Capturing the Light in Oils

Claire ran an Oils class yesterday; 'Capturing the Light' in the style of Sorolla

Sorolla (1863-1923) was a Spanish painter known as the Master of Light for his iridescent canvases

Claire demonstrated some ideas and techniques at her easel, there were many in our group today who hadn't tried Oils before

Oils are messy!

Here are the beautiful works of art created by our students today ....

Lunch was a delicious Scandi Salmon bake followed by pear and chocolate crumble

Claire returns next week on Tuesday and Wednesday for classes:

Stormy Seas & Stormy Skies

and

Venice

still a few places available if you would like to book

9:30am - 3pm

£75

all of your materials, a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine are included

An Introduction to Brusho Paints Class

We had our first introductory class for Brusho Paints, little pots of really intense pigment, gorgeous colours that can create great effects.

Spring was definitely in the air!

Pen and Wash Class

A collection of last week's beautiful pen and wash pictures.

The colours are gorgeous.

Claire and the artists started playing with the pens, making marks on paper, using watersoluble and permanent black pens.

They then started on their main picture, and had a quiet and relaxing morning sketching and drawing.

A first wash of watercolour was applied to the paper

St Cuthberts Mill

which is great (British!) paper that holds the water really well when we are applying lots of watery washes. 

We stopped for lunch, a warming chicken traybake and this really delicious winter coleslaw salad

   

We had some super speedy artists today, so here is a selection of some of their smaller artworks that they experimented with in the afternoon.

See you all again soon