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2010 STUDENTS
2009 STUDENTS ARE HERE - click
WELCOME - We REALLY Look forward to seeing YOU!! |
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EVERYONE IS VERY DIFFERENT AND WE ENCOURAGE AND
DEVELOP THE REAL ARTIST IN YOU.
(One very important point(!) - do not feel intimidated by these stunning paintings(!) - WE GET EVERYONE Painting Professionally!! |
STARTER COURSE - 29/30TH MAY
Great paintings - the whole group had a huge amount of talent!!
One student said she had done lots of courses but hadn´t actually learnt anything until this weekend!! |
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GET CREATIVE - 15/16/17th MAY
What fun!!
Lovely chatty students with bags of personality.
Our lone male is so lovely (a returner!) that he took all our 'female ribbing' in great humour!!
Thanks guys, great weekend!!
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The drawing for this was totally excellent but we haven't quite pulled it off - pity because this student has some great ideas!!
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Isn't this wonderful?
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Great sense of style and brushwork
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Dynamic, Impactive and FUN!!
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Wonderful movement an proportion
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GET CREATIVE - 10/11/12TH APRIL
Great weekend taken by Cat - students did some stunning work
Accommodation was in our own Guest House where one guest has said:
'Just wanted to say Great! Something very interesting about this accommodation and unusual!! Wonderful countryside all around it and a feeling of 'olden times' - yet the house itself is very modern, clean and friendly.
Great lounge, loved the dining room - especially the lights and that egg maker thingy! Very comfortable beds and for the first time I didn't feel as if I was 'intruding' in someone's home. Great - you've got it right!! I will be back!' Brenda April 2010
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Fantastic depth and tone. Well done! |
Very difficult to pull off a painting in one hue - but this student has achieved it - Brilliant!!
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Great use of colour. |
Isn't his moody and clever?
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Isn't this charming - excellent composition and very original idea. Brilliantly painted! |
ABSTRACTS FROM LANDSCAPES - 27/28TH MARCH
'Abstract' means 'non objective form' but students are encouraged to paint how they want to paint and according to their 'vision'- so this course is getting some very interesting and original results!
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Flourescent paint, great marks and movement. |
Wonderful colour balance and paint strokes
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This weekend is all about 'concepts' as well as great painting. This student totally fulfilled his 'concept' to perfection - what a stunning painting as well!! |
DEVELOP YOUR STYLE - 20/21/22ND MARCH
Just let the paintings tell you how good the students were!!! TOTALLY BRILLIANT WEEKEND!!
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Wonderful mastery of paint - sensational
paint work and a very original painting. |
The paint work and the story/concept
- totally exceptional
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This student is a 'graphic designer'
- who should be recommended to everyone(!) - exceptionally talented! |
Very progressive student, with
some great ideas!
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Isn't this just stunning? Wonderful style |
You need to see this painting - the photo does not do it
justice. Thepainting is so good - that there is a
tremendous sense of 'dimension'
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Two lovely and beautifully painted landscapes. Well done!! |
BEGINNERS STARTER MID WEEK - 17/18TH MARCH
It's Spring - so we we are painting a 'bluebell' scene
Fantastic group - including a man from Geneva |
Very different styles. Soft, moody bluebell wood and a contemporary still life. Excellent! |
Briliant still life - maybe the background is a bit 'busy'? and overcomes the brilliantly painted objects?
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Just love the humour & individuality of these paintings. FAB! |
Very realistic paintings - sensational for a beginner.
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I wonder why it is, that when we get a married couple - the woman always creates something strong and dynamic ................ |
Whilst the man opts for a soft. moody scene?!!!!
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This is Richard's 3rd visit and boy is he getting better and better - this is just one of his masterpieces - the other 3 were sensational too! Brilliant!! |
GET CREATIVE - 13/14th MARCH
Spring appeared to arrive this weekend and the students
could sit outside to eat lunch.
Great marks, great tone and excellent colours!
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'Get Creative' is all about exploring your creativity and 'thinking outside the box' - so this is just wonderful - clever, competent and stunning! |
These are 'mixed media'
and inspired by a single flower -
to create two very contemporary works.
Lovely 'dance' of form.
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Isn't this lovely? Wonderful reality in both paintings but some real style as well. Well done! |
BEGINNERS - 6/7th March
Great weekend with much talent from the students.
The next Beginners Course we will be painting a
Spring Bluebells painting
Whooopeeeeeee!!
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Lovely, carefully muted colours - you can almost think you were there!! |
Sorry about the shadow, looks like some really
good paint work!
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A Van Gogh sky and much originality! |
Wonderful strong colour and strength
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Great contrast of strength and fragility |
I just love that sunset - very well captured
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This is such a lovely painting but sorry for the photo! |
ACRYLIC, WATERCOLOUR AND OILS 27/28th February
Phew! What a challenge. Experimenting with all three mediums is exciting, challenging and fun!! We got frustrated with
some mediums, thrilled with others and 'okish' about another
- and we were all different!!
Caroline's preferred mediums are oils and acrylics - she doesn't
have the temperament for watercolour - (she's a bit too painterly and innovative!) but that's the key(!) - understanding which
medium satisfies you the most!
We all worked from an inspiring still life and to make a sensible comparison - created the same elements of the still life in
each different medium.
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Students' Watercolour |
Same students' acrylic and the oil is still being worked on.
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Students' acrylic and watercolour |
Students' oil painting. Photo does not do it justice.
This student was BRILLIANT at oils!
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PORTRAIT COURSE - FEBRUARY 13/14/15TH 2010
'It's brilliant - I totally understand now I've learnt about the structure of the face. Cat was fantastic in her tuition. I was completely daunted before by the thought of a portrait but now I'm confident and very excited!' Caroline Feb 2010 |
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PORTRAIT COURSE
13/14/15th FEBRUARY
A really sensational course with Cat teaching
This young man has a great deal of talent. The whole group were just lovely and it was a really great three days painting portraits!
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Pink Tone Portrait |
Pink Tone Portrait |
FEBRUARY 13TH
2nd Day
Colour Mixing and everyone painted two portraits.
One in a pink tone and one in a dark tone |
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Caroline continued in her slightly 'abstract' style and the very talented 14 year old created a fantasy all of his own! |
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FEBRUARY 13TH
So excited about the portrait course that we had to put some images on of the 1st day. (Posted on the 1st day!!)
The first day is spent understanding the bones and muscles of the face - making pastel drawings |
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Then we learn how to create features and then we do a quick (2 hours) acrylic painting - BEFORE even learning about mixing colour etc tomorrow - Our 'quick' painting is just to get used to the paint and feel the transition from pastel to paint - P.S two of the students are 13 and 16 years of age! |
(Caroline's painting) This painting was done after Cat's sensational tuition - by an artist who had NEVER painted a portrait before - OUTSTANDING!! ON THE 1ST DAY - Can't wait to see what happens on the 2nd & 3rd!!
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A student's 1st day painting |
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ABSTRACTS FROM LANDSCAPES 2010
January 30/31st and 1st February 2010
and it was a new course.
'Abstracts from Landscapes' - click |
Painting on the left - 1st day - painting on the
right 2nd day (and after 'homework'! on Saturday night!!) |
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This can be quite a demanding course - it's up to you -
what you take from it(!) This lady - a returner really
worked at her compositions and paint work. The painting
on the right was from the first session - the one on the left
is the 2nd days painting. We compose our own compositions
and really work at paint techniques. |
Lovely Karen is from Switzerland and was on the course for three days - we did some 'comparative analysis' on the 3rd day. |
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