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Yoga, Mindfulness, Mark Making

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Monday 11th February, £90/day

The Studio, Riverside Cottage, Bransbury SO21 3QJ

You will start the day with a yoga class.

This will be appropriate for any standard, from total beginner to regular practitioner. If you have aches and pains that prevent you from doing certain moves these can be accommodated.

Throughout the class you will be made aware of your body, which parts are being stretched, how you feel when relaxed etc.

After the yoga class you will be experimenting with many different sorts of marks. Particular attention will be paid to how your body feels when making these marks. Gravity, physicality, noise and irritations all play a part in what happens when you start to draw.

After these exercises our yoga teacher will become the model for the day. She will repeat the exercises from the morning class. You will have experienced the tension, pull and release of these poses. These memories will inform the drawings as you work through the day.

Some materials will be provided. Coffee and tea are available but please bring your own lunch

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January 2019 Drawing Week at Riverside Studio

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Introduction to Drawing

The first week from the Drawing Course was busy, creative, stretching, tiring and very interesting. Some students booked in for the whole week, others did fewer days. Everyone made it work for them.

“Kate, thank for a tremendous week. Really amazing.” P.F. “Fun day and very useful too.” J. O’B “Class was great! Really stretched me and i found it very rewarding” M.D.

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Christmas Presents?

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I’m not sure how ready I am for Christmas. Lights, baubles, trees are done but I’ve only just started on the cards…this lone reindeer is the image for 2018.

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If you are still looking for the  person in your life who wants to paint and draw, and you are aiming at ease of wrapping, how about a voucher for classes with Art Draw Paint? In 2019 there are numerous different drawing classes, or the entire 5 month course, and there is a beginners oil painting class.

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If you are looking for more wrappable  gifts take a look through Christmas List, not really an advent calendar, and it does have chocolate.

After Christmas, when you have wrapped, unwrapped, cooked and thanked many, many times join me in Andalucia for a week of painting in the spring.

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A morning session

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Drawing – first class of new term

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Drawing, Drawing, Drawing

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Sept 20th, Oct 18th, Nov 1st, 15th, 29th

£30 for half a day (£135/5)

Ramshill, Easton Common Hill, East Winterslow

10am – 1.00pm, or 2.00pm – 5.00 pm

Sewing and knitting have ‘stitch and bitch’… this is the drawing version, without the niceness.

It has become a regular fixture on  alternate Thursdays. Pick  morning or afternoon sessions. There is a limited amount of space so there will be a max of 7 per class.

Drawing is a skill; it requires practise, guidance and encouragement, adventure and more practise. In this class you will be taught about materials, different techniques and, very importantly, you will learn how to look.

for more information of to book a place on this course contact me, Kate Measham. contact

This is a class that is appropriate for all abilities.

You may not have picked up a pencil for a long time, or you might attend a regular, weekly class. The idea of this class, and others that will follow, is to extend yourself, try  something new, revisit something old and to remind yourself that drawing is exciting.

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Classes Autumn Term

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There is nothing like a wet Sunday in August to remind you that the seasons are changing, ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ will be available in shops near you before too long, and the Autumn Term is upon us.

Below is a list of the classes currently available.  Click on titles for more information. If you want to contact me please send me an email Kate Measham

I hope to squeeze in a couple more classes  at some point so keep an eye out for updates.

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Drawing, Drawing, Drawing (Ramshill, E. Winterslow)

Thursdays, September 20th, October, 18th, November 1st, 15th and 29th

£135/5 or £30/half day (either am or pm) 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm

Painting, Painting, Painting (Ramshill, E. Winterslow)

Thursdays, September 27th, October 25th, November 8th, 22nd and Dec 6th

£275/5 or £60/whole day  10am-4pm

Beginners Oil Painting  (Ramshill, E. Winterslow)

Saturday Mornings, October 20th, 27th and 3rd November

£150/3sessions 10am-1pm  Materials included

Autumn Life Classes  (The Studio, Bransbury, Barton Stacey)

Tuesday Evenings, November 13th, 20th, 27th and 4th December

£165/4 sessions or £45 each   6pm – 9pm   Materials Included

Life Drawing, Papier Mache, Painting  (The Studio, Bransbury, Barton Stacey)

November 5th, 6th and 7th

£265/3days  Lunch included plus some materials

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Busy Morning with Still Life

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17th May, 2018: Drawing, Drawing, DrawingStill Life with Laundry Basket

 

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Drawing classes go from strength to strength. Whatever monstrous Still Life is offered to the classes EVERYONE steps up to the mark. Very good work yesterday.

Sadly, I forgot to take photos of the afternoon’s class (apologies)…every bit as varied, and every bit as interesting.

Well done

 

 

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Life Drawing

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Last Saturday was the first of the spring Life Drawing classes.

The class started the day with yoga, and finished with the yoga teacher as the model for their drawings. The emphasis of the day was to experience the physicality of drawing, and to recognise yourself in the model. This was a new experience for everyone and produced some very interesting drawings.

The next class, 9th May, will be a totally different approach. Measured life drawing is about carefully plotting the body in front of you.

There are still a few places. Contact me, Kate Measham for more information. Life Drawing, Three Ways, Retreat gives you information about all three upcoming life classes.

 

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A couple of places available on – Rhythm, Ebb and Flow; to catch a river

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A River Workshop at Riverside Cottage,

Bransbury, Barton Stacey, Winchester SO21 3QJ

Riverside Cottage

Tuesday 12th June 2018

10.00am – 5.00pm

£95/day  to include lunch, coffee and tea

This workshop is appropriate for all abilities.

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What could be more lovely than to sit by a river, painting and drawing? Rivers are moving and changing all the time so what could be more frustrating?

Learn through experiments and new techniques how to find your own approach to capturing a river, and how to overcome these frustrations.

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The beautiful chalk stream that runs through the villages of Barton Stacey and Newton Stacey is the River Dever. Its glories inspire fishermen, poets and artists alike. The Riverside Cottage studio is set amongst trees by the river and will be our base for the day’s workshop.

You will spend a morning by the river exploring different drawing techniques. To help capture an image you will be looking at Van Gogh’s mark making and experimenting with marks of your own. Working in charcoal, pencil, ink and graphite you will try to capture something of the magic of the river and its environment.

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After a delicious lunch in the Riverside Cottage you will use the morning’s drawings to work towards a painting. Any media welcome. If you need assistance that is not a problem.

 

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Classes for Spring, 2018

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A brief reminder of dates and prices.  contact me Kate Measham to check for spaces, or for more information

Drawing Drawing Drawing

April 5, 19

May 3, 17, 31

At Ramshill , East Winterslow

Morning classes are full. There are a couple of spaces in the afternoon, 2 – 5.00pm

£135

If you can only do the occasional day it is always worth calling me to see if there is a space. These will be charged at £30/class.

Painting Painting Painting

April 12, 26

May 10, 24

At Ramshill, East Winterslow

Only a couple of places left

10-4.00pm, £220 for all 4

If you can only do the occasional day it is always worth calling me to see if there is a space. These will be charged at £60/class.

Saturday Morning Painting

April 7, 14 21

May 12

At Ramshill, East Winterslow

£120/4 or £37/ morning

Yoga, Mindfulness and Life Drawing

April 28

At Riverside Cottage, Bransbury

10-5pm,

£130 to include yoga class, coffee, tea, light lunch and materials for the class.

The yoga teacher becomes our model and you will draw her as she repeats the moves and poses you learnt in the morning.

Measured Life Drawing

May 9

At Riverside Cottage, Bransbury

10-1pm

£45 To include tea, coffee

 

Larger than Life, Life Drawing

May 16

At Riverside Cottage, Bransbury

10-5pm

£120 To include tea, coffee and a light lunch

 

Music and Movement

May 23

At Riverside Cottage, Bransbury

10-5pm

£120 To include tea, coffee and a light lunch

 

If you want to do all of the May Life Drawing classes we offer them at a discount price of £260.