Saturday, 28th September 2024 10am – 4pm

Tutor: Teresa Seal
Medium: Pastels
Subject: Suffolk hare
Ability level: Any level
Cost: £35 for members £40 for non-members

Teresa is Suffolk born and bred. As an artist her main objective is to capture the likeness and the personality of the subject. A pastel portrait has a dynamic three dimensional quality that far surpasses the static flatness of a photograph. She loves the tactile nature of working with soft pastels and the way that, by rubbing each layer onto the paper, she almost “strokes” the subject into life. She concentrates on wildlife an animal portraits.

The Aim of the workshop will be to create a beautifully detailed wildlife piece of artwork.

There will be an additional £5 on the day if the student wishes to use Teresa’s pastels and paper.

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Saturday 26th October 2024 10am – 4pm

Tutor: Lesley Munro
Medium: Watercolour and collage
Subject: A boat
Ability Level: Mixed ability
Cost: £35 for members £40 for non-members

Originally from Scotland and having gained a BA(hons)at Duncan of Jordonstone art college in Dundee. After many years in Art Education she embarked on a full time a career as an artist. She is a member of the East Anglian Group of Marine Artists and the Society of East Anglian watercolourists. She is an awardwinning artist and has exhibited nationally.

Lesley’s work is inspired by her love of open spaces, light, colour and vast skies. She uses sketchbook studies and drawings as a starting point for her explorations of composition material textures, line and colours with each painting undergoing constant change until the balance and harmony of the composition is right.

The Aim of the workshop will be to produce a finished piece of work with a boat as the focus using watercolour and collage techniques. Upon confirmed booking a full list of equipment required will be provided.

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Saturday 30th November 2024 10am – 4pm

Tutor: Tom Cringle
Medium: Acrylic
Subject: Landscape
Ability Level: Mixed ability
Cost: £35 for members £40 for non-members

Tom was born in Norfolk. He is self taught and works predominantly in oil or acrylic. He loves to paint the big skies that are seen in East Anglia. He exhibits locally and nationally. Tom also works as a teacher and arts facilitator in the NHS and tutors privately from his studio.

Aim of the workshop will be to plan, tackle, and paint a classic East Anglian landscape. Students will be expected to supply their own acrylic paint (lots of student white) and a medium to large canvas.

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Saturday 27th January 2024, 10 am – 4 pm

Tutor: Rachel Thomas
Medium: Still Life, mixed media
Ability All welcome
Cost: £30

Rachel has been a professional artist for over 25 years, exhibiting and selling both internationally and locally (you may have seen her work in the Southwold Gallery). She moved to the Norfolk coast as a teenager. She is inspired by empty beaches, the changing seasons and light, and is influenced by new sights, sounds, tastes and colours. All of these experiences come alive in her paintings. She was the first female artist to have an exhibition at the Palace of Westminster.

This workshop will help to show how to work from still life and have fun with materials and colour, using a variety of materials: watercolours, gouache, acrylics, pencils, pastels, inks, etc. Hopefully you will find some freedom in the fun of art and confidence in handling different media in new ways to make art that is exciting and immediate.

You will be working with any materials you want to use, and adding different textures and effects, using what is in front of you for inspiration, not photographs, so that you are free from the restraints of slavishly copying to create truly individual paintings.

Saturday 24rd February 2024, 10am to 4pm

Tutor: Nicola Slattery
Medium: Printing, dry point on a Perspex plate
Ability Mixed ability
Cost: £33, plus £8 payable on the day for materials and use of equipment

Nicola has a BA (Hons) Fine Art Coventry 1986 and is a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA). She has held various group and solo exhibitions of paintings and limited edition prints from 1986 to the present. These include Mall Galleries, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London and many others across the UK. She has also written several articles on techniques for national art magazines. Nicola runs weekend art courses from her studio in South Norfolk. Has taught art, painting and printmaking, in various schools, colleges and on art holidays and other settings for over thirty years to diverse groups of people.

Students will learn the basics of printmaking and will understand the drypoint technique using a Perspex plate to print from. The finished result looks similar to an etching. You will have an opportunity to create two small plates and to take at least one print from each - possibly more depending upon time. Nicola will also be happy to explain the basics of the Collagraph technique. More about these techniques can be found at www.nicolaslattery.com

Saturday 23rd March 2024, 10am – 4pm

Tutor: David Gillingwater
Medium: Portraits in oils
Ability Mixed ability
Cost: £35, to include the cost of a model

David Gillingwater AEAGMA BA trained as an illustrator and graphic designer. He produces portraits in oils, both formal and informal. Taking great inspiration from the classical masters of the Edwardian era, David aspires to give narrative to the individuals depicted. David’s paintings have attracted national interest and he has had work displayed in the RSMA open exhibition. He has also appeared on SKY Portrait Artist of the Year. David works and teaches oil painting from his unique studio in Theberton. As well as portraits David is known for his still life and local landscape painting.

This workshop will help students create more strength in their portraits/head studies. They will learn about using light to create depth and solidity. The day will include:

• Basic anatomy of the face and how to draw it in preparation for painting.

• Composition of the work.

• Keeping the portrait simple to achieve the best effects.

• A small talk on famous painters approach to portraiture (during coffee to give students maximum work time).

If you would like David to provide you with equipment, he will bring palettes loaded with paint including A3 canvas at a cost of £10 payable to David at the workshop. Please indicate this on the booking form.

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