ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

'Painting The Vines'- Oil Painting Masterclass at Woodchester Valley Vineyard with Lucy Kent

MONDAY 17TH & TUESDAY 18TH JUNE 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£150

All Abilities Welcome

Sponsored by Michael Harding Paints

Lucy Kent is a seasoned landscape painter with a passion for the great outdoors, painting in all weathers, all over the world. She has a strong focus on the visceral quality of the paint itself, often creating thick impasto style work. She will delight in showing you how to mix a landscape colour palette, how to plan your composition and execute an en plein air painting.

If the weather is inclement, the group will continue to work outdoors under a covered barn. Lucy will begin with a demo and will then help you start your own paintings. You will be free to watch Lucy paint throughout the day alongside you, and she will give regular positive critiques of your painting and help whenever needed. This masterclass will have a strong focus on light and colour and will give you confidence to be loose and expressive with your brush and/or palette knife.

Important Note: Please do not pour any turps or Zest It onto the ground or in the sinks. Please respect the location where we are painting and leave it as we found it! Please take everything away with you.

About Lucy: Lucy is a contemporary landscape artist painting in oil, predominantly en plein-air, taking her paints wherever she travels. She trained at Charles H Cecil Studios in Florence and has exhibited with The Royal Society of British Artists and The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, among others, at The Mall Galleries, London. Originally trained in portraiture, the last five years have seen her focus on landscape painting. Her work hangs in both private and commercial collections in the UK and abroad ~ she has had two sell out shows to date.

Lucy views her work like a visual diary, intimately recording her experiences and the beauty in the world around her. A palette knife is used to build the layers and tell the story of the scene unfolding, which results in an energetic and vibrant response to the subject matter. She is particularly inspired by dramatic lights and will often re-visit the same spot a few times at different times of day and year, drawing inspiration from the Impressionist movement in modern day. Although figurative in style, Lucy has a strong focus on the visceral quality of the paint itself, so areas of the painting when isolated appear completely abstract.

For more information about Lucy visit www.lucy-kent.com

Woodchester Valley Vineyard: Woodchester Valley Vineyard has three sites in Gloucestershire ~ Amberley, Woodchester and Stonehouse covering forty five acres with a total of 60,000 vines. For this painting masterclass, we will be based in Woodchester, just a ten minute drive from Pegasus Art Shop. We hope there are lush green vines to paint in the middle of June!

We will have use of the wine tasting room from where we will venture out and explore the vines before setting up for painting. There is an open sided, large covered barn where we can paint in bad weather. Please bring your own packed lunch for a midday break, with a brief wine tasting! There is tea and coffee available on the day.

www.woodchestervalleyvineyard.co.uk

All materials can be bought or pre-ordered from Pegasus Art Shop with an extra 5% discount.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Lucy favours Michael Harding oil paints, and there will be some to sample on the day. Please also bring the following basic colours: Zinc White, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue, Sap Green, Olive Green, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Magenta.
• If you would prefer to use water based oil paints, we recommend Cobra Oils.
• Turps or Zest It.
• Brushes - Flat and Filbert. You will need ten brushes each in varying sizes – one really large one, right down to a small one for detail. We love Pro Arte Series B Filbert Brushes.
• Palette Knives - how about our handy starter set of 5 palette knives.
• Rags / kitchen roll - please bring plenty for cleaning brushes & palettes
• A plastic bag for taking rubbish home.
• A palette - Cappelletto Walnut Rectangular Palette 25 x 35 cm or similar.
• Panels or Canvas Board - Lucy recommends size 34cm x 28cm, but you are free to choose a size that suits you. We recommend the following: Ampersand Artist Panel Canvas Texture 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) Deep Cradled Sizes or Ampersand Artist Panel Primed Smooth 1/8 inch (4 mm).
• Field easel - Mabef M27 Sketching Field Easel or similar.
• 2 x large empty jars for cleaning brushes and storing discoloured turps. You can use the jar for water if you are using water based oil paints.

We look forward to welcoming you to Woodchester Valley Vineyard. Please arrive in good time to set up before the workshop starts at 10am. You will need to take your equipment home with you.

'Abstracts for Everyday Artists' in Acrylic & Oil with Max Hale

SATURDAY 22ND & SUNDAY 23RD JUNE 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£120

Attic Studios - All Abilities Welcome

"The aim of this two day workshop is to encourage a free style of thinking and to build confidence to create semi-abstract and abstract paintings using acrylic or oil paint. Abstract is a brilliant way of developing your art skills laterally. Learning to paint abstract is a natural extension to figurative painting as it is the most personal type of art. Many well known painters and sculptors have used abstract in the latter parts of their career (think Monet) as they become more sophisticated in their messages.This course will open your eyes and more importantly your soul to developing new ways of expression. It doesn't matter where you are on the proficiency scale, abstracts are not fussy as to who can approach them. I guarantee you will gain much from the two days," Max Hale.

Firstly, we will identify individual ideas by discussing your likes, dislikes and what inspires you visually. We will lay down some initial shapes that relate to items that Max has provided with a view to abstracting those shapes by over ‘drawing’ then painting with controlled space. This semi-abstract approach helps to break the barrier between representational or figurative art into a more abstract way of thinking.

Your second exercise will be to plan new work in your sketchbook using only black and white. From there, you’ll be given free rein to express those ideas in an abstracted way though form, colour and dynamic areas – these concepts are the essence of effective abstraction. It’s an exciting genre which will help to draw you out of your comfort zone!

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for four years and has built up a popular following of students. He attended Harrow School of Art where he studied Fine Art and was tutored by Ken Howard OBE RA. He became an apprentice illustrator in a London studio but found his way back to fine art, his true passion. He has been teaching for over twenty five years, whilst exhibiting and painting throughout. He writes for The Artist magazine, among others, and is an Ambassador for Royal Talens. He has had paintings exhibited in most areas of the country and many in London his passion to tutor and motivate others is obvious and works in all mediums.

Suitable for all levels of artist whether new to this style or practiced. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

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. These are suggestions, you can buy a version of what is suggested!

Recommended Equipment List:
• At least five sheets of A2 cartridge paper.
• Surfaces – Max suggests the following, but please check with him first if you’re not sure maxhaleart@gmail.com You can choose whichever you prefer, or buy when you arrive on the course:
• 2 x stretched canvases (such as loxley Gold Stretched Canvas - Traditional Standard)
• Canvas boards 12” x 12” or 14” x 14” (such as Loxley Square Canvas Boards)
• Acrylic paper (such as Yupo Painting Paper 110gsm)
• Gessoed boards - if you want to prepare your own boards with gesso, please do so. Max recommends 40 x 30cm in size. Email him direct for more information.
• Oil paints – whatever colours you have, or you can buy a starter set such as Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set.
• Acrylic paints - whatever you have already, or a starter set like the Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Paint Set.
• Brushes: a selection of oil/acrylic brushes – flats are best in any size from 3 – 16 and a 2 inches deep decorating brush. (Such as Lukas Priming Varnish Flat Brush)
• Palette Knife – any size (such as RGM Progrip Palette Knife.
• Rags - to wipe brushes.
• Flat palette (such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette Rectangle).
• A selection of drawing implements – pencil, charcoal, conte stick
• Putty rubber.
• Sketchbook – A3 or above.
• Masking tape.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Easy Lino Printing' with Susie Hetherington

SATURDAY 29TH JUNE & SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 3.30pm

£50

Studio One

November workshop dedicated to Christmas cards

Join local textile designer, Susie Hetherington, for her Easy Lino Printing workshop at Pegasus Art. Absolute beginners can join this gentle day of designing and crafting. Susie provides all the materials and guidance – all you have to do is turn up and bring a packed lunch with you!

You will design and carve one or two motifs and experiment with printing on different papers to create a memento to take away. All ideas are welcomed... Susie will bring lots of things to get you started.

Tea, coffee and biscuits provided.

View the workshop flyer here.

Contact Susie directly to book a place: susie@susiehetherington.co.uk

www.susiehetherington.co.uk

"Kids Summer Holiday Art Workshops" for 6 - 10 Year Olds with Art Sparks

SELECTED DATES BETWEEN 17TH JULY - 22ND AUGUST 2019

10.00am - 1.00pm

£25 per child

For 6 - 10 year olds

Kids can enjoy a range of fun filled creative art workshops for 6 - 10 year olds at Pegasus Art with the lovely people from Art Sparks. Entertain them over the summer holidays with one of the following workshops:

WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY - Midsummer Masks

Using the extraordinary sculptures of Messerschmidt and the Commedia dell'Arte as a starting point, we will make theatrical masks in all sorts of moods and materials.

WEDNESDAY 14TH AUGUST - The Shoe Show

You can sculpt stompy boots, winged pumps, robot wellies or whatever takes your fancy in this 3D workshop, starting with real shoes.

THURSDAY 15TH AUGUST - Colour in Collage

Let the colours explode in this abstract approach to painting and collage, based on the work of Matisse and Harry Snook.

WEDNESDAY 21ST AUGUST - Wild Weather at Sea

Painting and printing on canvas with a nautical theme.

THURSDAY 22ND AUGUST - Giant Jellyfish & Other Sea Creatures

Make jolly jelly animals the likes of which are yet to be discovered in the sea, using recycled materials.

Book directly with Art Sparks by contacting:
Liz Lancashire on 07407 115 043 or emailing liz@lizlancashire.co.uk
Tam Inglis on 07880 355644 or emailing taminglis@hotmail.com

'Cottages & Countryside' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 27TH JULY 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Studio One - Intermediates

Oils, Acrylics, Watercolours or Pastels

The aim of this one day workshop is to explore our heritage and countryside with it’s myriad of beautiful and picturesque cottages, houses and gardens. Some of the most amazing yet simple scenes involve traditional, old or handsome buildings within ‘perfect’ or beautiful scenery. It doesn’t matter if we don’t have references that match our ideas, the artist will concoct or develop these within the day.

Sketching out ideas and using perhaps more than one reference, the artist will build a visual image to paint. You will need to balance out all the elements of the scene – fields, gardens and property – it will be a morning of planning and structuring. Choose your preferred medium and develop your composition with the aim of reflecting the character of the scene. Max will teach you planning, developing ideas using sketches, value studies, colour mixing and one to one tuition to aid each student.

This is an ‘open medium’ session which relies on the artist to work with a medium that they feel comfortable with. The focus of the workshop is less about the practicalities of the medium itself, and more about developing the scene, mood and atmosphere to build a credible painting. Suitable for all levels of artist except total beginners – choose from oil, acrylic, watercolour or pastel. You will be painting two pieces during the workshop.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for four years and has built up a popular following of students. He attended Harrow School of Art where he studied Fine Art and was tutored by Ken Howard OBE RA. He became an apprentice illustrator in a London studio but found his way back to fine art, his true passion. He has been teaching for over twenty five years, whilst exhibiting and painting throughout. He writes for The Artist magazine, among others, and is an Ambassador for Royal Talens. He has had paintings exhibited in most areas of the country and many in London his passion to tutor and motivate others is obvious and works in all mediums.

Recommended Equipment List:
• At least two or three photographic references and/or sketches related to countryside and cottages! Do not bring a painting to copy.
• Your chosen medium – oil, acrylic, watercolour or pastel. We sell large ranges of all these mediums in the shop.
• Depending on your chosen medium, please bring at least two pieces of ground to paint on. We have many options available in the shop.
• Two or three rags for cleaning your brushes.
• A palette to suit your medium – we can advise in the shop.
• Fixative if using pastel.
• Drawing implements – pencil, charcoal, Conte stick.
• Putty rubber.
• Sketchbook – A5 or bigger.
• Masking tape.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

'Kids Summer Holiday Art Workshop' for 10 - 16 Year Olds with Art Sparks

MONDAY 12TH & TUESDAY 13TH AUGUST 2019

10.00am - 3.00pm

£40

For 10 - 16 year olds

Travel the World in Print

Local artist Liz Lancashire & Tam Inglis invite you to explore the globe using printing as a starting point. Print your perfect desert island, Guatemalan fabric patterns, exotic animals or anthing else from far flung climes that fire your imagination. Create a wealth of prints in several techniques to add to your sketchbook and portfolio, or to use for future collage, drawing or painting. There will be different projects on each day if you want to attend both workshops. There's plenty to explore and create!

Please bring a packed lunch and old clothes!

Book directly with Art Sparks by contacting:
Liz Lancashire on 07407 115 043 or emailing liz@lancashirepillow.co.uk
Tam Inglis on 07880 355644 or emailing taminglis@hotmail.com

'Simple Woodblock Printing' Two Day Workshop with Rod Nelson

FRIDAY 6TH & SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£140 for both days

Attic Studios

Join this two day workshop with experienced tutor Rod Nelson and learn how to create prints from woodblock.

Making prints from woodblock produces images that cannot be made in any other way. It is a fascinating and versatile art and craft of ancient origin and modern artistic relevance. This basic course will familiarize you with techniques, processes, tools and materials sufficient to make a small print using more than one single colour. You will learn methods to ensure accurate placement of colour onto a previously printed block. It will be an eye opener for beginners and experienced artists alike. No previous experience is necessary.

About Rod Nelson: Rod, who lives near Nailsworth, has made prints most of his life. Having professionally worked with wood, he has very good technical understanding of the possibilities of the medium. He takes inspiration from many different sources – from nature, from landscape, and of course, from other artists and printmakers.

The artist who has had the greatest influence on his work was the maverick Japanese woodblock artist, Shiko Munakata whose work has a great sense of freedom, and respect for beauty and decoration. However, he has also drawn inspiration from other woodcut artists Europe (notably Germany), China and Japan.

As well as having work in exhibitions around the country, Rod’s work has been shown in various UK galleries, Shanghai, and in Germany. He was a founder member of the print-making cooperative Pine Feroda, and currently teaches woodcut at the renowned college of the arts and crafts at West Dean in Sussex, as well as at the Royal West of England Academy Drawing School, in Germany, in Holland, and in Nailsworth.

He is co-author (with Merlyn Chesterman RE) of the book Making Woodblock Prints, published by Crowood Press which is available to buy at Pegasus Art Shop for £9.99 and can be signed by the author during the workshop!

Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day, but please bring your own packed lunch.

Read a recent blog post about famous printmaker Katsushika Hokusai written by Rod on our blog here.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Rod will bring all the basic equipment required for printmaking. The cost of the two day workshop includes the cost of the materials you will use. The only thing you will need to buy is good quality paper for final printing – we recommend Somerset Velvet Printmaking paper in Soft White which can be purchased in the shop for £3.75 per sheet.
• Bring a sketchbook, pencils and rubber. (Available from the shop on the day).
• Bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

All workshop attendees receive a 5% discount in our extensive fine art materials shop next door to Studio One. If you would like to pre-order anything before this workshop, please call ahead.

Recommended Paper List:
• Somerset Printmaking Paper Satin Soft White 300gsm 56 x 76 cm
• Somerset Printmaking Paper Satin White 300 gsm 56 x 76 cm
• Somerset Velvet Printmaking Paper Soft White 300gsm 56 x 76 cm
• Arches BFK Rives Blanc Printmaking Paper 250gsm 56 x 76 cm
• Kosuke White Paper Pack x 10 8.5 x 11 inches

'Willow Sculpture Workshops' with Luna Loves Willow

SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£75

Attic Studio

Join willow expert, Zoe Bate, for her fun and informal willow sculpture workshop at Pegasus Art. She is taking bookings for Saturday 14th September.

The 1 day workshop is from 10am – 4pm and costs £75 which includes all materials. No experience neccessary. Gift vouchers and other workshops available on request.

Please bring a packed lunch with you!

Read more about Luna Loves Willow on the website - www.lunaloveswillow.co.uk

Book or enquire direct by emailing Zoe at lunaloveswillow@gmail.com or calling 07828 245847

'Pen & Wash Landscapes' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Studio One - All abilities welcome

This one day workshop is a taster session for a totally new course coming up in 2019 where ink pen and watercolour wash is applied to make interesting and beautiful pieces of art.

During this day session you will learn the structure and methods of using ink and watercolour in harmony, how to balance the two complementary mediums to obtain the best results. Ink and wash is not new but you will benefit from Max's early experiences as an artist/illustrator to explore the vast possibilities that using the marriage these two different mediums affords.

The day will use landscapes as a genre to build your skills and to give you a really good grounding on the methods of using pure line with beautiful colour washes. Students will work from either their own images, or those provided by the tutor.

Suitable for all levels of artist whether new to this style or practiced.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for four years and has built up a popular following of students. He attended Harrow School of Art where he studied Fine Art and was tutored by Ken Howard OBE RA. He became an apprentice illustrator in a London studio but found his way back to fine art, his true passion. He has been teaching for over twenty five years, whilst exhibiting and painting throughout. He writes for The Artist magazine, among others, and is an Ambassador for Royal Talens. He has had paintings exhibited in most areas of the country and many in London his passion to tutor and motivate others is obvious and works in all mediums.

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day. Please bring a packed lunch as there is no cafe at Pegasus.

Recommended Equipment List:
• At least two or three landscape references to use for painting, photographs or sketches.
• Please do not bring paintings to copy whether your own or from a third party.
• At least one 0.3 or 0.5 metal/fibre or plastic tipped ink pen using permanent black ink ie. not water soluble (such as Staedtler Lumocolor Permanent Pen Set)
• A set of watercolour paints in either tubes or pans. Minimum colours recommended are cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, sap green, cerulean blue, ultramarine, raw umber.(such as Cotman Watercolour Painting Plus Set)
• At least two watercolour brushes, one pointed round at least a size 4 or 6 and one flat size ¾ inch (such as Da Vinci Series 1526Y Brush)
• At least five sheets of A4 HP Hot Press smooth paper such as Bockingford Hot Pressed 300gsm Fat Pad (NOT may do too, but rough is too textured)
• A water pot and some tissue or kitchen roll
• A sketch book any size and soft pencil 2B or 4B
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

'Woodland Textures in Acrylic' with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities welcome, including beginners.

Join artist David ‘DJ’ Johnson in exploring different ways of applying paint to achieve a variety of textures that you will find in an Autumnal woodland scene!

Don’t worry if you’ve never worked with acrylic before – David will show you the best way to harness this medium. His approach is to guide people step by step, demonstrating each stage of the scene, followed by one to one tuition.

Try different ways of holding your brush to achieve new effects, use your fingers, sponges, pieces of cardboard – all of which achieve suprisingly unusual results. To increase the textural element, you will have a go at adding sand to your paint. All students will be working from the same photograph (provided by DJ). He will help to build your confidence, work on colour mixing, composition in order to return home with a finished painting.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Acrylic paints: Titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium yellow, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, purple, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, raw umber, burnt umber and sap green. Cranfield Colours has well priced 60ml tubes of these colours.
• Canvas: We have many at Pegasus to choose from, but recommend 12” x 12” such as the Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas.
• Hog Hair Brushes: A range of hog hair brushes, preferably flats, sizes 2 & 5 or 3 & 6. Such as these Robinson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes.
• Old Brushes: Bring some old brushes that you don’t mind bashing about!
• Rigger Brush: Size 3 or 4. Such as the Pro Arte Series 103 Rigger Brushes
• Palette Knife: Such as the Artist Starter Set of 5 Palette Knives.
• Container: For cleaning brushes
• Palette: Such as a wood oval palette.
• A Packed Lunch: There is no café at Griffin Mill.

Don’t worry if you’re not sure about the above materials list – DJ can help you choose from the art shop on the day.

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

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Dreamy Watercolour Landscapes' with Colin Joyce

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities welcome

We are delighted to welcome experienced painter, Colin Joyce, to teach this watercolour landscapes workshop at Pegasus Art. His aim is that you have a really enjoyable day, working from images that really mean something to you. This love for your subject and/or place will shine through in the work, Colin says “Having that connection means you paint from the heart.”

“I want you to be able to capture the essence of your scene without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail. This involves working with a limited palette of colour and large brushes. You may possibly go away with two completed paintings, but certainly one."

"Two things contribute to poor results in watercolour painting – paper quality and paint quality. I strongly recommend using 100% cotton rag paper and artist quality colours."

About Colin: Colin has been working in watercolour for many years. Having studied art at school, then part time at college, he pursued a career in Financial Services for thirty eight years, painting in his spare time. He took early retirement in 2013 to concentrate on painting full time. Colin writes for the Leisure Painter magazine and is a regular watercolour instructor on cruise ships and for painting holiday company, Arte Umbria. He runs his own workshops from Fife and also teaches across the UK. colinjoyceart.com

Colin recommends bringing the following materials with you. This is just a guideline and you can ask Colin for more advise on the day.

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Paper - Minimum 2 x sheets of good quality watercolour paper, size 15” x 11” or thereabouts. Or if you are going to paint a lot in future, you could buy a sketchbook.
• You could try Bockingford NOT 300gsm 56 x 76cm £2.30 per sheet and cut it in half.
• We also have the more expensive Arches rough 300gsm 56 x 76cm £6.99 per sheet
• Try a sketchbook such as Saunders Waterford 300gsm 28 x 38cm Rough Pad £38.08
• Or the Saunders Waterford 300gsm 19 x 28cm Rough Pad £17.52
• Slighty cheaper option, Bockingford 28cm x 38cm 300gsm Rough Pad £16.99
• There are lots of watercolour pads in the shop, so you could purchase on the day.
• Artist Colour Watercolours - Colin recommends 15ml tubes – they’re a good investment and better value than 5ml.
• He favours Winsor & Newton, which we only sell at Pegasus Art in 5ml tubes
• Also Daniel Smith watercolours, which we have in 15ml sizes
• In the following colours - Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre
• Brushes
• You will need a large wash brush – round, minimum size 12. The Da Vinci Nova synthentic brush size 12 is £9.18
• He also recommends a size 8 £5.92
• If you have a rigger or a swordliner, please bring them with you!
• A4 Sketchbook - we have lots to choose from in the shop such as Daler Rowney Ebony Hardback Sketchbook
• 2B Pencil
• Kitchen Roll
• Water Pot - we have plenty at Pegasus Art if you forget
• We supply boards at Pegasus Art too so no need to buy one

'Charcoal Portraits' with Fiona McIntyre

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

All abilities - Studio One, Pegasus Art

Capture the mood of the model and the structures below the skin. Learn how to fully utilise this simple yet incredibly versatile medium of charcoal. Fiona will demonstrate rapid, dynamic mark-making techniques that are fluid and painterly which will help you to be more intuitive in your drawing. You will be shown how to build a variety of tones from white to vibrant blacks using layering methods, different grades and sizes of charcoal and a variety of erasers.

About Fiona: Fiona McIntyre is an experienced artist and tutor who trained at Edinburgh College of Art in the early 80's when life drawing and anatomy was still mandatory. Later she was mentored by Swedish printmaker Bertl Lundberg at his studio in Malmo, followed by an M.A. in European Fine Art at Winchester. She teaches at Marlborough College Summer School and run workshops at Asthall Manor, Barnsley House, Bruton Art Society and New Brewery Arts.

She has taught at several art schools including Westminster School of Adult Education, South Thames College of Design and Media, Central School of Speech and Drama, Farnborough College of Technology, Medborgarskolan Lund Sweden. Fiona is a figurative/landscape painter and founding member of The Arborealists. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the UK and Scandinavia. She is represented internationally in public, corporate and private collections in the UK, Scandinavia, Papua New Guinea and Alaska. She is currently showing work in 'Drawn to London: In the Shadow of the Tower' at Bermondsey Project Space London. Critically acclaimed exhibitions include 'Under the Greenwood: Picturing the British Tree' at St Barbe Museum Lymington, 'The Romantic Thread in British Art: Turner to Le Brun' Southampton City Art Gallery, 'Arborealists: Art of the Tree' RWA Bristol, 'Capture the Castle' Southampton City Art Gallery.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Charcoal – we recommend Musgrove Willow or Nitram, both sold in our shop.
• Putty rubber - such as the Factis Putty Rubber
• Sketchbook – A3 or A2 - such as Canson XL Sketch Pads 90gsm
• Large sheets of A2 paper - such as Fabriano Accademia Drawing Sheets 200gsm
• Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and water with you as there is no café at Griffin Mill.

The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need. We can offer an extra 5% discount to workshop attendees.

We can advise you, so don’t worry if you’re not sure!

'Drawn to Look'- Drawing Workshop with Susan Kester

SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60 per day

Studio One

Suits All Levels - including artists wanting to reinvigorate their drawing practice

Come and enjoy a day of observational drawing where you will be encouraged to explore the possibilities of drawing through materials and mark making. Alongside objects and still lives, we will take inspiration from looking at the work of other artists and you will be encouraged to play and push at the boundaries of your own experience in drawing.

About Susan: Susan Kester is a graduate of Goldsmith’s University and has recently received an MA in Drawing for Fine Art Practice from Oxford Brookes. She has taught people of all ages and experience since 2002, and is currently running several popular drawing courses locally. Her classes are relaxed and enjoyable with an emphasis on building confidence, increasing knowledge and learning new skills. She also has a studio practice and exhibits regularly.

susankester.co.uk

Recommended Equipment List:
• Pencils 2B, 4B and 6B (such as Bruynzeel Graphite Pencils)
• Putty rubber (such as Factis Putty Rubber)
• Rubber (such as Factis soft Eraser Tri-24)
• Willow charcoal (such as Musgrove Willow Charcoal Medium Sticks)
• 2 x sheets cartridge paper

Choose one of the following groups depending on your interest:
• 1 x large sheet of Bockingford 56cm x 76cm 190 gsm
• 2 x watercolour brushes, size 4 and size 10 (explore our range of watercolour brushes)
• Watercolours and/or Indian Ink (such as Sennelier Encre De Chine Indian Ink)

Or:
• 1 x large sheet of pastel paper 50cm x 70cm (such as Fabriano Tiziano Paper)
• Soft pastels
• Fixative (such as Daler Rowney Perfix Aerosol Spray) or firm hold hairspray (available from Superdrug, Boots…)

We have plenty of options in the shop, with an extra 5% off for workshop attendees. We can advise you, so don’t worry if you’re not sure!

Please bring a packed lunch with you ~ there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea and coffee available throughout the day. The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need.

To book this workshop please contact Susan directly - skester@outlook.com or call 07794 942680

'Paint the Aurora' with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£65

All abilities welcome, including beginners.

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

He will teach you how to create this aurora effect through a series of guidelines and techniques that he has learnt over the years. Everyone will come home with a finished (or almost finished!) painting of the aurora and mountain scene!

You will employ delicate blending and dragging techniques to enable you to play with the light, working closely from photographs. DJ says, “It’s very easy and very effective if you follow the steps!”

DJ will bring along pre-prepared gesso boards for you to work on (this is included in the price). Ampersand Gessobord for oils and acrylics size 16" x 12".

Recommended Equipment List:
• Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. You can buy starter sets like these: Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour and Michael Harding Oil Paints. 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.
• A range of brushes – hog hair brushes, preferably flats sizes 2, 5, 3 or 6. Such as Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes.
• A fan brush for delicate blending techniques. Such as Pro Arte Series 33 Fan Brushes.
• Zest It
• Container for cleaning brushes
• Palette: Such as a Cappelletto Walnut Oval palette.
• A Packed Lunch - There is no café at Griffin Mill.

Don’t worry if you’re not sure about the above materials list – DJ can help you choose from the art shop on the day.

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

www.artbydj.co.uk

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Rembrandt Portraits' a Portraiture Workshop in Oils with Max Hale (Sponsored by Royal Talens)

SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

Studio One, Pegsus Art. All welcome.

Kindly sponsored by Royal Talens

To celebrate 350 years since the death of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, the famous Dutch paint manufacturer, Royal Talens, is hosting ‘The Year of Rembrandt’. Max Hale is a UK ambassador for the brand and is using the great painter as the inspiration for this portrait workshop. Royal Talens have been making Rembrandt oil and watercolours since 1899.

Rembrandt is generally considered one of the greatest artists in history and certainly the most important in Holland. Best known for ‘The Night Watch’, his portraits are recognised for their realism and lack of vanity which was unusual at that time. He painted vigorously and his one hundred or so self portraits provide a rich visual diary of his life and times over a span of forty years. In his etchings, he explores the strangest facial expressions and twisted features - in his oils, we can trace his progression from a dapper, portrait painter in the 1630’s to ageing artist in his troubled but powerful portraits. He is considered to be the forerunner in expressing himself autobiographically through portraiture, painting his every line and wrinkle. It is an interesting fact that his portraits got bigger over time, following the advent of larger panes of mirrored glass used for his self portraits!

Working from a life model, Max will teach you how to paint using the (almost original) limited palette of the great painter. Royal Talens have kindly sponsored the workshop with free samples, allowing you to try Rembrandt oil colours for yourself. By the end of the workshop, you will have a near completed portrait, which you can continue to work from at home. You will find it fascinating to explore the techniques favoured by Rembrandt.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for four years and has built up a popular following of students. He attended Harrow School of Art where he studied Fine Art and was tutored by Ken Howard OBE RA. He became an apprentice illustrator in a London studio but found his way back to fine art, his true passion. He has been teaching for over twenty five years, whilst exhibiting and painting throughout. He writes for The Artist magazine, among others, and is an Ambassador for Royal Talens. He has had paintings exhibited regionally and in London and has a work on show at the Rijks Museum as part of The Year of Rembrandt. His passion to tutor and motivate others is obvious and he teaches in all mediums. www.maxhaleart.co.uk

Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day, but please bring your own packed lunch.

Pegasus Art can provide prepared canvases, but please order them in advance.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Two canvases or canvas boards per day or alternatively oil paper at least 30 x 40 cm. Pegasus will have some primed and prepared 16” x 12” canvases and boards ready for this course – please order yours upon booking. A canvas board costs £5.37, a stretched traditional canvas costs £7.03 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50.
• Oil paints. Max favours Rembrandt oils, and recommends the following colours – a palette originally used by Rembrandt:
• 105: Titanium White
• 227: Yellow Ochre
• 411: Burnt Sienna
• 408: Raw Umber
• 318: Carmine
• 506: Ultramarine Deep
• 222: Naples Yellow Light
• 311: Vermillion
• 430: Brown Ochre
• 701: Ivory Black
• Selection of brushes, both synthetic and hog. Each make different marks therefore it is good practice to have some of each. Flats in size 4, Synthetic in size 7, Filbert size 5 and Hog in size 10. NB: it is very important to use decent quality brushes. *We have large selection in the shop*
• A rag for wiping brushes, not tissue paper or kitchen roll
• Water pot if using water-mixables or dilutants for traditional
• Zest It
• A wooden palette if possible, as large as you dare! Similar to the Cappelletto Okourme Palette
• A sketchbook – A3 if possible.
• Pencils, whatever you have.

'Sunlight Seascapes in Acrylics' with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£65

A beginners or refreshers course.

‘DJ’ is a talented artist (shortlisted for Artist & Illustrator Artist of the Year 2016) and adventurer with a passion for the sea and mountains. 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 reflections and highlights of sunlight in the sea, as well as the textures you find in the water and foam. David teaches a variety of techniques using a palette knife and a rigger brush to achieve a wide range of textures and patterns which emulate the sunlight reflections you find in seascapes. We also use the palette knife and fingers to create cloud effects, and normal brushes to lay down the foundations of the painting. These are techniques that DJ has been exploring and developing in acrylics for a few years now. If students prefer to use oils, this is also possible – please let us know!

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 in 2013, 2016 and 2017. His workshops are great for building confidence, tackling unusual subjects and picking up techniques and tips. www.artbydj.co.uk

DJ recommends bringing the following materials with you. This is just a guideline and you are welcome to bring your own materials and ask us any questions.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Acrylic paint – 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 Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Paint Selection
• If you prefer to use oils, that is fine too! DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. A starter set like the Michael Harding Oil Paint Introductory Set would be a great investment.
• Zest It if you are using oils.
• Brush cleaner and tissue / rags and a jam jar (with lid) for cleaning your brushes in.
• Canvas or canvas board 10” x 12” is a good size (such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard or Loxley Square Canvas Boards).
• Brushes: Bring a selection of whatever you have including a filbert, a flat and a rigger (such as Pro Arte Acrylix Set Brushes W8 Series 202 - 204 or Pro Arte Series 201 Long Flat Brushes).
• A palette (such as Cappellette Walnut Palette Rectangle).
• Palette knife if you’d like to have a go at using one (such as RGM Progrip Palette Knife).
• A packed lunch including water– there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea, coffee & biscuits provided throughout the day.

DJ will supply photographs of the seascapes and will also bring along some of his own paintings to show you! Our shop opens at 9am and we can offer you an extra 5% off art materials for your course. Please do arrive early to purchase any products you may need.

'Extreme En Plein Air' Painting Demonstration & Talk with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2019

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Tickets £8

Attic Studios

Join David ‘DJ’ Johnson as he demonstrates how to swiftly paint a mountain landscape, capturing the light, colours and textures of the scenery whilst simultaneously regailing you will tales of his extreme en plein air adventures! He has cleverly paired his passion for painting with a love of rock climbing and mountaineering, hiking up mountain ranges in Wales, Scotland and Bavaria to paint the extraordinary landscapes. His breathtaking paintings are much sought after, and he takes calculated risks to achieve the results!

Learn about the ups and downs of being an extreme artist and some of the unusual challenges he faces. Frozen fingers and toes, painting in high winds, snow in the oil paints and meeting the ‘Beast from the East’. At the same time, you’ll see his painting come together and pick up some top tips from this amazing artist.

DJ was shortlisted for the Artist of the Year, Artists & Illustrators 2016 and 2017 which is where we met him and convinced him to teach workshops at Pegasus. For mroe information about the artist visit www.artbydj.co.uk

'Paint Portraits With Character' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

Beginners and Intermediates

This is an inspiring painting day course for beginners or intermediate levels, if you are painting a portrait for the first time or if you are looking to improve your portrait painting skills and learn new techniques.

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 skin tones to working tonally developing the structure of the head and creating a good likeness. Choose the medium you prefer to work with and Mark will give you plenty of one to one tuition and share his top tips. You will be working directly from a live sitter ‘with character’ which will be both challenging and rewarding.

About Mark: Mark Fennell is a professional portrait painter who works to commission from his home studio in the hill top 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 at the Mall galleries London on a number of occasions. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Buckinghamshire Art Society and was elected member Oxford art society in 2018. As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Selected for The Artist and Leisure painter competition, Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the year West Design prize 2012 and shortlisted for Artist of the year in 2019. Self portrait 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.

Mark has been shortlisted for Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year Award 2019.

What to Bring:
• A pre primed and grounded canvas or board. Pegasus Art can prepare a 16" x 12" canvas for this course - please order yours upon booking. A stretched traditional canvas costs £9.34 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50 Here is a link to the standard canvases that we sell: Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard
• A selection of good quality short flat hog brushes for oil painters or synthetic paint brushes for acrylic painters in a range of sizes from 2 - 12, also small round hog or synthetic brushes size 1 and 2 (no water colour/sable brushes). Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes Hog Bristle
• Palette knifes sizes 20 and 21 or similar. Such as thesePalette Knives - Set 5 Assorted Stainless Steel Birchwood Handles.
• Zest It to for cleaning brushes and as an odourless solvent.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Such as Capelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40 cm Rectangle.
• Oil colours or acrylics. Recommended colours: titanium white, naples yellow, cadmium yellow pale, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt sienna, ivory black, french ultramarine. We sell a range of oils and acrylics at Pegasus Art, including starter sets such as the Cobra Water Mixable Oil Colour Set 6 x 20ml or the Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Paint Selection Set 6 x 60ml.
• For acrylic painters - a stay wet palette and fine mist water sprayer..

Other Notes:
• Please ensure you bring a carrier with you for taking home your wet oil paintings.
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.
• Please do bring an iPad if you want to take photographs to continue painting when you get home.

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.

'Experimental Evocative Landscape in Mixed Media' with Mel Cormack-Hicks

SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities

Debunking composition! Melanie will show you how to create dynamic compositions with her easy to follow hands on teaching methods. You will experiment with composition and leave with the skills that will allow you to make use of composition with impact.

Colour Theory. Using colour really helps to evoke emotion in our artwork. All too often however it becomes an element of our artwork that we guess at. Melanie will show you how to use colour theory as a tool to create impact leaving you feeling confident about your colour palette.

What will I achieve? You will create one or more landscape compositions during the course of the day. These landscapes will have a visual impact, using your new found knowledge of composition and colour.

About Mel: A Fine Art painting degree from Cheltenham in the mid 90’s allowed Mel to find her artistic voice. Following this, she spent twenty years teaching secondary school pupils and just three years ago decided to become a full time professional artist. Her first solo show at Chapel Arts in Cheltenham launched her new career. She is exhibiting at ‘The Other Art Fair’ a Saatchi affiliated show in Bristol this July. She is full of energy and enthusiasm for her new audience of students and is loving sharing her creative process. www.artistmelcormackhicks.com

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art. All of the materials below are available. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

Please bring any materials you already have and would like to bring. Mel favours the following materials which you can use as a guideline for this course.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Acrylic Inks from Daler Rowney – Prussian blue, Payne’s Grey, Cadmium Red, White and Sap Green – these are her staple colours: Daler Rowney FW Inks Acrylic Inks 38 Colours
• Watersoluble coloured pencils – blues, turquoises, reds and yellows. You can buy single pencils such as Derwent Inktense Pencils
• Masking fluid such as Daler Rowney Watercolour Art Masking Fluid
• Pipette such as these 15ml pipettes
• Palette Knife - any shape. Such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives
• White gesso – any kind. Our Jo Sonja 250ml bottle is the cheapest.
• Golden gloss medium – this is a nice extra, but certainly not essential. Mel can show you how to use it.
• Amsterdam acrylics - Mel recommends Naples Yellow and White.
• Five print outs of landscapes that have meaning to you. They could be several images / photographs of the same location from different angles OR different images. The print outs should be A5 minimum.
• Sketchbook – no larger than A4.
• Boards, card, paper or canvas to work on depending on the materials you want to work with. I suggest not larger than roughly 8 x 8 inches in size or similar sized rectangle format.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

'Art of the Sketchbook' Mixed Media, Paint, Collage with Mel Cormack-Hicks

SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All Abilities

Create an engaging, exciting sketchbook that feeds your creativity!

Do you have ideas that you can’t seem to translate? Does your proudly purchased sketchbook leave you feeling flat? Mel can show you how to create a sketchbook that will feed your desire to work within its pages and fuel your imagination. It could even leave you feeling inspired and confident enough to produce that piece of artwork that up until now seemed to remain in your head. Learn how to craft your sketchbook into a beautiful working document which will leave you with plans and ideas for the future. This course is all about building confidence and exploring ideas.

About Mel: A Fine Art painting degree from Cheltenham in the mid 90’s allowed Mel to find her artistic voice. Following this, she spent twenty years teaching secondary school pupils and just three years ago decided to become a full time professional artist. Her first solo show at Chapel Arts in Cheltenham launched her new career. She exhibited at ‘The Other Art Fair’ a Saatchi affiliated show in Bristol last Summer. She is full of energy and enthusiasm for her new audience of students and is sharing her creative process.

www.artistmelcormackhicks.com

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art. All of the materials below are available. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

Recommended Equipment List:
• A good quality sketchbook in A3 and A2.
• Materials of your choice – acrylic, watercolour, coloured pencil, charcoal, inks - to experiment in your sketchbook
• Mel favours these products which can act as a guideline for what to buy:
• Daler Rowney Acrylic Inks: Prussian Blue, Payne’s Grey, Cadmium Red, White and Sap Green.
• Watersoluble Coloured Pencils - such as Derwent Inktense Pencils
• Masking Fluid - such as the Daler Rowney Watercolour Art Masking Fluid
• Oil Pastels - such as
• Four or more printed pictures relating to your ideas and/or images that you would like to reproduce (A5 size minimum.)
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencils 2B, 4B, a rubber and sharpener
• A5 images of inspirational artwork
• Any collage materials that you fancy. For example, tracing paper, old book pages, tracing paper in muted colours.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

'Expressive Portraits in Acrylic' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 25TH JANUARY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

Beginners or Intermediate Level

This is a great painting day course for beginners or intermediates, 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 in acrylics. 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. No experience needed for this course and it is suitable for the complete beginner to both acrylics and portraiture. You will be working from good quality reference photographs that will be supplied on the day or you can bring your own.

About Mark: Mark Fennell is a professional portrait painter who works to commission from his home studio in the hill top 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 at the Mall galleries London on a number of occasions. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Buckinghamshire Art Society and was elected member Oxford art society in 2018. As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Selected for The Artist and Leisure painter competition, Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the year West Design prize 2012 and shortlisted for Artist of the year in 2019. Self portrait 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

NB: Below is a recommended list of products and if you’re not sure, you can buy products from our extensive mill shop on the day with an extra 5% off. Our shop opens at 9am.

What to bring:
• A pre primed canvas or acrylic painting board. Here is one of the standard canvases we sell - Loxley Gold Stretched Traditional Canvas.
• If you are bringing your own photographic reference, you will need a good A4 high quality print of head and shoulders only.
• A selection of good quality, long handled, short flat synthetic acrylic paint brushes in a range of sizes from 2 - 12, also small round hog brushes size 1 (no water colour/sable brushes). Similar too Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro Hog Bristle Brushes.
• Palette knifes sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as these palette knives assorted set of 5.
• Preferably a stay wet palette and fine mist water sprayer.
• A good size jar for water to clean brushes, plenty of cloths or tissues.
• Acrylic paints - Recommended colours:
  • Titanium white
  • Naples yellow
  • Cadmium yellow pale
  • Yellow ochre
  • Cadmium red
  • Alizarine crimson
  • Burnt sienna
  • Burnt umber
  • Ivory black
  • French ultramarine

Other Notes:
• Please ensure you bring a carrier with you for taking home your wet painting.
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.
• Please do bring an iPad if you want to take photographs and to continue painting when you get home.

'Loosen up With Oils' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 4TH APRIL 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All skill levels welcome

Loosen up and paint more freely in oils with Mark Fennell.

This course is aimed at artists that feel their painting is too tight and want their work to appear looser and more painterly. Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his simple, structured approach to painting wet-on-wet or ‘Alla prima’. The workshop will begin with a brief introduction and demonstration, followed by basic colour theory, colour mixing with oils and exploring different brush techniques. High quality photographic reference will be provided to work from or you can bring your own pictures to work from if you prefer.

The aim will be to complete a painting in a day, whether it be a landscape, portrait or pet portrait. Mark is very hands on so there will be plenty of one to one help if you need it. All skill levels are welcome from total beginners to more experienced painters who want to improve their technique.

About Mark: Mark Fennell is a professional portrait painter who works to commission from his home studio in the hill top 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 at the Mall galleries London on a number of occasions. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Buckinghamshire Art Society and was elected member Oxford art society in 2018. As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Selected for The Artist and Leisure painter competition, Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the year West Design prize 2012 and shortlisted for Artist of the year in 2019. Self portrait 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.)
• A pre primed and grounded canvas or gesso primed panel. Pegasus can prepare a 16” x 12” canvas for this course – please order yours upon booking. A stretched traditional canvas costs £9.34 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. Here is a link to the standard canvases that we sell:
• Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas TRaditional Standard.
• Ampersand Artist Panel Primed Smooth.
• A selection of good quality short flat hog brushes in a range of sizes from 2 - 12, also small round hog brushes size 1 and 2. Brushes must be suitable for oil painting and not watercolour or sable brushes. Such as Da Vinci Series 5123 Hog Bristle Brushes.
• Palette knifes sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives.
• Zest It to for cleaning brushes and as an odourless solvent.
• Dipper pot. Such as Metal Twin Dipper with Lids.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40 cm rectangle.
• Oil colours. We sell a range of oils at Pegasus Art, including starter sets such as Cobra Water Mixable Oil Colour set of 6 x 20ml and Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set. Recommended colours:
• Titanium white
• Naples yellow
• Cadmium yellow
• Yellow ochre
• Cadmium red
• Alizarine crimson
• Burnt sienna
• French ultramarine
• A jar and cloths and tissues to clean brushes.

Other Notes:
• Please ensure you bring a carrier with you for taking home your wet oil paintings.
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

All workshop attendees receive an extra 5% off art materials from our extensive shop next to Studio One.

'Self Portraiture' in Oils or Acrylics with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 30TH MAY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities

Mark’s workshop aims to help artists develop their paint and brush handling towards achieving a characterful, expressive and realistic self portrait in oils. Mark is very hands on, so you’ll get lots of one to one tuition throughout the day. All levels welcome from beginners with some painting experience to more advanced students. Less experienced painters will work from a good quality A4 head and shoulders photograph of yourself and more advanced painters can bring a small mirror and work from life.

About Mark: Mark Fennell is a professional portrait painter who works to commission from his home studio in the hill top 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 at the Mall galleries London on a number of occasions. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Buckinghamshire Art Society and was elected member Oxford art society in 2018. As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Selected for The Artist and Leisure painter competition, Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the year West Design prize 2012 and shortlisted for Artist of the year in 2019. Self portrait 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.

What to Bring:
• A good quality A4 head and shoulders photograph reference of yourself or more advanced painters can bring a small mirror and work from life.
• A pre primed and grounded canvas or board. Pegasus can prepare a 16” x 12” canvas for this course – please order yours upon booking. A stretched traditional canvas costs £9.34 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. Here is one of the Loxley standard canvases that we sell.
• A selection of good quality, long handled, short flat synthetic acrylic painting brushes in a range of sizes from 2 - 12, also a small round size 1 synthetic brush (no water colour / sable brushes.) Similar to Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro Hog Bristle Brushes.
  • Oil - Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes Hog Bristle
  • Acrylic - Da Vinci Series 1670 Nova Oil Acrylic Painting Brush Round Long Life Synthetic
  • We have plenty of ranges to choose from at Pegasus Art. You can buy any additional brushes on the day.
• Palette knifes - sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Quality knives please, no plastic knives. Such as Palette Kinives Set 5 Assorted Stainless Steel Birchwood Handles.
• For oil painters - Zest It which is odourless and bring a dipper pot to hold the medium.
• Oil painting mediums such as Zest it Medium or Winsor & Newton Liquin original.
• For oil painters – a dipper to hold the thinners such as C Roberson Dipper Tinplate Double with Lids.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Such as the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40 cm Rectangle.
• For acrylic painters, you might like to consider a stay wet palette and fine mist water sprayer. Try the Daler Rowney Stay Wet Palette Small.
• Oil or acrylic colours as follows:
  • Titanium white
  • Naples yellow
  • Cadmium yellow
  • Yellow ochre
  • Cadmium red
  • Alizarine crimson
  • Burnt sienna or burnt umber
  • French ultramarine
  • Ivory black (optional)
  We sell a range of oils and acrylics at Pegasus Art, including starter sets which you can add to such as Rembrandt Oil Starter Set 6 x 15ml and the Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Paint Selection Set 6 x 60ml
• A good size jar for low odour thinners for oil painters or water to clean brushes, cloths or plenty of kitchen roll.

Other Notes:
• Please ensure you bring a carrier with you for taking home your wet painting if painting in oils.
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill
• Please do bring an i-pad if you want to take photographs and to continue painting when you get home.

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.

MONDAY

'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

Learn how to paint with watercolours: simple techniques to gain confidence, colour mixing & palette, all about papers - inspiration and fun.

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!

Mondays ongoing 10.00 am - 12.15 pm.

6 week course cost £96.

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

'Ways of Seeing' Drawing & Mixed Media with Sue Rae

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 during the first few weeks, followed by an exploration of a variety of materials and subject matter. Projects will be set each week but students can also initiate their own project and choice of materials - with guidance from the tutor. You will be encouraged to keep sketchbooks.

About Sue: Sue is a practising artist who paints, uses mixed media and draws regularly. She has exhibited in solo shows in London and the South West. Her paintings are about a sense of place and she uses a variety of mediums to explore subtlety, contrast of mark, translucency and density of colour. Work also includes textural materials such as plaster, sand and collage to express the geology of a location.

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

Book by contacting suejrae@icloud.com or 01285 821617

Mondays (Starts 1st October 2018) 1.00pm - 4.00pm

5 weeks for £80 or 10 week block for £150

*Suitable for students with some experience* Feel free to contact Sue to discuss the course.

TUESDAY

Morning Art Classes with Max Hale

Join Max Hale for morning classes where he will be teaching different mediums throughout the year. He is a very experienced teacher and skilled in every medium. You will learn a huge amount!

18th June for six weeks: £175
10.00am – 12.30pm
Oil Painting for Emerging Artists - all levels welcome

3rd September for five weeks: £175
10.00am – 12.30pm
Loose and confident watercolours

To book and for more information please call 07792 015059 or visit www.maxhaleart.co.uk

Afternoon Classes "Painters Masterly Course 2019" from 5th March - a nine month course.

On Tuesday afternoons from 5th March, Max will start a nine month course called 'Painters Masterly Course 2019' aimed as a year of learning in three terms, taking you on a complete learning journey. This a totally new three-term course of 28 sessions - Spring: 10 weeks, Summer: 6 weeks and Autumn is 12 weeks. It will offer the artist a much improved learning experience as it incorporates valuable practice time and opportunities to study a favourite genre as the course progresses. During the classes the artist will be introduced to pertinent skills helpful in certain genres and technique relevant to a particular subject. Being able to use these skills throughout will give the artist greater understanding and confidence as they progress, consolidating as they paint, continuing throughout.

Painters Masterly Course 2019 is sold as three terms and artist who fulfill it will be certified by the tutor at completion. It is however bookable as a one, two or three terms. Autumn term is only available within full course or including Summer term. Booking the whole course brings you a useful discount of £50. Spring Term only: £220 Summer Term only: £125 Spring + Summer Term: £345 Summer + Autumn Term: £375 To book the whole course, three terms: £545

The course is aimed at artists who are not total beginners but have had some experience in painting in oils or acrylics. So if you want to move forward with your painting, develop understanding in all the skills, technique, vision and expertise trying many genres this will tick all the boxes.

To book and for more information and a course synopsis, please call 07792 015059 or visit www.maxhaleart.co.uk

NEW Regular Art Classes with Fiona McIntyre

Foundational drawing & painting skills leading to experimental expressive techniques.

This ongoing course builds on foundational skills of drawing and painting and leads towards more experimental and expressive techniques and approaches. Students will work from installation type setups, sketches and photographic reference material on the subject of organic objects - tree forms, plants, flowers and man-made objects. References: Cezanne, Elizabeth Blackadder and The Arborealists.

Students will be required to bring a range of graphite pencils 2B - 9B, putty rubbers and hard erasers, cartridge paper A3 and/or sketchbook. Anything you need, you can purchase in the art shop with an extra 5% off.

www.fionamcintyre.com

Starting on Tuesday 17th September for six weeks.

5th November – six weeks.

7th January – six weeks.

1pm – 4.30pm in Studio One

£197

Contact fiona.me.mcintyre@gmail.com to book.

WEDNESDAY

'Drawing Skills' with Paul Fowler in our newly refurbished Attic Studios

Designed for anyone wishing to develop their drawing skills and suitable for all abilities, Paul uses a format to encourage and challenge. Each 6 week course has a set theme and uses a series of objects and references to inspire and surprise. One drawing is developed over the six sessions on a large sheet of paper. Each week drawings morph and develop as the new objects arrive giving students the freedom to incorporate imagination and experiment with a variety of drawing techniques.

Wednesday 9.15 am - 12.15 pm

6 weeks cost £95.

To sign up or for more information, contact: paul.j.fowler@btinternet.com

'Drawing and Painting' with Alison Vickery

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.

Wednesday ongoing 1.00 pm - 3.30 pm

6 weeks cost £90.

'After School Class' - Drawing Skills for 8 - 12 year olds with Alison Vickery

Have fun and develop skills of observation, interpretation- let the imagination flow!

A lovely after school class with encouraging teacher Alison who sets a really nice vibe in her class.

Explore different medium and be challenged to draw objects in detail. Even if you are not naturally creative, come and have a go! Contact Alison on info@alisonvickery.co.uk for more information.

Wednesday ongoing 3.50 pm - 4.50 pm

6 weeks cost £60.

THURSDAY

'Extreme Poses' – Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

Continuation of this original format tutored by experienced artist and tutor Paul Fowler. With the use of climbing ropes the life model is posed off the ground creating interesting and challenging drawing opportunities. Suitable for the less experienced right through to professional artists. The afternoon session is long poses.

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.

Choice of two Thursday groups:

9.30 am - 12.30 pm 6 weeks cost £130

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm 6 weeks cost £90

FRIDAY

'Developing Skills And Creativity In Painting' with Rob Collins MA RCA

With Rob's encouragement and skill, find ways of painting that suit you individually in any medium. Rob has designed this course to appeal to anyone wishing to develop their painting skills whether your are a complete beginner or someone with experience working in isolation who needs guidance and motivation. As a serious professional artist and experienced tutor Rob is perfectly placed to encourage his students. He will set up a still life each week but expects many students to work from their own source material or on self motivated projects.

Friday 9.00 am - 12.00 pm - 7 weeks cost £91.

Friday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm - 7 weeks cost £112.

To sign up or for more information, contact: robcollins52@ymail.com