from the Gardens and Estate at Mottisfont Abbey (NT)

Join Jutta Gloeckner, an experienced artist and teacher, as she guides her group of students through composition and colour studies with reference to the chalky downland and river landscape of Mottisfont Abbey. Mottisfont is set in the valley of the river Test. This famous chalk stream winds its way across the estate and through mature gardens and woodland surrounding the Abbey.

  • Tutor, Jutta Gloeckner
  • 11, 12 and 13 April, 2024
  • 10.00 – 16.00
  • Day one at Mottisfont Abbey (NT), days two and three at Mottisfont Village Hall. The Abbey and the Village Hall are close to each other – you can return to the Abbey if necessary (you will have to pay another entrance fee)
  • £240/3 days, you will need to pay your entrance fee to on arrival at the Abbey. Many people have ART FUND membership, or NATIONAL TRUST membership. Both these give you free access to the Abbey.
  • There are choices of places to eat at Mottisfont Abbey and coffee readily available. On days 2 and three there will be a light lunch available in the village hall. Tea, coffee and biscuits available through the day. Lots of parking at both venues.
  • Suitable for all.
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What to expect on “An Introduction to Landscape, Composition and Painting”

You will meet at the cafe in the basement of Mottisfont Abbey to start the day with Jutta setting the timetable.

As ever the weather in Hampshire will have to be taken into consideration on the day. If there is torrential non-stop rain there are places to draw under cover from trees, stables and various shelters. If that is the case then we will accommodate this on the day. Equally, it could be sunny with bluebells beginning to bloom. Jutta will tell you the plan over coffee at the cafe.

At Mottisfont you will be looking at composition, making a series of drawings in your sketchbooks, thinking about the formal gardens, views through trees and plantations, glimpses of buildings and the river. After lunch you will make one or two more detailed drawings including colour studies, to work on over the next two days.

Day 2 and 3 will be in the studio at the Mottisfont village hall. All the visual material you have collected in your sketchbooks on day one will be used to take your work forward. The studio has easels, tables and space for you to work, and you will be able to leave everything overnight.

Materials

This workshop starts with a sketchbook, sketching ideas and compositions and taking these forward with paint or pastel. Please bring whatever paint you are most confident using.

  • Sketchbook
  • Sketching materials such as charcoal, soft pencils, marker pens, water soluble crayons, pastels. Please bring sketching materials you are most comfortable using. Don’t forget erasers and something to sharpen your pencils. And a container for water if necessary.
  • Oils or Acrylic paints, Please bring a range of colours. If you would like more direction about which colours please ask. There are no art shops within easy reach of Mottisfont so it is important you bring your materials with you.
  • In addition to the paints you will need appropriate paper/board or canvas, brushes, solvents/water, rags, palettes, palette knife, bag for rubbish, apron, jars for solvent/water/brushes.
  • If you have a pochard box or portable plein air easel you may find this useful

Not exactly part of the materials list but we recommend you bring suitable clothing. April weather can be variable and the walks beside the river Test are sometimes muddy.

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About Jutta Gloeckner

I am an artist and art teacher working in London, England.

I studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London and the Art Akademie in Dusseldorf, Germany. 

I’ve taught on the Foundation Course at the Byam Shaw School of Art and am currently teaching advanced classes in adult education atthe Richmond Adult Community College and the MacBeth Centre in West London. I have shown my work in London, Germany, and USA.

My work centres on natural environments and the man-made in a simplified form verging on the abstract. 

In my teaching, I try to familiarise myself with each student’s work and aim to help them develop and discover their individual style using their preferred media. I avoid a prescriptive style of teaching and I prefer to encourage and nurture personal enthusiasms. I will demonstrate and even correct students’ if they seem to need it.

Jutta Gloeckner

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