Workshops
Venue: The Edmund Gennings Room, Holy Cross Parish, Chapel Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Spacious studio with large car park adjacent.
- Located 5 minutes from Lichfield City centre and train station.
- Friendly and individual tuition.
- Course fees (unless otherwise stated): £35 including morning coffee, afternoon tea & biscuits. Please bring a packed lunch.
- Workshops limited to 12 people.
IDEAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO –
- Find fresh ideas and direction.
- Recharge your artistic batteries.
- Learn new skills
- Meet like-minded artists.
A Testimonial from a student who attended a 3-day acrylics workshop in November 2009...
Hi Carole
Just to say thank you again for a really super workshop last week. I thoroughly enjoyed it and really feel that I have learnt a lot.
I felt LOST on Sunday - withdrawal symptons kicked in and I really wanted to paint.
Ideas are buzzing round in my head and I can't wait to get cracking again and most of this is due to your influence and encouragement. You really DO inspire. So HUGE thanks!!!! Also it was good to meet other people and to share the experience. I think you have a good formula for the workshop experience and the location is excellent. Can't wait for the next one. So let me know when you've planned one and I will come if I am free.
In the meantime - happy painting.
Regards MA
2010 Workshop Programme
Updated 2.9.10
As workshops get booked up, the number of places available will be indicated next to the workshop date, otherwise assume there are plenty of places remaining.
Watercolour based workshops
NEW PAINTING LOOSE IN WATERCOLOUR + PASTEL
Wednesday 6 January FULL
Wednesday 21 July CANCELLED
Create movement and energy in a painting by incorporating soft pastel...making a painting ‘zing’, and using oil pastel as a resist to enhance textural qualities using the oiliness as a contrast to the fluidity of watercolour. Cost: £35.
NEW PAINTING LOOSE IN WATERCOLOUR + TEXTURE
Friday 5 February FULL
Wednesday 25 August FULL
Increasing the unpredictability of watercolour by incorporating texture to enrich the surface of the paper, giving you freedom to explore the more abstract qualities of the painting, using texture paste, tissue paper/newsprint and painting without a brush.
Cost: £35.
NEW PAINTING LOOSE IN WATERCOLOUR + INK
Wednesday 19 May FULL
Friday 4 June FULL
Thursday 7 October 2 places avaiable
‘Pen’ and ink with watercolour is a quick and simple method by which detail can be suggested in a few lines. Mark making with waterproof Indian ink and/or acrylic inks with a ‘pen’ that is a sharpened twig, wooden peg, lollipop stick or piece of bamboo.
Cost: £35.
3-day WATERCOLOUR PLUS +
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 November 8 places available
Painting Loose in Watercolour + PASTEL + TEXTURE + INK... bringing all of the above workshops into one 3-day course! It is ideal for all watercolourists who wish to take their work a step further. You will experiment with a stimulating range of techniques helping you to express yourself and provide endless potential for your own individual interpretation. Includes tuition, lunch and refreshments each day. Cost: £145 for 3 days.
LOOSE AND FRESH FLOWERS
Friday 12 February FULL
Painting from life, emphasis is on painting loose backgrounds, colour and form will be explored, the aim – a less traditional approach to painting flowers and a wonderful opportunity to put your watercolour skills to the test. Cost: £40.
EXPERIMENTAL WATERCOLOURS
Tuesday 23 March FULL
Wednesday 1 December 3 places available
Ideal for absolute beginners or those who are a little rusty! You will be encouraged to ‘play’ with paint and you will produce a sheet of techniques including wet-in-wet, spattering, salt effects, wax resist. Cost: £60 per day including morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and biscuits and all materials.
NEW SKETCHING ON GENTLESHAW COMMON
Tuesday 1 OR Wednesday 2 June 3 places available
This workshop will focus on the unique challenges of plein air painting. The ability to see and simplify, to organize the subject matter, and to present it in a simple and straightforward manner is the essence of a successful painting experience. The workshop will include demonstrations as well as individual attention.
We will have lunch at a local pub or if you prefer you can bring a packed lunch. This workshop is weather dependent. Please be available for both dates when booking. If the weather prevents the workshop from going ahead, a date for later in the year will be arranged or you can transfer to another workshop or have a refund. Cost: £35.
NEW PRACTICAL COLOUR MIXING
Thursday 3 June FULL
This workshop covers setting up your palette, understanding the properties of pigments, mixing your own blacks and mixing desirable greens plus lots more! Lots of practical exercises before putting the tips into practice and completing a fresh, exciting painting! This course could be of use to both beginners and those who are more experienced. Cost: £35.
HOW TO PAINT AN INTERESTING FOREGROUND
Wednesday 8 September 1 place remaining
Rural landscape will be our inspiration with lots going on in the foreground. Incorporating texture and colour in a semi-abstract way with watercolour, inks, pastels, etc. Cost: £35.
Acrylics based workshops
MOOD AND ATMOSPHERE IN ACRYLICS
Thursday 28 January FULL(CHANGE OF DATE)
Thursday 1 April FULL
Wednesday 14 July 4 places available
Thursday 14 October 8 places available
Wednesday 8 December
Ideal if you want to loosen up and be more expressive and equally good if you have never painted in acrylics previously... or if you are more experienced. A look at colour, how to use it and painting in layers to create mood and atmosphere and taking the finished product beyond the expected and ordinary. Cost: £35.
NEW FAST AND LOOSE ACRYLICS
Thursday 21 January FULL
Tuesday 6 April 4 places available
Wednesay 4 August FULL
Wednesday 17 November 2 places available
A new workshop using acrylics very wet, flooding the canvas with colour, moving it around and let the paint run and drip, glazing with thin transparent washes and introducing acrylic inks. Really exciting!
Cost: £35.
PAINTING WITH A PALETTE KNIFE IN ACRYLICS
Wednesday 26 May FULL
Wednesday 11 August 2 places available
Tuesday 23 November 10 places available
This is a great workshop to really express yourself, break away from painting tight and make some lively and striking mark making. Explore techniques such as thick impasto, and applying paint with a palette knife. Experimental and energising! Cost: £35.
3-day VIBRANT COLOURFUL PAINTING IN ACRYLICS
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 April FULL
Wedneday 20 - Friday 22 October FULL
Mood and Atmosphere, Fast and Loose and Impasto Acrylics... bringing all of the above into one workshop!
Create beautiful paintings, learn to see and use colour to create the illusion of depth and form. A non-traditional approach designed to energise participants toward adventurous painting and individualised expression. Includes tuition,lunch and refreshments each day.
Cost: £145 for 3 days.
LANDSCAPE ABSTRACTIONS
Wednesday 17 February FULL
Wednesday 5 May FULL
NEW 3-day Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 July 2 places available
Thursday 28 October 4 places available
Introduced in 2009, this workshop has proved hugely popular! The landscape will be the framework which you will build on to move into abstraction. Some people paint abstracts entirely from their imaginations, but having something 'real' as the starting point gives a direction to start working in, to kickstart your imagination. Whether you are already working in landscape and want a little more edge to your work or are trying to find an approach to abstraction, this workshop should help you.
Cost: £35.
The 3-day workshop will give you time to develop compositional planning, designs and ideas. Cost: £145 for 3 days includes tuition, lunch and refreshments each day.
To reserve your place, email Carole via the ‘Contact’ button and you will be sent a booking form. Please complete and return the booking form together with payment. If there is not a viable number of students, workshops may be cancelled and payment returned. The booking is non transferable. Should you cancel your place on a workshop, 50% of the course fee will be refunded. It is regretted that no refund can be made in respect of bookings cancelled 30 days (or less) prior to the date of the workshop.
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'Adventures in Acrylics'
...in Snowdonia with Brush-Strokes
Dates: 16-19 August 2010
Organised by ‘Brush-Strokes’, the venue is a comfortable converted chapel in the village of Dolwyddelan near Betws-y-Coed where an exciting programme of painting breaks is run throughout the year. The groups are kept small so everyone receives individual attention.
For my 6th year at Brush-Strokes, I am offering a 4-day course painting in acrylics. This course is a fun, creative approach to using acrylics, canvas, papers, texture and much more. Carole's enthusiasm and creative experience allows everyone to enjoy the strength and flexibility of acrylics. You will learn methods of handling the medium, creative use of colour and layering. Students will create representational and non-representational finished works. You will receive daily demonstrations although this is not a demonstration-led course – students are encouraged to put their own personal stamp on the subject. Individual critiques and one-on-one help included.
Content includes sketching in and around the area of Dolwydellan, paintings from a sketchbook, working with a limited palete and compositional planning.
"My aim is to explore and create an emotional response and in doing so, encourage the viewer to explore and tap into their own imagination and creativity."
Date: 16-19 August
Cost: £200
Booking: Please contact Ann Fellows at Brush-Stokes on 01690 750488 |
