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“Be bolder with your Pastels"

This full day masterclass will concentrate on encouraging a bolder approach to pastel painting. We will discover how being more daring with our mark making, colour choices and compositions will help us to push our pastel painting beyond the purely representational approach to the pastel medium.

‘My workshop will encourage students to step out of their comfort zone for the day and to embrace their pastel wild side! ‘

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; The Art Rooms, Clevedon School, Valley Rd

Members £40…Well, its early Christmas Present to yourself!

…..CLICK TO BOOK HERE

Bring your own lunch and a drink

Materials to bring along…

30-40 half stick selection of soft pastels, such as Sennelier, Unison or Rembrandt

Sanded pastel card: Sennelier La Carte, Canson touch, Uart or Pastelmat (either single sheets or pad form but preferably not smaller than 24cm x 32cm)

Drawing board and bull dog clips

Fixative

Wet wipes/ rag

Masking tape (25cm)

Stiff haired paint brush

Kitchen roll

Sketchbook and soft pencil or marker pen

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Coast. A mixed media approach to painting the sea.

In this all-day workshop you will be shown practical ways to create seascapes that are expressive and exciting. We will explore and combine a range of media and methods to capture the sparkle of the sea, movement of weather and the textures of the coastline.

Nigel's work primarily begins with looking and drawing. Everything builds from this. starting point. For him drawing is an investigation, a method of recording an experience and expressing ideas and emotions.

Venue; Clevedon School. Doors open at 9.30.

Bring your lunch and all drinks.

Members£40….click here to book your place.

Materials

Bring painting equipment with you, brushes, acrylics, watercolours etc. Waterpots, tape etc

You should also have drawing materials, pencil crayons, graphite etc.

I will also provide oil pastels if needed.

If you wish to work with an easel that would be fine.

You should have 3 or 4 surfaces to work on, this could be paper, board or canvas.

I will supply images, but you can also work from your own source materials.

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‘My approach is relaxed – sitters tell me they have found being painted to be a fascinating and enjoyable experience, even those who were initially a little unsure. Everyone is uniquely interesting and I enjoy the thrill of capturing the essence of an individual in paint’. 

She will do demos of our two sitters during the day.

Tilly has exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and has competed in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2023. She also takes commissions.

Tilly’s famous sitters include comedienne Dawn French, para-olympian Ade Adepitan and Wimbledon champion Sue Barker.

Check out this video….

https://www.tillywillis.com/portraits/2020/5/13/t3yax30kvhaqjpt7401hb7dz9p267f

Bring lunch and all drinks.

Members £40…click here to book your place

Materials

She suggests a board approximately 40x50cms though it’s really personal preference if people want to paint bigger or smaller, i.e. just the head, or, the full figure, so it might be worth bringing at least two boards if you want to paint both sitters. Primed, ready to go.

‘I usually keep my pallet limited with alizarin crimson, cadmium red, ultramarine blue, chrome and lemon yellow, viridian green and titanium white, again alternative colours are fine, it’s best not to be too prescriptive. Acrylic or oil is fine, though acrylic is easier to handle for the inexperienced.’

‘I advise against bringing flesh tones, blacks and greys as I will teach how to mix those.’

Brushes should be a variety of sizes, but not too small as it tightens people up.

Rags, water pots/ oil-painting gear

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Sketching Majestic Trees: Focusing on things like lovely bark textures, utilising negative spaces for winter trees, Tina will show you how to draw leaves without drawing every leaf!

Get sketching with charcoal, pencils, graphite sticks, and ink! ‘‘These materials help me achieve the wonderful contrasts of light and dark that I see in the landscape.”

Tina will demonstrate and articulate her passion for drawing

Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your own drinks.

Cost: £22 Members……click here to book now and pay

Materials to bring along…

•  I'm thinking charcoal, pencils, graphite sticks, ink! (What ever you have to hand.)

• A4/ A3 heavyweight cartridge paper and, if you are bringing a bottle of ink, you'll probably be better off with watercolour paper

• Rubbers

• Table or floor easel if you are working with charcoal.  2 x water pots, brushes & reed pen/dip pen/quill for working with ink.

• Drawing board

• Masking tape

• Rags

• Spray fixative or greaseproof/tracing paper to protect your drawings

• Black and White photos, magazine pictures etc. of TREES!  (Tina will also provide images to work from)

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Come and learn the art of image transfer on the gelliplate using a range of materials and techniques, including photos*, magazine images or text and drawn images using different media, including charcoal.

**** If you want to try photo transfer please bring black and white photos ( use editing tools to remove grey tones)  printed on business paper or digital silk paper on a laser printer on a  colour setting (approx 5” by 7” in size).***

Create stencils to enhance or build on top of the image transfer inspired by artist Rex Ray or your own ideas. 

Learn how to layer and pull your print.

The image transfer process can be fickle, but Julia will be sharing the best tips at hand to achieve more consistent results.

Julia is a great hands-on tutor!

Location; The Clevedon Craft Centre,
Moor Lane
Clevedon
North Somerset
BS21 6TD

The teaching room is up some stairs, in an old listed building. (Look out for the double height building - door above ‘Needle & Nail’ Studio Unit 9A) Apologies that there is no lift.

Parking is free on site. Cafe on site also.

Doors open at 9.15

Part of our series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

Members £28….to book your place click here

Materials

Julia will supply all paints, gelli plates and equipment and refreshments.

Please wear warm, old clothes that you don't mind getting paint on!

A guide to impressionism using Monet as our inspiration and soft pastels as our medium

Suitable for anyone who likes painting in soft pastels as a mark making tool. Beginners welcome. We will look at how colour was used to create light, which was very innovative at the time of the impressionists.  We can do this without having to use oil paints as soft pastels can mimick the marks made in Monet's paintings. Morning - use one of Monet's pictures to discover techniques and paint in pastels.  Afternoon - paint your own landscape (photograph supplied or bring your own) in Monet's style.

Venue; The Sailing Club, The Beach Clevedon, BS217QU

Bring your lunch and drinks.

Cost: £40 for Club Members…..to book your place click here

Materials to bring with you.

Soft Pastels (not Oil Pastels)

Paper for pastels (different colours if you have them) or any paper with a tooth such as cartridge paper or sugar paper

Masking tape

Blending stump or cotton buds

Two L -shaped pieces of white card (to zoom in on the Monet paintings)

Fixative or greaseproof paper to protect your work

Drawing board and table easel

Wet cloth or baby wipes to keep hands clean

Plus (Optional)

Favourite Monet paintings from a calendar, book or online

Your own landscape photographs to work from after lunch.

Juicy Acrylics - a good subject matter for this are expressive flowers. 

Tina will demonstrate how to choose colours that work well together, plus her ideas for using different brushes, palette knives and other tools as well as how to make marks and washes before embarking on a painting. Everyone will go away with something they are pleased with even if they are complete beginners. Lots of tips and ideas.

Please bring some garden flowers with you. Tina will bring some stems along for the groups to share too.

Venue; The Sailing Club, The Beach Clevedon, BS217QU

Bring your lunch and drinks.

Cost: £40 for Club Members…..to book your place click here

Materials to bring with you.

Your Acrylic Paints

Acrylic paper, Canvas Boards, Mount Board or Watercolour Paper to paint on

A big palette for mixing colours (plus greaseproof paper and kitchen roll optional to make our own 'stay wet' palettes)

Synthetic and bristle brushes in various sizes

A palette knife

2 x water jars

Water sprayer

Paper towels/old rags

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Pen & Watercolour Wash Class - Developing an illustrative sketchbook style - using reed pens (supplied by Tina) and ink as well as normal fineliner drawing pens with watercolour washes.

We will draw Autumnal Seasonal Produce. Tina will demonstrate how to confidently capture still life elements.

Venue; Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Bring your own drinks.

£22 Members……click here to book now and pay

Materials to bring along…

• Seasonal fruit and/or veg such as pumpkins & squashes, a bunch of carrots/beetroot with their stalks, onions, cooking apples with leaves still attached, etc.

• Striped tea towel or fabric!

• A4/ A3 watercolour paper

• Fineliner drawing pens,

• Watercolours, 2 x water pots, brushes, pencil and a rubber

• Bottle of black ink

• ….and (if you have any) dip pen, reed/quill pens 

• If you have a drawing board that will be useful too

Richard will demonstrate his 3 stage painting process. Key themes - simplification, composition, big shapes/ small shapes, focal points, tones not colours and adding final touches.

He will assist each student with their pieces during the day. Break sessions - painting plein air, what good kit looks like.

Richard Neville works in watercolour and loves sketching outdoors in paint, preferably in the sun! He has been a Club member for many years and exhibits his work.

As part of our new series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location: Clevedon Sailing Club, The Beach, Clevedon BS21 7QU

Members £40 ….click here to book your place

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

Materials that Richard uses …..

Watercolour paper - I use Archer 300gsm rough

Core colours - I use Holbein tubes - ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, mineral violet, alizarin crimson, pyrrole red, light red, cadmium yellow, aureolin, raw sienna, neutral tint, raw umber, burnt umber.

Extra colours - lavender, cobalt turquoise, Verditer blue, 

Brushes - I use a small and large mop, plus, size 12 Escoda pearl white synthetic.

2b pencil.

An Easel, freestanding or tabletop.

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In this creative session, you’ll discover how to turn everyday Tetra Pak cartons into printing plates. By cutting, scratching and peeling the surface, you can produce textures and lines similar to traditional etching – but with simple, safe, and eco-friendly materials.

You’ll also have the chance to print your designs using Rebecca’s professional printing press, giving your work a beautiful, high-quality finish.

To make the workshop personal, you’re welcome to bring along a drawing, painting, or photo from your own artwork that you’d like to reimagine as a print. If you don’t have something in mind, Rebecca will also provide plenty of inspiring images to work from.

This workshop is perfect for all levels – no printmaking experience required. All materials are provided, and you’ll take home your own unique prints at the end of the session.

Venue; The Art Dept, Clevedon School, Valley Road, Clevedon.

Bring your lunch and all drinks.

Cost: £40 for Members…..to book your place click here now.

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Materials

Wear old clothes that can get inky!

Lucy is back: Colourful dynamic flower painting!

Choose to paint them in Oils or Acrylics!

We will look at arranging and lighting a jar of seasonal flowers with different coloured backgrounds, creating interesting and unusual compositions and colour relationships. We will then sketch out our composition on the canvas, before applying the paint in a dynamic and interesting way: focusing on colour, brushwork and composition

Check out her gallery on www.lucyburtonart.com

Lucy will supply…

• Coloured backgrounds

• A jar of Seasonal flowers

All day 10-4 pm . Doors open at 9.30.

Bring your lunch and all drinks required. (…no kettle)

Members £40: To book your place…… click here

Materials to bring:

A canvas min A4, max A3, rectangular or square

A selection brushes eg. Rosemary Ivory Short Flats nos. 2,3,5, Ivory Filbert size 0, or similar brands.

A selection of artist quality paints oils or acrylics (i.e.. Daler Rowney basic starter set is OK)

A spotlight or anglepoise desk lamp and short extension cable.

Palette knife – eg. Winsor and Newton size 22 or medium size

Paper Palette and a box to take your work home in

A phone or IPAD for taking photos

Oils only: A jar and some low odour thinners/ white spirit substitute for cleaning your brushes, some rags or plenty of tissues to wipe brushes clean

Optional extra items

‘Liquin’ painting medium if working in oils

A ‘Stay-wet’ palette if working in acrylics

Plus….A nice vase or jug from home that you may like to paint your flowers in.

Level: All levels welcome

In this landscape workshop I will introduce you to a fresh and inspiring way to interpret the landscape around us. With demos and clear instructions, you will discover a range of techniques that you can apply to your landscape art to bring movement and energy.

Responsive Drawing: Loosening up your initial drawing skills is essential for laying the foundation for a more abstract interpretation of the landscape. We will use soft pencils and create sketches that explore mark-making and gesture, as well as scale and form. These will begin us on our journey for further ink studies.

Tonal Work: Second, we will explore tonal studies to develop a painterly voice. Transitioning from a sketch to a painting can be made easier by taking small steps and moving to work in black ink. Instead of stressing over colour, we will focus on the marks our tools make and how we interpret what we see.

Colour Studies: Finally, we will experiment with working in colour. This will be our final step and this is where we look at working with a very limited palette. This doesn't mean we won’t have lots of colour, it just means we can easily harmonise the colours we use. We will work on large sheet as well as in sketchbooks and single pieces.

Bring lunch and all drinks. Doors open 9.30.

Members £40 - Book your place …..click here

Materials

Sketchbooks; ‘ I use two - one for ink and pastel work and one or pencil drawing.

Firstly; ‘ I use a sketchbook that can handle water. (Standard cartridge paper often isn't suitable). Alternatively, you can cut sheets of watercolour paper into smaller pieces to take out and work on individually.

Plus another; Any Sketchbook will be ok with pencils. For the workshop bring along any that you enjoy drawing in. They can be any shape and size. As long as you can fit them in a bag! I use these ones made by Seawhite.

Plus large sheets (A3 or bigger) of watercolour 250/300g paper

Soft Pencil 6B-8B grade will make soft dark marks which is what we want. Bring a sharpener too! or. a knife.

Inks ; We will use inks on both days. if you have any at home bring them too! You can bring any type of ink. Drawing, acrylic or watercolour ink. These will all work fine.

I will be using and bringing:

BLACK BURNT SIENNA

RAW UMBER

ULTRAMARINE BLUE

CAD YELLOW

QUINACRIDONE MAGENTA

A few various pastels too.

Brushes; I mainly use a mixture of old brushes that make interesting marks. It’s all about experimenting. NOT new ones!

You will also need: old rags, a back pack, a bottle with mixing water, plastic bag you can sit on if the ground is wet, plastic cover for your table.

Exploring Colour in the Landscape.

This workshop will encourage you to move away from representational colour in landscape-painting towards exciting interpretational work using soft pastel as the primary medium in a mixed media process

Sarah will focus on methods to achieve vibrant and expressive mark-making in landscape painting whilst using soft pastel as the primary medium in a mixed media process. She will guide you to discover the limitless opportunities of interpretational use of colour in the methods she uses.

See her work here …. https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2014/06/05/sarah-bee/

You will work from your own photographs on the day.

Sarah was elected to the pastel society in 2005 and won the 2019 Derwent Award, the 2019 Artists’s publishing company award, the 2019 unison colour award and numerous other awards

The club will supply a set of Inktense Blocks to share (made by Derwent… sticks of hard soluble acrylic ink)….but if you have some please bring them along.

The club will also supply some bright coloured smaller harder Cube Pastels made by Conte a Paris…..but if you have your own please bring them along.

Members £40- Book your place now…click here

Materials

Some landscape photos of trees and valleys/ mountains or wilderness.

Sketchbook and preferred sketching materials

1 x sheets white smooth surfaced mountboard; Mountboard Daler Rowney Studland in Super White... Found on Jacksons Art

A selection of acrylic paints (to include Paynes Grey

Paint palette with several deep wells

Selection of paint brushes (important: include a couple of decorating paint brushes 1 inch & 1.5 ins… the more old and ‘tired’ the better!)

Clear gesso (Must be CLEAR…Winsor & Newton make one…available online at Jacksons)

Pastels (not oil)… incl a selection of soft pastels

Cotton Rags (not j cloths or towelling)

Spray fixative (not hairspray) to be used in a separate room.

Overalls or apron

Masking tape and newspaper for wrapping work to travel home

Large water vessel

A fabulous day out with the club at Ann Swan’s Studio in Wiltshire. Ann will guide us through her coloured pencil approach. The focus in her workshops is on improving drawing skills, mastering coloured pencil techniques and creating dynamic compositions. During the workshop students will be encouraged to work at their own pace with individual attention given when needed.

Ann Swan is one of the UK’s leading botanical artists working in pencil and coloured pencil; well known for her detailed, vibrant  and strong contemporary style.

Awarded four Gold Medals by the Royal Horticultural Society, her work is represented in the prestigious Shirley Sherwood Collection and the RHS Lindley Library.

Ann will supply all Materials, paper and coloured pencils.

Class runs 10- 4pm near Devises, so we have provisionally allowed 1 hour to travel there. It may take longer due to traffic.

Bring your own lunch…as none are available to buy near the venue.

Memebers £50- To Book your place at Ann’s Studio click here.

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‘Car Share’ is the order of the day and Teresa will coordinate this with the attendees via a central Clevedon pick-up point…please contact her once you have bought your ticket …. Social@clevedonartclub.co.uk

Have you ever wanted to get into abstract painting but aren’t sure where to start? Ruby’s class offers beginners the perfect avenue into loosening up your painting style, drawing on botanicals for inspiration.

With a focus on colour and form, Ruby will guide you through the necessary steps to construct your own beautiful piece of abstract art. 

Members Tickets £22……Click here to book your seat

Non- Members Ticket £25…Click Here to book your seat

Bring a Drink along.

Venue; Art Rooms, Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Materials to bring :-

• Materials needed for this class are up to your discretion, but at least one paint medium is needed (acrylic, watercolour, ink, etc).

• You will also need a surface to paint on; this could be paper, canvas or board, but it should be at least 30cm squared.

• Bring a pot-plant or something from the garden

• Also

  • water pot

  • brushes

  • Mixing palette or wells for mixing colours

  • Pencil, rubber

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LOOKING AT LANDSCAPE : THINKING WITH PAINT

Join abstract landscape painter Georgina Towler for a day of painting a little differently.….

This session will explore how we can use the ambiguities found in landscape as catalyst for contemporary painting, leaving you with ideas and techniques to help you loosen up your own painting practice. 

During the morning, we will take a short walk to some local woodland for a drawing session; exploring new ways of looking, drawing and gathering inspiration. In the afternoon, we will use the imagery we've gathered to experiment with painting techniques. Georgina will be encouraging you to follow the painting's lead and help you to push your work in a new direction. Throughout the day there will also be time for conversation and discussion around the nature of abstraction within the wider painting canon. 

Members £40: To book your place ……click here

Venue; The Art Rooms Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Doors open at 9.30. Session runs10-4pm

Bring some lunch and drinks with you.

MATERIALS

A sketchbook - ideally A4 or smaller and one that you are not precious about!

A blank canvas or two - the bigger the better, but whatever you've got. (Easels not required!)

Acrylic paints and brushes

Waterpots, mixing pallet etc

In this intermediate masterclass, Ruby will be focussing on the wider breadth of techniques used to draw portraits. With a choice of either charcoal or graphite, you will be working from printed references.

There will be detailed demonstrations of each skill to inspire you before you set off individually using your own photo reference of a loved-one/ friend to draw from. At the end of the session, you’ll leave with a beautiful picture and the new skills to apply to future graphite portraits. 

The class will span the day, with the first half focussing on shape and proportion, and the latter half on shadow and shading. Ruby will show you some more refined techniques which you will be able to use for a range of different subject matter in your artwork beyond just this session. You will be looking in closer detail at the anatomy of the face and how to represent this artistically. 

Ruby is a practicing portrait artist with 10 years of experience and a Foundation Diploma in Fine Art. She has taught a number of classes as well as working on a commission-basis. 

A ‘Peer to Peer’ Session.

Members £40: Book your place ….click here

Non Members £50; Book your place…click here

Bring your lunch and drinks.

MATERIALS

Please come prepared with paper of at least A3 size or larger,

a set of graded graphite pencils or charcoal,

an eraser,

and either a digital or printed reference to draw from

0r…a printed reference (should be A4 and high resolution). The reference should have a clear view of the face with at most a 3/4 angle of the head, and at the very least facing forward. Please feel free to bring a choice of references if you’d like help deciding which would be the best to draw. 

(There will be materials to use if you do not have pencils or charcoal).

'Colour Theory for beginners and those who wish to go back to basics....'

Tina will lead you through the main principles of colour theory in a fun and informative manner; beginning with some short exercises, making your own colour wheel and finishing off with a small painting.  

‘By the end of the session, this daunting subject will have been explored in a way that will leave you feeling more confident in your colour mixing and hopefully inspired to continue your exploration after the class is over.’

Members Tickets £22……Click here to book your seat

Non- Members Tickets £25……Click here to book your seat

Bring a Drink along.

Venue; Art Rooms, Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Materials to bring :-

• You will only need a limited number of colours so please bring the following.....

   

  • Watercolour or acrylic paints - Primary colours i.e. a red, a yellow and a blue (e.g. Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow and Alizarin Crimson work well together OR Cerulean Blue, Cadmium Yellow and Alizarin Crimson) 

  • 2 x water pots

  • A size 10 or 12 round brush plus others you may have

  • Mixing palette or wells for mixing colours

  • Watercolour paper

  • Pencil, rubber and ruler

  • Tea plate or large saucer

  • Masking tape (optional)

  • A photograph of something simple you would like to paint e.g. Seascape, landscape, vase of flowers

Part location based, part room based, this landscape workshop will introduce you to new ways of interpreting the natural environment.

Pour, Drip and Splash

Working directly outdoors you will be guided through techniques that use mark making to express movement, energy and form. You don’t need to be an experienced painter, just passionate about experimenting and willing to get your boots a bit muddy!

‘There is a physicality to my work, as each mark I create aims to express my response to the energy of a particular place. I pour, drip and splash the ink across the paper whilst controlling the flow by gently manoeuvring the large sheets’

Each painting is a result of my experience of a particular location and aims to evoke in the viewer a deep sense of place.

Materials

To be confirmed. (likely to be….stout watercolour paper, inks, watercolours etc)

Mina will be showing how to plan your painting, so that you have time to add layers to create a beautiful landmark with radiant sunset colours. Her kaleidoscopic effect won our People’s award at the Open 2025; her iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge painting being voted the best in show by our visitors.

Mina will guide you though the basics and help though out the day. ‘Bring your acrylics and be prepared to be dazzeled!’

Suitable for everyone.

As part of our new series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; The Art Rooms, Clevedon School, Valley Rd, BS21

Members £40…..CLICK TO BOOK HERE

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

Suggested Materials:

Acrylic paints etc

24mm Green frog tape/ low tack masking tape- and I get through a lot, so people need to bring enough for the day’s work.

Acrylic Matt Medium ( Mina will bring some with her if you don’t have any, but if people have their own that would be good.)

* A few acrylic pens- Posca etc if people have them, for fine detail.

Pencil

Flat Brushes- small and medium

Water pots, rag etc

A3 paper for sketches

Board A3; primed and ready to paint

Silhouettes: Please bring any drawings, photos, that you may wish to paint from.

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During a swift demonstration, Hester will reveal her expressive style, learners will then begin their own painting. We will look at how one might begin on a ‘blank canvas’, how to build up a work paying attention to tone and colour, how to spot problems along the way and some possible finishing touches. This alla prima approach will mean that you hopefully go home with a finished oil painting at the end of the day.

The skills learnt in this class could then be applied to plein air painting as well as further independent work in the studio. The class is suitable for any level of ability, whether you are new to oils or landscapes or just looking to hone your technique and improve certain aspects of your discipline.

Hester’s practice is rooted in traditional representation and methods, but she constantly challenges her understanding of “painting” and explores ways paint can represent effects such as light, time, movement and climate. She was Shortlisted for 2015 Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year.

Venue; The Sailing Club, The Beach Clevedon, BS217QU

Bring your lunch and drinks.

Cost: £40 for Club Members…..to book your place click here

Materials to bring along… TBC

****Landscape photographs with dramatic light and skies****.

• One or two canvases/boards/pieces of oil paper, primed and then prepared with a ground. This ground should be applied at least a couple of days before the course so that it is dry. It consists of a thin coat of brown oil paint (I suggest a mixture of yellow ochre, burnt sienna and french ultramarine, or aim for a warm soily/sandy colour), thinned with Zest-it or turpentine. It doesn’t need to be neat, just to cover the naked white of the primer. Boards should be a size you are comfortable working on, the tutor suggests (roughly) 18x24”  9 x 12”, but this depends on how fast you work. You could also bring a pad of oil paper so you have extra. 

• A few photos of landscapes to work from (printouts are fine, but an ipad or phone is often better. 

• Oil paints – Titanium White, French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, yellow (I suggest a lemon yellow and a warmer yellow such as cadmium yellow deep hue), a magenta, Pthalo/Prussian Blue/winsor blue green shade (a greener blue than ultramarine), Sap Green/Terra Verte, Viridian – also any extras you have or would like to try. 

• Paint brushes, a selection on widths – a ¾" flat/chisel brush, plus one smaller and one bigger to hand

• Palette knife

• Zest it/turpentine/preferred brush cleaner/dilutant

• linseed oil/ poppy seed oil and other mediums you like to use.

• A flat palette (this could be a sheet of glass or Perspex) 

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In this studio based workshop, Paul will focus on techniques for simplifying buildings, both in town and rural settings. (Working from your own photos)

During the day he will show you how to add figures to suggest scale and movement Paul will also play with ideas for creating mood and atmosphere: Letting the water do the hard work!

Paul is a keen En Plein Ar Artist who loves painting on location. He can advise you on how to easilly work on an easel when out and about. He is an elected member of the Pure Watercolour Society and a regular contributor to ‘The Artist’ magazine.

This course will be suitable for all abilities.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; The Art Rooms, Clevedon School, Valley Rd

Cost: Members £40….Click to Book here and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink

Materials

Watercolour kit TBA+ Watercolour Paper TBA+ backboard and tape

An easel is preferable, either a table top or floor standing one.

(The club has 4x if needed, please message separately)

(On use a tilted board to let the water move about)

CREATING CHARACTER WITH INK  -  for beginners and everyone who would like to try ink as a medium. Foundation Drawing Class-Tutor; Tina Dodd

Whether using drawing pens or dip pens with ink from a bottle we cannot help but notice how different if feels from drawing with pencils or charcoal.  We will begin with some fun 'quickfire' drawings and  'continuous line' drawing exercises  before you embark on your own characterful sketches.  There will be some unexpected outcomes, which I hope will inspire you further!

Members Tickets £22……Click here to book your seat

Bring a Drink along.

Venue; Art Rooms, Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Materials to bring :-

• Heavyweight cartridge paper and watercolour paper

• Drawing pen(s)

• Masking tape

• Bottle of waterproof black ink - Winsor & Newton Indian ink (with the spider on the box) is good but any Indian ink will do.  I will bring ink too.

• 2 Water pots and paint brush(es)

• Palette/wells or something similar to put ink into

• Dip pen/fountain pen/reed pen/bamboo pen/quill (if you have any of these). I will bring reed pens and quills.

• Small water sprayer (optional)

Also...

• House plant, bunch carrots, vase of flowers or similar

• Black and white landscape photograph

Get the best results from Gelli Plates; Julia will demonstrate her key techniques and give tips and tricks for mastering the best results. In this morning session each participant will be able to use their given gelli plate to execute their own moves!

Learn how to print without a press, using found botanical materials and a Gelli plate. Its a great way to make colourful collage papers, prints and cards: With unexpected outcomes it can be very creative!

Theme is Botanicals. Julia is a great hands-on tutor!

Location; The Clevedon Craft Centre,
Moor Lane
Clevedon
North Somerset
BS21 6TD

The room is up some stairs, in an old listed building. Apologies that there is no lift.

Parking is free on site.

Doors open at 9.15

Part of our series called the ‘Peer to Peer Sessions’ which enables some of our Club Members, who are Commercial Tutors and Artists, to show their skills, tips and tricks to other members.

Members £25….to book your place click here

Materials

Julia will supply all paints, gelli plates and equipment.

Please wear warm, old clothes that you don't mind getting paint on!

A Foundation Class with Tina Dodd; DISCOVER A DIFFERENT WAY TO DRAW!

Charcoal is a very forgiving medium so this session should be lots of fun and will allow you to loosen up to create some expressive work.  Tina will show you how many different marks can be made with charcoal, how to use toned backgrounds and how a rubber can become a drawing implement.... and lots more besides!

Perfect for complete beginners and for those who wish to 'loosen up'.

Members Tickets £22……Click here to book your seat

Bring a Drink along.

Venue; Art Rooms, Clevedon School,BS21 6AH

Materials to bring along :- 

• Charcoal sticks of varying sizes

• Putty (kneaded) rubber and any other rubbers you have

• A2 or A3 cartridge paper (if not A4 will be ok)

• Kitchen roll or rag

• Cotton buds or blending stump if you have one

• Damp cloth or wet wipes to clean your hands

• Fixative or greaseproof paper 

• Table easel or floor standing easel and drawing board

• Also some black and white images of moody landscapes, portraits, animals or anything else of your choice.

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In this workshop Nigel will demonstate in Acrylics and Gouache ….explaining the benefits and differences of both!

Nigel works from sketches and photos to capture nature at its best. Lots of sunshine and dramatic shadows.

The session will focus on the development of a painting from initial sketches through to a final work on paper. During this process we will explore the use of mark making and colour to create a lively and expressive response to the theme of woodland landscape. You will have the opportunity to work in both acrylic and gouache, looking at the difference and similarities between the two mediums.

All day 10-4 pm . Doors open at 9.30.

Bring your lunch and all drinks required. (…no kettle)

Members £40: To book your place…… click here

Materials

Bring your painting equipment with you, brushes, acrylics etc.

Tape, water pots.

 I will provide some gouache paints if needed and paper to work on for both studies and final pieces.

If you wish to work with an easel that would be fine.

I will also bring images to work from.

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We will be exploring the many qualities of ink as a medium. 

Beyond ink and wash we will look at the effects that can be achieved by using wet paper or simply spraying the ink and pushing it in various ways. 

Margaret is a landscape painter and suggests that Members bring their own inspirational landscape material. In the afternoon we will return to the drawing qualities of ink and we will look at still life to explore how expressive it can be for line and tone.  

Margaret will begin by demonstrating images of flowers to introduce the various inks and their properties.

Bring your own lunch and a drink.

£40 for Club Members….click here to book and pay

Materials to bring on the day….

Margaret will supply inks but would ask that participants bring the following:

***Bring your own inspirational landscape material or photos***

300gms watercolour paper, A3 or smaller

Deep dish palette

Water sprayer

Non-natural brushes of various smaller sizes, Chinese paint brushes if you have them

Paper towels or sponges

Cardboard sheets or newspaper to take damp work home

Gloves (because of ink stains!)

During this workshop Catherine will explore the work of Claude Monet, and particularly his lesser-known snow filled landscapes from his trip to Norway in 1895.

We will experiment with colour mixing, emulate and indulge in his oil painting techniques and learn how he created his distinctive brush marks.

In the afternoon there will be a chance to paint your own snow landscape so bring along some source photos or sketches to use as a starting point!

Catherine Knight is a painter based at BV Studio Bristol. Since graduating from an MA in Fine Art at Bath Spa University in 2008 with a distinction, she has been exhibited widely.

Her work is distinctive for its vibrant use of colour and evocative landscapes based on Iceland and Finland.

"Anyone feeling creatively stuck should do a course with Catherine. Your inspiration will return!"

Members £40: To book your place ……click here

Venue; The Art Rooms Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Doors open at 9.30. Session runs10-4pm

Bring some lunch and drinks with you.

Materials to bring along…

A3 oil painting paper- at least 2 pieces

masking tape

oil painting brushes

oil paints: white, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, paynes grey, burnt umber, yellow ochre

low odour solvent

jam jar

rags to clean brushes on

paper palette or something to use as a palette

A3 or larger board to tape their paper to or they can tape it to the table top. 

An easel if you have one.

A Foundation Class with tutor Tina Dodd.; Suitable for beginners and improvers alike.

We think of coloured pencils as being something only children use, however, with a few hints and tips on mark making Tina will show you how different colours can be layered together to create artistic drawings with depth, interest and some surprising results.....

Members £22/ Non members £27……Click here to book your seat

Bring a Drink along.

Venue; Art Rooms, Clevedon School, BS21 6AH

Materials to bring along :-

• Pencil and rubber

• A set of coloured pencils

• Sketchpad or cartridge paper

• Drawing board if you have one

and either...

• Some fruit and veg - red onions, apples, bananas or patterned squashes make good subjects

or...

• Pictures of flowers, birds or landscapes to work from.

“Be bolder with your Pastels"

This full day course will concentrate on encouraging a bolder approach to pastel painting. We will discover how being more daring with our mark making, colour choices and compositions will help us to push our pastel painting beyond the purely representational approach to the pastel medium.

‘My workshop will encourage students to step out of their comfort zone for the day and to embrace their pastel wild side! ‘

This course will be suitable for all abilities.

The room opens at 9.30am. Session starts at 10:00am.

Location; The Art Rooms, Clevedon School, Valley Rd

Cost: Members £40….Click to Book here and pay now.

Bring your own lunch and a drink

Materials to bring along…

30-40 half stick selection of soft pastels, such as Sennelier, Unison or Rembrandt

Sanded pastel card: Sennelier La Carte, Canson touch, Uart or Pastelmat (either single sheets or pad form but preferably not smaller than 24cm x 32cm)

Drawing board and bull dog clips

Fixative

Wet wipes/ rag

Masking tape (25cm)

Stiff haired paint brush

Kitchen roll

Sketchbook and soft pencil or marker pen