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These courses are popular with people of all levels. Oil painting is a forgiving medium and ideal for anyone who has limited experience of paint; it builds confidence and invites experimentation. Ian is a very experienced Salcombe based artist who...
A self-directed, untutored, and collaborative printmaking day, suitable for those with some experience of printmaking. Our members use a variety of techniques such as linocuts, collagraphs, drypoint, woodcut printing and aluminium etching. These sessions will provide the perfect space to...
“It is only through the act of drawing something that one truly begins to understand it” This course will extend and expand drawing techniques and possibilities through the means of observation, expression and construction.Some topics will include: How to research...
These courses are popular with people of all levels. Oil painting is a forgiving medium and ideal for anyone who has limited experience of paint; it builds confidence and invites experimentation. Ian is a very experienced Salcombe based artist who...
In this 2-day immersive workshop, we will explore how personal childhood memories can inspire creative character design and storytelling through illustration. Guided by examples from renowned illustrators such as Shaun Tan and Raymond Briggs, participants will experiment with spontaneous drawing...
Inks are a versatile, highly pigmented painting medium and in this 3-day course we will be exploring its versatility and application. Using Acrylic ink we will look at how we can create, loose expressive paintings and learn to embrace happy...
Join the 2023 overall winner of the Ilminster Open to explore using the power of light in your work to add drama and focus. During this oil painting course, you will learn how to create atmospheric and expressive seascapes. You...
Collagraphy is a term for a very broad range of printmaking techniques. It’s particularly suitable for more abstract or patterned images and can be used well in combination with other techniques. This course will look at a range of methods...
A fun weekend workshop for those who enjoy portraiture or who have never done it before and would like to have a go. On Saturday we will begin with the basic principles and observations involving sketching and making studies, using...
Water mixable oils are real oil paints offering the blending time of traditional oils with the easy clean-up of water. Being water mixable , they can be applied using the same techniques as traditional oils and mixed with low-odour mediums...
Mark make, explore, work to your own agenda. A session of untutored life drawing. We envisage starting with warm up short poses culminating with, probably, one or two longer poses. All levels of experience are welcome to join this friendly...
Weather permitting, we will draw on location, indoors and out, interpreting what we see from direct observation. We will tell a story of our surroundings, places we live and travel. It will be a record of time and place using limited portable...
Taking inspiration from Klimt’s sumptuous paintings of forests we will look at the way he created surfaces and sparkling use of colour. Using mixed media we will explore ways of creating intricate textures and colour relationships. A list of materials...
These courses are popular with people of all levels. Oil painting is a forgiving medium and ideal for anyone who has limited experience of paint; it builds confidence and invites experimentation. Ian is a very experienced Salcombe based artist who...
These courses are popular with people of all levels. Oil painting is a forgiving medium and ideal for anyone who has limited experience of paint; it builds confidence and invites experimentation. Ian is a very experienced Salcombe based artist who...
Rod is a woodblock printmaker who finds that the balance between art and craft that is inherent in printmaking is a major stimulation to invention and playful creativity. His work has been shown at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, the...
This three-day workshop will investigate a range of mixed media techniques and materials using a variety of tools and mediums. We will be exploring colour-mixing methods, mark-making, layering, collaging, surface texturizing and the use of acrylic mediums. The timetable will...
Exploring the use of source material, whether it be photographs, sketches and studies, memories or ideas, this course will help us recognize what is driving our desire to paint something. Understanding the intent, and how to use and translate the...
How often do we reflect and think our work was better an hour or so ago? Wish that we could undo the last addition? Has it drifted too far from the starting intentions leading to the loss of our original...
