Workshops
Venue: The Edmund Jennings 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.
Introducing NEW workshops for 2009..
– Landscape Abstractions – January, May, September December
– Painting Without a Brush – April, August, December
– Practical Colour Mixing – April, July, November
– Watercoour Plus! 3-day workshop – March, October
Full programme, details and dates to be confirmed later in the year... watch this space!
January – December 2008 Programme
Loosening Up Your Watercolour Landscapes
Friday 11 January 2008 – FULL
Do you spend hours on a painting? ... or has every brick of a building got to be rendered in minute detail? ... or are you too literal with colour? If yes... then this workshop will encourage you to stop fiddling and loosen up! You will experiment with techniques such as using larger paper, working ‘wetter’, using larger brushes, rollering, working standing up and thinking bolder.
Mood and Atmosphere in Acrylics
Friday 25 January 2008 – FULL
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.
A Fun Filled Floral Painting Workshop in Watercolour
Friday 8 February 2008 – FULL
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. £40 full day
Creating Without Fear in Acrylics
Monday 25 February 2008 – FULL
Translate thought and emotion into your art. Explore techniques such as thick impasto, rollering, applying paint with a palette knife and introducing bits of collage. Experimental and energising!
Experimental Watercolours
Saturday 1 March 2008 – FULL
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. £57 per day including morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and biscuits and materials.
Inspiration to Paint and Create in Mixed Media
Monday 31 March 2008
A look at how to use sketches and location photographs as inspiration for our work. Incorporating texture and colour in a semi-abstract way.
Mood and Atmosphere in Acrylics
Friday 11 April 2008 – FULL
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.
Secrets to Painting Loose
Monday 21 April 2008 – FULL
This workshop will encourage you to stop fiddling and loosen up your watercolour landscapes! A series of stimulating demos and exercises in composition, the expressive use of colour, pigment application and dynamic ways of applying paint, all designed to encourage well planned yet spontaneous watercolour paintings.
Creative Compositions in Water Media and Collage
Friday 9 May 2008
Explore new ideas in mixed water media and collage, working abstractly or representational each painter will be encouraged to find their own unique, personal direction. An adventure in risk-taking and pushing the medium as far as it will go. Daily demonstrations and critiques.
Experimental Watercolours
Friday 23 May 2080 – FULL
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. £57 per day including morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and biscuits and materials.
Sketching on Gentleshaw Common
Wednesday 28 May OR Friday 30 May 2008
'I want to paint more, but I struggle to find the inspiration'... By keeping a sketchbook you will never 'wonder what to paint' again! Information gathering in the form of pen and wash sketches. You will need to be mobile as some walking is needed. Weather permitting hence the choice of 2 days... please be available for either.
A Fun Filled Floral Painting Workshop in Watercolour
Friday 25 July 2008 – 1 place available
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. £40 full day.
Experimental Watercolours
Monday 4 August 2008 – 1 place 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. £57 per day including morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and biscuits and materials.
Creating Without Fear in Acrylics
Friday 15 August 2008 – 4 places available
Translate thought and emotion into your art. Explore techniques such as thick impasto, rollering, applying paint with a palette knife and introducing bits of collage. Experimental and energising!
Sketching on Cannock Chase
Friday 5 September OR Monday 8 September 2008
Castle Ring at Cannock Wood is the venue for our sketching day. On a fine day, the area offers lots of painting possibilities with amazing views over to the Staffordshire Moorlands and The Wrekin as well as fantastic woodland and grassland. Information gathering in the form of pen and wash sketches. You will need to be mobile as some walking is needed. Weather permitting hence the choice of 2 days... please be available for either.
How to Paint an Interesting Foreground in Mixed Media
Wednesday 17 September 2008
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. Daily demonstrations and critiques.
Secrets to Painting Loose
Monday 27 October 2008
This workshop will encourage you to stop fiddling and loosen up your watercolour landscapes! A series of stimulating demos and exercises in composition, the expressive use of colour, pigment application and dynamic ways of applying paint, all designed to encourage well planned yet spontaneous watercolour paintings.
VIBRANT COLOURFUL PAINTING IN ACRYLICS
Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 November 2008 – 3 DAY WORKSHP FULL*
Create beautiful paintings, learn to see and use colour to create the illusion of depth and form. Carole will help students at any level, enhance their painting style. Known for her colourful landscape paintings, Carole shares her knowledge to help students.
Held in the comfortable and spacious Edmund Jennings School Room in Lichfield, students get the chance to choose their subject and learn new techniques. A non-traditional approach designed to energise participants toward adventurous painting and individualised expression. Explore new design formats and innovative techniques to improve skills. Study textural effects, layering of colour for vibrancy and painting on different surfaces. Daily demonstrations and critiques. Includes tuition,lunch and refreshments each day. 3 days £145.
*NEW DATE ADDED... Wednesday 1 – Friday 3 OCTOBER 2008
Experimental Watercolours
Tuesday 25 November 2008 – NEW DATE ADDED
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. £57 per day including morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and biscuits and materials.
Creative Compositions in Water Media and Collage
Monday 1 December 2008
Explore new ideas in mixed water media and collage, working abstractly or representational each painter will be encouraged to find their own unique, personal direction. An adventure in risk-taking and pushing the medium as far as it will go. Daily demonstrations and critiques.
Mood and Atmosphere in Acrylics
Friday 12 December 2008
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.
To reserve your place, email Carole via the ‘Contact’ button and you will be sent a booking form to complete and return.
Cheques will be cashed after the date of the workshop. If there is not a viable number of students, workshops may be cancelled and payment returned. The booking is non transferable. It is regretted that no refund can be made in respect of bookings cancelled 14 days (or less) prior to the date of the workshop.
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What the students say...
'One of the best things about the workshop was learning from others and trying new techniques I would not have normally used.'
Creating without fear in Acrylics, February 2008
'I like Carole's approach... she does not – as many tutors do – take over the students work and paint on it. She's very positive.'
Acrylics, January 2008
'The chance to paint ALL day was the best thing!'
Fun Filled Floral Painting in Watercolours, January 2008
'Fantastic day, inspirational teaching, excellent supporting handouts, plenty of ideas and techniques to work on.'
Loosening up! January 2007
'Great fun and very interesting to try different effects with watercolour. Most appreciated.'
Mixed Media, August 2006
‘Many thanks Carole for an inspirational few days in your company. You are a brilliant and inspirational tutor and your enthusiasm is infectious.’
Brushstrokes, April 2006
‘Lovely relaxed teaching style, thanks - I’ve learnt a lot’
Beginners Watercolour, Oct 2005
‘Informative, instructive, experimental and challenging.
Thanks very much - great fun'
Acrylics, October 2006
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Painting Demonstration
If participating is a bit much for you, how about coming along one evening to see Carole do a painting demonstration? She will talk about her inspiration and step-by-step produce a vibrant, atmospheric acrylic painting.
The dates are Thursday 11 September 2008
7-9pm and will be held in the Edmund Jennings School Room at Holy Cross Church, Chapel Lane, Lichfield. £7.50 per personsl including light refreshments.
To book your place, call Carole on 01543 676895.
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'Adventures in Acrylics'
...in Snowdonia with Brush-Strokes
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 4th 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: Monday 28 April - Thursday 1 May 2008
Cost: £188
Booking: Please contact Ann Fellows at Brush-Stokes on 01690 750488 |
