Spring Term 2025

Workshops are held at or near our studio at College Farm, Ellisfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG25 2QE.

We organise various courses and workshops in landscape, portrait, animal drawing, sculpture and painting; different classes for different abilities; both new & established teachers.  

We welcome artists of any ability. If you have any questions please contact Christian or Katie and they can advise you.
The simplest way to book classes is to pay online.

College Arts Courses

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Moving Forward
with Puff Morgan-Giles

Mondays 10am – 1pm

Learning from the Masters.

This term students will look at works of art by a selection of artists from different periods and study them to see what makes them work, analysing composition, colour choice and paint application. Students will experiment with various ways of painting with a view to ultimately building confidence in their own art process and developing individual stye. 

SPRING TERM 2025

February 10, 17, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
April 7

Course price: £360

Puff studied part time at Chelsea (oil painting) and Southampton (life drawing) before completing a Foundation Course at Basingstoke School of Art and then a Fine Art Degree at Winchester School of Art.

She has an extensive knowledge of materials & techniques, use of colour, tone, composition and ways of looking and seeing.

A3 sketchbook or cartridge paper
Pencils HB 2B
Paints of choice
Appropriate brushes
Palette
Palette knife
Rags or kitchen roll
Willow charcoal assorted size

For oil painting:
Small jar with lid
Michael Harding Miracle Medium non harmful vegetable oil based thinner and brush cleaner (available in studio shop)
Plastic bag for dirty rags
Plastic bag to take dirty brushes home in
Pack of wet wipes for hands

Puff will advise on buying materials as the term progresses.

Places to buy materials online:
greenandstone.com; cassatt.co.uk; jacksonsart.com; amazon.co.uk; hobbycraft.co.uk

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Foundation Course
with Puff Morgan-Giles

Thursdays 10am – 1pm

In this class students will use photo reference of artworks from different periods to study composition, colour palettes and style of painting. There will be the opportunity to pursue specific areas of interest and to learn to feel confident with a medium of choice. This class can accommodate all levels from beginner to more advanced.

SPRING TERM 2025
February 13, 20, 27
March 6, 13, 20, 27
Apri 3, 10

Course price: £360

Puff studied part time at Chelsea (oil painting) and Southampton (life drawing) before completing a Foundation Course at Basingstoke School of Art and then a Fine Art Degree at Winchester School of Art.

She has an extensive knowledge of materials & techniques, use of colour, tone, composition and ways of looking and seeing.

www.puffmg-art.herokuapp.com

A4 Sketchbook or cartridge paper
2B pencil
Whatever paints and brushes you already have

Rags/cloths
Paper towel
Wet wipes

 

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The Urban Landscape with Adam Roud

Fridays 10am – 1pm

This term Adam will guide studetns through the challenges found in painting the urban landscape. We will begin in Alresford, a pretty town local to College Arts, and consider composition and perspective. The painting sessions will take place in the studio with reference to our sketches. 

SPRING TERM 2025
January 10, 17, 24, 31
February 7, 14, 21
March 14, 21
Half term: Feb 28 & March 7

Course price: £360

Adam was born in Hampshire in 1971. After graduating from John Mores University Liverpool in fine art, he returned to Hampshire to work at the Morris Singer foundry learning the process of lost wax and sand casting.

Since 2000, with a studio and workshop on Lord Portsmouth’s estate, Adam has developed his work with large and small commissions, figure studies, portraits and the main body of abstract pieces. At the heart of his work is drawing, whether from the nude with pencil, chisel and stone, clay and knife.

Weight, balance, light and shadow are at the core of the work and fuel the process in the studio. The individual pieces are part of a ‘timeline’: an evolving group.

He is interested in exploring the juxtaposition of the realistic figure, be it animal or human, and the abstract forms that can be related to it. His work exudes the energy and enthusiasm with which he works.

Large tubes of oil paint. Don’t buy expensive tubes as we get through quite a lot.

Brushes. All sizes from builders’ to tiny.

Canvasses & boards. For the online course in February, we will need at least 3 boards of the same size to work on. Sizes are up to you and your space.  Some thick cartridge paper, 220gms is perfect.  (artesaver.co.uk). You can either work straight on your chosen surface or prime them first with acrylic primer or/and gesso. 

Medium. Shellsol T,  Zest-it and Gamblin are medium that do less harm to you than many of the others!  Also, linseed oil or Liquin (dries quicker). You can order these online at www.greenandstone.com or www.jacksonart.com.

Rags & cloths  Useful to have lots of torn up old sheets or shirts and a roll of paper towel.  Wet wipes.  
Palette Adam uses a large sheet of perspex but up to you.

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Absolute Beginners
with Christian de Ferranti

Thursdays 2pm – 3.30pm

Christian will introduce students to drawing, composition, line and colour and will discuss materials and which ones to consider buying. All this with a view to preparing students to join any of the other classes on offer. Although these classes cover a different aspect each week, the classes are small and students will not miss out if they can’t attend every class.
Alongside this class we will be running a watercolour class. Please contact Christian if you would like to concentrate on watercolours. 

January 9, 16, 23, 30
February 6, 13, 20, 27
March 6, 20, 27
Price: £45 per lesson

Please book sessions online. Add extras to your basket for multiple dates.

Materials will be provided. 

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Life Drawing
with Adam Roud

Mondays 4pm – 6.30pm

Drop-in life drawing sessions on Mondays. We provide a model, easels and boards and Adam Roud is on hand to direct the model and to give advice to those who would like it. If you are interested in joining us please let Christian know and she will send you an email reminder before each session. 

January 13, 20, 27
February 3, 10, 17, 24
March 10, 17, 24

Price: £20 per lesson

Please book sessions online. Add extras to your basket for multiple dates

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Drop-in Painting Afternoons

Wednesdays 12noon – 4pm

A meeting place for artists. 

This term the studio will be open on Wednesday afternoons for artists to come and paint together. There will not be a teacher, but there will be a subject to paint if wanted. Artists bring their own painting materials (if using solvents, they must be odourless and lids kept on when not in use please). There will be tea, coffee and biscuits and we hope students will share ideas and inspire each other. 

Price: £20 per day

Please book sessions online. Add extras to your basket for multiple dates.

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Botanical Painting
with Mariella Baldwin

November 6, 13, 27
March 5, 19, 26
10am – 4pm

Mariella Baldwin teaches botanical painting which is the study and painting of plants. This is a wonderful way to enjoy the plants and wild flowers around us. How rewarding to be able to walk into your garden, choose a flower and paint it.  Painting in layers and allowing each layer to dry, we build up the paint so that it glows.  Within this discipline there is room for your own artistic interpretation.  For those who have never done botanical painting but would like to try, do contact Katie or Christian and we would be delighted to explain more about it to you.

Course price: £100 per day 

www.mariellabaldwin.com

Mariella Baldwin studied botanical illustration at the English Gardening School at Chelsea Physic Garden, London and graduated in 1998. Since then she has exhibited in London, New York and Pittsburgh as well as undertaking numerous private commissions at home and abroad. Mariella taught at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden for a number of years up until 2012,  and at West Dean, Sussex.  She has been teaching at College Arts for 10 years, including a trip to Cornwall to paint from the gardens at Trengwainton.

These are the materials that Mariella suggests that you bring.

  1. Mechanical pencil 0.3 (HB/2H)
  2. Putty rubber
  3. Plastic rubber
  4. Pair of simple dividers
  5. Cartridge paper pad (smooth) or sketchbook (A3 or A4)
  6. Tracing paper
  7. Sable brushes (Winsor & Newton Series 7 miniature or Isabey) sizes 6,3 & 0. 8.
  8. Pad of Arches watercolour paper, hot pressed
  9. Ruler
  10. Mixing palette – preferably china (a white saucer will do)
  11. Watercolour paints (Artists’ quality – half-pans preferred). Schminke is a good brand.

a) basic colours needed

  • Cadmium yellow pale
  • Indian yellow
  • French ultramarine
  • Prussian blue
  • Alizarin crimson
  • Permanent rose
  • Burnt sienna
  • Burnt umber
  • Yellow ochre
  • Neutral

b) additional colours

  • Aureolin
  • Cobalt blue
  • Viridian
  • Winsor violet
  • Cobalt violet
  • Lemon yellow

Please indicate the date you are booking. Add extras to your basket for multiple dates.

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Cartooning Workshop with Sebastian Tanti Burlo

Wednesday, December 4th
10am – 1pm

Political cartoonist and artist Sebastian Tanti Burlò invites participants to poke fun at situations we find ourselves in. Through drawing and a touch of irreverence, attendants will learn the loaded art of caricature. Burlò will lead a class in which politicians, celebrities and your In-Laws will be fair game. Using the traditional pen and ink, we’ll attempt to find the line where the absurd and reality meet inside of a cartoon.

Together we will discuss the different types of editorial cartoons and talk about their long history as well as their contemporary use.

Before attending we encourage you to think about either a person you would like to caricature or a situation you’d wish to satirise. It could be political or non. Anything is welcome. If you do come ready armed with an idea, feel free to bring a series of reference images (printed or digital).

Seb is giving a talk at the National Gallery on the 29th November. 

Price £50

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Plant Workshop
with Puff Morgan-Giles

January 14th & 15th
10am – 4pm

A 2 day workshop with plants and flowers as our subject. Students will explore ways to express the form and texture in a variety of media and study colour, light and pattern working towards a larger composition.

Course price: £200

Puff studied part time at Chelsea (oil painting) and Southampton (life drawing) before completing a Foundation Course at Basingstoke School of Art and then a Fine Art Degree at Winchester School of Art.

She has an extensive knowledge of materials & techniques, use of colour, tone, composition and ways of looking and seeing.

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Sketchbook A3 or A4 of good quality or watercolour paper
Pencils HB 2B
Paints of choice
Appropriate brushes
Palette
Palette knife
Rags or kitchen roll
Willow charcoal assorted size

For oil painting:
Small jar with lid
Michael Harding Miracle Medium non harmful vegetable oil based thinner and brush cleaner (available in studio shop)
Plastic bag for dirty rags
Plastic bag to take dirty brushes home in
Pack of wet wipes for hands

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A Lurcher Day
with Romy Elliott

Tuesday, March 4th
10am – 4pm

We are very pleased to have Romy Elliott back for a workshop. Romy is an excellent teacher and shares a love of lurchers. Lurchers make excellent models, being happy to lie all day being admired. Students will work in charcoal doing a series of exercises (bring plenty of paper), followed by working up a painting in acrylics or oils. Every workshop with Romy is informative and uplifting.  

Course price: £125 

COURSE FULL

Romy studied at the Florence Academy of Art (2013-2016). Since returning to the UK she has been teaching fine art and working on commissions of varying scales and mediums. 

She enjoys painting with light and shadow to describe form, anatomy and atmosphere in a painterly and sometimes abstracted way. Her work prioritises atmosphere, energy and impression. 

Paper
Charcoal
Eraser
Acrylics or oil paint
Canvas

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A Sculpture Workshop
with Clare Trenchard

May 14th & 15th
10am – 4pm

Continuing our study of lurchers, we will have several lurcher models. Students will spend the first day looking, sketching and making an armature. The second day will be sculpting from this observation practice. Book early, Clare’s courses are very popular. 

Course price: £200 (+ a small charge for materials)

Clare studied sculpture at the Chelsea School of Art where she graduated with a BA in Fine Art in 1978. 

Clare’s work concentrated on capturing the strength, power and movement of animals – “it’s the essence of the thing that’s important”, she says. She works on large scale pieces. 

Clare has exhibited widely in the UK and overseas. She accepts commissions and her studio and sculpture garden in West Dorset can be visited by appointment. 

Sketchbook
3 modelling tools, different sizes
Pencil
Charcoal
Cheese or garden wire
Pliers
Apron
Ruler
Eraser
Roll of wallpaper

(Wax & armature wires provided for £10-£20)

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Watercolour with Julia Cassels

April 2nd
10am – 4pm

Julia is currently working in Africa and on her return we will choose our subject to paint.

We will sketch and work up into a watercolour painting. Whether we study an animal or look at landscapes, the principles are the same and Julia is a fantastic teacher with whom to work. She is patient and kind and demonstrates each stage of the process.  Book soon as this course fills up quickly.

Course price: £100

www.juliacassels.com

Please use this list very much as a guide. By no means is everything necessary on the list or are you limited to this. If you already have your own equipment, materials and favourite colours please do bring those. I only ask that everyone brings their own watercolour paper and brushes.
I will go into more detail below, but for guidance:

  • Paints

  • Brushes

  • Paper (around A3 size)

  • Water pot

  • Sketchbook for taking notes

  • If working with single sheets of watercolour

    paper bring a board to tape them to.

    Brushes:

* Palette
* Kitchen roll or rag
* Masking tape and/or clips
* Pencils, rubber etc
* Sketchbook or craps of watercolour paper

I only use about 5 different brushes, but usually only 2 in any one painting.

  • A larger sized squirrel mop or sable – size 16

  • A smaller sized squirrel mop or sable – size 8

  • A rigger

  • A 2” hake

    My sable brushes come from www.luxartis.biz very reasonably priced for sables, but worth it!
    Not only do these brushes have a great uptake of pigment and ability to hold and release the paint evenly, they also have a beautiful point for fine detail and a perfect springy-ness.

    My mops are Escoda Ultimo Tendo Nos. #16 & #6. These are synthetic squirrel mops that have extraordinary softness and capacity to hold paint. https://www.jacksonsart.com/escoda-ultimo-tendo-synthetic-brushes-1530-1533/

    I also use Jacksons Art Supplies own make called Raven Nos. #2 and #3/0

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These hold a lot of paint which will enable you to produce long, flowing strokes. The larger sizes are especially useful for creating big washes of colour without having to reload your brush with pigment or water. They have
nice point which will is ideal for fine detail.
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Paper:

I have found that having discovered a watercolour paper that you like and works for you, it’s best to stick to it.

There is a vast range of watercolour paper, some made from wood pulp and others from cotton rag. It can come as individual sheets, Gummed blocks or in spiral bound & glued sketchbook style pads and in three styles: Rough, Not (or Cold Pressed, CP) and Hot pressed (HP).

The Hot pressed (HP) papers are very smooth and really reserved for illustrators and detailed botanical images. The tooth of the Not papers is not as pronounced as the Rough papers, so it is down to personal preference.

I use Arches Not (or Cold Pressed)140lb paper which I buy on a large roll and cut to stretch on a board. However, for taking a pad out and about on painting trips etc I tend to use a Saunders Waterford Not (Cold Pressed)140lb gummed block, as it is as similar as possible to Arches.
Both of these are 100% cotton papers.

  • Winsor & Newton

  • Canson Moulin Du Roy

  • Langton

  • Saunders Waterford

  • Arches

    I stretch my paper onto a board, if you’d like to do the same, please do. In which case please bring two stretched pieces ready for each day. If you would like to stretch your paper, but are uncertain of the process, we can do this at the beginning of each day.

    Paints:

    I work with Winsor & Newton professional tube paints, for no other reason that I like them, I’ve used them for years and know how each pigment works!

    It is a total personal preference, but I stick to tubes rather than pans as I can achieve stronger more intense areas of colour more easily, and where dry brushwork in needed the consistency of paint that comes straight from the tube lends itself perfectly. I do have a travelling folding palette where I can squeeze the necessary tube colours into the empty pans.

    Colours:

  • Prussian Blue & Pthalo Turquoise (Cool) – Pthalo creates brighter, punchier zingy greens

  • French Ultramarine, Winsor Purple & Cobalt Blue (Warm)

  • Alizarin, Permanent Rose or Quinachridone Red (Cool)

  • Cadmium Red (Warm)

  • Burnt Sienna, Vandyke Brown (Warm)

  • Raw Sienna, Indian Yellow, (Warm)

  • Aureolin or Winsor Lemon (Cool)

    Extras: These are optional but personal favourites and useful to have to hand: Sap Green & Transparent Orange (Warm), Cobalt Turquoise light (Cool) Small tube of white Gouache for that missed highlight.

Book Online

You can now book classes online by clicking the link to the appropriate class or you can contact us to find the right class for you.

We are also happy to arrange tailor-made courses. Classes are limited to 12 students and we could arrange either a drawing, painting or collage workshop. Or, we can travel to you, bringing all materials with us. Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Please contact us to arrange suitable dates and times. 

christian@ferranti.com 
or katie@lytchettheath.co.uk

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Another Way of Looking
with Lucy de Roeper

Date to be arranged
10am – 4pm

Lucy uses emotional response to the natural world around her as the main source of inspiration behind her work. Lucy aims to push painting towards abstraction, whilst relying heavily on process and experimentation, but never neglecting observation.

Lucy hosts a fully immersive workshop of experimentation, play, technical guidance and discussion designed to develop your understanding of abstract painting. This workshop is aimed at those who want to explore another way of portraying the landscape. Students will work in acrylic, focusing on colour, form and mark making.

Course price: £100

 

Lucy de Roeper is a British born artist based in London who uses emotional response to the natural world around her as the main source of inspiration behind her work. Lucy aims to push painting towards abstraction, whilst relying heavily on process and experimentation, but never neglecting observation.

She has an extensive knowledge of materials & techniques, use of colour, tone, composition and ways of looking and seeing.

www.puffmg-art.herokuapp.com

Acrylic paints a range of colours including black and white 

Paint brushes – A range of sizes 

Sponges 

Card (for moving paint) 

String 

Surface (cartridge paper and/or canvas)

Chalk pastels

Paint containers 

Waterpots

Calligraphy

Modern Calligraphy
with Claire Honeywood

Date to be arranged
Course price: £40

Students will use pointed pens in the formal style and will learn lower and upper case letters and glorious flourishes.  There will be a follow-up course if there is popular demand.  10am – 1pm. £40 per morning. Claire runs many calligraphy courses.

Materials will be provided at a small extra cost or bring your own.

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Sculpture Classes
with Adam Roud

 

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www.adamjroudsculptor.co.uk

 

Adam was born in Hampshire in 1971. After graduating from John Mores University Liverpool in fine art, he returned to Hampshire to work at the Morris Singer foundry learning the process of lost wax and sand casting.

Since 2000, with a studio and workshop on Lord Portsmouth’s estate, Adam has developed his work with large and small commissions, figure studies, portraits and the main body of abstract pieces. At the heart of his work is drawing, whether from the nude with pencil, chisel and stone, clay and knife.

Weight, balance, light and shadow are at the core of the work and fuel the process in the studio. The individual pieces are part of a ‘timeline’: an evolving group.

He is interested in exploring the juxtaposition of the realistic figure, be it animal or human, and the abstract forms that can be related to it. His work exudes the energy and enthusiasm with which he works.

For the SCULPTURE class you will need to bring a sketchbook, charcoal, pencil & rubber.  An apron.  Sculpture modelling tools if you have them.  A pair of cutting pliers.  Everything else is supplied.  There will be an extra charge for the wax. 

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Lucy Kent in the Landscape

Lucy is a marvellously exuberant painter/teacher of landscape.  Have a look at her use of colour, her brush strokes and the exciting energy with which she paints.

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www.lucy-kent.com

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Considering Colour with Kate Rhodes

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www.katerhodesart.com

Students will be given a hardback sketchbook which is included in the price.
1. Please bring brushes, a selection of different sizes.
2. a shallow baking tray (or plastic dinner tray) to be used as palettes.
3. Palette knife
4. A roll of paper towel
5. Pencil, ruler & biro
6. A sheet of A1 or A2 300mg heavy cartridge paper (or buy in studio £1).
Acrylic paints will be supplied but if you would prefer to have your own please ensure you include these colours:
Black
White
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Red
Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Burnt Siena
Yellow Ochre.

 

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Seaweed Pressing Workshop
with Louisa Wentworth-Stanley

Dates TBA

Learn how to hand press seaweed foraged off the British coastline. 
Louisa will take you through the old process of identifying, arranging and pressing seaweed to create beautiful pieces of art to take home with you. You will also be given your own press so that you are able to continue to press seaweeds at home.
You will learn how beautiful and intricate some lesser known seaweeds are and how to exemplify them through pressing. Louisa will give you all the tips so that you can continue to forage responsibly yourselves. It is a wonderful activity to involve children and grandchildren in on seaside holidays.

10am – 12noon
Course price: £90 + £15 for the press (or bring your own)

@tamra_uk / www.tamrauk.com

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Working Gouache with Clementine Hanbury

This is the first time that we have run a course specifically in Gouache. Clementine will explain the different types of gouache, how to look after them & how to grind your own. She will demonstrate how to hand stretch and tone paper which will help create a beautiful surface on which to paint.

Clementine is very clever in her use of this medium and says, “Gouache is a fairly similar medium to watercolour except that Gouache is formulated for opacity, whereas watercolour is designed for transparency. This means that the medium lends itself very well to layering and is suitable for artists who are used to oil painting. It can also be used thinly like watercolour or used alongside watercolour and pencil.”

Armed with this knowledge, students will have the chance to paint in this medium from the subject provided.

Course price: £100 

www.clementinehanbury.co.uk

This is a suggested list, no need to buy new.
Gouache paints: Horadam or Maimeri are very good or Winsor & Newton.
Colours to include:
Ivory black, burnt umber, burnt siena*, cadmium red, Prussian blue*, Ultramarine blue, Cobalt blue light*, Cerulean blue, yellow ochre, cad yellow light, Naples yellow light*, Titanium. (* optional)

Charcoal, inks & watercolours.

A selection of watercolour brushes.

Thick watercolour paper.  Fabriano aquarelle artistic 300mg hot pressed in traditional white.

 

 

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2 Day Landscape Course
with Adam Roud

1pm – 5pm

Adam plans to spend 2 days with students in a beautiful valley in Cliddesden, close to the College Arts studio.  Students will sketch and study to find their individual response to the landscape, before working up a painting in oils (or acrylics if preferred).  The surrounding fields are farmed and will have harvester tracks and trails to help students find something exciting in this undulating landscape.

Course price: £120

www.adamjroud@gmail.com

We will be using 300g cartridge paper and coloured pastel paper both of which we supply in our studio shop.
Willow charcoal
Chalk
Ink
Eraser
Pencils 3B & 8B

If you would like to work in paint, please bring them with you.

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Still Life Oil Painting Workshop
with Lydia Tanti Burlo

How much do we love the lusciousness that Lydia has found in this painting!

Still lives are always instructive in trying out new painting techniques, but they also can be innovative and exciting in their own right. 

In this one-day workshop, we will be looking at how we can make our still lives stand out by creating interest and visual movement. It will cover instruction in composition, treatment of light and colour, and how to deal with different textures, while also looking at various methods that turn ordinary objects into arresting paintings. 

Objects will be provided, but if there is something specific you would like to paint, please do bring it along.

Price: £100

www.lydiacecil.co.uk

Palette

Palette Knife

Linseed Oil

Some form of cleaning agent, e.g. turpentine, ZestIt, Sansodor

Brushes – variety of sizes recommended.

Canvas e.g. size between 30cm and 60cm

 

Recommended Oil Paints (or your own preferred palette)

  • White
  • A brighter yellow e.g. Cadmium Yellow or Lemon Yellow
  • Yellow Ochre
  • A bright red e.g. Cadmium Red or Alizarin or Rose Madder
  • Venetian Red (optional)
  • Raw Umber
  • Black
  • Ultramarine Blue or Cobalt or Cerulean