This is what you can achieve in JUST TWO DAYS. This student attended our first 'Beginners Course' in January 2008 and achieved this STUNNING painting.
Caroline Paints with you and you paint in
acrylics, watercolour and or pastels.
We want to bring out the ARTIST IN YOU.
So the courses are not 'prescriptive' but designed to help you learn to paint.
A Fantastic starter weekend. for the Complete Beginner. You paint in acrylics, watercolour and or pastels. Tel: 0118 9724502
The Course Programmes are created EXCLUSIVELY by JoeDaisy Studio - designed to give the student the very best course content and teaching. We now note other providers are trying to copy our course content (which is a bit of a cheek!) but they don't have our TEN secret weapons: click
Everyone has their own space, with Professional easel, painting table, paints, brushes etc. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED.
Caroline paints along with you and guides you through every stage. Illustrating brush strokes, composition, tonal values, focal points, colour balance and drawing.
You are shown how to paint 1) an 'Interpretive' Landscape in acrylic. 2) Draw and create in pastel or watercolour, a landscape on location. (subject to weather) 3) Paint a still Life in acrylic.
A lovely mixture of topics and medium to give you a varied and exciting weekend. ALL YOUR MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED. Lunch on both days. Accommodation on Saturday night is also included.
THIS IS DIFFERENT - PAINTING IN A PROFESSIONAL ART STUDIO AND ON LOCATION WITH ALL YOUR TOP QUALITY PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS PROVIDED.
BUT! DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED!! Caroline is the nicest, unassuming artist you could find. Everyone in the Studio makes your painting day or weekend, the best time you could have!
Dates/Prices (£285) includes 2 days painting with
buffet lunch
on both days. Accommodation for Saturday
night with breakfast. (£250 without accommodation) ALL your professional materials and refreshments all day.
You take away all your art work of course. PLUS
EXCLUSIVE studio written tutorials to take away and
a Poster size colour wheel. All prices are + VAT
DATES BEGINNERS STARTER WEEKENDS 2008
MAY 17/18th FULL
JULY 5/6th FULL
SEPTEMBER 20/21st - make a booking online click
Or Telephone 0118 9724502
NOVEMBER1/2nd - make a booking online click
Or Telephone 0118 9724502
OCTOBER 18/19th - make a booking online click
Or Telephone 0118 9724502
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE VERY FIRST BEGINNERS WEEKEND OF 2008 - LOOK AT THE BLOG - CLICK
COURSE PROGRAMME
SATURDAY
Arrive 9.45-10.0am Refreshments in the upstairs lounge. Meet your fellow artists.
Introduction to JoeDaisy Studio and your Professional Artist.
10.30am Paints, brushes and equipment. KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT. A complete
overview, explanation and
comparison of products. Every artist has their own space with professional easel, painting table and hi stool. ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED.
11.0am Caroline shows you how to create an 'Interpretive Landscape' in acrylics on canvas. Caroline shows you how to prepare your canvas for painting. You paint along with Caroline and compose your painting, create a focal point, balance your colour and learn how to use your brush with different brush strokes.
12.30am Buffet Lunch in the Upstairs Lounge (Sometimes a barbecue in the summer) We cater for vegetarians and any special dietary requirements. During the day, there is a coffee machine, tea, herbal drinks, soft drinks, bottled water and wine available - along with nibbles and you are encouraged to make the Studio 'your home' for the weekend i.e take rests whenever you want to, walk around, look at the art books, look at the paintings and prints in the Gallery, sit and chat etc. We want you to feel as if you are at home but with the added bonus of every top quality Professional art material and facility you could desire!
1.30pm We learn about 'tonal values' (light and shade), composition and
2.30pm THEN GO ON LOCATION. We go to the river, water mill and fantasic landscape in Mapledurham and create a drawing on paper with watercolour or pastels. (If the weather is inclement and in Winter/Autumn, we do this in the studio). 4.0pm Day Ends
COURSE PROGRAMME - SUNDAY
Arrive 9.30am Refreshments in the upstairs gallery. A discussion with yourselves on what - in particular - you feel you need to develop after yesterday's tuition.
10.00am Creating a Still Life. We create a 'still life' painting on canvas - you can chose which size canvas you feel comfortable with. Caroline guides you through the whole process and will paint along with you.
OR If you have a particular image you want to paint - you can do that too. We know some people do not want to paint 'still life' - so if you want to do something else YOU CAN DO THAT TO! Just talk to Caroline about what you want to paint and she will guide you through the whole process.
12.30pm Buffet Lunch in the Upstairs Lounge We cater for vegetarians and any special dietary requirements. During the day, there is a coffee, tea, soft drinks, bottled water and wine available - along with nibbles and you are encouraged to make the Studio 'your home' for the weekend i.e take rests whenever you want to, walk around, look at the art books, look at the paintings and prints in the Gallery, sit and chat etc. We want you to feel as if you are at home but with the added bonus of every top quality Professional art material and facility you could desire!
1.30pm CARRY ON PAINTING YOUR STILL LIFE OR CHOSEN INSPIRATION/IMAGE & concentrate on areas; composition, use of brush, use of colour, focal points etc - that you personally feel need development.
3.30ASSESSMENT AND CHAT
4.00pm. Collection of your paintings and drawings, plus your specially written and exclusive teaching manuals and a
poster size colour wheel to take away. Day Ends
This weekend course is a BEGINNERS STARTER weekend with Caroline painting with you. Most students come back for more specific
teaching but this is a great course to start with AND an exclusive opportunity to use top quality professional materials with tuition from an exceptionally talented and capable professional artist. WHO DOES NOT IMPOSE HER WILL ON YOU!! BUT ENCOURAGES THE ARTIST IN YOU!
