The opportunity to create your own botanical painting using traditional techniques in watercolour.This standalone workshop will be led by Rachel Sutherland SSBA. To find out more about Rachel please visit her website http://www.rachelsutherlandpaintings.comThe workshop begins with a 30 minute tour of the exhibition of works by the 19th Century botanist Margaret Rebecca Dickinson upstairs in … Continue reading "Introduction to Botanical Art: create your own watercolour"

An opportunity to see a demonstration of the techniques used in Botanical Art and a chance to try some of them for yourself.This standalone workshop will be led by Rachel Sutherland SSBA. To find out more about Rachel please visit her website http://www.rachelsutherlandpaintings.comThe workshop begins with a 30 minute tour of the exhibition of works … Continue reading "Introduction to Botanical Art"

Still life and landscapes are very different subjects which you can link together to create paintings of greater interest.Image credit: Winifred Nicholson: Fireside (1956) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. Photo: © Kettle’s Yard, University of CambridgeThis workshop is one of three inspired by the Truth and Beauty exhibition at the Granary Gallery. Your tutor is … Continue reading "Connections: adding Landscapes to Still Life"

How to simplify compositions to be represented with a flattened perspective, adding interest to the focal point without over-dominating.Image credit: David Jones: The Chapel in the Park (1932) Purchased from the Redfern Gallery (Knapping Fund) 1940. © The Trustees of the David Jones Estate / Bridgeman Images. Photo: TateThis workshop is one of three inspired … Continue reading "Flattened Perspective: an altered reality"

Learn how to develop an abstract style within your paintings using images and inspiration from the Truth and Beauty exhibition.All 10 places on this workshop have now been taken, but please book a place on our waiting list if you would like to attend a repeat of this workshop. If there is sufficient interest we … Continue reading "Introduction to Abstraction: how to get started"

We look at how we can create successful and dynamic compositions of what seem on first appearances, to be quite complicated townscapesYour tutor is Gail Wareham, who won ‘Best in Show’ at the Art & Framing Industry Awards for her architectural representation of a Venetian staircase. You can see Gail's work by visiting her website http://www.gailwareham.com. … Continue reading "Introduction to Drawing Architecture: Townscapes"

We cover how to identify different architectural eras by looking for clues, and portray those decorations within your own artwork. In three sessions we cover how to identify different architectural eras by looking for clues, an insight into how you can portray those decorations within your own artwork, and also, how to place more complicated … Continue reading "Introduction to Drawing Architecture: Finding Clues"

This course introduces the basics of how to get started in drawing architecture, whether buildings, castles or plant pots on a staircase.This three session introduction to drawing architecture is module 1 of 3 offered by your tutor, Gail Wareham, who won ‘Best in Show’ at the Art & Framing Industry Awards for her architectural representation … Continue reading "Introduction to Drawing Architecture"