COURSE PROGRAMME - GET CREATIVE WEEKEND
SATURDAY
Arrive 10.0am Refreshments in the upstairs gallery. Meet your fellow artists.
Introduction to JoeDaisy Studio and your Professional Artist.
10.30am Paints, brushes and equipment. KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT. We paint in acrylics. A complete
overview, explanation and
comparison of products. Every artist has their own space with professional easel, painting table and hi stool. Some special tips on how to prepare your canvas for painting. Use of pigments & mediums. Which sort of brush for each medium etc.There is a complete selection of brushes, palette knives, paints, pastels, canvases, pigments, mediums, etc in the studio.
11.0am Painting with passion and the power of one brush and a limited palette. Acrylics. An
essential warming up and ‘exploring’ exercise where you discover your own abilities/
instincts/leanings. You are taught how to create a focal point and how to balance your colour (with reference to the Colour Wheel) in this initial exercise. You also learn how nature can teach you composition and how 'nature' can be your starting point to create 'simplified' or 'abstract' paintings
We explore brushes and Caroline shows you how to handle and work your brush. Everyone has
the same colour palette and it is very interesting to see how each student creates a completely different painting.
We use the wet on wet method and paint with passion,
spontaneously, quickly and with confidence of colour. This is an initial exercise to explore your instinctive creative abilities.
It’s good to look back on this first painting at the end of the
weekend - to see how you’ve progressed.
12.0am Buffet Lunch in the Upstairs Gallery (Sometimes a barbecue in the summer) We cater for vegetarians and any special dietary requirements. During the day, there is a coffee machine, tea, herbal drinks, soft drinks, bottled water and wine available - along with nibbles and you are encouraged to make the Studio 'your home' for the weekend i.e take rests whenever you want to, walk around, look at the art books, look at the paintings and prints in the Gallery, sit and chat etc. We want you to feel as if you are at home but with the added bonus of every top quality Professional art material and facility you could desire!
1.00pm Composition. Now we get serious and teach you the essential Rules for composing a Harmonious painting. Examples of successful and non successful paintings are given so you can analyse how the paintings work or don't work - based on their composition and colour balance. Contributions from you are encouraged at all times.
2.0pm. Tonal Values. A drawing exercise on paper, using the view finder to compose
your painting. You use all the rules you have just learnt about composition. A lesson
to teach you to look for essential tonal (light and dark) values in your art works. (This
is carried out in the Studio in winter - or outside in the spring/summer - weather
allowing)
3.0pm Painting your composed drawing. Putting your working drawing onto canvas. Using our
special composition tips.
4.30-5.0pm Discussion about your desired subjects for painting the next day. Because we want to encourage the artist in you and not just 'take you through the motions' we want you to chose the subjects you want to paint. Painting is all about passion, what you want to say and how you want to say it.
So now you decide what you want to paint. You may even have a painter whose style you want to emulate. There is nothing wrong with that because you will eventually discover your own style.
Bring a photograph with you of the scene/image you want to paint. If you don't have any ide of what you want to paint, We can set up a still life in the Studio for you.
More advanced students will create their own composition with the skills learnt.
5.0pm Day ends.
COURSE PROGRAMME - SUNDAY
Arrive 9.0am Refreshments in the upstairs gallery. Some artists
skip this and rush straight to their
easels. Your choice! Refreshments are available all day.
10.00am Painting of your chosen subject. You can paint on any size canvas. You can paint in acrylic or oils (if you have experience of oils). If you want to work in watercolour - click the watercolour courses click The maximum size canvas is 100x100cm - which can usually fit in your car. But we can also provide very large canvases which can be delivered later to you. (There is a supplement for canvases larger than 100cm and a charge for delivery) Please advise before arriving if you wish to paint on a very large canvas
Personal guidance is given at all times in the preparation, composition and painting of your art work. Personal tuition on painting techniques are given to you at this stage. Including use of mixed media.
12.0pm Buffet Lunch in the Upstairs Gallery (Sometimes a barbecue in the summer) We cater for vegetarians and any special dietary requirements. During the day, there is a coffee, tea, soft drinks, bottled water and wine available - along with nibbles and you are encouraged to make the Studio 'your home' for the weekend i.e take rests whenever you want to, walk around, look at the art books, look at the paintings and prints in the Gallery, sit and chat etc. We want you to feel as if you are at home but with the added bonus of every top quality Professional art material and facility you could desire!
1.0pm HOW TO BE AN ARTIST and a talk on Abstract Art and the difference between fine
art and decorative art. This is usually carried out as you continue painting with
contributions and conversation from you!
Continue Painting your picture, with constructive and professional help.
Description of ‘Personal
Statements’ with some guidance on marketing and sales. Description of printing techniques, to turn your paintings into money earners!
3.00 ASSESSMENT AND CHAT - Photographs which Caroline will send to you by email and include on the web site - if you want to.
3.30pm. Collection of your paintings and drawings, plus your specially written and exclusive teaching manuals and a
poster size colour wheel to take away. Day Ends
This weekend course is an Introduction to Professional Painting and we cover all the basics to
compose harmonious art works. Most students come back for more specific
teaching but this is a great course to start with AND an exclusive opportunity to use top quality professional materials with tuition from an exceptionally talented and capable professional artist. WHO DOES NOT IMPOSE HER WILL ON YOU!! BUT ENCOURAGES THE ARTIST IN YOU!
JoeDaisy Studio. Dons Yard, Mapledurham, Oxon RG4 7TP Tel: 0118 9724502 email studio@joedaisy.co.uk |
