Landscape Painting - from Observation to Imagination

Enjoy a three-day painting course which starts with the basics. All levels welcome, including beginners.

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.

What to Bring -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

Other equipment
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.

A Sketchbook, 2b pencil and an eraser.

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).

Parking is available in front of the school in the school car park, on the street and in the village hall car park nearby. Complimentary refreshments are available throughout the day. Please bring a packed lunch with you.