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| May 21, 2012 | May 23, 2012 | Mon | | Trevor Lingard | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights | £315 inc lunch | People and Light in Watercolour | Suitable for intermediate and advanced. During this 3 day holiday Trevor will teach how to use a limited palette and use compositional arrangements to create a lively ambiance. The 3 days will be informative and encourage you to use techniques to develop a loose approach to watercolours to add drama and excitement. Trevor is a Lancashire born highly acclaimed professional watercolour artist and excellent tutor influenced by Edward Seago and Sir William Russell Flint. |
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| May 28, 2012 | May 28, 2012 | Mon | 9:00 AM | Hazel Lale | B&B subject to availability, please ring. | £85 inc lunch | 1 Day Workshop "STARTING TO DRAW" | Introduction to drawing (two part course) first day 28th May and part two 15th June. Join Hazel when she will focus on how to draw, giving students the core principles and value of drawing when approaching different subject matter. |
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| May 29, 2012 | May 31, 2012 | Tue | | Joe Francis-Dowden | £510 tuition 3 days, full board 3 days. | £255 inc lunch | Derbyshire landscapes in watercolour | Demo on 28th in the afternoon before evening meal. 3 Day holiday with structured useful teaching of watercolour techniques with personal encouragement and advice on how to achieve a high standard of finish in your paintings. Landscapes (Skies, Trees, Rocks and Water) and just about everything else! Thoroughly recommended. Joe is a popular course tutor and highly regarded artist. |
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| Jun 12, 2012 | Jun 14, 2012 | Tue | | Michael Porter | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | Contemporary Landscape Painting | For students wishing to express their own response to landscape through the use of a variety of painting materials. Michael will bring the paint and medium. A materials list will be provided eg your own sketching materials and paper.
Michael will guide students through the use of photographs, sketches and source materials to interpret the landscape through unconventional approaches. Please see Michael's own page for further details. |
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| Jun 15, 2012 | Jun 15, 2012 | Fri | | Hazel Lale | B&B on request. | £85 inc lunch | HOW TO DRAW II | Suitable for beginners and improvers, building on the previous one day drawing course 28th May. Introducing different linear mediums in order to explain how drawing can be used within finished artwork. A good refresher for students who wish to improve their drawing skills or return to first principles. |
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| Jul 2, 2012 | Jul 4, 2012 | Mon | | John Connolly | £510 tuition 3 days, full board 3 days. | £255 | Contemporary Textural Landscapes in Acrylic and mixed media. | Suitable for all abilities. John is renowned for his use of colour and texture when creating sensational artwork. He is an enthusiastic and inspirational tutor encouraging students to explore new ways of applying paint to canvas. |
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| Jul 6, 2012 | Jul 8, 2012 | Fri | | Tony Merrick | £570 tuition 3 days, | £315 inc lunch | Pen & Ink Drawing moving towards pastel landscapes | Students are encouraged to paint in a loose, energetic manner and work from sketches made during outdoor workshop sessions. This is an exciting course involving painting with specially made "twig starter kits" provided by Tony, in order to bring life and spirit to your landscapes.! |
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| Jul 17, 2012 | Jul 19, 2012 | Tue | | Peter Welton | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | Watercolour Landscape Techniques | Studio based course. On this three day course, Peter will demonstrate the five techniques he uses in applying paint to paper and will lead discussion sessions. Please bring photo images of landscapes which is of particular interest, although Peter will have a selection to use on the day. Peter's "Welton Way" method requires the paper to be flat, consequently students will work on painting tables and will not require easels. |
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| Jul 30, 2012 | Jul 31, 2012 | Mon | | Trevor Waugh | £380 tuition 2 days full board 2 nights | £210 | Watercolour Landscapes | Trevor will concentrate on colour handling and light, using impressionistic inspired approach, students are shown how to work using a loose and fluid application. |
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| Aug 1, 2012 | Aug 3, 2012 | Wed | | Tom Coates | £570 tuition 3 days full board 3 nights | £315 inc lunch | PAINT WITH TOM COATES! OWN MEDIUM OF CHOICE. | Outstanding and highly acclaim artist Tom Coates will be running this three day course aimed at students who have a solid grounding in oil painting. This is a master class style of painting holiday and suitable for the more experienced student wich to achieve a good exhibition standard. Day one studio based and working on figurative; second and third days on location. Tom will be demonstrating in oils and watercolour (whichever medium matches the subject best) and students may paint in any medium. |
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| Aug 13, 2012 | Aug 17, 2012 | Mon | | Charles Evans | £800 tuition 5 days, full board 5 nights. | £425 inc lunch | 5 days Watercolour Landscapes on Location | One of our most popular holidays run by Charles Evans who is an experienced professional artist and patient highly regarded entertaining tutor. Designed to give all students the confidence to approach landscape painting on location.
Suitable for all abilities. |
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| Aug 21, 2012 | Aug 23, 2012 | Tue | | Soraya French | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | Flowers and Landscapes in Mixed Media | Soraya is an internationally recognised and gifted artist with an energetic, semi-abstract style. This 3 days course provides an introduction to new techniques and possibilities combining inks, acrylics and pastels to produce striking original paintings. |
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| Aug 28, 2012 | Aug 30, 2012 | Tue | | Hasim Akib | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | General Acrylic Painting "Absolute Acrylics!" | 3 day holiday where workshops are arranged thematically covering landscape, portraits and urbanscape subjects using large brushes and undiluted paint.!!!!
Hashim will guide students into creating fuss free, fresh and rich artwork. |
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| Sep 4, 2012 | Sep 6, 2012 | Tue | | Lewis Noble | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | Expressive Contemporary Landscapes! | Gathering information on location (weather permitting) and working up in the studio. Lewis will teach a sensitive approach to landscape which is both extremely powerful and beautiful in the movement of shape, light and colour. |
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| Sep 11, 2012 | Sep 13, 2012 | Tue | | Trevor Waugh | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 days. | £315 inc lunch | GARDENS & FLOWERS IN OIL | 3 day course teaching impressionist techniques painting gardens and flowers Alla Prima. Teaching includes preparation of canvasses and boards as well as the application of paint. |
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| Sep 14, 2012 | Sep 14, 2012 | Fri | | Hazel Lale | B&B on request. | £85 inc lunch | 1 DAY WORKSHOP "HOW TO" START PAINTING! | Introduction to painting suitable for beginners, teaching first principles and basic techniques. |
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| Sep 18, 2012 | Sep 20, 2012 | Tue | | Colin Allbrook | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | Different ways of using Acrylic paint - Landscape based. | Colin will reveal just how versatile acrylics can be and explore a range of techniques and impart an understanding of the principles of acrylic landscape painting.! Enjoy! |
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| Sep 24, 2012 | Sep 25, 2012 | Mon | | Rob Wareing | £340 tuition 2 days, full board 2 nights. | £170 inc lunch | PORTRAITS! from life. | Dry medium day one (includes pastel) and acrylic and oil on the second day. You will be asked to complete a painting each day. Rob will demonstrate the theory and answer any questions you might have, he will then teach one to one. A much admired and gifted tutor and professional artist.! Suitable for all abilities. |
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| Oct 5, 2012 | Oct 7, 2012 | Fri | | Soraya French | £570 tuition 3 days, full board 3 nights. | £315 inc lunch | Flowers and Landscapes in Mixed Media. | Suitable for all abilities. Students will focus on the introduction of vibrant colour using a bold, loose approach. Soray is an encouraging and approachable tutor who teaches in an informal friendly atmosphere. Combines inks, acrylics and pastels!!!! |
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| Oct 22, 2012 | Oct 23, 2012 | Mon | | Jeremy C. Ford | £340 tuition 2 days, full board 2 days. | £170 inc lunch | Flowers in Watercolour | How to paint "dramatic flowers" using a vivid and spontaneous style. Jeremy's step by step demonstrations are aimed to steer students through the creative process paying particular attention to the importance of light, tone and composition. Suitable for all abilities. |
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| Oct 24, 2012 | Oct 26, 2012 | Wed | | Jeremy C. Ford | £510 tuition 3 days full board 3 nights | £255 inc lunch | Plein Air landscapes (watercolour) or medium of choice. | Suitable for all abilities. "Autumn Landscapes" aims to teach how to capture the seasonal beauty of Derbyshire. Teaching outside covers composition arrangements, colour mixing, washes and those final touches. Weather permitting workshops will be held outdoors. Medium of choice!!! |
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| Nov 6, 2012 | Nov 8, 2012 | Tue | | Roy Lang | £540 tuition 3 days full board 3 nights | £285 inc lunch | Seascapes in Oil | Roy is a welcoming tutor as students will learn his painting techniques and methods to achieve dramatic and realistic results. Take home paintings to be proud of! Different colour schemes to time of day explored with the painting of skies, waves, seashore etc. to capture atmospheric and realistic results.
Not to be missed.!!!! |
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| Nov 9, 2012 | Nov 9, 2012 | Fri | | Hazel Lale | B&B on request. | £85 inc lunch | "HOW TO START PAINTING II" ONE DAY WORKSHOP | Second of 2 one day workshops to develop skills on how to use object selection, shape, colour and style in order to create interesting and dramatic artwork. Suitable for students who wish to refresh their memories or invigorate their watercolour style.!
Note: date is the 9th not the 14th November as printed in our brochure.!!! |
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| Nov 14, 2012 | Nov 15, 2012 | Wed | | Sue Sareen | £340 | £170 | "Aspects of the Derbyshire Landscape" Pen & Ink with Watercolour. | Studio based course - not listed in the brochure.
One to one excellent structured tuition with pen and ink techniques and moving onto adding watercolour. Please see the link to Sue Sareen's pages for further information. |
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| Nov 20, 2012 | Nov 22, 2012 | Tue | | Emma S Tooth | £510 tuition 3 days full board 3 nights | £255 inc lunch | Classical Portraits in Oils | Award winning and highly successful artist Emma is a talented tutor with a passion for the old masters! 3 day course designed for all levels of ability for artists wishing to progress their portrait painting skills. Course covers all aspects of squaring up and painting your own choice of photograph. |
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| Nov 29, 2012 | Nov 30, 2012 | Thu | | Hazel Lale | £340 tuition 2 days full board 2 nights | £170 inc lunch | Dramatic Autumn Landscapes in Watercolour | For the adventurous! 2 day workshop on how to achieve dynamic landscapes using colour and contrast. Students will experiment using combinations of watercolour with mixed media to introduce a vibrant new approach to their artwork. Hazel arranges her course into a series of smaller focus-sessions which concentrate on observing the subject as well as active interpretation. Students should have experience in drawing and watercolour painting in order to get the most out of this course. |
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