Enjoy a three-day painting course which starts with the basics. We will work in the landscape that is within walking distance of the school to produce studies that concentrate on the initial challenges of composition and tone. Following this, we will move onto colour and how to manage it within the composition. We will then look at how studies produced in the landscape can be used to work a more resolved painting when back in the studio.

Materials list:

Oil paints

Titanium white

Ivory Black

Cadmium Yellow

Cadmium Red

Ultramarine Blue

Additional but not essential colours:

Viridian

Alizarin Crimson

Cobalt Blue

Transparent Red Oxide

Burnt Umber

Raw Umber

Yellow Ochre

Palette

Palette knife

Odourless turpentine and a cup/container for it (e.g.palette cup) and/or a jar with a lid.

Tissue/kitchen roll 

Brushes

(size 2;4;8;12)

Please have at least one small round brush and the rest can be filbert. You can use both hog and synthetic bristles.

Surfaces

You can use anything from board, paper, canvas - a few pieces of A3 paper or oil paper, a small sketchbook or small boards and something a little larger to work on in the studio.

Clothes suitable for working outside, including waterproofs and a hat. Portable easel and folding chair. (The school can provide you with an easel and folding chair if you don't have one).

What else to bring

Complimentary refreshments are available in the common room at breaktimes. Please bring a packed lunch with you. Parking is available on site, in the overflow car park, on the road and at the Village Hall.