Tag: art education

Oil Painting Course, Autumn 2024

July 12, 2024 By kate measham

This oil painting course, led by Kate Measham, offers a supportive environment for beginners or those with some experience. Over three months, students will partake in two-day workshops each month, focusing on exercises to enhance oil painting skills. The course emphasizes experimentation, enjoyment, and the development of good working practices. Students are encouraged to bring specific materials for the course. The aim is to build confidence and remind participants of the joy in painting with oils.

Where Five Rivers Meet

June 17, 2024 By kate measham

The Where Five Rivers Meet workshop, led by artist Sam Clayden, will take place in Salisbury on August 14-16, 2024. Participants will explore the city and its surrounding water meadows, creating sketches, tonal and color studies, and working towards a final piece. Emphasizing drawing and oil painting, the workshop aims to mirror John Constable’s approach. Sam Clayden’s teaching style revolves around capturing light, atmosphere, and nature.

Sketch and Stroll at Stourhead (NT)

May 8, 2024 By kate measham

Architect Eleanor Measham leads a Sketch and Stroll at Stourhead workshop on May 13th, 2024. The workshop offers a guided springtime walk through an 18th-century English garden, where participants will create quick sketches at various stops and later choose one for further study. All abilities are welcome, and participants are encouraged to bring their preferred sketch materials.

What a good way to spend a Monday

Trees – Portrait or Symbol?

April 26, 2024 By kate measham

Poets, writers, and artists of all sorts have been inspired by trees. Their majesty, age, embrace, rise and fall with seasons, the bleakness of a dying tree and the wonder of new growth have inspired people in a variety of ways. This course offers a fresh look, exploring different approaches with reference to creative giants over a great spread of time.
If you have followed any of our ‘On the Shoulders of Giants’ workshops you may recognise a similarity – instead of working from one artist we are examining one theme.