Exploring Landscape Painting
sold out
Exploring Landscape Painting
£300.00
An in-person workshop in Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK
Rachel Cronin
Artist | Tutor
Exploring Landscape Painting
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August, 2024
Venue: Church cottage barn, Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK
SOLD OUT- Please email me to be placed on a waiting list
Spend two days with me exploring the different elements that make up a landscape painting. On day one we will experiment with different applications of paint and observe how they interact to create space, shape and texture. Each approach is a chance to connect with your own intuitive way of interpreting the landscape and to delve deeper into your personal motivations for painting.
We will spend time sketching the surrounding countryside as well as using unusual and expressive techniques. The aim of these exercises is to find our own way of connecting with the lines and shapes of the landscape before working from these sketches to create our own paintings on day two.
This is a structured workshop designed to introduce you to the formal concepts of landscape painting in an exciting and student-centred way. The focus of this weekend is less on producing a finished piece of work but on experimentation and play as a way of adding knowledge to your toolbox. All the techniques you try across the two days can be adapted to your way of working so that you never have to sit there wondering where to start again.
About the venue
Church Cottage Barn is a beautiful creative space in Gaydon, Warwickshire, which is situated just off junction 12 of the M40. Originally a wheelwright workshop in the 1880s, this elm clad structure has been restored as a workshop space complete with a fully equipped kitchen, bathroom, a small comfortable living room and two ensuite Airbnb bedrooms upstairs. If you would like to enquire about these rooms, please contact Heather direct or book via AirBnB
The workshop accommodates up to 12 students with high tables and bar stool seating. There is a Belfast sink and running water in a connected utility space and everything you could possibly need for a creative painting workshop, including a flourishing garden and the Warwickshire countryside on your doorstep.
What’s included and what to bring:
All materials for this workshop are provided, including paints, drawing materials, paper and wooden panels but you may wish to bring along any special tools, your sketchbooks, brushes, and colours that you like to use.
There will be tea and coffee on arrival and throughout the day and a gorgeous vegetarian and gluten free lunch on both days. We will close the day’s session at 4pm with cake and tea. Though we cannot guarantee the absence of allergens please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.
If you wish to explore the surrounding countryside, make sure you bring sturdy boots to wear as the ground may be muddy and uneven. Please wear old clothes to paint in!
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