Spring 2025 Evening Classes – Landscapes – 6 week Course
£150.00
Drawing and Painting the Landscape
4th March to 8th April TUESDAYS 6 weeks – 6pm-8.30pm £150 +materials
6 week Art class looking at different media: introduction and information about materials and techniques to develop landscape based practice, relax and enjoy a creative session with like minded people. Learn principals and techniques of creating landscape / seascape compositions, use different media to develop confidence in you own creative practice, develop skills and ideas working in a lovely studio space with a qualified and experienced Art teacher / professional Artist. Class notes and extension practice emailed after each session, various well known artists work used to inspire. All listed materials available to buy (in a tote bag for £60 at first session – or as needed – please bring ALL equipment on materials list each week, they are NOT provided within the class costs) Please book online – or email rosieburnsarits@gmail.com to reserve places.
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Description
6 Week Evening Art Class – LANDSCAPES in pencil, charcoal and watercolour 6-8pm Tuesday evenings
Book 6 weekly sessions – 4th March to 8th April 2025
1 FORM – pencil
Drawing – the basics, form, shading, tonal values for depth and shapes – info about pencils – you will need an A3 sketchbook, a set of shading pencils – at least HB-6B, a rubber and willingness to be experimental and learn about the medium to apply in landscape drawing.Materials: pencils, HB, 3B, 6B, or selection of soft graphite drawing pencils, soft eraser, paper – A3 heavy cartridge sheets or sketchbook.
2. COMPOSITION – chalk and charcoal Learn about single point perspective, vanishing points, the rule of 1/3s and principal of golden section, use a city scape to investigate composition and generate space. Materials: willow charcoal sticks and white chalk (school black board) , soft eraser, paper A3 heavy cartridge sheets or sketchbook. – any coloured / pastel texture paper / sugar paper
3. SELECTING COMPOSITION Look at the work of well known landscape artists to consider composition, using a view finder to select a landscape to draw. Van Gogh, Turner, John Nash – monochrome. Materials: willow charcoal sticks and white chalk (school black board) , soft eraser, paper A3 heavy cartridge sheets or sketchbook. – any coloured / pastel texture paper / sugar paper
4. COLOUR – watercolour How to work with this wonderful medium, colour theory – from he basics to how to create depth using colour in a landscape composition – sky and land, dark – light – dark – light. Materials: small set of basic watercolours, large and small soft wash brushes, heavy cartridge – or selection of watercolour papers, any water based medium will work for this session – watercolour or acrylic or water based oils 2 yellows, 2 reds, 2 blues, and black as minimum, with a pallet for mixing on.
5. PLAN / START A LANDSCAPE PAINTING Bring together composition, colour-ways, investigations of Artists work to develop an A3 landscape painting – work from provided photographs or a favourite landscape or seascape.
Materials: small set of watercolours, large and small soft wash brushes, heavy cartridge – or selection of watercolour papers, any water based medium will work for this session – watercolour or acrylic or water based oils 2 yellows, 2 reds, 2 blues, and black as minimum – watercolours provided in materials pack.
6.COMPLETE WORK AND APPLY KNOWLEDGE
The final session allows opportunity to revisit anything covered in the course – complete anything that is unfinished, develop ideas, consider abstraction – and enjoy a first mince pie!!
You can book one week, or all 6: a single class is £35, 2 classes £65, 3 classes £90, 4 classes £120 – to book more than one session email Rosie for invoice and to reserve places.