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2009 STUDENTS
ONE IMPORTANT POINT - DO not be afraid!! . Our painting courses are fun, relaxed and rewarding. You go at your own pace and your tutor is encouraging, patient and non judgemental. For all we know you could turn out to be better painters than us - so we are not here to judge - just to give you excellent teaching and professional help.
We can and DO get you painting professionally because the courses are very cleverly AND ORIGINALLY(!) crafted and you use the best professional materials.
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.
We create 'professional' paintings with our professional teaching and techniques - many of which are not in any art books!!
Look at this!!
"Thank you thank you thank you for a great weekend, I thought I was stuck in copy and follow mode from boring painting books which fill the shelves of Waterstones. Getting out of the bookshop and into your studio is the best choice I ever made. I feel you have opened a whole new world of possibility for me and my painting. More More More I will be back" Stephen
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BEGINNERS STARTER 12/13/14th December
A very interesting weekend where we were going to do the great landscape (far right in the photo) but the rest of the group requested to do the 'lavender field' on the 1st day.
The 2nd day - the students chose a variety of form. |
This is the student's finished picture - not quite finished in the photo above! Clever isn't it? |
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We want to take this opportunity to wish all of our Students a really Happy Christmas and a Great new Year.
Alex in Spain also wants to say high to all our students in the UK and hopes one day he will see you in Spain!!
See you somewhere in 2010!! |
A 3 day student with her 1st day landscape painting. This artist was clever enough to 'adapt' the photographic inspiration by putting in some water. Which is just perfect for the scene. |
A 3 day student with her STUNNING painting! Note the background 'recedes' and the light and shade + colour choices make the painting 'very real' |
BEGINNERS STARTER 28/29/30th NOVEMBER
Lovely weekend with a great group.
Three students were on a 3 day course. |
Very moody tropical landscape! |
Work still in progress |
Obviously inspired by Cezanne! Great inspiration and you can learn a lot from studying famous artists. |
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BEGINNERS STARTER 21/22ND NOVEMBER
Our first day's painting
Autumn landscape - all BRILLIANT!!! |
This was composed from imagination - brilliant! The important thing about 'compiling form' is to make sure the composition is very good. And just look at the brilliant story this painting gives you |
Beautiful ammonite in acrylics and oil sticks. Wonderful tones of brown, highlighted with white oil sticks and a peachy background to heighten 'fragility' |
BEGINNERS STARTER 21/22ND NOVEMBER
WHAT an extraordinary weekend.
All Beginners but full of excitement, interest and passion and all with very strong ideas of what they wanted to say in acrylic on canvas.
And what a fantastic job they all did. Lovely weekend and the lone male was SO tolerant! Thanks Lee & ladies - great weekend! |
Composed from imagination - fantastic! Another great journey! |
Again composed from imagination - WOW! Another great story, another very good composition (You have to realise none of this is attainable without your excellent tutors!!) |
A beginner? Totally amazing! |
This student made three paintings from the same photographic inspiration - which is a great process. The first 2 paintings were in acrylics and the last painting was in oils. So a very good foundation for some 'comparative analysis' |
DEVELOP YOUR STYLE - 14/15/16TH NOVEMBER
Great weekend with 6 on the course.
Very intensive with Caroline really 'pushing' the students
to think about their mission and concepts!! |
It's good to understand 'traditional techniques' before you can move onto 'contemporary' |
Dreadful photo - sorry (sun was very strong!) |
We really believe in 'Bringing Out the Artist in YOU!' - so this student was encouraged to use 'collage' as Caroline recognised this was a good development for this particular student |
This student understood about being 'interpretive' - which requires 'vision' |
BEGINNERS - 24/25th October
We are using a new 'inspiration' An 'Autumn' landscape. |
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19/20th SEPTEMBER GET CREATIVE
Super dooper talent this weekend with each student very focused on what they wanted to create. |
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This rose is called 'Peace' and we were looking for fragility and calm! |
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Sensational painting from a wonderfully perceived photograph. Brilliant! |
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STARTERS - MID WEEK - SEPTEMBER 9/6TH - click for course
The nicest of groups - really delightful and everyone had a lot of talent. Caroline saw their potential and gave them a lot more information than the basic 'starter' course because she knew they could take it all in!!
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Our Lovely group with their first day's 'learning process and technique' landscape painting
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Isn't this just delightful. Really good paint work and a great composition.
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Not the concept we started with and the trough was
added at the last minute - so we know it needs a lot of work! |
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A very lovely composition |
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This artist has a very very good understanding of paint and composition. Brilliant! |
There was a really great 'concept' with this painting |
This artist really worked at her painting and created
a great work of art! |
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DEVELOP YOUR STYLE - SEPTEMBER 5/6TH - click for course
A fantastic weekend where we had three returners. All of whom have also been to our Spain Studio. Plus a disabled artist, two ladies from Ireland and a gentleman who is a musician.
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Sensational colour and paint work - on a very difficult subject.
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Geraldine (a returner)painted her triptych (3 paintings) outside! (It was a great good weather weekend! and our location is a bit of a sun trap!)
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| Adventurous, exciting and well painted |
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Wonderful stylised landscape |
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Isn't this just glorious? Work in progress. As you know not every artist wants their 'mug shot' on the web site!! |
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JULY 4/5TH BEGINNERS
One lone male again(!) It was lovely Richard who is a returner from the watercolour course. It was suggested he would enjoy acrylics more and he did!! |
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Isn't this totally charming? Very difficult for a beginner
- you need some very good drawing skills for this subject! |
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Wonderful composition, colour and paint work.
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Again - quite exceptional for a beginner! |
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It's so brilliant - the 'vision' our artists have and
with our teaching can then put that vision onto canvas. |
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| Yellow is the thinnest of pigments and needs to be painted over white or brown - or combined with a stronger pigment colour. This artist has pulled off this yellow painting extremely well. |
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There is nothing boring about landscapes!
Especially if you can do them this well! |
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Fantastic for a starter |
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JUNE 27/28TH - GET CREATIVE
We give you a series of 'photographic' inspirations on the first day of this course and explain how to 'get vision' from the subjects. |
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This lady is a returner - all the way from Liverpool(!)
and her painting skills keep getting better and better |
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This artist said 'I came away with a new sense of purpose
and a whole new dimension to my painting. The tuition was
encouraging and direct without being intimidating or
opinionated and the high quality of materials made
the whole process a real pleasure' Thanks Ed - keep painting! |
On the 2nd day of the 'Get Creative' course
we offer you the ability to paint in either acrylics or oils.
(Providing you have some experience of oils)
This is a very textured oil painting.
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Yes! You are a star! P.S Love the shorts - this is how all
artists should be dressed! |
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| Wonderful work for a weekend! |
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Ah Ha - the 'drip' technique - very difficult to pull off! |
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Pretty good light and shade |
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1st day's landscape - not all artists finish -
everyone goes at their own pace. |
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Probably inspired by Monet! |
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Mapledurham House - clever girl!! |
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Wonderful - great painting! |
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| It is so good when artists explore their own and new vision |
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This really works and the colours are very good. |
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Again - exploring your own visions! Excellent |
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MAY 23/24TH WATERCOLOUR
Watercolour is the most difficult of mediums. You need good drawing skills but it is also a very relaxing paint form |
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What fun!
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BRING OUT THE ARTIST
IN YOU!! |
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Great colour |
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Lovely touch |
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| Pretty good drawing skills |
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Excellent! |
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Very niave! |
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MAY 17/18th DEVELOP YOUR STYLE
We had 8 on the course but forgot to take photos - sorry - we get so immersed in the painting - we forget sometimes!! |
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This young lady is very, very, very talented
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Exceptional talent
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Inspiration was taken from a recent trip to Ghana |
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Stephen and Clifford discuss the painting! |
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| Excellent paint work and vision |
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Wonderful interpretation |
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Our Excellent Group |
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BRING OUT THE ARTIST
IN YOU!! |
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Exciting mixed media. |
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Based on the Still Life |
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| Pretty Sensational! |
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Wonderful compostion and painting |
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Soft, moody & gentle. |
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DEVELOP YOUR STYLE JAN 31ST-1ST FEB |
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Not quite finished but very excellent
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This artist is working on a series of paintings
- in a very original style
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| This artist has really worked the paint with many layers under the finish |
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Based on our ventriloquist dummy! |
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From a photograph |
As you can see - we try and Develop the Artist in You. We give you a professional approach to painting and all the basic techniques + how to think like an artist. You use the best professional materials and are encouraged to be confident, interpretive and original.
The rest is up to YOU!!
We really look forward to seeing YOU!
Tel: 0118 9483155
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