During the week I
would like to encourage you to explore your own style of painting
and drawing, but also experiment with different media and
techniques to capture the essence of the architecture, colour,
light, vegetation etc. I will be guided by you, as to how much
tuition you would like. I am happy to
instruct in oils, acrylics, watercolours, pastels, pen and any
other drawing media. There will be a strong emphasis on direct
observation and draughtsmanship. When I am away on
location, I like the idea of sketchbook type studies rather than
attempting the 'finished picture'. I find a more resolved
painting is possible from these spontaneous approaches to light,
shade and atmosphere. Some photographic references are also useful
to capture fleeting shadows and figures.
I will
help you to approach 'seeing' the subject in a different way and to
explore the full potential of the medium that you are using. From
the broad and colourful marks of oils, acrylics and pastels, to the
subtle tones of pencil and charcoal. From the lively, translucent
brush strokes and washes of watercolour to the descriptive lines of
pen and ink.
EQUIPMENT There will be chairs,
easels and boards available, plus rags, white spirit, drawing
paper, a small range of oil, acrylic and watercolour paints, plus
some pastels. This is what
I would recommend as a basic set of equipment:
Pad
of Cartridge (drawing) paper at least A4 Sketching
pencils a selection of hard to soft Pencil
sharpener
Putty
rubber Masking
tape Sketchbooks for
drawing and or light watercolour washes (for field
trips) Rubber
bands / bulldog clips for keeping paper in place View
finder (2 'L' shaped pieces of card) Camera Hat Lightweight
bag/rucksack for easy carrying.
OPTIONAL
KIT Charcoal/
charcoal pencils Coloured
pencils Water
soluble pencils Pens
(fibre tip with waterproof ink i.e. Faber Castell Pitt Artist
Pens
WATERCOLOUR/
ACRYLIC Loose
sheets of paper which are cut to fit into my suitcase (I prefer
Arches NOT or Rough 140lb, 300gsm.) Watercolour
paints Palette
(I use a plastic rectangular one with flat bottomed wells for
mixing colour) Brushes Water
container
Gum
strip (for stretching watercolour paper)
My
basic set of watercolours that I will be taking: Manganese
Blue, Cobalt, Ultramarine, Indigo, Cobalt Violet, Raw Sienna, New
Camboge, Winsor Lemon, Winsor Yellow, Quinacridone Red, Permanent
Rose, Rose Madder, Light Red, Brown Madder, Light Red, Brown
Madder, Cobalt Green, Viridian, Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey (Winsor
& Newton artists quality).
Pastel pencils. I use
(Carb Othello) Fixative
(optional) Glassine
paper to protect finished artwork (optional)
OIL/ACRYLIC Good quality oil paper/canvas covered
boards. Fast
drying oil paints are useful, i.e. Winsor and Newton Griffin
Alkyd Brushes Container/dipper for
mediums Paper
palettes
I am very
conscious of the weight of all the paper I bring, so I keep hard
backed pads to a minimum and put as much in my hand luggage as
possible. I protect
loose sheets of paper in transit in my hold luggage with 2
sheets of foam board or mount board.
