1st and 2nd June 2024, 10.30am to 5pm.

£220

This is a two-day guided, weekend workshop offering the opportunity to learn new ways of using acrylic paint on paper and canvas, with the option to also explore using collage, crayon, pens, charcoal and other media.

I will take you through some fun, exercises to warm up each day. We will experiment and play, practising different ways to use the materials to create a variety of effects. We will also use different tools to achieve a range of mark making and pattern. Over the 2 days we will each have 2 large canvases to work on, building up in layers to create texture and depth, intuitively taking our work towards a finished place.

We will intersperse our time on the canvas with paper studies, practising a variety of techniques that we can then take back to the canvas. We will play with colour, pattern, lines, contrast, abstraction and motifs. I will also share colour mixing knowledge. As well as regular demonstation’s during the course, I will be fully available for support through out the 2 days.

All materials will be provided and you will finish with paintings on canvas and other artwork on paper to take home with you.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for anyone who has a desire to paint or be creative. You may be a complete beginner or you may be an established artist and just need some new inspiration. You may be feeling creatively stuck and need some guidance to find your way back onto your path as an artist. You may just want to have some fun and try something new. This course is a great place to start or to re-start your creative journey.

The workshop will include:

- fun mixed media warm up exercises

- Introduction to tools/ some colour theory

- mark making practice/exploring linework

- guided exercises/ experimentation and play

- finding your own style/ using your intuition

- painting large and small works

- simple abstraction, pattern, motifs

- fun creativity in a held space.

LOCATION

I will be hosting the workshop in my Studio at Webbers Yard in Dartington. There is plenty of space and you will have your own workstation with wall space for putting up your work as you go.

Unit 3, Webbers Yard, Dartington. TQ11 6JY.

PARKING

Meadowbrook and the cider press carparks are a 3 minute walk away from the venue. It costs around £5 for the day. Otherwise there can often be empty spaces along the road opposite Webbers Yard.

ACCOMODATION

If you are travelling from afar and need to book somewhere to stay there are a few options in the Dartington area, including air b and b’s, rooms at Dartington Hall and rooms at the Cott Inn. Do let me know if you would like a comprehensive list of places to stay.

FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS

You can bring a packed lunch or if you prefer to buy something on the day there is a nearby shop as well as Baynards cafe at the nearby Ciderpress centre. A healthy salad and pasta lunch can be delivered on the day for £10. let me know if you would like this option in advance. Thanks.