ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

'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.

'Painting Still Life & Learn 'Texture' in Oils and Acrylics with Max Hale

SATURDAY 11TH JANUARY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Studio One - All Abilities Welcome.

Still Life painting with a focus on textures.

Experienced tutor, Max Hale, will tutor you through some simple methods of capturing the many textures within a still life. Texture in a painting can be a daunting prospect, but it’s easier than you think. In this one day workshop we will be looking at how we capture glass, chrome, water, linen, towelling, cotton, wood, basket weave and other similar textures. In many ways, texture is a way of learning brush strokes and how simple strokes or scrapes, scumbles or placements can bring results you may not have believed!

This workshop is suitable for beginners and students with some previous painting experience. It crosses many boundaries as it is not often taught in a way that makes it easy to understand.

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. www.maxhaleart.co.uk

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

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.

• Paint: Choose to paint in either oils or acrylics. Bring whatever colours you already have, or you can buy a starter set at Pegasus Art such as Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set or the Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Selection Set 6 x 60ml.
• Ground:
  • For oils, Max suggests a canvas board, size 12" x 12" or 14" x 10" such as Locley Stretched Canvas TRaditional Standard.
  • For acrylics – acrylic paper (5 sheets minimum order) such as Yupo Painting Paper 110gsm
  There are plenty of options to choose from in the shop.
• Brushes: Whichever medium you choose, please bring or purchase appropriate brushes. Flats are best and Max recommends any size from 3 – 16.
• Palette knife – bring what you have or purchase any size in the shop.
• Masking tape
• Rags for wiping brushes
• Flat palette – as large as you dare! Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35 cm Oval.

Don't forget a packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Anything else you may need is available from the shop and you can shop on the day from 9am. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Skyscapes in Oil' with Georgina Potter

SATURDAY 11TH JANUARY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Attic Studio - Some basic oil painting experience required

Learn how to paint incredible skies with guidance from new tutor, Georgina Potter.

We are delighted that Georgina Potter will be teaching our students how to successfully depict the sky in landscape using oils. This workshop is best suited for those who have previously used oil paints and both amateur and professional painters are very welcome.

Georgie will start the day with a demonstration, working from photographs. She is using Cranfield Artist oils, but you can bring or purchase whichever oil paints you favour. This workshop will teach you the basics for plein air painting, working at speed with a loose style.

You will learn about the following skills on this workshop:
• How the sky affects the landscape below – getting the right tonal values
• Comparing warm and cold colours in a landscape
• Working out composition
• Choosing a colour scheme and palette
• Working in a loose manner from thin to thick paint with big brushes
• Assessing your own work
• Final touches

Recommended materials list:
• Oil Paints
• Georgie recommends Cranfield oil paints in either student or professional artist quality. This is her ‘go-to’ basic oil painting palette. Such as Cranfield Artist Oil Colours 40ml Professional range.
• Titanium White – bring two small tubes or a larger one, you will use a lot! Cadmium Yellow genuine, Cadmium lemon yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine Blue, Kings Blue deep, Pthalo Turquoise, Raw Sienna, Lamp Black. Additional colours; Indian Yellow, Unbleached Titanium, Cadmium Orange.
• Brushes - Bring a selection of brushes, in particular brushes over 1” wide and up to 2” wide. We have a large selection in the shop.
• Painting Medium - Georgie uses a 50/50 mix of linseed oil and Cranfield Non Aromatic thinner. We also stock Spectrum Non-aromatic Thinner.
• Brush Cleaner – Turps, white spirit or Zest It
• Canvas Boards - A selection of canvas boards or primed MDF boards 30cm x 40cm. We can recommend a pre-stretched Loxley canvas costing £9.34 – we have plenty of stock at Pegasus Art. Georgie suggests keeping the cost of your canvas to a minimum so that you don’t mind making mistakes.

About Georgina: After winning the Diana Brooks Award, Georgie was encouraged to focus painting full time. In 2011 she moved to Wiltshire and was inspired by the changing palette of the countryside. “I work fast and instinctively in oils, mostly from life or as a reaction to the landscape around me onto small canvas boards and then I often work these up into bigger paintings in my studios. I try to make every brush stroke matter so that I can be economical with detail, and I frequently rub areas out and start again.” georginapotter.com

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 with you, there is no café at Pegasus Art.

'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. Live sitter.

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 a live sitter 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. 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.
• 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.

'Pen & Wash Landscapes' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 2020

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 4 in Black.
• 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 12 x 8ml tubes + Brush.
• At least two watercolour brushes, one pointed round at least a size 4 or 6 and one flat size ¾ inch. Try the Da Vinci Series 1526Y Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush.
• At least five sheets of A4 HP Hot Press smooth paper (NOT may do too, but rough is too textured). Such as Bockingford Paper Fat Pad A4 Hot Pressed 300gsm.
• 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.

'Abstracts: Colour, Mark Making & Composition' with Sarah Wimperis

SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Attic Studios. All Abilities Welcome

Mixed media – watercolour, water mixable oils or acrylic

A bright and colourful workshop for February!

Join Sarah as she explores abstracts, colour mixing, pigments and colour, taking a closer look at International Klein Blue, Vantablack and Stroud Scarlet! Mix your own colour chart and paint an abstract. If you are completely new to this genre, don’t worry, Sarah will guide you in the basic principals and you can just have a go and enjoy it.

Other topics covered will be mark making with various tools, abstract techniques and thoughts on composition. Even if your style is naturally figurative this workshop will be very helpful for your painting process. Choose whichever medium you prefer.

About Sarah: A professional artist and illustrator, the only English artist-animator to work on the film ‘Loving Vincent’ and through sheer practice, an expert in the style of Van Gogh. Sarah has exhibited with the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, The Discerning Eye, the RI and RWS aswell as numerous solo shows. Sarah has written two painting books and illustrated hundreds of other titles as well as working on BBC Jackanory. She was head of Art at the International School of Stavanger in Norway for six years and has taught art to adults for years. She is Artist Ambassador for Artlook Software and Royal Talens. www.sarahwimperis.co.uk.

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!

All students will need to bring in the following materials:

• Paints: The basic palette of colours (different makes have slightly different names). Permanent yellow deep, lemon yellow, pyrrole red, primary magenta, ultramarine, primary cyan, permanent green deep, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, titanium white.
• Brushes: You will need at least three brushes for the medium you are painting in – oil, acrylic or watercolour. Aim for a small brush, medium and as large as you dare! We have a large selection at Pegasus Art.
• Ground: Stretched canvas or gessoed board for oils or acrylics – recommended size 30cm x 40cm 300gsm watercolour paper – recommended size 30cm x 40cm or thereabouts.
• A palette knife (for oils and acrylic only)
• Palette – tear off paper palettes, wooden or plastic palette for oils and acrylics
• Old rags
• Kitchen paper roll
• Jam jar with a lid
• Apron or painting shirt
• Sketchbook
• 4b or 6b pencil
• Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and water with you as there is no café at Griffin Mill.

'Watercolour Portraits' with Max Hale. Live sitter.

SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

Studio One. All Welcome

Learning how to paint a portrait in watercolour.

Experienced tutor, Max Hale, will tutor you through some simple methods of using a tricky medium with a challenging subject and you’ll be surprised at how quickly your skills will grow. Knowing the areas on which to concentrate and the areas to have less focus is key. Using a live-sitter you will soon develop confidence and build your skills. Even if you haven’t used watercolour to any great degree, you are very welcome to join this workshop.

Things you will learn on this workshop:

• Where to start
• Mixing good flesh tones
• Mixing hair colours
• Gaining a good likeness of the model
• When do I stop?

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. www.maxhaleart.co.uk

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.

Recommended Equipment List:

• At least two sheets of watercolour paper either ‘NOT’ or ‘Rough’ approximately 16” x 12” (40cm x 30cm) minimum 300gsm. Such as Bockingford Watercolour Paper 300gsm Rough or Bockingford Watercolour Paper 535gsm NOT. There are plenty of options to choose from in the shop.
• Masking tape.
• A set of watercolour pans or tubes – it’s worth investing in a good quality set. Take a look at Cotman Watercolours Pocket Box of 12 Pans or the Cotman Watercolour Set of 12 x 8ml tubes or Van Gogh Watercolour Tube Set of 10 for some ideas.
• A selection of brushes - A half inch flat, one inch flat and round size 12 – 16.
• Tissue / toilet roll / kitchen roll for dabbing out colour.
• Water pot.
• Mixing palette or plate.
• 2B pencil to draw out.
• Putty rubber.
• Sketchbook – plenty to choose from in the shop.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Paint the Aurora' with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY 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.

'Van Gogh in Provence' with Sarah Wimperis

SATURDAY 7TH MARCH 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities. Mixed media – watercolour, water mixable oils or acrylic

Attic Studios, Pegasus Art

Spend a day in Provence, with Van Gogh, cicadas, pine trees....and Sarah Wimperis!

Indulge in a lovely day of Provencal painting with Van Gogh expert, Sarah Wimperis. It’ll be a chance to discuss and look at some of Van Gogh’s iconic Provencal paintings and a demonstration of his techniques and colour choices, before having a go yourself! Sarah will give you plenty of personal tuition and provide images for you to work from with step by step guidance. By the end of the day you’ll have a finished painting. Feel free to paint in whatever medium you prefer – oils, water based oils, acrylics or watercolour. You can always buy extra products in the shop on the day.

About Sarah: A professional artist and illustrator, the only English artist-animator to work on the film ‘Loving Vincent’ and through sheer practice, an expert in the style of Van Gogh. Sarah has exhibited with the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, The Discerning Eye, the RI and RWS aswell as numerous solo shows. Sarah has written two painting books and illustrated hundreds of other titles as well as working on BBC Jackanory. She was head of Art at the International School of Stavanger in Norway for six years and has taught art to adults for years. She is Artist Ambassador for Artlook Software and Royal Talens. www.sarahwimperis.co.uk

All students will need to bring in the following materials. 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!

• Paints: The basic palette of colours (different makes have slightly different names): Permanent yellow deep, lemon yellow, pyrrole red, primary magenta, ultramarine, primary cyan, permanent green deep, yellow ochre, burnet sienna, titanium white. Please choose the medium that you prefer – oils, water based oils (Sarah recommends Cobra oils), watercolour or acrylics.
• Brushes: You will need at least three brushes for the medium you are painting in – oil, acrylic or watercolour. Aim for a small brush, medium and as large as you dare! We have a large selection at Pegasus Art.
• Ground: Stretched canvas or gessoed board for oils or acrylics – recommended size 30cm x 40cm 300gsm watercolour paper – recommended size 30cm x 40cm or thereabouts.
• A palette knife (for oils and acrylic only)
• Palette – tear off paper palettes, wooden or plastic palette for oils and acrylics
• Old rags
• Kitchen paper roll
• Jam jar with a lid
• Apron or painting shirt
• Sketchbook
• 4b or 6b pencil

Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and water with you as there is no café. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided throughout the day. There is plenty of free parking at Griffin Mill.

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

SATURDAY 14TH MARCH 2020

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:

• Bring a selectin of both dry and wet materials, then we can try out mixed media techniques!
• Bring oils, and also quick drying materials; ink, watercolour, watercolour pencils, gouache, acrylics, pencils, chalks, pastels.
• Bring five print outs of landscapes that have meaning to you. They could be several images of the same location from different angles OR different images. The printouts should be A5 size minimum. You can bring photographs, but please note, you will be painting on top of them and possibly tearing them up.
• 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
• Glue Stick
• Candle
• 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.

'Botanical Painting - Spring Flowers in Watercolour' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 21ST MARCH 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Studio One. All Abilities Welcome

Working from a selection of Spring flowers, you will learn how to compose, draw from observation and paint in detail, using watercolour, to create a finished botanical painting reflecting an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of these seasonal plants.

With Karen’s experience as a botanical artist you will be guided, with one to one support and demonstrations, to mix colours carefully to match what you see, explore light and shadows and learn a little flower botany! During the session you will familiarise 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 has been working as a professional artist for nearly ten years and has taught botanical art workshops locally since 2016. Receiving a First Class honours degree at The Arts Institute of Bournemouth, she went on to work as a primary school teacher for several years before embarking on a full time career as a fine artist. She now exhibits her work regularly in shared and solo shows. She refers to herself as a botanical artist rather than an illustrator as, although she paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant, her paintings place more emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry.

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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.

Recommended Equipment List:
• Paper:
• Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – one sheet for your painting and a bookmark size piece for testing colours.
• Sketchbook options:
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney Rough, mould made, acid free £10.00
• RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad £18.50
• Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad £7.08
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth £11.40
• Watercolour Paints:
• 5ml tubes or pans
• Karen recommends Winsor & Newton, professional range or student quality Cotman range. Try Winsor & Newton Watercolour Individual 5ml Tubes, Cotman Watercolour 8ml Tubes, Cotman Watercolour Pocket ox 12 Half Pans or Winsor & Newton Watercolour Metal Box Set 12 x 5ml with suggested colours: Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap green, Hooker’s green, Yellow ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Grey.
• Brushes:
• Watercolour sable or synthetic paintbrushes with fine points – suggested sizes 2, 4 and 6. Try Da Vinci Series 11 Maestro Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush or Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Synthetic Brush Round.
• Small paint palette - such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber
• Ruler
• Kitchen roll
• Water pot
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'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.

'Van Gogh Sunflowers & Irises' with Sarah Wimperis

SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities. Mixed media – watercolour, water mixable oils or acrylic.

Attic Studios, Pegasus Art

How much do you know about Van Gogh’s Iris paintings?

We are all familiar with Van Gogh’s sunflowers, but much less is known about his series of iris paintings. They were painted in the hospital garden at Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum near Provence in 1890, the year before he died. Experts believe these paintings were simply studies rather than finished works and they are admired for their vivid colour and lightness.

If you love flowers and the work of Vincent Van Gogh then you will love this workshop! Indulge in a day of art appreciation and painting as you discuss the sunflower and iris paintings, the palette and techniques he used. Work began on his sunflower paintings in 1888, the happiest year of his life in the baking sunshine of Arles in the South of France. In a letter he wrote to his brother Theo, he describes his process, ‘I can only work in the early morning as the flowers wilt quickly and it’s a matter of doing the whole thing in one go.’

You will be working from a sunflower and iris still life and from Van Gogh images. Sarah will help you step by step and by the end of the day you’ll have a finished painting. Feel free to paint in whatever medium you prefer – oils, water based oils, acrylics or watercolour. You can always buy extra products in the shop on the day.

About Sarah: A professional artist and illustrator, the only English artist-animator to work on the film ‘Loving Vincent’ and through sheer practice, an expert in the style of Van Gogh. Sarah has exhibited with the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, The Discerning Eye, the RI and RWS aswell as numerous solo shows. Sarah has written two painting books and illustrated hundreds of other titles as well as working on BBC Jackanory. She was head of Art at the International School of Stavanger in Norway for six years and has taught art to adults for years. She is Artist Ambassador for Artlook Software and Royal Talens. www.sarahwimperis.co.uk

All students will need to bring in the following materials. 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!

• Paints: The basic palette of colours (different makes have slightly different names): Permanent yellow deep, lemon yellow, pyrrole red, primary magenta, ultramarine, primary cyan, permanent green deep, yellow ochre, burnet sienna, titanium white. Please choose the medium that you prefer – oils, water based oils (Sarah recommends Cobra oils), watercolour or acrylics. Van Gogh famously used Chrome yellow for his sunflowers!
• Brushes: You will need at least three brushes for the medium you are painting in – oil, acrylic or watercolour. Aim for a small brush, medium and as large as you dare! We have a large selection at Pegasus Art.
• Ground: Stretched canvas or gessoed board for oils or acrylics – recommended size 30cm x 40cm 300gsm watercolour paper – recommended size 30cm x 40cm or thereabouts.
• A palette knife (for oils and acrylic only)
• Palette – tear off paper palettes, wooden or plastic palette for oils and acrylics
• Old rags
• Kitchen paper roll
• Jam jar with a lid
• Apron or painting shirt
• Sketchbook
• 4b or 6b pencil

Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and water with you as there is no café. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided throughout the day. There is plenty of free parking at Griffin Mill.

'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.

'Linocut & Collage Landscapes' with John Scott Martin NDD PPRBSA ARSMA FRSA

FRIDAY 5TH & SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm both days

£140

All Abilities Welcome

Learn how to create effective linocuts with eminent printmaker and new tutor, John Scott Martin.

We are delighted that John will be teaching our students how to produce effective linocuts using traditional methods and also incorporating collage. You will be learning from a hugely experienced painter-printmaker, past President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Associate Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Don’t let this list intimidate you – his main aim is to imbue his love of printing and to share the many skills and techniques that he has learnt over the years. Beginners are most welcome.

What you will learn on this workshop:

• How to select materials
• Learn about the basic techniques required for this medium
• Select an image, consider composition and learn how to trace the image and transfer in reverse onto lino
• Cutting and proofing the block
• How to use the proof to create a number of collages
• Printing your block
• Benefit from a final appraisal, questions and feedback

Above: The Artist magazine, Issue Sep 2019 - Article 'Make a Linocut'. Click on the images to see a larger version of the article page. With kind thanks to www.painters-online.co.uk

About John Scott Martin: John is a practising painter and printmaker. He ended a long career in graphics, printing, photography and design management to return to his first love. He is well known for his images of Cornwall, the mining landscape and nautical scenes. He has worked with the National Trust and taken every opportunity to head below ground to document the mining imagery of West Cornwall. He is inspired by classic yachts, sailing barges and ships – he works in oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastels and inks. He exhibits and sells mixed media linocuts and paintings with no less than eight galleries. He occasionally writes for The Artist magazine. www.johnscottmartin.co.uk

Please bring the following with you:

• Scissors
• Scalpel or craft knife
• Small ruler
• Apron
• Bring any images that you would like to develop. John will also provide some images you can work from.
• Pencils and / or sketching pens
• A small supply of A4 cartridge paper sheets
• Lunch! There is no café at Griffin Mill, so please bring a packed lunch with you.

John will provide the following, so please do not bring:

• Tracing paper
• Graphite/trace
• Ink rollers
• Lino blocks
• Lino cutting tools
• Small book press
• Printing inks
• White spirit
• Pva glue
• Papers for collages

All students receive an extra 5% off in our extensive mill shop which opens at 9am.

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

SATURDAY 13TH JUNE 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

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.

• 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 Set 6 x 60ml. 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 Indtroductory 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. Check out the Loxley Gold Traditional Standard Canvas or the Loxley Square Canvas Boards.
• Brushes: Bring a selection of whatever you have including a filbert, a flat and a rigger. We have some great options including Pro Arte Acrylix Set W8 Series 202 - 204 Acrylic Oil Painting Brushes and Pro Arte Series 201 Long Flat Brushes.
• A palette such as the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40cm Rectangle.
• Palette knife if you’d like to have a go at using one. TRy the RGM Pro-grip Palette Knives.
• 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*

'From the Beginning' Learn How to Paint with Sarah Wimperis

FRIDAY 26TH, SATURDAY 27TH, SUNDAY 28TH JUNE 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£170

All abilities. Mixed Media - watercolour, watermixable oils or acrylic

Attic Studios and on the Stroudwater Canal

Learn how to paint - everything you need to know.

Perhaps you enjoyed painting when you were younger, but you gave up. Maybe you were always told you weren’t very good at it? You studied fine art at college and were really very good, but life got too busy! If you’ve never, ever picked up a paintbrush before, but you’re longing to give it a try.....this workshop is for you!

This is an amazing opportunity to start again....from scratch. Sarah Wimperis was Head of Art at the International School of Stavanger in Norway for six years so she is a very experienced teacher and prolific, practising artist herself. Her absolute passion for art will most definitely rub off as she takes you on a step by step journey in painting. You will cover these elements over the course of three days;

• An explanation of the materials you’ll need to get you started. Don’t be daunted, Sarah will take you for a spin around Pegasus Art shop.
• Look at techniques, colour, colour mixing, composition and painting.
• She will also take you outdoors for a brief introduction to painting en plein air. It will give you the confidence to try it for yourself.
• Questions – ask as many as you can. In a small group you will receive a lot of individual attention and advice on specific projects you’re considering.
• Ideas and practice for moving forward – the importance of sketch-booking and drawing every day.

About Sarah: A professional artist and illustrator, the only English artist-animator to work on the film ‘Loving Vincent’ and through sheer practice, an expert in the style of Van Gogh. Sarah has exhibited with the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, The Discerning Eye, the RI and RWS aswell as numerous solo shows. Sarah has written two painting books and illustrated hundreds of other titles as well as working on BBC Jackanory. She was head of Art at the International School of Stavanger in Norway for six years and has taught art to adults for years. She is Artist Ambassador for Artlook Software and Royal Talens. www.sarahwimperis.co.uk

Recommended materials list:

We have plenty of options in the shop, with an extra 5% off for workshop attendees. Any questions, please ask!

• Paints: Choose whichever medium you like, or a combination of a few. The basic palette of colours (different makes have slightly different names):
  • Permanent yellow deep
  • Lemon yellow
  • Pyrrole red
  • Primary magenta
  • Ultramarine
  • Primary cyan
  • Permanent green deep
  • Yellow ochre
  • Burnt sienna
  • Titanium white
  Please choose the medium that you prefer – oils, water based oils (Sarah recommends Cobra oils), watercolour or acrylics.
• Brushes: You will need at least three brushes for the medium you are painting in – oil, acrylic or watercolour. Aim for a small brush, medium and as large as you dare! We have a large selection at Pegasus Art.
• Ground: Stretched canvas or gessoed board for oils or acrylics – recommended size 30cm x 40cm. 300gsm watercolour paper – recommended size 30cm x 40cm or thereabouts.
• A palette knife (for oils and acrylic only).
• Palette – tear off paper palettes, wooden or plastic palette for oils and acrylics.
• Old rags and / or kitchen paper roll.
• Jam jar with a lid.
• Zest It thinner and brush cleaner if using oils.
• Apron or painting shirt
• Sketchbook.
• 4b or 6b pencil.

Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and water with you as there is no café. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided throughout the day. There is plenty of free parking at Griffin Mill.

'Marine Scenes in Watercolour & Gouache' with John Scott Martin NDD PPRBSA ARSMA FRSA

SATURDAY 4TH JULY 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

All Abilities Welcome

Learn how to paint marine scenes with eminent painter and new tutor, John Scott Martin.

We are delighted that John will be teaching our students how to paint nautical landscapes and marine scenes at Pegasus Art. He is passionate about this subject and has spent a lifetime recording the ocean and all that sail on it! You will be learning from a hugely experienced painter, past President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Associate Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Don’t let this list intimidate you – his main aim is to imbue his love of painting and to share the many skills and techniques that he has learnt over the years. Beginners are most welcome.

What you will learn on this workshop:

• How to select a suitable image and explore composition
• How to prepare and stretch your watercolour paper
• Roughly sketch the scene in pencil and then convert it simply into colour
• Drawing lightly in full size onto the stretched watercolour paper
• Learn how to paint the sky and water freely using watercolour and horizontal brush strokes – John will show you this particular technique!
• Working from the horizon, learn how to forward paint the subjects simply, considering colour and more importantly, tone
• How to add detail using gouache
• Benefit from a final appraisal, questions and feedback

Above: The Artist magazine, Issue Oct 2013 - Article 'Drawn to Sea'. Click on the images to see a larger version of the article page. With kind thanks to www.painters-online.co.uk

About John Scott Martin: John is a practising painter and printmaker. He ended a long career in graphics, printing, photography and design management to return to his first love. He is well known for his images of Cornwall, the mining landscape and nautical scenes. He has worked with the National Trust and taken every opportunity to head below ground to document the mining imagery of West Cornwall. He is inspired by classic yachts, sailing barges and ships – he works in oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastels and inks. He exhibits and sells mixed media linocuts and paintings with no less than eight galleries. He occasionally writes for The Artist magazine. www.johnscottmartin.co.uk

Recommended materials list:

• Watercolours - John favours Winsor & Newton watercolours and gouache, but bring whatever you have and purchase any extra colours in our shop. His suggested palette for marine painting is: Payne’s Grey, Alizarine Crimson, Intense Blue (or nearest).
• Gouache - We sell single tubes or sets of gouache at Pegasus Art. Suggested colours: Permanent White, Lemon Yellow, Flame Red, Raw Sienna, Sky Blue.
• Paper - You will only need one or two sheets of paper to paint on – 210gsm or similar, smooth and as white as possible. John suggests A3 size, but you could go for A4 if you wanted. Here are some suggestions from our shop:
  • Fabriano 5 Liscia, size A1 (we can cut it in half for you) £1.85 per sheet. 210gsm, smooth surface.
  • We also have packs of paper that are slightly bigger than A4 (quarter imperial sheets). Fabriano Artistico Hot pressed 200gsm 38 x 28cm 10 sheets for £8.60. Great for taking home with you for future paintings.
• Brushes - Bring the brushes you already have and John suggests the following -
  • 1 x Size 3, synthetic brush, round - for example: Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop NOVA Multi-Use Synthetic Brush - Round Short Handles
  • 1 x Size 8, synthetic brush, flat - for example: Da Vinci 5830 Cosmotop Mix-B (Sable & Synthetic Mix) Brush Flat
• Palette or suitable plate (such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette 15cm)
• Pencil and sketchbook - any size
• Lunch! Please bring a packed lunch with you as there is no cafe at Griffin Mill
• All students receive and extra 5% off in our extensive shop

'Palette Knife Portraits in Oil' with Mark Fennell RBSA. Working from photographs.

SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2020

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Intermediates

Learn how to paint bold expressive portraits with painting knives. Explore knife painting techniques, laying the paint on thick to create a rich painting full of texture and energy. The day will start with a short demonstration followed by lots of one to one tuition to help you paint a powerful and convincing impasto portrait.

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 pre primed and grounded canvas or board, minimum size approx. 16” x 14” - Such as the Loxley Gold Stretched Traditional Standard Canvas.
• A good photographic reference of a subject of your choice or suitable portrait images will be provided.
• Palette knifes - sizes 20, 30 and 21 or similar. Quality knives please, no plastic knives. Such as Palette Knives Set of 5 Assorted Stainless Steel.
• Zest It or similar odourless paint thinners. Also bring a dipper pot to hold the thinners.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Try the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30x40cam Rectangular.
• Oil paints: 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.

Other Notes:
• Please ensure you bring a suitable carrier for taking home your wet painting. Mark recommends buying some carrier clips that attach at each corner of the canvas to keep wet paintings apart.
• Sticks of charcoal (optional).
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

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'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 more information about the artist visit www.artbydj.co.uk

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'The Secret Lives of Colour - Five Colourful Histories' Illustrated Talk and book signing with Kassia St Clair

THURSDAY 26TH MARCH 2020

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Tickets £20

Illustrated Talk & Book Signing - Attic Studios

We are delighted that Kassia St Clair, author of top-ten bestseller The Secret Lives of Colour is coming to Pegasus Art to give an illustrated talk. You may have heard snippets on Radio 4 when it was Book of the Week, you may have seen it’s colourful book cover in Waterstones – and now is your chance to delight in the hidden history of seventy five pigments, revealing fascinating historical and cultural facts that will bowl you over.

What started as a column for Elle Decoration has become a bestselling book, alongside The Golden Thread telling the fascinating history of fabric. Every page is packed with irresistible facts and anecdotes from Turner’s deadly green, Van Gogh and ‘falling hard’ for chrome yellow, ultramarine that was more valuable than gold to our very own Stroud Scarlet, ‘Oliver Cromwell specified that officer’s coats should be dyed scarlet in Gloucestershire using a newly discovered recipe.’

Kassia will focus on the cultural history of five colours. From the controversy surrounding the world’s blackest black to the origins of a blue that inspired Yves Klein. Explore the deadly power of white, the political underpinnings of a special shade of orange and, last but not least, decided whether it’s time we all began to think pink.

About Kassia: Kassia is a freelance journalist and author. She graduated with a first-class honours degree in history and went on to complete a master’s degree at Oxford. She has written for The Economist, House & Garden, Quartz and the New Statesman. She has had column in Elle Decoration since 2013 and was assistant books and arts editor for The Economist.

She has given talks at Dallas Museum of Art, Tate Liverpool, the V&A and the National Portrait Gallery, as well as events at Hay and Bath Festivals, Soho House and Christie’s.

“Even Farrow & Ball don’t know as much about colour as Kassia St Clair,” TLS

“Extraordinarily full and interesting. The real joy of the book lies in the main chapters, where almost every page throws up an unexpected detail and insight. An ideal crib and valuable resource for the design-conscioius and students alike.” Times Literary Supplement

“Charming” The Financial Times

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REGULAR ART CLASSES - FULL DETAILS

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 £108.

Starting 9th September continuing without a break until 16th December. To sign up or for more enquiries, contact Richard: richard@rtcwatercolours.co.uk

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'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 16th September 2019) 1.15pm - 4.00pm

6 week blocks - half term 28th October

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

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TUESDAY

Morning Art Classes with Max Hale

Join Max Hale for morning classes where he will be teaching a different technique each half of the term. This Autumn term you will tackle Ink and Wash followed by Acrylics. You will learn a huge amount with this very experienced teacher.

"A huge thank you to Max - he helps bring out what you love to do, rather than tell you how to do it - he encourages and gently suggests what you might try."

Starting 3rd September for five weeks: £150
10.00am – 12.30pm

Ink & Wash - let's take it further - all levels welcome

From 22nd October for seven weeks: £185
10.00am – 12.30pm

Seven images in Acrylics - paint different subjects each week

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

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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 7th January 2020 for six weeks.

7th January – six weeks.

1pm – 4.30pm in Studio One

£197

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

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WEDNESDAY

'Still Life Observation' with Paul Fowler in our newly refurbished Attic Studios

A cacophony of objects fills each still life installation; from week to week the objects will be changed, replaced with other items or moved. This will challenge your composition and your choices giving you the option to rework your drawings by overlapping or drawing through an existing image. This changes the narrative as you move forward encouraging imagination, experimentation and the importance of discovery. Each session gives continuous tuition.

Wednesday 9.30 am - 12.30 pm

6 weeks cost £120.

To sign up or for more information, contact: fowlerlayfigures@gmail.com

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'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

8 weeks cost £120.

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'After School Class' - Drawing Skills for 7 - 12 year olds with Alison Vickery

Have fun and develop skills of observation and interpretation - let the imagination flow! The emphasis is on art rather than craft. Alison aims to develop children's creativity and technical ability while having some fun and hopefully inspiring a love of the subject. The children work in all sorts of different media from a range of subjects. The number in the class is a maximum of six to allow lots of individual attention. Alison supplies all the materials - children just need to bring along an apron and wear clothes that they don't mind getting mucky! Please inform Alison about any allergies or medical issues and she must have an emergency contact mobile number.

The class is £80 paid in advance per term (eight weeks), although Alison is happy for children to come and pay individually for the first class and decide if it's for them.

Contact Alison on info@alisonvickery.co.uk or 07904 548321 for more information.

Wednesday ongoing 3.50 pm - 4.50 pm

8 weeks cost £80.

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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 £140

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm 6 weeks cost £90

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'Drawn to Look' in the Evening with Susan Kester

Come to enjoy and learn the skills of drawing with artist Susan Kester. Each week students will make drawings of a new subject to encourage observational skills, develop techniques and experiment with materials (including graphite, charcoal, pastels, watercolours, pen and ink).

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 currently is running several regular popular drawing courses locally. Her classes are relaxed and enjoyable with an emphasis on building confidence, increasing knowledge and learning new skills.

Susan also has a studio practise and shows regularly. www.susankester.co.uk

Thursdays 6:30pm - 8:30pm

5 September 2019 – 24 October 2019 (8 weeks) cost £120

Suits all levels

To sign up or for more information email me at skester@outlook.com or phone on 07794942680

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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

Friday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm - 7 weeks

All sessions cost £16.50 paid half a term in advance.

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

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