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ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Inspirational Day Workshops & Regular Art Classes at Pegasus Art

We strive to bring you the highest quality day workshops and regular art classes on offer in the region. Every year we devise a large programme of day workshops with top quality visiting tutors, sharing new techniques, inspirational themes and a creativity that helps to make Pegasus a really exciting artists hub. Whether you are a hobby artist, a total beginner or a professional wanting to refresh your skills, there is plenty on offer.

During term time, our team of experienced tutors teach morning and afternoon classes throughout the year in a variety of mediums. Read on to find out more about watercolour classes with Richard Callingham, Mixed Media with Sue Rae, Paul Fowler's Life Drawing and Drawing Skills classes, Lucy Inder's sketchbooking, drawing, painting and collage courses and Alison Vickery's mixed media. When term begins, the buzz in the studios is fantastic. It's a great sociable and learning environment.

Join our artist community, learn new skills, garner advice and support and of course, stock up on the finest quality art materials. We look forward to welcoming you to Pegasus Art.

Please refer to our Terms & Conditions before booking your workshop.

All workshop and art class attendees receive 5% off in our extensive mill shop, next to the Attic Studio. If you are joining us for a workshop, please bring a packed lunch as there is no café at Griffin Mill.

To book a space on a course or workshop, or to find out more information, please contact us.

Please Note: Gift Vouchers can be used for our wide range of art workshops, but they are not valid to use on regular weekly art classes.


WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES SCHEDULE

*Maximum limit of 10 students + tutor per class (unless otherwise stated)*

Drawing with Dan McDermott:
8th Feb 2025
Sublime Skies - in Oils with Mark Stopforth:
15th Feb 2025
Pressless Printmaking with Dan McDermott:
15th Feb 2025
Texture in Watercolour with Kevin Scully:
1st Mar 2025
Light & Shadow in Landscape in Pencil & Water-soluable with Wendy Rhodes:
8th Mar 2025
Exploring Collage with Helen Norman:
8th Mar 2025
Drawn to Nature mini-series with Emma Burleigh:
21st Mar 2025
Botanical Watercolour Painting - Spring Flowers with Karen Green:
22nd Mar 2025
Expressive Portrait Painting - in oils or acrylics with Mark Fennell:
29th Mar 2025
Dramatic Skyscapes - in oils or acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson:
5th Apr 2025
Sublime & Stormy Seas - in Oils with Mark Stopforth:
12th Apr 2025
Exploring Collage with Helen Norman:
12th Apr 2025
Drawn to Nature mini-series with Emma Burleigh:
25th Apr 2025
Painting Trees in the Landscape - in oils with Georgie Potter:
26th Apr 2025
Botanical Watercolour Painting - Spring Harvest with Karen Green:
3rd May 2025
Get Going with Gouache - with Barry Herniman:
3rd May 2025
One day workshop in Acrylics with Lucy Inder:
9th May 2025
One day workshop in Acrylics with Lucy Inder:
10th May 2025
Painswick Plein Air in Oils - Weekend workshop with Tom Hughes:
10th/11th May 2025
Dramatic Skies - in Watercolour with Kevin Scully:
17th May 2025
Coastal Landscapes - drawing workshop with Wendy Rhodes:
17th May 2025
Drawn to Nature mini-series with Emma Burleigh:
23rd May 2025
Moody Seascapes - in oils or acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson:
7th Jun 2025
Quick vibrant sketches - watercolour & nib pen with Barry Herniman:
21st June 2025
Botanical Watercolour Painting - Summer Flowers with Karen Green:
5th Jul 2025
Lively Travel Sketching & Painting - with Simon Roberts:
19th Jul 2025
Art for the Afraid - with Emma Burleigh:
6th Sep 2025
Botanical Watercolour Painting - Autumn Harvest with Karen Green:
27th Sep 2025
Zorn palette portraits - in oils with Mark Fennell (from a head model):
4th Oct 2025
Soulful Skies - in watercolour with Emma Burleigh:
11th Oct 2025
Meditative Drawing - with Emma Burleigh:
29th Nov 2025

Workshops Leaflet

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ART TALKS

'From Bristol to Kathmandu' with Simon Roberts:
1st Mar 2025

REGULAR ART CLASSES

*Maximum limit of 10 students + tutor per class (unless otherwise stated)*

All students who regularly attend a course will receive a 5% discount on purchases from Pegasus Art Shop.

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WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES - FULL DETAILS

*Maximum limit of 10 students + tutor per class (unless otherwise stated)*

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Drawing with Dan McDermott

Saturday 8th February 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One
All abilities welcome, including beginners. This workshop is run independently by Dan and should be booked direct at danmcdermottmail@me.com

This transformative one-day art workshop is designed to enhance your observational skills and deepen your understanding of shape and proportion. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your technique, this workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing. You'll engage with a variety of still-life set-ups and have the option to work from your own photo references, allowing for a personalised experience that caters to your interests.

Throughout the day, you'll explore various drawing media and experiment with diverse approaches to mark-making styles. Our experienced instructor will provide hands-on guidance and support, encouraging you to unleash your creativity and discover new ways of expressing yourself. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your skills, meet fellow art enthusiasts, and enjoy a day of artistic exploration.

"Thank you so much for a brilliant day, I learned so much and now have fresh motivation for my drawing. Thank you for the reminder sheets, very useful - I've been practising blind drawings and observing with squinted eyes today in my practice! Hope to join you on a future class and of course recommend you to others." Drawing workshop participant, January 2025
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About Dan: Dan McDermott has twenty years' experience as a professional artist working primarily in drawing and painting. He is an experienced and encouraging tutor, currently teaching at Stroud College. He has exhibited extensively and has over three hundred works and commissions in private and corporate art collections worldwide.

Dan McDermott portrait photograph

www.danmcdermott.com

www.bennettandmcdermott.com

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Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so there is time to purchase materials before the workshop. All students will need to bring the following materials;

  • At least two sheets of A2 or four sheets of A3 cartridge drawing paper, any weight between 110 - 130gsm /paper-sheet-paper-drawing-paper.irc
  • A variety of pencils (about 3) hardness: 2B - 6B /drawing-drawinggraphite.irc
  • A putty or kneadable eraser and one hard plastic eraser /drawing-erasers.irc
  • One or two still-life objects that you might like to draw (optional)
  • One or two photo references that you might like to draw (optional)

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you. Tea and coffee are available. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

This course is booked direct with Dan McDermott with his own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy: Book now

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'Sublime Skies' in Oils with Mark Stopforth

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

We're delighted to welcome Mark Stopforth as a visiting tutor at Pegasus Art. As a professional artist and art teacher for many years, Mark has the perfect CV for this role! He will share with you his unique techniques for creating cloudscapes reminiscent of Constable and Turner.

The session will be broken down into an introduction on Romanticism in Art, then some quick sketches in oils, experimenting in a ragged technique with no paint brushes used. These sketches will then lead into an afternoon of painting on a larger scale using the new techniques you've acquired. Everything you need for this workshop is available to buy in our warehouse shop with an extra 5% discount.

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About Mark: Mark is inspired by the landscapes of Constable, Claude, Cotman, and Turner among others. He has exhibited around the country, notably at the Royal West of England Academy and has been painting (and writing award winning poetry) for over twenty years. He is represented by the Hope Gallery, and works exclusively in charcoal, pencil and oil. "Stopforth captures the majesty and drama of the British landscape at its wildest while expressing a profound reverence for the sublime tradition."

Recommended Equipment

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our artist staff are here to advise you on any of the following products.

  • Pencil/s
  • Paper - Mark recommends Fabriano Academia – buy two sheets and cut them into A2 or A3.
  • You can also bring some cartridge paper for sketching and/or your sketchbook.
  • Zest It
  • Kitchen towel x 4
  • Chalk sticks and charcoal
  • Craft knife
  • Oil Paints - Mark suggests the following colours: Prussian blue, Cobalt blue, Yellow ochre, Black, Titanium White, Green, Pink, Flesh tone pink plus any others that you have. We sell many ranges of oil paints – try and buy the best quality you can afford 'artists oils' rather than 'student quality oils'. Browse our range online here.
  • No brushes required on this workshop! You will be painting with rags, so bring plenty.
  • Please bring a packed lunch with you, plus water and snacks. Tea and coffee will be provided.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy.

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Pressless printmaking with Dan McDermott MA

SATURDAY 15th February 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One
Suitable for all levels of experience. This workshop is run independently by Dan and should be booked direct at danmcdermottmail@me.com

Discover the art of printmaking in a one-day workshop that requires no press or complex equipment! Led by experienced printmaker and artist Dan McDermott, this hands-on session will teach you how to create dynamic, textured prints using paper stencils, Gelli plates, and other accessible techniques. Explore ways to layer prints for expressive, eye-catching results on paper.

Join a community of like-minded artists for a day of creativity, connection, and artistic growth. Whether you're looking to build your skills or simply enjoy the process of making art, this workshop offers the perfect opportunity to explore and experiment. Don't miss out on this inspiring day of printmaking!

About Dan: Dan McDermott has twenty years' experience as a professional artist working primarily in drawing and painting. He is an experienced and encouraging tutor, currently teaching at Stroud College. He has exhibited extensively and has over three hundred works and commissions in private and corporate art collections worldwide.

Dan McDermott portrait photograph

www.danmcdermott.com

www.bennettandmcdermott.com

insta/everydaycreativityart

Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

  • 1 x Gelli plate - size 6x6" or 5x7" or 8x10" /printmaking-gel-printing-plates.irc
  • A4 paper - smooth drawing paper or household printer paper. (bring plenty of paper as we will be using a lot of paper during the day) /paper-sheet-paper-printmaking-paper.irc
  • Essdee : Soft Lino Roller : 10cm Wide or GELLI ARTS® | Ink roller — 10 cm wide
  • (Essential) 1x 59ml tube Golden Open Acrylic paint Carbon Black: cassart.co.uk/golden-open-acrylic-paint/
  • (Optional) Golden Open Acrylic paint, 59ml tube, 2 -3 other colours of your choice (not available at Pegasus Art) - (This paint is not the cheapest acrylic paint but it is the best one for the techniques we are doing).
  • (Optional) Other acrylic paint brands give you more colour options - Dan will advise you on what's available in our shop.
  • A sketchbook (optional) /paper-sketchbooks.irc
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Wet wipes or a J.cloth for cleaning plates
  • Kitchen roll for drying plates
  • Please bring a packed lunch, snacks and water with you. We will supply tea and coffee throughout the day.

This workshop is booked direct with Dan McDermott with his own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy: Book Now

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'Texture in Watercolour' with Kevin Scully

Saturday 1st March 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

As well as the more established watercolour techniques, we will be looking at some other slightly less conventional approaches to rendering flaking plaster and peeling paint, rusty iron, and the rough surfaces of brick and stone without resorting to the usual gimmicks associated with creating texture. By combining a number of techniques that can be applied to both small and larger areas of a painting, a convincing suggestion of texture can be created. Texture doesn't solely apply to rough surfaces, and you will also be shown how to render smoother surfaces. No previous experience is necessary, although some familiarity with watercolour painting would be beneficial but not crucial. A course for those with all levels of experience including those new to painting.

About Kevin: Kevin Scully is a professional artist, writer, illustrator, and tutor. He trained at Wimbledon School of Art and is an experienced teacher in drawing and painting in all mediums. His experience has included painting scenery for the theatre and television, illustration work in advertising and publishing, and designing an award-winning garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. He is a winner of The Artist Winsor & Newton Painting Prize and the Clairefontaine Art Award. He has led groups on painting holidays all over the world.

He currently teaches at The Sunningwell School of Art, The Cornwall School of Art, City Arts Newbury, Ardington School of Arts and Crafts, Bullclough School of Art, and Blackdowns Artist Retreat. He runs workshops at Marlborough College Summer School and at the Oxford Summer School. He exhibits with The Oxford Art Society, of which he is an elected member, and The West Berkshire Open Studios scheme. https://www.kevinscully.co.uk/

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

Paper:

Watercolours: Artist quality watercolours in small tubes are the best, as these allow you to mix large amounts of colour for washes. Or if you prefer, pans of colour in a folding palette. Winsor & Newton (not Cotman), Schmincke, or Daniel Smith are among the best quality. /winsor-newton-watercolours-individual-colours-in-5ml-tubes.ir

  • Suggested colours, as used by Kevin (not all are necessary, but useful to know what he uses): Cadmium yellow light or lemon yellow, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, French ultramarine, viridian green or phthalo green, hooker's green, raw sienna, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw umber, burnt umber, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, permanent rose or magenta, Winsor violet or dioxazine purple, Payne's grey, neutral tint.

Brushes:

  • Round, watercolour brushes in sizes 3, 8, 10 & 12. It's important that these brushes are of good quality and that they form a point when wet. Sables are expensive, so synthetic ones are a good substitute.
  • A couple of old brushes that won't mind a bit of rough treatment – any sizes between 3 and 8, plus an old hog hair oil painting brush with stiff bristles or similar.
  • A square ½" or 1" brush and a larger brush for covering large areas.

Other:

  • HB pencil and sharpener
  • Putty rubber
  • Masking tape
  • Water container
  • Watercolour palette – as large as possible /porcelain-palette-daisy-7-well-120mm-width.ir
  • Kitchen towel or tissues
  • A small atomiser spray bottle to hold water for re-wetting your painting
  • Ruler
  • A couple of sheets of scrap A4 paper
  • Craft knife or scalpel
  • 2 x jars with lids
  • A packed lunch, water, snacks, etc. – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: /terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

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'Light & Shadow in the Landscape' a Pencil and Water-soluble Workshop with Wendy Rhodes PhD

SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Inspired by her ongoing collection of Shadow Drawings, Wendy wants to share with you the relationship between object and shadow, light and dark, tangible and ethereal. Just when you think you've created the darkest dark... there's room for even greater contrast. Building up layers and tone through pencil and water-soluble graphite, you can explore the myriad of marks and textures that make up a landscape. Majestic trees are the protagonists of the landscapes that you will be tackling, working from a selection of photographs, supplied by the tutor.

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What will you learn?

  • How to make the most of using pencils + an introduction to all the various types of pencils on offer, from 4H to 8B, graphite blocks and powders.
  • Explore water-soluble graphite techniques
  • Creating the darkest darks and lightest lights
  • A myriad of marks and effects
  • Composition
  • Produce a finished, or almost finished, drawing to take home

About Wendy: Wendy has taught for over 25 years in Gloucestershire and she brings an enormous wealth of experience of teaching courses in her specialist areas of drawing and creativity. Wendy also teaches printmaking courses at Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative and she writes for the RE magazine, Printmaking Today. She attended UWE, Bristol, where she completed her MA in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking. This was followed by her practice-led doctoral research that asked questions of the material and experiential links between etching and drawing. Wendy is an RWA artist network member and a member of Insight Printmakers.

Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. All students will need to bring the following materials;

  • 3 sheets of A2 cartridge paper such as Snowdon Cartridge Sheet Drawing Paper 130gsm A2 Paper
  • 1 sheet of A3 Hot pressed or smooth watercolour paper 300gsm (or a larger sheet that you can cut down in size). Fabriano 5 watercolour and printing paper 300gsm smooth 50 x 70cm is a good strong paper surface, but other brands will suffice.
  • A variety of pencils that you have at home of any grade, hardness or softness
  • Derwent water-soluble graphite sketching pencils 8B (dark)
  • A putty or kneadable eraser and one Staedtler Hard Plastic Eraser or one Factis Softer Plastic Eraser S20
  • Please bring a packed lunch, snacks and water with you. We will supply tea and coffee throughout the day.
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Exploring Collage with Helen Norman

SATURDAY 8th March 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One
Beginners welcome

Learn how to express yourself through collage with no need for paint or brushes….with amazing outcomes! Using only newsprint and magazines you will learn how to create your very own impressionistic collage. Your collage will reflect either your own subject choice bought from home or from Helen's box of possible suggestions. She will guid you through your choice. You will be taken through every stage of creating your collage from the initial sketching to the finished piece including the framing. Come and join her and enjoy this eco friendly and amazingly mindful experience.

About Helen: Helen is a qualified teacher of art who trained at Bristol University / RWA. A multi-disciplinary artist, she finds creative outlet in impressionist painting and collage. She has taught in both schools and adult education and has run collage workshops for years from home and various locations. Commissions are frequently undertaken including one for a well-known BBC radio producer of the BBC building which coincided with the 100th year anniversary. Her collages have been exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair, Chapel Arts and other galleries in the Cotswolds. Helen is Artist in Residence at Nature in Art from 11th - 16th July this year.

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

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Drawn to Nature with Emma Burleigh

A sketching workshop exploring the beauty of nature (pencils, pens & watercolour)

Friday 21st March 2025
Friday 25th April
Friday 23rd May
13:45 - 16:30
£30 each or book all three for £75
Attic Studio To book contact Emma by phone or by email

Are you drawn to nature and keen to explore its beauty through art? Draw closer to nature's healing powers and cultivate mindfulness and creativity in these three sketching workshops. Absolute beginners are very welcome, as are more experienced artists looking to improve their skills and come together with others. In these classes, you'll learn to "draw naturally" through gentle, guided exercises that open up new ways of seeing the world afresh. As we immerse ourselves in the grounding practice of noticing nature's intricate beauty, you'll experience the therapeutic benefits of drawing, from relieving stress to improving focus. Nature connection has been shown to enhance our health and wellbeing, and the classes will support you in developing a sketchbook or journal to document your journey. So, what do you feel drawn to? Come and explore your creativity in a welcoming, relaxed environment, and see how easily drawing and painting can become a part of your self-care or mindfulness practice.

Media covered will include pencils, pens and watercolour. This is a mini-series of three workshops that can be taken as 'one-offs' or as a complete course. No experience is required, and all basic art materials, tea and cake will be provided.

About Emma: Emma Burleigh is an artist, illustrator, and art tutor. She is the author of two published Art books: Earth Colour, a mixed media course to enhance nature connection, and Soul Colour, a watercolour course to cultivate mindfulness and creativity.

Emma creates large scale watercolour paintings, makes zines and comics, and illustrates books. Over the last decade she has exhibited paintings around the South West including at The Royal West Academy in Bristol, where she is also a tutor. Emma has been consciously exploring the relationship between meditative awareness and creativity in her teaching and her own work. She started meditating in 2003 to help her manage her stress as a busy school art-teacher, and from 2010 to 2012 she lived and worked as a member of the community at Gaia House, a meditation centre in Devon. Emma has a foundation in Relational Mindfulness from the Karuna Institute.

Emma's teaching approach is supportive, encouraging and non-judgemental, there are no mistakes, only interesting learning opportunities to which we can bring our curiousity and kindness!

To find out more about Emma go to her website here: emmaburleigh.com

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

To book contact Emma by phone or by email

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'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Spring Flowers' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 22nd March 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working from a chosen spring flowering bulb, you will learn how to compose, draw and paint from observation, using watercolour, to create a botanical painting that reflects an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of the plant.

Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises. Leading on from this, through a little bit of botany exploration, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing of the flower. With one to one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint your flower.

During the session you will familiarize yourself with the materials and tools needed for botanical art and the techniques used, slowly building up layers of paint to create luminosity and depth. During the session you will familiarize yourself with the materials and tools needed for botanical art and the techniques used, slowly building up layers of paint to create luminosity and depth.

About Karen: Karen works as a Botanical Artist, painting flowers and fruits and vegetables. She paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant but placing emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry. She explores themes of femininity, loss and healing through the botany and life cycle of plants; flower language and their use in medicine, folk lore and religion. After receiving a First- Class honours degree at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, Karen went on to work as a Primary School teacher before resigning in 2011 to focus on her art career. She holds solo and shared exhibitions regularly and has been teaching botanical art workshops for over eight years.

www.karengreenart.com

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Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need.

Paper:

  • Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – 2 or 3 loose pages or Sketchbook Options:

Sketchbook options:

Watercolour Paints:

Brushes:

Other:

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

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Expressive portrait painting in oils or acrylics (from photographs) with Mark Fennell

SATURDAY 29th March 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
Beginners or intermediates

This is a great painting course for beginners or intermediate levels, if you are looking to try a portrait for the first time or improve your portrait painting skills.

Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his well-structured approach to painting a portrait. Breaking it down into easy-to-follow steps that will cover everything from the colour palette and mixing flesh tones to working tonally, initially blocking in shape and form to construct the head through to the finer details to create a good likeness. Over the day you will be working from good quality reference photographs that will be supplied or alternatively you can bring your own references to paint from but they will need to be very good quality A4 images.

About Mark: Mark is an elected member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Oxford Art Society and Buckinghamshire Art Society.His work has been selected for exhibition with The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and The Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall galleries London. Marks has contributed and featured in the following publications - The Artist, Artist and Illustrators and SAA Paint magazine. www.markfennell.co.uk

Recommended Equipment List:

All workshop attendees receive an extra 5% off art materials from our extensive shop next to Studio One. The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need.

  • One pre-primed and grounded canvases or board. (pre ground your canvas with a thin wash of acrylic or oil paint made up of burnt sienna lightened down to a light to mid tan with titanium white, must be dry on the day) We can prime the canvas for you at Pegasus for an extra cost of £2.50 on top of the price of the canvas. /loxley-gold-stretched-canvas-traditional-standard.ir
  • A selection of long handle short flat hog paint brushes for oil painters or synthetic acrylic brushes for acrylic painters, in a range of sizes from 2 -12, also small round brush size 1. /painting-brushes-oil-paint-brushes.irc
  • Palette knives - R&M sizes 1 and 5 or similar. /pan-art-birchwood-painting-knife-set-of-5.ir
  • Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or foil trays please). /cappelletto-walnut-palette-25x35cm-rectangle.ir
  • Preferably a stay wet palette and fine mist water sprayer for acrylic painters
  • Oil colours as follows: titanium white, naples yellow (optional), cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt umber, French ultramarine and ivory black is optional. /painting-oil-paints.irc
  • Odourless solvent/oil paint dilutant, Zest It /zest-it-oil-paint-dilutant-brush-cleaner-eco-solvent.ir or alternatively just Winsor & Newton Liquin original.
  • For oil painters, a dipper pot. /metal-twin-dipper-with-lids-seal.ir
  • A good size jam jar with a lid (or two!) to clean brushes and hold thinner, or water for acrylic painters.
  • Rags or a kitchen roll to clean brushes and a plastic carrier bag to hold the dirty kitchen roll.

Please don't forget to bring a packed lunch, snacks and water with you. There is tea and coffee available throughout the day.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

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'Dramatic Skyscapes' - in oils or acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 5th April 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

Artist David 'DJ' Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes.

This workshop will be taught through a series of demonstrations and one to one tuition, showing you a variety of techniques and methods for applying paint, including alternatives to brushes. You will study and play with colour, light and textures, allowing for individual creative expression.

The workshop involves exploring the light and contrast of dramatic skyscapes. DJ will be teaching a variety of techniques using palette knives, brushes (including a rigger brush), fingers and possibly sponges to achieve a wide range of marks, colours and textures. DJ will supply photographs of the skyscapes and will also bring along some of his own paintings to show you!

About DJ: DJ has developed his style through many years working in professional fine art studios – designing and producing artwork for commercial spaces, public areas and private estates around the world. He paints every day and teaches on a regular basis – he has so much energy and enthusiasm! He was shortlisted for Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year 2016, a finalist in International Artist magazine multiple times, 2019 Leamington Spa Biennial award winner, 2019 Highly Commended Patchings Artist of the Year, 2020 Wales Contemporary Art prize winner.

His workshops are great for building confidence, tackling unusual subjects and picking up techniques and tips.

www.artbydj.co.uk

Recommended Equipment List

Oil Paints:

Acrylic Paints:

  • Whatever you have already. Useful but not essential colours are - Titanium white, Yellow ochre, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple and Raw Umber.
  • We recommend starter sets such as these: /daler-rowney-system-3-acrylic-selection-set-8x59ml.ir

Brushes:

Other:

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks with you. Tea and coffee are provided. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: /terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

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'Sublime & Stormy Seas' in Oils with Mark Stopforth

SATURDAY 12TH APRIL 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

We're delighted to welcome back Mark Stopforth as a visiting tutor at Pegasus Art. As a professional artist and art teacher for many years, Mark has the perfect CV for this role!

This is a day workshop exploring the art of capturing a storm at sea through expressive mark making and layering of oils on paper. The workshops will be exploring the technique of “alla prima” which is wet on wet paint.

The session will be broken down into an introduction, then some quick sketches in oils, experimenting in a ragged technique with no paint brushes used. These sketches will then lead into an afternoon of painting on a larger scale using the new techniques you've acquired. Everything you need for this workshop is available to buy in our warehouse shop with an extra 5% discount.

Mark Stopforth stood in studio Mark Stopforth - dark blue stormy sea oil painting Mark Stopforth - dark blue stormy sea oil painting

About Mark: Mark is inspired by the landscapes of Constable, Claude, Cotman, and Turner among others. He has exhibited around the country, notably at the Royal West of England Academy and has been painting (and writing award winning poetry) for over twenty years. He is represented by the Hope Gallery, and works exclusively in charcoal, pencil and oil. "Stopforth captures the majesty and drama of the British landscape at its wildest while expressing a profound reverence for the sublime tradition."

Recommended Equipment

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our artist staff are here to advise you on any of the following products.

  • Pencil/s
  • Paper - Mark recommends Fabriano Academia – buy four sheets.
  • You can also bring some cartridge paper for sketching and/or your sketchbook.
  • Zest It
  • Kitchen towel x 4
  • Chalk sticks and charcoal
  • Craft knife
  • Oil Paints - Mark suggests the following colours: Prussian blue, Cobalt blue, Yellow ochre, Black, Titanium White, Green, Pink, Flesh tone pink plus any others that you have. We sell many ranges of oil paints – try and buy the best quality you can afford 'artists oils' rather than 'student quality oils'. Browse our range online here.
  • No brushes required on this workshop! You will be painting with rags, so bring plenty.
  • Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks with you. We will provide tea and coffee.

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Exploring Collage with Helen Norman

SATURDAY 12th April 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One
Beginners welcome

Learn how to express yourself through collage with no need for paint or brushes….with amazing outcomes! Using only newsprint and magazines you will learn how to create your very own impressionistic collage. Your collage will reflect either your own subject choice bought from home or from Helen's box of possible suggestions. She will guid you through your choice. You will be taken through every stage of creating your collage from the initial sketching to the finished piece including the framing. Come and join her and enjoy this eco friendly and amazingly mindful experience.

About Helen: Helen is a qualified teacher of art who trained at Bristol University / RWA. A multi-disciplinary artist, she finds creative outlet in impressionist painting and collage. She has taught in both schools and adult education and has run collage workshops for years from home and various locations. Commissions are frequently undertaken including one for a well-known BBC radio producer of the BBC building which coincided with the 100th year anniversary. Her collages have been exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair, Chapel Arts and other galleries in the Cotswolds. Helen is Artist in Residence at Nature in Art from 11th - 16th July this year.

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

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Painting Trees in the Landscape - in oils with Georgie Potter

SATURDAY 26th April 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

From oaks to cypresses, many artists struggle with the portrayal of trees in their paintings and so during this day long workshop I will give you ideas and techniques to achieve believable structures. Through demonstration and a series of exercises to help your brain switch off with it thinks it 'knows' we will finish the day painting a finished scene based on trees in the landscape.

About Georgina Potter: Painting in oils, with the occasional pastel work in the studio, Georgina has exhibited with various galleries since her early 20's, being fortunate enough to have her work recognised early on. Painting originally from photographs, her work gained momentum and interest when she started to paint 'plein air' using the work to inform her larger studio pieces, resulting in an energy and unpredictability matching that of the British climate.

Whilst Georgina paints what she sees, she equally strives to paint her feelings of what she sees more than the exacts, pushing colours and tone beyond the eye's comprehension. Striving to capture the weather on the canvas, the emotion that the rain or sunshine brings us using colour and brush movement, her painting are about trying to find that elusive otherworldliness that strikes a chord within ones' soul, making the moment timeless.

Georgina's ability to produce large-scale landscape work 'sizing up' brushes and marks accordingly has gained her exceptional commission work from private clients, and her work features in collections worldwide, including influential art collectors, celebrities and sports personalities. She has been selected for exhibitions at prestigious shows such as The Royal Institute of Oil painters, The Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Discerning Eye amongst others and has won several prizes for her works.

Watch this film to learn about Georgie and her painting process: jacksonsart.com/blog/artist-insights-georgina-potter/

Recommended Equipment List:

All workshop attendees receive an extra 5% off art materials from our extensive shop next to Studio One. The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need.

Please don't forget to bring a packed lunch - there is no café at Griffin Mill

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'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Spring Harvest' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 3rd May 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working directly from vegetables of the season, botanical artist Karen Green will guide you through observational drawing, discussing various botanical features to consider, cutting it open as a cross section to observe and draw the inside. You will produce a finished botanical painting in watercolour that reflects a botanical understanding of your subject and captures the beauty of the plant.

Karen will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises. Leading on from this, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing, with one-to-one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing, focusing on mixing greens and shadow, to paint your chosen vegetable. During the session, you will familiarize yourself with the materials and tools needed for botanical art and the techniques used, slowly building up layers of paint to create luminosity and depth.

About Karen: Karen works as a Botanical Artist, painting flowers and fruits and vegetables. She paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant but placing emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry. She explores themes of femininity, loss and healing through the botany and life cycle of plants; flower language and their use in medicine, folk lore and religion. After receiving a First- Class honours degree at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, Karen went on to work as a Primary School teacher before resigning in 2011 to focus on her art career. She holds solo and shared exhibitions regularly and has been teaching botanical art workshops for over eight years.

www.karengreenart.com

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Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need.

Paper:

  • Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – 2 or 3 loose pages or Sketchbook Options:

Sketchbook options:

Watercolour Paints:

Brushes:

Other:

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

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Get Going with Gouache with Barry Herniman

SATURDAY 3rd May 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One
10 x students maximum
All abilities welcome, including beginners
Sponsored by Schmincke Paints

This is a chance to 'get going with gouache' and really understand its versatility. Barry will be highlighting their unique quality of transparency and opacity due to the inclusion of naturally opaque pigments. With kind thanks to Schmincke who have sponsored this workshop with all the colours, so that everyone will be able to try them for themselves! We will be painting two very different subjects so you can get to grips with this exciting medium, producing two vignettes, where the painting fades into the background without a definite border. Each participant will be sent a reference photo of each subject along with a line drawing that Barry has done for you, for you to either copy or trace onto paper prior to the workshop.

About Barry: 'I am a full time artist and have been painting landscapes and seascapes for many years both in the studio and en plein air with my trusty sketchbooks. My favourite medium is watercolour, its immediacy and transparency is hard to beat and I never tire of watching the colours mix and mingle on the paper. Landscapes are my first love but I am at home painting anything from portraits to steam locos. I travel extensively both home and abroad doing demonstrations and workshops to Art Clubs and Societies. I am also an author of 'Travelling Sketchbook, Successful and Creative Washes and Sketching Outdoors (2023)''. www.barryherniman.com

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

  • Some small pieces of watercolour paper for the initial exercises.
  • Please draw up your subjects onto sheets of 140lb and either NOT or Rough depending on your personal preference and not less than 8 x 10" Please tape your sheet to a stiff board. I use Saunders Waterford - For example: /saunders-waterford-sheet-paper-190-gsm-not-56x76cms.ir
  • If you would like to invest in a block of watercolour paper take a look here: /paper-watercolour-blocks.irc
  • Barry uses a disposable Tear Off Palette which is coated to accept acrylics or oils without bleed through and are relatively cheap to buy. /dalerrowney-a4-tear-off-palette-pad-40-sheets.ir
  • Schmincke Horadam Gouache. Schmincke is supplying one tube of each colour, so there will be enough to sample, but if you'd like to buy your own, these are the recommended colours;
    220 Lemon Yellow, 230 Indian Yellow, 234 Cadmium Orange Hue, 648 Burnt Sienna, 470 Cobalt Blue Light, 474 Helio Blue, 102 Titanium White /schmincke-horadam-gouache-paint-15ml-tubes.ir
  • Brushes - Barry uses Da Vinci Cosmotops Round - they are a synthetic/sable mix and hold bags of water and come to a great point. Recommended sizes ~ 8,4 and a No.2 rigger /da-vinci-series-5580-cosmotop-spin-synthetic-brushes-round.ir
    If they're too expensive, just bring a round brush in those sizes, the best quality you can afford, that make a pointed tip when wet.
  • 2B pencil and sharpener
  • Putty rubber
  • Masking tape
  • Water pots are available at Pegasus, but please bring your own jam jar with lid if you would like.
  • Kitchen towel or tissues
  • A small atomiser spray bottle to hold water for re-wetting your painting

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks. Tea & coffee available in the studio.

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One day workshop with Lucy Inder

FRIDAY 9th OR SATURDAY 10th May 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£75
All abilities welcome

Learning to abstract nature with acrylic paints, inspired by the colourful paintings of Gillian Ayres. This workshop is run by Lucy independently and all bookings should be made with her direct at lucy@sundialhousedesigns.co.uk. This workshop is booked direct with Lucy Inder with her own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy.

About Lucy: Lucy Inder worked as a secondary school art teacher for 25 years before developing a career as an artist, designer & tutor. She has exhibited locally in two successful exhibitions and built a reputation as a colourful landscape painter in recent years. Lucy has always kept sketchbooks which she uses as her bible - a record of her thought process and creative journey. She loves colour and collage, recording shapes from observation which become abstracted and personalised by experimenting with different materials. Finding use for things that would often otherwise get thrown away. She loves to use a range of materials patchwork together to create with multi-layered effects.

Website: www.sundialhousedesigns.co.uk

Instagram: @lucyinder2018

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

This workshop is booked direct with Lucy Inder with her own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy.

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Painswick Plein Air Weekend with Tom Hughes

An oil painting plein air weekend workshop with Tom Hughes

SATURDAY 10th & SUNDAY 11th May 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm (both days)
£185
The Assembly Hall, Church Rooms, Painswick Church Hall, Painswick, GL6 6XH
Parking: Stamages Lane Car Park, pay for the day or find free parking in the village.
Skill Level: Intermediates

Learn how to paint plein air with award-winning Bristol artist Tom Hughes.

We're excited to welcome Tom Hughes as a visiting tutor to Pegasus Art. As a professional artist, who only occassionally teaches, we're feeling very lucky that he will lead a small group into the beautiful landscape around Painswick village. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from a talented and admired British painter. Ideally you will have some oil painting experience and an understanding of the basics, looking to improve your skills. Tom will be teaching the fundamentals of 'painting what's there' or 'capturing reality' for plein air painters. This is a landscape painting day (not a village scenes day.)

Topics covered will include the following:

  • Choosing a subject and painting spot
  • Arranging a composition
  • Measuring and sightsize drawing
  • Mixing colours that match what you're seeing.
  • Judging tone accurately
  • Brushwork and mark making

About Tom:

Tom's work has been selected for many National art exhibitions including four selections for The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, three showings at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and two solo shows at Panter & Hall and shortlisted for the BP Portrait prize in 2014. He has won multiple awards including prizes from The Discerning Eye and the Critics Prize from the New English Art Club. www.tomhughespainting.co.uk

Recommended Equipment List

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop, so come and purchase before the day.

*NB: Tom will be painting on a 10 x 8" oil primed MDF panel that he makes himself. Please pre-stain your board with a mid-toned sandy ground colour. Tom thins a mix of burnt umber with a touch of ultramarine in a thin wash to stain his boards. To see how; please watch this video:

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'Dramatic Skies in Watercolour' with Kevin Scully

SATURDAY 17TH MAY 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One
Skill Level: All abilities welcome, including beginners

Drama and atmosphere can be created in a number of ways in watercolour, and we will be experimenting with a variety of techniques that convey different moods, from the enigmatic to the dramatic, and from the hot to the cold. And from the dry to the wet. We will be painting skies using the wet-in-wet method as well as on dry paper to convey different weather conditions. You will be shown how to suggest distance in a landscape and seascape and several ways in which colour, tone and composition can establish the mood of a painting. A workshop for all levels of experience.

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

  • Paper: Watercolour block, loose paper, or pad approx.. 9” x 12” or 12” x 16” 300gsm, NOT surface (cold pressed). Arches, Fabriano or Saunders Waterford are all recommended. More economical brands are Bockingford or Langton. fabriano-artisti-classic-watercolour-block-300g-not-9x12.ir.
  • Watercolours: Artist quality watercolours in small tubes are the best, as these allow you to mix large amounts of colour for washes. Or if you prefer, pans of colour in a folding palette. Winsor & Newton (not Cotman) Schmincke or Daniel Smith are among the best quality. winsor-newton-watercolours-individual-colours-in-5ml-tubes.ir
    • Suggested colours, as used by Kevin. Not all are necessary, but useful to know what he uses:
    • Cadmium yellow light or lemon yellow, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, French ultramarine, viridian green or phthalo green, hooker’s green, raw sienna, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw umber, burnt umber, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, permanent rose or magenta, winsor violet or dioxazine purple, payne’s grey, neutral tint.
  • Brushes: Round, watercolour brushes in sizes 3,8, 10 & 12. It’s important that these brushes are of good quality and that they form a point when wet. Sables are expensive, so synthetic ones are a good substitute.
    • A couple of old brushes that won't mind a bit of rough treatment – any sizes between 3 and 8, plus an old hog hair oil painting brush with stiff bristles or similar.
    • A square ½ “ or 1” brush and a larger brush for covering large areas.
  • Other:
    • HB pencil and sharpener
    • Putty rubber
    • Masking tape
    • Water container
    • Watercolour palette – as large as possible. porcelain-palette-daisy-7-well-120mm-width.ir.
    • Kitchen towel or tissues
    • A small atomiser spray bottle to hold water for re-wetting your painting
    • Ruler
    • A couple of sheets of scrap A4 paper
    • Craft knife or scalpel
    • 2 x jars with lids
    • A packed lunch, water, snacks etc. – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

About Kevin: Kevin Scully is a professional artist, writer, illustrator, and tutor. He trained at Wimbledon School of Art and is an experienced teacher in drawing and painting in all mediums. His experience has included painting scenery for the theatre and television, illustration work in advertising and publishing, and designing an award-winning garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. He is a winner of The Artist Winsor & Newton Painting Prize and the Clairefontaine Art Award. He has led groups on painting holidays all over the world.

He currently teaches at The Sunningwell School of Art, at The Cornwall School of Art, City Arts Newbury, Ardington School of Arts and Crafts, Bullclough School of Art and Blackdowns Artist Retreat. He runs workshops at Marlborough College Summer School and at the Oxford Summer School. He exhibits with The Oxford Art Society, of which he is an elected member, and The West Berkshire Open Studios scheme. www.kevinscully.co.uk.

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'Coastal Landscapes' with Wendy Rhodes

A drawing workshop with Wendy Rhodes PhD

Saturday 17th May 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome - working from your own images

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Building up layers and tone through charcoal or graphite, you can get to grips with sea, cliffs and sky - everything that makes up a coastal landscape.

Working from photographs of coastal scenes, come away with a finished coastal landscape to be proud of! Learn how to use this medium to create dynamic drawings - exploring tonal values from bright seas to moody headlands. You will discover a wealth of techniques that enable you to describe sea and land. Create textures and enjoy the pleasure of achieving atmospheric skies. Make broad and loose marks alongside more detailed drawing and enjoy the blackest of blacks!

What you will learn:

Learn about the different types of charcoal
Tonal charcoal effects
Mark making for land, water and sky
Drawing light with erasers
Building effects in layers
Composition

About Wendy: Wendy has taught for over 25 years in Gloucestershire and brings an enormous wealth of experience of teaching courses in her specialist areas of drawing and creativity. Wendy also teaches printmaking courses at Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative and she writes for the RE magazine, Printmaking Today. She attended UWE, Bristol, where she completed her MA in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking. This was followed by her practice-led doctoral research that asked questions of the material and experiential links between etching and drawing. Wendy is an RWA artist network member and a member of Insight Printmakers.

Recommended Equipment

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop.

All students will need to bring the following materials:

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'Moody Seascapes' - in Oils or Acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 7th June 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

Artist David 'DJ' Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes.

This workshop will be taught through a series of demonstrations and one-to-one tuition, showing you a variety of techniques and methods for applying paint, including alternatives to brushes. You will study and play with colour, light and textures, allowing for individual creative expression.

The workshop involves exploring the marks and textures found in dramatic seascapes. DJ will be teaching a variety of techniques using palette knives, brushes (including a rigger brush), fingers, and possibly sponges to achieve a wide range of textures and patterns which emulate the marks and textures you find in seascapes. DJ will supply photographs of the seascapes and will also bring along some of his own paintings to show you!

About DJ: DJ has developed his style through many years working in professional fine art studios – designing and producing artwork for commercial spaces, public areas, and private estates around the world. He paints every day and teaches on a regular basis – he has so much energy and enthusiasm! He was shortlisted for Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year 2016, a finalist in International Artist magazine multiple times, 2109 Leamington Spa Biennial award winner, 2019 Highly Commended Patchings Artist of the Year, and 2020 Wales Contemporary Art prize winner.

His workshops are great for building confidence, tackling unusual subjects, and picking up techniques and tips.

www.artbydj.co.uk

Recommended Equipment List

Oil Paints:

Acrylic Paints:

  • Whatever you already have. Useful but not essential colours are: Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple, Raw Umber.
  • We recommend starter sets like these: /daler-rowney-system-3-acrylic-selection-set-8x59ml.ir

Brushes:

Other:

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks with you. Tea and coffee will be provided. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

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Quick vibrant sketches - watercolour & nib pen with Barry Herniman

SATURDAY 21st June 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio & Stroudwater canal
All abilities welcome, including beginners

Quick sketches with a nib pen (Barry favours a Fude nib pen which you can buy online) and washes of watercolour can create vibrant and loose sketches that are really exciting. This workshop is all about learning how to approach this technique, which is so versatile for capturing outdoor scenes in town, on holiday or in bigger landscapes. Important documents for your sketchbook, they are also lovely artworks in their own, unfinished right. Nib pens allow you to produce both really thin and thick lines, they're great for tonal studies where you can dilute the wet ink to produce tones, but when dry it's waterproof, at which point you can add your washes. Scraping the tip of the pen across the paper surface produces a lovely texture of weathered woodwork.

About Barry: "I am a full time artist and have been painting landscapes and seascapes for many years both in the studio and en plein air with my trusty sketchbooks. My favourite medium is watercolour, its immediacy and transparency is hard to beat and I never tire of watching the colours mix and mingle on the paper. Landscapes are my first love but I am at home painting anything from portraits to steam locos. I travel extensively both home and abroad doing demonstrations and workshops to Art Clubs and Societies. I am also an author of Travelling Sketchbook, Successful and Creative Washes and Sketching Outdoors (2023)". www.barryherniman.com

Recommended Equipment List:

All workshop attendees receive an extra 5% off art materials from our extensive shop next to Studio One. The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need.

  • Some small pieces of watercolour paper for the initial exercises.
  • A piece of watercolour paper, preferably not less than 140lb and either NOT or Rough depending on your personal preference and not less than 1/4 sheet ( 15 x 11") Please tape your sheet to a board. I use Saunders Waterford - For example: /saunders-waterford-sheet-paper-190-gsm-not-56x76cms.ir
  • If you would like to invest in a block of watercolour paper take a look here: /paper-watercolour-blocks.irc
  • Bring a watercolour sketchbook for the day. I recommend an A5 landscape sketchbook /fabriano-watercolour-hardback-sketchbooks-a5-a4.ir
  • A palette with deep wells to carry sufficient colour mixes. There is a selection at Pegasus including this one: /buddy-cup-palette-with-12-x-10ml-containers.ir
  • Schmincke Horadam watercolours. Recommended colours: Pure yellow, Aureolin, Indian Yellow, Rose Madder, Madder Red Dark, Madder Brown, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine finest, Helio Turquoise and Manganese Violet. /schmincke-horadam-watercolour-now-140-colours-5ml-tubes.ir
  • Barry recommends that pigments are transparent or semi-transparent. If you're not sure bring all your colours along and he will go through them with you.
  • Brushes – Barry uses Da Vinci Cosmotops Round – they are a synthetic/sable mix and hold bags of water and come to a great point. Recommended sizes ~ 12,8, 6 and 4 and a few riggers no's 4 and 2. /da-vinci-series-5580-cosmotop-spin-synthetic-brushes-round.ir
  • Whilst in the studio, we will work on tables. When outdoors, you are welcome to bring a lightweight camping chair or painting stool. Please also bring wet weather gear and comfortable shoes / boots. We can supply boards to paint on.
  • If you would like to bring or buy some Derwent Inktense watersoluble ink pencils, they are highly recommended for sketching. /derwent-inktense-pencils-set-of-12.ir
  • Fude Pen: Recommended by Barry £9.99 from Amazon amazon.co.uk/Jinhao-Fountain-Dragon-Variation-Silver/
  • Other:
    • 2B pencil and sharpener
    • Putty rubber
    • Masking tape
    • Water container x 2 with lids
    • Watercolour palette – as large as possible /porcelain-palette-daisy-7-well-120mm-width.ir
    • Kitchen towel or tissues
    • A small atomiser spray bottle to hold water for re-wetting your painting

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks. Tea & coffee available in the studio

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'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Summer Flowers' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 5th July 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working from a chosen summer flower, you will learn how to compose, draw and paint from observation, using watercolour, to create a botanical painting that reflects an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of the plant. Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises.

karen green smiling wearing gold jewellery and white knitted top karen green botanical painting of sunflower and purple flowers with words sloe gin fizz and sunshine

Leading on from this, through a little bit of botany exploration, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing of the flower. With one to one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint your flower. During the session you will familiarize yourself with the materials and tools needed for botanical art and the techniques used, slowly building up layers of paint to create luminosity and depth.

About Karen: Karen works as a Botanical Artist, painting flowers and fruits and vegetables. She paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant but placing emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry. She explores themes of femininity, loss and healing through the botany and life cycle of plants; flower language and their use in medicine, folk lore and religion. After receiving a First- Class honours degree at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, Karen went on to work as a Primary School teacher before resigning in 2011 to focus on her art career. She holds solo and shared exhibitions regularly and has been teaching botanical art workshops for over eight years.

www.karengreenart.com

facebook/karengreenart

insta/karengreenart

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need.

Paper:

  • Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – 2 or 3 loose pages or Sketchbook Options:

Sketchbook options:

Watercolour Paints:

Brushes:

Other:

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms

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Lively Travel Sketching & Painting with Simon Roberts

SATURDAY 19th July 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Studio One, Pegasus Art
All welcome including beginners

Have you ever sat in a sunlit café and thought, 'I'd love to be able to catch this moment in a sketchbook - but I don't know where to start.' In this workshop, Simon will help you capture scenes and simplify them into loose sketches, brought to life with some watercolour washes. Simon will go through the rudiments of perspective, light and shade and the pros and cons of various travel journals. You will leave with a new confidence, ready to illustrate your next travel adventure whether at home or abroad!

About Simon: Simon worked for many decades as a freelance illustrator working commercially in a wide range of styles both conventional and digital in the UK and Europe. He now enjoys painting predominantly in watercolour. In his opinion, it is the perfect medium for capturing landscapes; whether en plein air or for adding a splash of colour to a sketch in a travel journal. He now lives in the South of France with his wife Monica from where they run painting holidays in France, Spain, Croatia and Morocco with an emphasis on watercolour sketching and painting in personal journals. www.painting-in-france.com

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so there is time to purchase art materials before the workshop begins at 10am. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

Paper:

Watercolours:

  • Artist quality watercolours in small tubes are the best, as these allow you to mix large amounts of colour for washes, ideally in a folding palette. Winsor & Newton, Schmincke or Daniel Smith are among the best quality. /winsor-newton-watercolours-individual-colours-in-5ml-tubes.ir
  • Suggested colours, as used by Simon (not all are necessary, but useful to know what he uses) Naples yellow, Cadmium yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber. Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson, Lime green, Sapo green, Hooker's green, Cerulean blue, Cobalt blue, Tropical Pthalo blue, French ultramarine, Quinacrodone magenta, Payne's grey. Plus a tube of Zinc white gouache paint.

Brushes:

  • Round, watercolour brushes in sizes 4,8 & 12. It's important that these brushes are of good quality and that they form a point when wet. Sables are expensive, so synthetic ones are a good substitute. Simon actually uses a set of 3 travel brushes (S, M & L). /da-vinci-series-1573-pocket-travel-brush-round-synthetic.ir

Other:

  • HB pencil and sharpener
  • BIC biro medium black
  • Putty rubber / eraser
  • Masking tape
  • Water container
  • Watercolour palette /jakar-folding-palette-rectangular-strong-plastic.ir
  • kitchen towel or tissues
  • Ruler
  • A couple of sheets of scrap watercolour paper
  • 2 x water jars
  • Spirit of adventure
  • A packed lunch, water, snacks etc. there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day.

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Art for the Afraid with Emma Burleigh

SATURDAY 6th September 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

Yes, everyone can learn to draw! No special abilities are required! In this drawing workshop for beginners, Emma will offer an easeful and enjoyable method to learn to draw 'things that actually look like things', with your own expressive twist. Emma's teaching methods are designed to calm down your 'inner critic' and help you enjoy your creativity without worrying so much about whether your drawing is 'good enough'. There will be guided drawing exercises to gently introduce you to the fundamentals of drawing and plenty of support to build up your confidence. All are welcome and no so called 'talent' whatsoever is required!

Drawing has been found to have tremendous health benefits - it can improve your memory, enhance your communication skills, develop your co-ordination and motor skills, and boost your happiness, confidence and problem-solving abilities. This workshop is most suitable for beginners or nervous returners to art.

Recommended Equipment List

Materials will be provided for those who wish at a small extra cost, just contact Emma to arrange.

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need.

  • At least two sheets of A2 or four sheets of A3 cartridge drawing paper, any weight between 110 - 150gsm or an A3 sketchpad https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/recycled-cartridge-paper-a2-140gsm-seawhite-cupcycling.ir
  • Plenty of scrap paper, A4ish sized ideally
  • A variety of pencils (about 3) hardness: B - 6B /faber-castell-9000-set-of-6.ir
  • A good pencil sharpener and rubber
  • Some charcoal sticks /musgrove-willow-charcoal-box-12-thick-sticks.ir
  • A piece of white chalk
  • Optional: a stick of graphite
  • If possible, please could you bring some interesting natural objects for us all to admire and draw (eg. Things collected on a walk: seed pods, a discarded bird's nest, feathers, a non-poisonous mushroom, a gnarly twig, a curling leaf!)

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks with you. Tea and coffee are available in the studio. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

About Emma: Emma Burleigh is an artist, illustrator and art tutor. She is the author of two published Art course books: Soul Colour, a watercolour course to cultivate creativity and mindfulness, and Earth Colour, a mixed media course to enhance nature-connection.

Emma creates large scale watercolour paintings, makes zines and comics, and illustrates books. Over the last decade she has exhibited paintings around the South West including at The Royal West Academy in Bristol, where she is also a tutor.

Emma's teaching approach is supportive, encouraging and non-judgemental, there are no mistakes, there are just interesting learning opportunities! emmaburleigh.com

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'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Autumn Harvest' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 27th September 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working directly from seasonal produce, botanical artist Karen Green will guide you through observational drawing; discussing various botanical features to consider. You will produce a finished botanical painting in watercolour that reflects a botanical understanding of your subject and captures the beauty of the plant. Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises.

Leading on from this, through a little bit of botany exploration, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing of the flower. With one to one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint your flower. During the session you will familiarize yourself with the materials and tools needed for botanical art and the techniques used, slowly building up layers of paint to create luminosity and depth.

About Karen: Karen works as a Botanical Artist, painting flowers and fruits and vegetables. She paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant but placing emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry. She explores themes of femininity, loss and healing through the botany and life cycle of plants; flower language and their use in medicine, folk lore and religion. After receiving a First- Class honours degree at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, Karen went on to work as a Primary School teacher before resigning in 2011 to focus on her art career. She holds solo and shared exhibitions regularly and has been teaching botanical art workshops for over eight years.

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Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need.

Paper:

  • Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – 2 or 3 loose pages or Sketchbook Options:

Sketchbook options:

Watercolour Paints:

Brushes:

Other:

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

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Zorn palette portraits in oils with Mark Fennell (from a head model)

SATURDAY 4th October 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£120
Attic Studio
All skill levels welcome

This day workshop will focus on the basics of portrait painting, working from a live model with a limited palette of three colours plus white, famously used by Swedish painter Anders Zorn to create beautiful skin tones.

It is a painting style best practiced in a quick wet-into-wet fashion where every brushstroke counts. The workshop aims to help artists develop their paint and brush handling toward achieving expressive, yet realistic portraits in a more immediate way.

Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his simple structured approach, breaking everything down into easy to follow steps that will cover everything from mixing all the colours you need from a limited colour palette to working tonally, blocking in larger elements and leaving the finer details for the final stages of the painting.

About Mark: Mark Fennell is a professional portrait painter who works to commission from his home studio in the hilltop village of Brill in Buckinghamshire. He works predominantly in oils, notable sitters include Antony Worrall Thompson, John Hood, Lord Mayor of Birmingham and singer - songwriter John Otway. His work has been selected for exhibition with The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and The Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall galleries London.

As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Oxford Art Society and Buckinghamshire Art Society.

Awarded the Winsor and Newton painting prize for his self-portrait 'The diagnosis' at The Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition 2020. Selected for The Artist and Leisure Painter magazine competition at Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the Year West Design prize, People's Choice Award 2012 for his portrait of 2nd world war veteran Len Nixey and also shortlisted for A&I Artist of the Year in 2019. Awarded The Clairefontaine Award at the 2021 The Artist and Leisure Painters Open exhibition.

His self-portrait was shortlisted out of nearly 10,000 entries for the Daily Mail 'Not the Turner Prize' and exhibited at The Mall Galleries, London in 2005. Featured on ITV's 'A Brush With Fame' in 2005, portrait of Antony Worrall Thompson was chosen as his favourite. www.markfennell.co.uk

What to bring:

(This is a recommended list. If you are not sure, you can purchase products in the shop on the day.)

All workshop attendees receive an extra 5% off art materials from our extensive shop next to Studio One. The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need.

Please bring your own packed lunch, water and snacks with you. Tea & coffee available in the studio.

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Soulful Skies with Emma Burleigh

SATURDAY 11th October 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

From soft orange sunrises to deep Prussian-blue nights, the sky is ever changing and always there for us, offering inspiration and fascination to those who look. Over his lifetime, the artist William Turner filled hundreds of sketchbooks with delicate watercolour studies of cloudy, moody, ethereal and atmospheric skies. In ancient times the skies foretold the moods of the gods, and from the age of Stonehenge to the present day, the sky has always been a stimulus for questions, imaginings, and interpretations.

You will explore the unique qualities of watercolour to convey atmosphere and feeling. You'll experiment with this exquisite medium in combination with a mix of simple household materials to create skies from observation and imagination. Suitable for complete beginners and also for those wishing to develop their capacity for expression and experimentation in watercolour.

Recommended Equipment List

Materials will be provided for those who wish at a small extra cost, just contact Emma to arrange.

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks with you. Tea and coffee are available in the studio. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

Paper:

  • Watercolour paper - loose paper in A4 and A3 ish sizes, or a pad of any size you like but ideally A3 ish (or bigger). Go for 300gsm, NOT surface (cold pressed), ideally.
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Watercolours:

  • watercolours tubes, or if you prefer, pans will do. Winsor & Newton, Schmincke, or Daniel Smith are good brands. Cotman is a decent, more economical option. Make sure you have the 3 primary colours, red, yellow and blue - ideally two hues of each, and bring a handful of other colours that you like. A little watercolour goes a long way so you can buy the smallest tubes if you want. If you already have paints of another brand bring them along too and I can tell you if they're any good!
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Brushes:

  • Two or three round, watercolour brushes in sizes 4, 8, 10 & 12 or thereabouts. Plus, any other brushes you may already have of any shapes and sizes, including a couple of old brushes that won't mind a bit of rough treatment.
  • Ideally a ½" or 1" brush for covering large areas, any shape is OK, square/chisel is best. I can provide a few spares if needed.
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Other:

  • A pencil, sharpener and ruler
  • Masking tape
  • Watercolour palette / any old ceramic plate (but it needs to be a white one)
  • Kitchen towel/tissues
  • Plenty of sheets of scrap paper - A4 ish (or any size will do). And 5 sheets of A4 or larger cartridge paper (if you'd prefer to be economical with your watercolour paper, you can substitute cartridge paper for when we do warmups and games).
  • 2 x jam jars/water pots
  • Ideally, bring an apron or wear clothes suitable for an art studio, and bring a bag or portfolio for taking your work home at the end of the session.
  • If you wish, bring along some images, poems, photos and so on, on the theme of skies, for inspiration!

About Emma: Emma Burleigh is an artist, author, illustrator and art tutor with a passion for the vibrant and mercurial medium of watercolour.

She has exhibited large scale watercolour paintings around the South West including at The Royal West Academy in Bristol, where she is also a tutor. She's the author of two art course books, Soul Colour, a watercolour course to cultivate creativity and mindfulness, and Earth Colour, a course to enhance nature-connection, which are published by Liminal 11 in the UK. She's illustrated several poetry publications in watercolour and recently completed her award-winning 260 page watercolour graphic-novel.

Emma's teaching approach is supportive and non-judgemental, she encourages you to embrace the 'happy accidents' and enjoy the unexpected! emmaburleigh.com

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Meditative Drawing with Emma Burleigh

SATURDAY 29th November 2025
10.00am - 4.00pm
£95
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

An abundance of research has affirmed the healing power of art. Meditative drawing enhances these healing effects by intentionally placing the emphasis on drawing as a process rather than a product. We are here to express rather than impress! We are here to sensitively notice what we see and feel, rather than to be noticed for our achievements as great artists! Making art with a mindful approach can take the pressure off your shoulders to be a 'good artist', relieve stress, sharpen your powers of observation and imagination, and open up your awareness to more beauty and joy.

No previous experience of drawing is required. During this workshop Emma will guide you through a series of exercises and reflections that will nurture creativity and develop mindfulness. This workshop is suitable for beginners to either meditation or drawing, (or both) and can also be helpful to more experienced artists struggling with creative block.

Recommended Equipment List

Materials will be provided for those who wish at a small extra cost, just contact Emma to arrange.

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need.

  • Plenty of sheets of A3 and A4 cartridge drawing paper, any weight between 110 - 150g or an A3 or A4 sketchpad /recycled-cartridge-paper-a2-140gsm-seawhite-cupcycling.ir
  • Plenty of scrap paper, A4 ish sized ideally
  • A variety of pencils (any hardness), sharpener and ruler /staedtler-mars-lumograph-set-of-6-pencils.ir
  • Some scissors and a glue stick
  • Optional: a variety of drawing materials you happen to have at home, such as some charcoal sticks, oil pastels, coloured pencils, chalks and/or pens - ideally some colourful materials
  • Optional: a pen to write with and a journal to write in
  • If possible, please could you bring some interesting natural objects for us all to enjoy and draw (eg. Things collected on a walk: seed pods, a discarded birds nest, feathers, a non-poisonous mushroom, a gnarly twig or a curling leaf!)

Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks with you. Tea and coffee are available in the studio. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

About Emma: Emma Burleigh is an artist, illustrator and art tutor. She is the author of two published Art books: Soul Colour, a watercolour course to cultivate mindfulness and creativity, and Earth Colour, a mixed media course to enhance nature-connection.

Emma creates large scale watercolour paintings, makes zines and comics, and illustrates books. Over the last decade she has exhibited paintings around the South West including at The Royal West Academy in Bristol, where she is also a tutor. Emma has been consciously exploring the relationship between meditative awareness and creativity in her teaching and her own work. She started meditating in 2003 to help her manage her stress as a busy school art-teacher, and from 2010 to 2012 she lived and worked as a member of the community at Gaia House, a meditation centre in Devon. Emma has a foundation in Relational Mindfulness from the Karuna Institute.

Emma's teaching approach is supportive, encouraging and non-judgemental, there are no mistakes, only interesting learning opportunities to which we can bring our curiousity and kindness! emmaburleigh.com

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ART TALKS

'From Bristol to Kathmandu' with Simon Roberts

A watercolour talk & demo with Simon Roberts, who travelled by motorcycle from Bristol to Kathmandu and documented the journey in watercolour.

SATURDAY 1ST MARCH 2025
11am - 12.30pm
FREE event (50p Booking Charge) + 10% off in the art shop for attendees
Studio One, Pegasus Art
All welcome

We are delighted to welcome Simon Roberts, a professional artist and illustrator, who runs painting holidays from his home in the south of France. Enjoy a colourful painting demonstration and talk - free to all and everyone is welcome.

Simon's passion for sketching and watercolour was rekindled on a solo motorcycle trip that he made overland from England to Kathmandu, Nepal. He kept an illustrated journal throughout his 7 month trip, which formed the basis of his cult classic 'Tea with Bin Laden's Brother' - an illustrated travel story of his overland trip.

In this demonstration, Simon will take you through the journey and show you how his journaling techniques developed on the 'Open Road'.

Book your ticket online here: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/gifts-pegasus-art-workshops.irc
Or contact Pegasus Art on 01453 886560 info@pegasusart.co.uk
Studio One - Pegasus Art, Griffin Mill, Stroud, Glos, GL5 2SN

*If you would like to book onto Simon's workshop 'Lively Travel Sketching & Painting' on 19th July 2025, you can do so online here: https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/gifts-pegasus-art-workshops.irc

About Simon: Simon worked for many decades as a freelance illustrator working commercially in a wide range of styles both conventional and digital in the UK and Europe. He now enjoys painting predominantly in watercolour. In his opinion, it is the perfect medium for capturing landscapes; whether en plein air or for adding a splash of colour to a sketch in a travel journal. He now lives in the South of France with his wife Monica from where they run painting holidays in France, Spain, Croatia and Morocco with an emphasis on watercolour sketching and painting in personal journals. www.painting-in-france.com

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*Restarted with a maximum limit of 10 students + tutor per class*


MONDAY

'Get into Collage' with Helen Norman

MONDAYS 10:00am - 1:00pm
Starts 12th May 2025
6 weeks - £175 (includes all materials)
Studio One

Learn how to express yourself through collage with no more need for paint or brushes! This is a an eco-friendly, mindful and impressionistic form of art that will inspire you to have a go.

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The classes are suitable for complete beginners and also for those with more artistic backgrounds. All materials will be supplied for the first lesson then you will be guided as to what is available from the Pegasus Shop. During the course we will explore the various different ways of using newsprint to achieve your final collages.

Helen Norman is a qualified art teacher having taught in both schools and in adult education. Additionally she has run independent collage workshops for several years. She has exhibited in both the UK and France where she lived for many years.

Find her on Instagram @helen_norman_art

To book contact helennorman46@yahoo.co.uk.

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'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

MONDAYS 10am - 12pm
4 weeks - £22.50 p/w
Start anytime - runs all year
Attic Studio
Suitable for all abilities

Learn how to paint with watercolours: simple techniques to gain confidence in colour mixing, palette & papers, Inspirational and fun. Welcome to joing mid term.

Richard Callingham is an experienced watercolourist, having taught at home and abroad for the past twenty years. "Watercolours are my passion. No other medium can give such a fresh and spontaneous effect."

The classes are designed to appeal to the beginner and uses a very simplified approach. More experienced watercolourists may also benefit from picking up a few tips! For your first lesson Richard will supply all the necessary equipment - he can advise you on what to purchase for future practice, and it needn't be expensive!

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To sign up or for more enquiries, contact Richard: richard@rtcwatercolours.co.uk .

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'Ways of Seeing' Drawing, Painting & Mixed Medium with Sue Rae

MONDAYS 1.30pm - 4.30pm
6 weeks - £120
Starts: Ongoing
Attic Studio
*Suitable for students with some experience* - Feel free to contact Sue to discuss the course.

Sue returns to teach her drawing and mixed media class at Pegasus Art. She has been teaching Fine Art at Stroud College for many years and more recently to degree students. A course designed for students who already have some experience but wish to develop skills and explore individual ways of working. There will be an emphasis on drawing to start with, followed by an exploration of a variety of materials and subject matter. For the more confident students there will be longer projects, over several weeks, that will offer the potential of a broad interpretation, a choice of materials and conclude with a group discussion. Students also have the choice to instigate their own project with guidance from the tutor.

About Sue: Sue is a practising artist who paints, uses mixed medium and draws regularly. She has exhibited in solo shows in London and the South West. Her work is about ‘ a sense of place’ and she uses a variety of mediums to explore subtlety and contrast of mark, translucency and density of colour. Her work has included the use of plaster, sand, collage and she has used a variety of surfaces to work on.

Her teaching style is guiding and nourishing – with a focus on encouraging her students to explore their individual style and potential.

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Book by contacting suejrae@icloud.com or 01285 821 617.

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TUESDAY

ZOOM'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

TUESDAYS 10am - 12pm
£12 per session
Start anytime - runs all year
To book: richard@rtcwatercolours.co.uk
Suitable for all abilities

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WEDNESDAY

'Wednesday Drawing' with Wendy Rhodes PhD

WEDNESDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm
6 weeks - £130
Starts 8th Jan 2025
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Build on your drawing knowledge by working on your own projects with tutor support, including specialist drawing techniques tips and skills.

This course is designed to enable you to work on drawings that are ongoing projects, decided by yourselves. Choose your own starting points from the main genres of still life, landscape (land or sea) or portrait, realistic or expressive drawing. You may begin a drawing that you will be able to work on over a few weeks or for just one session.

Each week you will be introduced to a technique for working with a variety of drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, water soluble graphite or pen work. The tutor will also cover technical skills such as perspective and composition, both as part of the programme of sessions, and as the need arises among the course attendees.

Develop your existing skills, build on your mark making vocabulary and create drawings with greater success.

Please bring 2B, 4B and 6B pencils, an eraser plus about six sheets of A2 Cartridge paper. You may also like to bring charcoal. Everything you need for this course is available to buy in our warehouse shop with an extra 5% discount.

About Wendy: Wendy has taught for over 25 years in Gloucestershire and she brings an enormous wealth of experience of teaching courses in her specialist areas of drawing and creativity. Wendy also teaches printmaking courses at Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative and she writes for the RE magazine, Printmaking Today. She attended UWE, Bristol, where she completed her MA in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking. This was followed by her practice-led doctoral research that asked questions of the material and experiential links between etching and drawing. Wendy is an RWA artist network member and exhibits locally and nationally. www.wrhodesart.com

Recommended Equipment List

  • As the course progresses you will be given suggestions of items to bring with you to use as reference
  • At least six sheets of A2 Cartridge paper, to start us off
  • 2 x A2 sheets of NOT or rough watercolour paper
  • 2 x A2 sheets of HP or smooth watercolour paper
  • Please bring 2B, 4B and 6B pencils, an eraser and a pencil sharpener
  • 1 x Fine line fibre tip pens, Staedtler Pens Pigment Liner, 0.5
  • You may also like to bring some charcoal sticks
  • A sketch book, any size, to develop ideas

To book this class please book with Wendy here: Book Now

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'Drawing and Painting' with Alison Vickery

WEDNESDAYS 1.30pm - 4.00pm
6 weeks - £96
Starts: Ongoing
Attic Studio
Suitable for all levels of experience

Be inspired in this enjoyable, relaxed class to try different materials, media and techniques.

Alison demonstrates techniques and creates a wonderful warm atmosphere in her classes. Get in touch to enquire and start anytime if space.

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Contact Alison Vickery for more information via info@alisonvickery.co.uk.

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'Creating a Sketchbook by Developing Drawing, Painting and Collage Skills' with Lucy Inder

WEDNESDAYS 2pm - 4.30pm
6 weeks - £100
New Term starts 12th February 2025
Studio One
Suitable for all abilities

This course is designed to break down that fear of starting with a white page - a blank sketchbook. Over the six weeks we will aim to learn a range of skills and techniques and develop a personal visual journal with a focus on composition and colour. This workshop is booked direct with Lucy Inder with her own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy.

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We will work to introduce forms of abstraction and learn to see shapes and record forms more easily. Using multi- media materials and experimenting with techniques, we will create exciting, vibrant and colourful sketchbook pages: A diary of drawing incorporating found collage materials and inspired by everyday objects. A celebration of all things creative and colourful and an opportunity to really build your confidence as an artist. We will be learning from looking at a range of work from other famous artists.

Suitable for all levels from beginners to the more experienced - primarily those wanting to introduce a regular rhythm of creativity into their routine.

About Lucy: Lucy Inder worked as a secondary school art teacher for 25 years before developing a career as an artist, designer & tutor. She has exhibited locally in two successful exhibitions and built a reputation as a colourful landscape painter in recent years. Lucy has always kept sketchbooks which she uses as her bible - a record of her thought process and creative journey. She loves colour and collage, recording shapes from observation which become abstracted and personalised by experimenting with different materials. Finding use for things that would often otherwise get thrown away. She loves to use a range of materials patchwork together to create with multi-layered effects.

Website: www.sundialhousedesigns.co.uk
Instagram: @lucyinder2018

You will need:

  • An A4 spiral bound sketchbook.
  • A range of colourful art materials (an equipment list will follow).
  • Collage materials such as magazines. (Some interesting papers & maps etc will be provided).

For further details and to book, email lucy@sundialhousedesigns.co.uk / 07799 570418

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'A Space to Draw' with Annette Davey

WEDNESDAYS 9.30 - 12.30pm
6 weeks £60
Starts Wednesday 26th February
09:30 to 12:30
Attic Studio
Maximum 6 people
Enquire by emailing: annette.davey@e-s-s.co.uk

Join us in the Attic Studio for a peaceful and supportive drawing group where you can work on your personal projects in the company of fellow learners. Our welcoming, quiet and informal environment offers a much-needed space to concentrate on your art away from the distractions of home.

Please bring your own drawing materials and projects to work on during the sessions. We'll start each gathering with a check-in, giving you the opportunity to share your goals for the session. At the end of each session, we will have a check-out to reflect on our progress, exchange insights, and provide mutual support.

This group is focused on self-directed drawing and practice and mutual support, formal instruction is not provided.

About Annette: As a novice longing to express myself creatively, I understand the challenges of dedicating time to practice and overcoming the intimidation of a blank page. Through my experiences participating in various drawing courses, I have discovered the camaraderie, support, and inspiration that come from a group setting can greatly enhance the creative process. With this in mind, I am excited to establish this drawing group in the Attic Studio.

Contact Annette Davey for more information at annette.davey@e-s-s.co.uk

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THURSDAY

'Extreme Poses' Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

THURSDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm
6 weeks - £180
Starts: Ongoing
Studio One

Life models in this class create interesting and challenging drawing opportunities. An exciting class for drawing dynamic poses from life with a very experienced and inspirational tutor.

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Practising artist and tutor, Paul Fowler, has been teaching Life Drawing at Pegasus Art for nine years. This short film gives you a taster of the inspiring, challenging and exciting classes he runs. Many of his students have studied with him year upon year, continuing to learn and 'really see' the human form in new ways. After all, Life Drawing is the cornerstone of any artists development.

More information available on his website www.paulfowlerartcourses.co.uk

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'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

THURSDAYS 10am - 12pm
4 weeks - £90 for 4 weeks or £22.50 p/w
Start anytime - runs all year
Attic Studio
Suitable for all abilities

Learn how to paint with watercolours: simple techniques to gain confidence in colour mixing, palette & papers, Inspirational and fun. Welcome to join mid term.

Richard Callingham is an experienced watercolourist, having taught at home and abroad for the past twenty years. "Watercolours are my passion. No other medium can give such a fresh and spontaneous effect."

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To sign up or for more enquiries, contact Richard: richard@rtcwatercolours.co.uk .

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'Creating a Sketchbook by Developing Drawing, Painting and Collage Skills' with Lucy Inder

THURSDAYS 2pm - 4.30pm
6 weeks - £100
New Term starts 13th February 2025
Attic Studio
Suitable for all abilities

This course is designed to break down that fear of starting with a white page - a blank sketchbook. Over the six weeks we will aim to learn a range of skills and techniques and develop a personal visual journal with a focus on composition and colour.This workshop is booked direct with Lucy Inder with her own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy.

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We will work to introduce forms of abstraction and learn to see shapes and record forms more easily. Using multi- media materials and experimenting with techniques, we will create exciting, vibrant and colourful sketchbook pages: A diary of drawing incorporating found collage materials and inspired by everyday objects. A celebration of all things creative and colourful and an opportunity to really build your confidence as an artist. We will be learning from looking at a range of work from other famous artists.

Suitable for all levels from beginners to the more experienced - primarily those wanting to introduce a regular rhythm of creativity into their routine.

About Lucy: Lucy Inder worked as a secondary school art teacher for 25 years before developing a career as an artist, designer & tutor. She has exhibited locally in two successful exhibitions and built a reputation as a colourful landscape painter in recent years. Lucy has always kept sketchbooks which she uses as her bible - a record of her thought process and creative journey. She loves colour and collage, recording shapes from observation which become abstracted and personalised by experimenting with different materials. Finding use for things that would often otherwise get thrown away. She loves to use a range of materials patchwork together to create with multi-layered effects.

Website: www.sundialhousedesigns.co.uk
Instagram: @lucyinder2018

You will need:

  • An A4 spiral bound sketchbook.
  • A range of colourful art materials (an equipment list will follow).
  • Collage materials such as magazines. (Some interesting papers & maps etc will be provided).

For further details and to book, email lucy@sundialhousedesigns.co.uk / 07799 570418

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'Drawn to Look' From Observation with Lucy Inder

THURSDAY 6.30pm - 8.30pm
6 weeks - £116
New Term starts 13th February 2025
Attic Studio
Suitable for all abilities

This course is designed to work on observation and drawing. Over the six weeks we will aim to learn a range of skills and techniques to develop drawings from still life objects.This workshop is booked direct with Lucy Inder with her own Terms & Conditions and cancellation policy.

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We will work on observation skills - learning to see shapes and record forms more easily by using a range of different techniques and materials. Most materials will be provided but should you wish to develop works into colour and paint you would be welcome to bring your own paints. Advice can be given on this.

A celebration of all things creative and colourful and an opportunity to really build your confidence as an artist as well as learning from looking at a range of work from other famous Artists.

Suitable for all levels from beginners to the more experienced - primarily those wanting to introduce a regular rhythm of creativity into their routine and to learn to observe shapes, details and forms creating compositions.

About Lucy: Lucy Inder worked as a secondary school Art teacher for 25 years before developing a career as a artist, designer & tutor. She has exhibited locally in two successful exhibitions and built a reputation as a colourful landscape painter in recent years. Examples of her work can be seen on her website www.sundialhousedesigns.co.uk. Lucy has always kept sketchbooks which she uses as her bible - a record of her thought process and creative journey. She loves using drawing as a starting point for all her more colourful works and enjoys experimenting with different materials.

For further details and to book, email lucy@sundialhousedesigns.co.uk / 07799 570418

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FRIDAY

'Drawing closer to nature' with Emma Burleigh

FRIDAYS 1.45pm - 4.30pm
6 week course
Starts Friday 5th September - Then 12th Sept, 19th Sept, 3rd Oct, 10th Oct & 17th October.
Attic Studio, Pegasus Art
Price £130
1.45pm - 4.30pm
Book by emailing: emmaburleigh1977@yahoo.co.uk

Draw closer to nature's healing powers and cultivate mindfulness and creativity during this 6 week sketching and painting course. In these classes, you'll learn to 'draw naturally' through gentle, guided exercises that open up new ways of seeing the world afresh. As we immerse ourselves in the grounding practice of noticing nature's intricate beauty, you'll experience the therapeutic benefits of sketching and painting, from relieving stress to improving focus and wellbeing. Nature connection has been shown to enhance our health and boost our state of mind, and these classes will support you in developing a nature journal to document your discoveries. If you feel drawn to nature's beauty and would like to explore your creativity in a welcoming, relaxed environment, then come along and join us!

Media introduced will include a variety of drawing media as well as watercolour painting. No experience is required, and you will be well-supported to learn a range of new techniques. Beginners, rusty returners, and more experienced artists are all very welcome to join us!

About Emma

Emma Burleigh is an artist, illustrator, and art tutor. She is the author of two published Art books: Earth Colour, a mixed media course to enhance nature connection, and Soul Colour, a watercolour course to cultivate mindfulness and creativity.

Emma creates large scale watercolour paintings, makes zines and comics, and illustrates books. Over the last decade she has exhibited her work around the South West including at The Royal West Academy in Bristol, where she is also a tutor. Emma has been consciously exploring the relationship between meditative awareness and creativity in her teaching and her artwork. She started meditating in 2003 to help her manage her stress as a busy school art teacher, and from 2010 to 2012 she lived and worked as a community member at Gaia House, a meditation centre in Devon. Emma has a foundation in Relational Mindfulness from the Karuna Institute.

Emma's teaching approach is supportive, encouraging and non-judgemental, there are no mistakes, only interesting learning opportunities to which we can bring our curiosity and kindness! www.emmaburleigh.com

Recommended Equipment List

Don't worry about bringing everything on the first week, just a sketchbook and pencils will do. However the shop will be open from 9am, so there is time to purchase materials before the first class if you wish. If not, we can discuss what you need during the first class.

Please bring to the first class, if you can: a sketchbook with good quality, reasonably thick paper. Around A4 size. A variety of pencils (about 3)of hardness: B - 6B, and a good pencil sharpener and rubber.

For the rest of the course, you will also need:

  • A fineliner waterproof pen or pens in black (and brown or other colours if you like.)
  • A set of watercolours, with some brushes of sizes around 6 to 12, a palette, some masking tape, and watercolour paper. All can be discussed during week 1.
  • Scissors and a glue stick (eg pritt stick) and lots of scrap paper, A4 ish sized ideally.
  • Nice to have: Other materials such as pastels, charcoal and ink would be useful. And a tube of white gouache or other opaque paint. I will bring things in too, for us to work with, and you could bring along any art materials you happen to have at home to experiment with together in class.
  • If possible, please could you bring some interesting natural objects for us all to admire and draw (eg things collected on a walk: seed pods, a discarded bird's nest, feathers, a non-poisonous mushroom, a gnarly twig, a curling leaf...!)
  • Materials will be provided for those who wish at a small extra cost, just contact Emma to arrange.
  • Tea and coffee will be available. Attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

Contact Emma to book at emmaburleigh1977@yahoo.co.uk

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