During this workshop Catherine will explore the work of Claude Monet, and particularly his lesser-known snow filled landscapes from his trip to Norway in 1895.

We will experiment with colour mixing, emulate and indulge in his oil painting techniques and learn how he created his distinctive brush marks.

In the afternoon there will be a chance to paint your own snow landscape so bring along some source photos or sketches to use as a starting point!

Catherine Knight is a painter based at BV Studio Bristol. Since graduating from an MA in Fine Art at Bath Spa University in 2008 with a distinction, she has been exhibited widely.

Her work is distinctive for its vibrant use of colour and evocative landscapes based on Iceland and Finland.

"Anyone feeling creatively stuck should do a course with Catherine. Your inspiration will return!"

Members £40: To book your place ……click here

Venue; The Art Rooms Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Doors open at 9.30. Session runs10-4pm

Bring some lunch and drinks with you.

Materials to bring along…

A3 oil painting paper- at least 2 pieces

masking tape

oil painting brushes

oil paints: white, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, paynes grey, burnt umber, yellow ochre

low odour solvent

jam jar

rags to clean brushes on

paper palette or something to use as a palette

A3 or larger board to tape their paper to or they can tape it to the table top. 

An easel if you have one.

A Foundation Class with tutor Tina Dodd.; Suitable for beginners and improvers alike.

We think of coloured pencils as being something only children use, however, with a few hints and tips on mark making Tina will show you how different colours can be layered together to create artistic drawings with depth, interest and some surprising results.....

Members £22/ Non members £27……Click here to book your seat

Bring a Drink along.

Venue; Art Rooms, Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Materials to bring along :-

• Pencil and rubber

• A set of coloured pencils

• Sketchpad or cartridge paper

• Drawing board if you have one

and either...

• Some fruit and veg - red onions, apples, bananas or patterned squashes make good subjects

or...

• Pictures of flowers, birds or landscapes to work from.

“Be bolder with your Pastels"

This full day course will concentrate on encouraging a bolder approach to pastel painting. We will discover how being more daring with our mark making, colour choices and compositions will help us to push our pastel painting beyond the purely representational approach to the pastel medium.

‘My workshop will encourage students to step out of their comfort zone for the day and to embrace their pastel wild side! ‘

This course will be suitable for all abilities.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; The Art Rooms, Clevedon School, Valley Rd

Cost: Members £40….Click to Book here and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink

Materials to bring along…

30-40 half stick selection of soft pastels, such as Sennelier, Unison or Rembrandt

Sanded pastel card: Sennelier La Carte, Canson touch, Uart or Pastelmat (either single sheets or pad form but preferably not smaller than 24cm x 32cm)

Drawing board and bull dog clips

Fixative

Wet wipes/ rag

Masking tape (25cm)

Stiff haired paint brush

Kitchen roll

Sketchbook and soft pencil or marker pen

DESCRIBING TEXTURE THROUGH DRAWING

Objects can be smooth, rough, spiky, shiny - this session focuses on different techniques to describe such textures…..based around a Christmassy Wreath, pine cones, fir trees, baubles ribbon, etc.

This month we will start with a mark making exercise.  It's surprising how many different ways there are to hold your pencil or pen and how, by adjusting the pressure, direction and rhythm of your marks, you are able to suggest a certain texture so that the viewer knows what they are seeing in your drawing.

 A foundation class for beginners and those feeling rusty!  

 Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your own drinks.

Cost: £22 Members/ £27 Non members……click here to book now and pay

Materials to bring along…

based around a Christmassy Wreath, pine cones, fir trees sort of theme, baubles, ribbon, (I will bring some too)

• Sketchpad and any favourite drawing implements, such as pencils, crayons, pens or charcoal and a rubber.

• Blending stump if you have one.

• Drawing board if you have one.

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Max Hale is an award-winning artist/tutor. He will give a seascape demonstration; helping us to focus on tonal values to create ambience and mood.

His paintings are a testament to keen eye for graphic tonal elements, with a focus on the interplay of light and shadow.

Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your lunch and drinks.

Cost: £40 for Club Members……click here to book now and pay

Materials to bring….

Please bring your own photograpic references. This should comprise a coastal scene including harbour or beach. Boats and or people can be included too.

Painting-canvas boards or paper. 2 x is a good idea
A set of quality acrylic paints. Colour set Titanium white, Ultramarine, cerulean, Cobalt, mid-Cadmium yellow, red, orange, sap green, alizarin crimson
Flat palette of tear-off or melamine variety.
Water pot
Rag for mopping
At least three brushes suitable for acrylic painting. Check my YouTube Channel for help
Easel or table easel
Charcoal/sketchbook/pencil 2B

Screen Printing for All; an experimental hands-on day of printing fun with lots of colour and enthusiasm!

In this workshop at Print Works, you will quickly set up your screens using hand-cut paper stencils, learn to mix ink, and get your registration right! Tracy will help us print a series of experimental prints, encouraging us to think about layers and ink colours as we go.

The Print Works will provide everything including a range of images that you can take inspiration from if you wish…or bring your own!

If there is enough time we will also have a go at painting through your screen to create one off, expressive and painterly screen prints.

You will leave the session with an understanding of simple screen printing and lots of prints on paper.  No experience necessary.  All materials and equipment is provided.  Please wear old clothes or bring an apron as it can get messy!

This session is being run in Banwell at ‘Print Works’ Weston as they have a great studio to get messy in!

Members £40- To book you place…….. click here

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided, but please bring your lunch.

All Day workshop 10-4 pm

Venue; Unit 28, Balmer Knightcott Industrial Estate

Banwell, BS29 6JN

FYI….‘Print Works’ [Weston]: An artist led workshop that aims to bring printmaking and associated art practices to the local community.

How often have you heard people talk about watercolour as a delicate medium?

Do you think of watercolour as a delicate medium and after you have finished, your painting lacks impact somehow?

Julie will help you to be brave and inject some drama into your work to dispel the myth that watercolours lack power. You will learn some techniques and processes to help get over the nervousness of using a bolder approach, whilst still keeping the elusive freshness of watercolour.

She will bring a selection of suggested photos you can work from. If there is a particular subject that inspires you, please bring along your own photos. The best ones will be full of colour, light and shade. Julie will supply photos you can work from or please feel free to bring along your own photo(s). The best ones will be full of colour, light and shade.

As part of our new series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; Clevedon Sailing Club, The Beach, Clevedon BS21 7QU

Cost: Members £40….Click to Book here and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

 Materials to bring…

At least A4 size 200lb weight good quality watercolour paper. My favourite paper is Two Rivers Handmade cotton rag paper, but I will have a decent budget paper - Hahnemuhle Anniversary size 32cm x 24cm you can buy from me @ £1 per sheet. 

A board to stick your paper onto (a bit bigger than your paper size)

Masking tape

Brushes - 

A Chinese style or similar mop 

(I use Pro Arte Sablesque size 4)

A large synthetic round brush

A small synthetic round brush

(I use Rosemary & Co Michael Klein range sizes 16 and 8)

Colours -

My basic list is...

A cool yellow like Cadmium Yellow pale 

(I use Winsor Lemon)

A warm yellow like Cadmium yellow 

(I use Daniel Smith New Gamboge)

Permanent Rose

*Cerulean 

(French) Ultramarine

Raw Sienna

Burnt Sienna

*Indigo

I mainly use a mix of Winsor & Newton professional quality and Daniel Smith watercolour paints in tubes. I squeeze these on top of my paintbox to make sure I have wet paint to dip into. 

You can use some others like the budget range of Cotman watercolours, but the cheaper the paint the less likely it will have a good proportion of pigment so may lack full character and strength. Bring what you have there may be opportunities for you to try colours in your box you have never used

* For full impact I recommend getting Winsor and Newton professional quality for at least the Indigo and Cerulean.

Please bring 2 or 3 pots for your painting water...old yogurt style tubs are useful.

Some kitchen roll

Any photos you want to use.

THE ARTCLUB PRESENTS ….a FREE day of drawing!

Join us to make marks, draw and create.

Throughout the day everyone is invited to a free-for-all event at the Sailing Club.

Activities are planned from 10am till 4pm …so just drop-in for a draw!

Our art gurus are on hand all day to help you become expressive, gestural and at ease with dynamic and kenetic drawing.

‘It could be messy, it will be fun, so bring friends and family….. the more the merrier!’

(Bring your own refreshments or use the cafes along the Beach.)

Let us know if you are interested in coming along…so we a have a rough idea of numbers….click to contact the Art Gurus

He makes paintings which are physically exciting and therefore, involve experiment and risk taking. He’ll help us in balancing close observation and structure with emotional, visceral responses to the landscape. Be prepared to be physical with paint!

‘In teaching landscape painting, I am interested in removing artist’s inhibitions about risk taking in order to make dynamic and physically exciting paintings. My teaching is all
about finding the expressive artist within you by experimenting with new ideas
and processes. In the end, it is about finding that fine balance between what you see and what you feel.’

James Tatum (SWAc), Academician.

He was awarded “Landscape Painter of the Year” by Devon Life Magazine 2017.

Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your lunch and drinks.

Cost: £40 for Club Members……click here to book now and pay

Materials to bring…

Acrylic paints

Acrylic texture medium

Brushes, water pots, palettes, etc

Implements of any sort and corrugated cardboard!

USING TONE TO ADD DEPTH AND FORM.

Drawing from life is a rewarding experience and improves our observation skills no end.  This month Tina will help you set up a simple still life from the objects you bring along, and will explore how to add depth and form to our subject with both line and tone.

 A few interesting observation exercises to start the session will remind us how to draw what we actually see and not what we think we see.  

 Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your own drinks.

Cost: £22 Members/ £27 Non members ….click here to book your seat

Materials to bring along…

• Some items from your kitchen wrapped in a tea towel such as a jug, teapot, vase, coffee mug, wine bottle & glass etc. along with some fruit

• Sketchpad and drawing materials such as soft pencils, crayons, pens, charcoal, rubber and sharpener.  

• A shoe box or ordinary medium sized box.

• Drawing board if you have one. 

Susannah creates paintings inspired by the North Somerset coast using natural earth pigments she finds herself and turns into paint. She uses the colour that comes from rocks to describe the varied geology of our shoreline......

Her Earth Colours workshop will include: 

* A fascinating presentation about the history of colour and where early paint colour originates 

* Exploring how to make paint from earth pigments. Susannah will demonstrate and then in pairs all participants will have a go at doing this. Five different watercolour paints from local earths will be made. 

* Working with the natural watercolours we have created we will explore their individual hues, mix colours together and make a series of paintings exploring expressive, intuitive markmaking. There is no set intentional outcome but, if you would like to, you can choose to bring some landscape images for reference.

As part of our new series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

Susanna’s web site is…https://www.susannahcrookart.com/home

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; Clevedon Sailing Club, The Beach, Clevedon BS21 7QU

Cost: Members £40….Click to Book here and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

 Materials to bring…

Susannah will provide all the earth pigments and paint making materials and equipment. If participants would like to bring a range of different watercolour papers and brushes and a water pot, that would be most helpful.

An exciting day exploring wet-in-wet watercolour with Catherine Beale SWA

An opportunity for painters who really want to let loose in watercolour! 

Catherine will be explaining how brush control and a steeply tilted surface can coax paint around lily pads. Allow mysterious watermarks to develop as you learn to control drying watercolour - perfect for this watery subject! Catherine will guide you through her ‘painting life-cycle’ in a sequence of demonstrations - from composition and planning whites, to embracing drips, developing areas of strong tone, colour choices and more. The session will end with a review and troubleshooting techniques to take home.

See her website …https://catherinebeale.com/about/

Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your lunch and drinks.

Cost: £40 for Club Members……click here to book now and pay

Materials; a detailed list will be provided by Catherine nearer the time.

Watercolour paints

Watercolour Brushes

Mixing Pallette

Easel to tilt your work…or a board to prop up

Waterpot and paper tissues

Pencils and paper

Masking tape and scissors

An observational class for those feeling rusty! How to draw what we actually see and not what we think we see!

Through line work we will explore how to draw three-dimensional forms on the two-dimensional surface of our paper. Some fun warm-up exercises will get this session going and there will be some surprising hints and tips along the way. By the end of the session, you will have built the confidence to pick up your pencil and have a go at drawing almost anything!  

 Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your own drinks.

Cost: £22 Members/ £27 Non members……click here to book now and pay

Materials to bring along…

• Seasonal fruit and/or veg such as cooking apples with leaves still attached, pumpkins & squashes, a bunch of carrots/beetroot with their stalks, onions etc.

• Striped tea towel or fabric!

• Sketchpad and any favourite drawing implements, such as pencils, crayons, pens or charcoal and a rubber.

• If you have a drawing board that will be useful too

A few spaces left.

Together we will work through a stage by stage process to create a painting of your chosen animal or bird in acrylics paint- using an ‘islands to oceans’ method of working. We are aiming to make the eyes come alive and give your painting lots of personality! I hope to inspire you with some new ideas and techniques to take away with you and apply to your own work.

See Lucy’s website: www.lucyburtonart.com

If you want to paint a bird, I have 6 different ones printed off and ready to work from. Just bring with you the materials listed below.

If you want to work from your own image, please follow the instructions below to prepare for the workshop. The animal’s eyes must be clear and in focus. Crop your image so that it is square. The head of the animal should take up most of the frame. For good (free to use) reference images see www.pixabay.com. The better the reference image – the better the painting!

Level: All levels welcome

Cost: £40 for Club Members……click here to book now and pay

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

Materials

I’d like the students to work on 8” x 8” (3mm) ampersand ‘smooth primed panel boards’ which you can get in Jackson’s etc. (link below). I’ll have these you can buy on the day for £5 each. The surface allows you to see all your brush marks really clearly.

Does anyone work in oils or want to try them on the day? I would encourage people to give them a go if they wish to. 

A colour photograph of your animal at least 5” x 5” or an image on an ipad / tablet. Additionally a black and white print-out of your square cropped image, as large as you can make it, on an A4 piece of paper. eg: see image below.

A selection brushes, eg. Rosemary Ivory Short Flats nos. 2, 3, 5, Ivory Filbert size 0

A selection of artist quality paints acrylics, eg. Daler Rowney starter set.

Palette knife, eg. Winsor and Newton size 22 Paper Palette, and a box to take your work home in.

Optional extra item: a ‘stay-wet’ palette for working in acrylics.

Get your sketching kick this month drawing faces for fun!

Ruby is a fabulous tutor and will encourage you to discover what you can do in a fun and relaxed environment. Ruby will show you examples of loose portraits, and give you her key sketching tips.

This tutored session starts at 9.30am and finishes at 1:00pm. Please arrive at 9:15am.

New Venue: Upstairs at The Riff Corner, Clevedon BS21 6LU

Please use the Riff Corner Bar for coffee or tea and possibly other refreshments! (…especially as we are not paying to rent the room)

Members £15, Non-members £18……click here to book your place now.

Materials to bring along…

Spiral bound sketchbook, pencils, eraser, pencil sharpener or craft knife and pens.

Painting water and sky, and making the best of painting en-plein air.

Richard will demonstrate his 3 stage painting process. Key themes - simplification, composition, big shapes/ small shapes, focal points, tones not colours and adding final touches.

He will assist each student with their pieces during the day. Break sessions - painting plein air, what good kit looks like.

Richard Neville works in watercolour and loves sketching outdoors in paint, preferably in the sun! He has been a Club member for many years and exhibits his work.

As part of our new series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location: Clevedon Sailing Club, The Beach, Clevedon BS21 7QU

Members £40 ….click here to book your place and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

Materials that Richard uses …..

Watercolour paper - I use Archer 300gsm rough

Core colours - I use Holbein tubes - ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, mineral violet, alizarin crimson, pyrrole red, light red, cadmium yellow, aureolin, raw sienna, neutral tint, raw umber, burnt umber.

Extra colours - lavender, cobalt turquoise, Verditer blue, 

Brushes - I use a small and large mop, plus, size 12 Escoda pearl white synthetic.

2b pencil.

This workshop is a follow on to the earlier introduction to drawing, but can also serve as a stand-alone experimental drawing workshop. This will give you the opportunity to develop a previous piece of artwork or to introduce a new media into your practice.

We will look at more playful and experimental drawing techniques using continuous line, colour and mixed media. Suitable for complete beginners to more experienced drawers who all share a love for drawing!  I believe everyone can draw and this workshop is designed to give you the confidence to do just that. I hope to see you there.

Members £22 …..Click here to book your place and pay now.

Please bring drawing materials such as shading pencils, black fine liner pen, charcoal, chalk, rubber, sharpener and sketchpad.

Here we go….John Singer Sargent at Tate Britain or Botanical Exhibitions at Kew Gardens. Entrance to the one you decide on is included: £22 Tate/ £22 Kew approximately, and it’s essential to prepay online in advance before the end of the month of March 2024.

Two fabulous venues and your choice of either one.

TATE BRITAIN: Fashion, identity, painting: explore the unique work of John Singer Sargent. Celebrated for his striking portrait paintings in oil, this exhibition sheds new light on his acclaimed works. It explores how he worked like a stylist to craft the image of the sitters he painted, whom he often had close relationships with. In addition the Tate Britain collection can be viewed for free. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on

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KEW: Marc Quinn: Light into Life will encompass sculptures and installations across the Gardens alongside a dedicated presentation of works from the 1990s until today in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. In addition the botanic galleries and gardens can be viewed on the day as time permits. https://www.kew.org/about-us/press-media/2024-whats-on

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Click here for both members and non-members tickets; Coach and Entry to Kew

Coach travel to and from Clevedon: pick up and drop off near the B and M car park entrance. See map on tickets. (Don’t park in the B and M car park, as you will get a hefty fine!)

The club is subsidising the members’ coach seats by 50%.

Bring some lunch and a drink, or use the venues’ cafes.

Arrive in good time, 15 minutes before the departure times to help make it easy. The coach will not wait for latecomers!

Painting townscapes and making the best of painting en-plein air. Richard Neville works in watercolour and loves sketching outdoors in paint, preferably in the sun! He has been a Club member for many years and exhibits his work.

He will demonstrate his 3 stage painting process. Key themes - simplification, composition, big shapes/ small shapes, focal points, tones not colours and adding final touches.

He will assist each student with their pieces during the day. Break sessions - painting plein air, what good kit looks like, maybe painting figures or painting greens etc.

As part of our new series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; Clevedon Sailing Club, The Beach, Clevedon BS21 7QU

Cost: Members £40….Click to Book here and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

Materials that Richard uses are…..

Watercolour paper - I use Archer 300gsm rough

Core colours - I use Holbein tubes - ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, mineral violet, alizarin crimson, pyrrole red, light red, cadmium yellow, aureolin, raw sienna, neutral tint, raw umber, burnt umber.

Extra colours - lavender, cobalt turquoise, Verditer blue, 

Brushes - I use a small and large mop, plus, size 12 Escoda pearl white synthetic.

2b pencil.

Mixed Media Landscapes with Jessica Palmer

Create a landscape artwork on paper by combining paper cutting, watercolour paint, ink and collage.  You will learn about Jessica’s use of mixed media to create a beautiful image of your favourite landscape. You will explore how to “paint with paper and draw with a knife”. 

This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to compose a picture without the stress of planning every brush stroke in advance. 

Learn Jessica’s techniques of layering and working with particular kinds of paper to achieve key effects.

Check out Jessica’s website: https://jessicapalmerart.com

Bring your own lunch and some drinks or cup as no hot drinks provided at this session.

Materials

Bring one or more images of your favourite landscape or seascape or of a place which has a special meaning to you.

Watercolour paints, inks, brushes, water pots, water sprays if you have them.

Any of your own preferred pens, pencils, charcoal, drawing or
mark-making tools.

Any of your own decorative papers if you have collected them.  We may not use them but we can look at them and discuss whether they will work in this setting.

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“Thank you for signing up for the workshop on 16th March 2024. I am very much looking forward to working together to develop your own style and hopefully by the end of the day to leave you with lots of new ideas and directions for your art.” 

Before the workshop, please think about what makes you feel alive both in your art and in your life, and the colours you are drawn to and we will consider how these can make your art stronger and more authentic. If you would like to gather any images and bring them with you, please do.

We will start by playing with colour, line and pattern so if you have anything around the house to make marks with (forks, feathers, twigs etc.) or stencils please bring them. 

After this, we will use these ideas to paint a landscape or seascape. Can you please bring a photo of a place or subject which has a special meaning to you? I have included two images from the coastal path by Clevedon to choose from, but please feel free to bring your own.

The rest of the materials are listed below. These are suggestions and you probably have these already. 

Brushes - large and small. I use flats for loose marks but a variety is good, also a stiffer brush if using stencils (I will bring a few stencils to try).

Acrylics (black, titanium white, raw umber, and a red, yellow and blue such as alizarin crimson, ultramarine and lemon yellow)

Paper, panel or canvas.

Easel (or you can work flat on the table)

Masking tape

Water pot, apron etc.

Any tools and pencils, charcoal etc to make marks.

A few large sheets of sketching paper (not expensive but thick enough to paint on). 

Looking forward to a fun and interactive workshop. If you have any questions beforehand please feel free to email me at sarahbodenart@gmail.com

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Abstraction – chaos and structure; a one-day workshop

In this workshop we will explore “the richness and versatility, depth and subtlety that lie in this tension between structure and chaos. Using a variety of mark making techniques and materials, we will touch on themes such as formlessness and equilibrium, order and uncertainty, geometry and gesture…”

Nick will discuss his working process and inspirations with a brief slide show.

Nick Moore is an abstract painter, writer and improvising musician. All three strands of his work are connected in their embracing of the tension between structure and chaos. His work is rooted in spontaneity and improvisation, combining the elements of chance and deliberation, what in music John Cage talked about as ‘considered improvisation’.

https://nickmoore.artweb.com/about-me

A demo and some exercises in chaos!…and structure!

Materials

A pencil

Charcoal – chunky

Graphite stick – chunky

Acrylic paint; your favorites, incl black, white….

Cartridge paper A3 or sketchbooks

Canvas Board and or a stretched canvas (no larger than A3)

Brushes, variety of, including some wide ones

Palette knife

Palette

Water pot

Masking tape

Twine/string

Ruler and set square

Collage techniques combine with line; drawing into different backgrounds, getting rid of that intimidating 'blank' page and creating texture.

In this session creativity flows and opportunities to try out new methods can be realised.

Nicky’s enthusiasm fills the room.

Tea and Coffee provided. Room opens at 9am.

Members £22. Non Members £27

Book your place now… 3 spaces left

workshopbookings@clevedonartclub.co.uk

MATERIALS TO BRING WITH YOU

Equipment:

Pencils/Fine-liner pen

Scissors

Glue stick

Mix of unusual papers eg: Old envelopes, wrapping paper, old cards, coloured paper, old maps, newspaper, recycled books...anything of interest! 

Sketchbooks/Paper

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Explore patterns in nature using print & mixed media. Collate your creative journey in a concertina sketchbook.

Suitable for all abilities.

This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to take time out and explore your creativity. Starting with a prompt from nature, you will be taken on a creative journey exploring patterns in nature using a variety of materials and techniques including Gelli plate printing; your work will be collated into a concertina sketchbook.

Perfect for artists looking to loosen up and overcome the fear of a pristine page in a new sketchbook!

Colour:

Inks 1 x black/Paynes grey/ sepia and 1 x colour (I use acrylic ink and Indian ink).

Ink blocks eg. Inktense by Derwent, Art Graf

Watercolour paint/gouache

Acrylic paint – your choice but limit it to 3 colours.

Collaging resources:

Magazines, old paintings, maps, text, old sewing patterns

Matte medium for gluing collage materials and / or glue stick

Scissors

Other:

Spray water bottle

Viewfinder with small aperture eg 2” x 2” or strips of card to ‘crop’ an image.

Karen George www.karengeorgeart.co.uk

Exploring Colour the Landscape.

Sarah’s expressive work conveys light, atmosphere and texture by using a layered combination of different media culminating in soft pastel.

Sarah was elected to the pastel society in 2005 and won the 2019 Derwent Award, the 2019 Artists’s publishing company award, the 2019 unison colour award and numerous other awards

The club will supply a set of Inktense Blocks to share (made by Derwent… sticks of hard soluble acrylic ink)….but if you have some please bring them along.

The club will also supply some bright coloured smaller harder Cube Pastels made by Conte a Paris…..but if you have your own please bring them along.

Book your place now…workshopbookings@clevedonartclub.co.uk

Materials

Sketchbook and preferred sketching materials

1 x sheets white smooth surfaced mountboard; Mountboard Daler Rowney Studland in Super White... Found on Jacksons Art

A selection of acrylic paints (to include Paynes Grey

Paint palette with several deep wells

Selection of paint brushes (important: include a couple of decorating paint brushes 1 inch & 1.5 ins… the more old and ‘tired’ the better!)

Clear gesso (Must be CLEAR…Winsor & Newton make one…available online at Jacksons)

Pastels (not oil)… incl a selection of soft pastels

Cotton Rags (not j cloths or towelling)

Spray fixative (not hairspray) to be used in a separate room.

Overalls or apron

Masking tape and newspaper for wrapping work to travel home

Large water vessel

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Using continuous fluid lines to describe what we see, in a new way. This process builds confidence and helps develop your drawing style.
We will look at more playful and experimental drawing techniques using continuous line, colour and mixed media. 

Nicky is a first class teacher and mentor, and has worked in the fast paced fashion industry!

Tea and Coffee provided. Room opens at 9am.

Members £22. Non Members £27

Book your place now….workshopbookings@clevedonartclub.co.uk

MATERIALS TO BRING ON THE DAY

Pencils

Drawing Pens

Watercolours and rsome brushes

Scissors and Glue

Spiral bound A4 sketchbook

A4 Card

#Some flowers and a water pot

Eraser and craft knife (or pencil sharpener)

Drew Hewitt returns. This time he’s delving into paint!

He will demonstrate his approach to capturing the character of the sitter: painting with sensitivity and verve. Bring your acrylic paint, and be inspired!

Drew’s infectious wit and personality will make this session a fun day, working from your photos of a chosen friend or family member.

Drew is a charismatic art lecturer, playwright and writer.

Saturday June 17th. 10am - 4pm.

* Book your place on the session....email workshopbookings@clevedonartclub.co.uk

Paul returns to help our perspective knolwedge take shape. Starting off he’ll demonstrate the basics of perspective in the artroom. We will then go outsde and draw from the urban enviroment at the school. He is an enthusiastic mentor and will get everyone on track.

(Paul was our Artist in Residence at last years Clevedon Literary Festival. His painting of the day at the bandstand can be seen at the Library Hub in Clevedon)