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...
The first four weeks will cover the basics of acrylics, with some colour mixing, use of tools and materials, glazing, tone and compositional elements. The second four weeks will go into more depth, about colour mixing and palettes, introduce acrylic...
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. This encompasses a variety of techniques such as linocuts, collagraphs, drypoint, woodcut printing and aluminium etching; one or more of the rewarding mark making skills in which participants already have some experience. These...
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...
Egg tempera is an ancient medium, the yolk of the egg is mixed with dry pigment to create a smooth emulsion. Leonardo’s The Last Supper and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus are two famous examples. Egg tempera painting is classically done...
Oil pastels are the perfect medium for creating colourful as well as atmospheric tonal work. This versatile medium is wonderful for building up layers of colour (working from dark to light) overlaying colours to make subtle and beautiful hues. It...
Without light there is no colour. In painting, artists want to convey light, whether it is ambient or suffused, subtle or dramatic and focused, or involving shadows and reflections. Light describes form and is relevant to all figurative painting and...
