Life Drawing and Painting Course: 8/9 March 2008
A few people on this course had no
t worked from life before, others had some experience, yet they all produced some wonderful results. We started on the first day with drawing, a number of quick sketches to get into the swing of it. This was followed by drawings that concentrated on line and tone. At the end of the day we worked in charcoal and chalk on longer poses.
On the Sunday we looked at mixing flesh tones and produced two small paintings in the morning. In the afternoon we worked on a longer pose and some people experimented with different colour schemes which worked extremely well. I think you will agree from the pictures here that everyone on the course produced some really great paintings. Congratulations to the following artists: Geoff Gooding, Alex Chamberlain, Tony Sharpe, Heather Tuffs, Marjorie Gott, Lorna MacDonald
- April Courses
- Exploring Muted Colours at Hampton Bishop village hall on 8 April – Not a fan of garish colours. Learn how to mix a beautiful range of subtle colours and how to apply these to your acrylic paintings.
- Painting for the Terrified at Aston on Clun village hall on 12/13 April - This really is for those with no experience of painting, but with a desperate urge to have a go.
- Watercolour and Pen/Ink at Storridge village hall on 15 April – What a contrast, the subtle flow of watercolour and the sharp, dramatic line of pen. Time to be creative.
- Painting Music at Aston on Clun village hall on 17 April – Explore how you would represent inspirational music. A great course for those who want to access their inner selves.
- Drawing Difficult Stuff Ink at Storridge village hall on 22 April – Everything from animals to perspective.
- Life Drawing for Beginners at Aston on Clun village hall on 24 April – If you want to try life drawing and you’ve never done it before; this is your chance to work from a model. Complete beginners welcome
Courses up to September 2008 are now online; new courses include Pop Art Painting, Multimedia Experience and Life Drawing for Beginners. Also 2/3 day courses take place at the new venue of Berrington Hall, a beautiful National Trust Property near Leominster
- You can book courses online, for details click here
You may have noticed from my leaflets that I am no longer using the name Filbert Splosh for my painting courses and for my work as an artist. Although the company name of Filbert Splosh art experiences will continue. In future, leaflets and courses etc. will be referred to as Paul Priestley; Filbert Splosh art experiences. The name Filbert Splosh will now be exclusively used for my work in schools. My corporate events, parties etc will be rebranded as Filbert-Arts. Payments will continue to be made to Filbert Splosh Ltd. All of this will have little effect as far as you are concerned other than with access to my websites which will be as follows:
www.filbertsplosh.co.uk will now be exclusively for school events, art courses will not be found on this site
www.filbert-arts.com will be for corporate art events and parties.
New Email addresses
For art courses use: info@paulpriestley.com
For schools use: filbertsplosh@talk21.com
For Corporate use: info@filbert-arts.com
If you have a few spare minutes click on the links below : On the first website your cursor effectively becomes Jackson Pollock and you can create a Jackson Pollock ‘masterpiece’ just by clicking and moving your cursor around the screen. On the second site you can create a Picasso painting from thousands of small elements of his work. It’s great fun.
http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
REQUEST
Do you have any old objects of no value to you that would make great objects to draw? Would you be willing to donate them to me? I need to refresh my collection of drawing objects (I have enough kettles, mugs flowers etc). If you have anything of interest, either bring it with you on a course, or if not please give me a ring and I'll arrange to collect it. Many thanks.
Regards
