £30, payable in advance.

Places on this workshop are limited to 12. Please secure your booking here.

Registration

Name *

Email *

Phone *

Where did you hear about these workshops

For new registrants only. Thank you.

Which best describes you?

• Complete beginner
• Some Experience but lapsed
• Currently painting, seeking to improve
• Other

Please let me know what level of experience you have. For new registrants only. Thank you.

What are you hoping to achieve?

For new registrants only. Thank you.

Registration *

• Please register me on the ‘See The Light’ Workshop: ‘Street Scenes”
• I have secured my booking. (Please pay on the link above)

You will be expected at the workshop and kept informed.

GDPR Agreement *

• I consent to having this website store my submitted information so they can respond to my inquiry.

Submit