ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

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

SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2023
10.00am - 4.00pm
£85
Studio One
All abilities welcome

Working from a chosen winter flower (Hellebores, Cyclamen and Christmas Cacti), you will learn how to compose, draw from observation and paint in detail, using water-colour, to create a finished botanical painting reflecting an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of the plant.

With Karen’s experience as a Botanical Artist you will be guided, with one to one support and class demonstrations, to mix colours carefully to match what you see, explore light and shadows and learn a little leaf botany, looking at the shape, sizes, structure and anatomy of various leaves, their vein arrangement (venation) and the important job that leaves play in the plant’s life.

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

About Karen: Karen has been working as a professional artist for nearly 10 years and has taught botanical art workshops locally since 2016. Receiving a First-class honours degree at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, she went on to work as a primary school teacher for several years before resigning to focus more on her art career. She now exhibits her work regularly in shared and solo shows.

She refers to herself as a botanical artist rather than 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.

www.karengreenart.com

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Recommended Equipment List

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

• Paper: Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – one sheet for your painting and a bookmark size piece for testing colours.
• Sketchbook Options:
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free
• RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad
• Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth
• There is plenty of choice in the shop which Karen can guide you to. Large sheets of hot-pressed watercolour paper can be bought in the shop which can be cut down to size.
• Watercolour Paints: 5ml tubes or pans or a basic set. Karen recommends Winsor & Newton, professional range or student quality Cotman range.
• Winsor & Newton Watercolours - Individual 5ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour 8ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour Sketcher Pocket Box 12 Half Pans
• Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour Metal Box Set 12 x 5ml
• Suggested colours: Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap green, Hooker’s green, Yellow ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Gray.
• Brushes: Watercolour sable or synthetic paintbrushes with fine points – suggested sizes 2, 4 and 6. Such as...
  • Da Vinci Series 11 Maestro Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush
  • Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

'Serene Seascapes' in Mixed Media with Mel Cormack-Hicks

SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2023
10.00am - 4.00pm
£85
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

What will I learn?

How to explore and experiment with freedom. How to create movement using layers.

Mel will show you how to create serene seascapes with her experimental multimedia techniques. Her methods are very hands on, so be prepared to get messy. You will experiment with materials and leave with new exciting skills that will allow you to create powerful seascapes that contain the magic ingredient... movement.

What will I achieve?

Learn how to create layers of light and colour that will give your painting movement and depth. You'll return home with many mixed media experiments, sketches and paintings.

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 has exhibited at ‘The Other Art Fair’ a Saatchi affiliated show and is represented by Marine House at Beer. She is full of energy and enthusiasm for her new audience of students and is loving sharing her creative process.

www.melaniecormack-hicks.co.uk

Materials

Mel's suggestion is to bring a selection of materials, both dry and wet. Then you can try out mixed media techniques too. She does not insist that you have everything from the list below – just bring what you can. This workshop is not suitable for oil paints.

All attendees receive and extra 5% off in our shop.

All of the materials below are available in our extensive art shop – please ask us if you need any advice.

Recommended Equipment List

• Quick Drying Materials:
• Bring materials that can dry quickly: acrylic ink, watercolour, watercolour pencils, gouache and acrylic paints.
• Anything we can mix with water to make it more fluid.
• Daler Rowney inks, suggested colours: Prussian blue, Payne's Grey, Cadmium Red, White, and Sap Green.
• Watercolour pencils such as Derwent Inktense pencils.
• Acrylic paints such as Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paints 120ml tubes.
• Resist Materials:
• Candles, oil pastels and masking fluid if you would like to try it.
• Winsor & Newton Masking Fluid is my favourite.
• Dry Materials:
• Pencils, chalk pastels and a glue stick.
• Tools:
• Pipette (acrylic inks have these in the top), brushes, palette knife, straw to blow through!
• If you have one, bring a hairdryer to get the paint and ink moving!
• Sketchbook:
• Bring anything you already have – any format.
• My preference is Pink Pig – a square, ringbound sketchbook available at Pegasus Art.
• I'm happy for you to work in your sketchbook all day, but if you would like to work larger, there are some suggestions below.
• Surface Suggestions:
• Thick card, hot press watercolour paper (the smooth type), wooden boards or mount board (these will need a layer of gesso on them – ask Mel).
• You could bring canvas, but I find that the materials don't flow across the surface very easily.
• The size you bring is up to you, but if you do decide to bring something large, bring smaller sizes too!
• You could try the A3 Mountboard in Ivory Pack of 8.
• Seascape Print Outs:
• Bring five print outs of seascapes 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 might be painting on top of them and possibly tearing them up.
• Please bring your own drinks and packed lunch with you.

'Drawing with a Difference' an Explorative Workshop with Wendy Rhodes PhD

SATURDAY 13TH JANUARY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Studio One
All abilities welcome

Kick off the New Year with an explorative drawing and painting workshop using hand-made brushes and a variety of tools – try something new!

"One of the best workshops I've run in years – the work was truly outstanding!" says tutor Wendy Rhodes when describing her Drawing with a Difference workshop. It's a chance to have a bit of fun, relax and have a go. Working from a group of objects, you'll make your own paint brush, experiment with paints, ink, drawing materials and other tools and equipment to produce interesting and unique work which will surprise you!

What you will learn:

• Learn about the different marks possible with an unusual selection of found tools and brushes
• Learn how to manipulate mark making through the handling of tools
• How to build explorative drawings in layers
• How to relax and have fun with drawing

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

Recommended Equipment List

• 6 sheets of A3 cartridge paper.
• 2 sheets of A2 cartridge paper.
• A small collection of dried flower/seed heads with long stems and dainty twigs (not branches!). Please also bring any offcuts of string, twine or ribbon that you have.
• A selection of old paintbrushes that have seen better days, thish can also include interior decorating brushes.
• If you have a sketchbook that contains blank pages that you could use to record experiments, it would be a good idea to bring it along.
• A packed lunch, flask of tea, coffee, water and snacks.

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

'Start Painting in Oils' Part 1 Oil Workshop with Max Hale

SATURDAY 13TH JANUARY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Studio One
For total beginners, including refreshers - max. 10 students
This workshop is followed by Part 2 'The Secret of Success in Oils' on 27th January'

Painting in oils is most artist's goal. It is the paint of the Masters and one not too difficult to learn.

However, the method of oil painting does require a knowledge of the process to help you start, this workshop gives you just that. Assuming you have little or no experience, you will be taught the basics and then encouraged to enjoy the practical side as soon as possible. You will learn about how to use the materials, options on paint types, brushes, palettes and choices of canvas and other supports. The subject matter will be supplied by the tutor.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for five 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

If you don't have materials, Pegasus Art have everything you need from starter sets and tons of advice to set you up for painting (with a 5% discount). This will allow further practice, plus you'll be set to join the next workshop part 2 'The Secret of Success in Oils' which carries you further along your oil painting journey. Any queries, call the tutor who will guide you 07792 015059 or speak to one of the experienced staff members at Pegasus Art on 01453 886560.

Recommended Equipment List:

• Paint:
  • Bring what you already have, or you can choose from our student oil variety or, even better, our selection of higher grade 'artist oils'. Browse our collection of oil paints
  • If you prefer the idea of water-based oil paints, you can buy Cobra water-mixable oil paints. Please make sure you have the three primaries Cobalt blue (hue), Cadmium red (hue) or a series 1 red such as Pyrrole, Cadmium Yellow light (hue) or Process yellow, and Titanium white.
• Brushes: Two brushes, one filbert hog hair size 8 and a synthetic flat size 4. Shop oil painting brushes.
• Palette: Bring a wooden, melamine or plastic flat palette. Explore palettes.
• Zest It: We always recommend Zest It as a thinner as it's non-toxic. You can hold it in dippers (small egg-cup like pots) and bring a couple of jam jars with lids aswell.
• Ground: Choose from various 'grounds' or surfaces including ready-made stretched canvases or boards. Max recommends a canvas board, A4 size.
• Other:
  • Rag to wipe down brushes (please don't bring tissue or toilet roll)
  • A painting shirt or apron.
  • Easels, boards and small side tables all supplied by Pegasus Art.
  • Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks – tea and coffee will be available all day.

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

'The Secret of Success in Oils' Part 2 Oil Workshop with Max Hale

SATURDAY 27TH JANUARY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Studio One
For total beginners, including refreshers - max. 10 students
This workshop follows Part 1 'Start Painting in Oils' on 13th January'

Painting in oils is most artist's goal. It is the paint of the Masters and one not too difficult to learn.

You may well have tried oils but need an uplift into improving your skills. Along with this, approaching real subjects you’ll learn to develop a process that will set you up for success. Using simple landscape, the drawing out, where to start, including planning and composition are all included within the day. The subject matter will be supplied by the tutor.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for five 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

If you don't have materials, Pegasus Art have everything you need from starter sets and tons of advice to set you up for painting (with a 5% discount). Any queries, call the tutor who will guide you 07792 015059 or speak to one of the experienced staff members at Pegasus Art on 01453 886560.

Recommended Equipment List:

• Paint:
  • Bring what you already have, or you can choose from our student oil variety or, even better, our selection of higher grade 'artist oils'. Browse our collection of oil paints
  • If you prefer the idea of water-based oil paints, you can buy Cobra water-mixable oil paints. Please make sure you have the three primaries Cobalt blue (hue), Cadmium red (hue) or a series 1 red such as Pyrrole, Cadmium Yellow light (hue) or Process yellow, and Titanium white.
• Brushes: Two brushes, one filbert hog hair size 8 and a synthetic flat size 4. Shop oil painting brushes.
• Palette: Bring a wooden, melamine or plastic flat palette. Explore palettes.
• Zest It: We always recommend Zest It as a thinner as it's non-toxic. You can hold it in dippers (small egg-cup like pots) and bring a couple of jam jars with lids as well.
• Ground: Choose from various 'grounds' or surfaces including ready-made stretched canvases or boards.
  • Max recommends a canvas board, A4 size.
  • Max suggests a 16 x 12" canvas such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard
• Other:
  • Rag to wipe down brushes (please don't bring tissue or toilet roll)
  • A painting shirt or apron.
  • Easels, boards and small side tables all supplied by Pegasus Art.
  • Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks – tea and coffee will be available all day.

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

'Sublime & Stormy Seas' in Oils with Mark Stopforth

SATURDAY 17TH FEBRUARY or 7TH SEPTEMBER 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90 per day
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

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

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

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

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

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

Recommended Equipment

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

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our warehouse shop.

'Paint the Aurora' in Oils or Acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners - Maximum 10 students

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!"

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

DJ will bring along pre-prepared gesso boards for you to work on (this is included in the price). Ampersand Gessobord For Oils & Acrylics - 1/8" (3mm) Panels 16" x 12".

Recommended Equipment List

• Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding 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. You can buy starter sets like these:
• Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour Starter Set 6 x 21ml
• Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set 6 x 40ml
• A range of brushes – hog hair brushes, preferably flats sizes 2, 5, 3 or 6. Such as Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes S42B Flat Maroon Handle.
• A fan brush for delicate blending techniques. Such as Pro Arte Series 33 Polar White Nylon All Purpose Fan Brushes.
• Container for cleaning brushes.
• Zest It
• Palette. Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm Oval.
• 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.

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

'New Adventures in Bookbinding' with Magalie Briand from Brilliant Magpie Bookbinding

SATURDAY 2ND MARCH 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
Beginners welcome - Maximum 8 students

Create your own unique and colourful sketchbook!

By popular demand, we are offering another workshop with Magalie from Brilliant Magpie Bookbinding.

Come and join me to make your very own sketchbook with beautiful watercolour papers - designed especially for this Pegasus workshop! Colours are a big part of this workshop and you will enjoy an introduction to Gelli printing to create our own unique cover. I will be bringing lovely, coloured linen threads to sew our book using a stitch close to my heart (more will be revealed on the day!) and we will choose a matching ribbed ribbon to add a little bit of luxury. And for an extra pop of colour, we will sew coloured pastel sheets to our pages.

Throughout the day, I will share my knowledge and you will have a bucket full of tricks and tips to take back home. I have no doubt you will catch the bug and so I will bring small bookbinding kits with me for sale. This workshop is suitable for beginners or anyone more advanced who wants to experience a different vision.

About Magalie: "I fell in love with bookbinding many years ago. I have always been creative and was looking at ways to display my watercolour paintings... making my own handmade book felt like an organic solution. After much trial and error, I took the wonderful journey of learning traditional bookbinding with some of the best bookbinders in the UK. This gives me a wonderful base to work from and I have developed my own identity - splashing a modern twist into any handmade book I make. I love creating my own cover - it might be from Gelli printing or watercolour, cyanotype and even using my own creative process 'Ecolite'."

Find me on Instagram @brilliantmagpiebookbinding

Materials List:

• Paper: Please note that these papers have been chosen especially for this unique workshop for their size and grain direction. Please choose between option 1a or 1b. If you're not sure, please ask Magalie to advise you.
• 1a. One pack of Fabriano Artistico 300g NOT 28cm x 38cm Traditional white - pack of 10 sheets with deckled edged and one Fabriano Artistico 300gsm HP 76cm x 56cm.
• OR
• 1b. Three sheets of Bockingford 300g HP 76cm x 56cm.
• Please can all students purchase the following:
• 2. Two sheets of Fabriano Tiziano 50cm x 65cm. I would suggest two complementary colours for uniformity or two opposite colours for high contrast.
• 3. Cheap white paper. Buy a couple of sheets so we can practice our cover design. Pegasus has a 190 gsm Kent Edition drawing paper A1 or Seawhite cup paper.
• Paint: I will be bringing my own acrylics and would like £5 cash on the day for people to use them. If you would rather bring your own or buy from Pegasus, please see below.
• You can buy Amsterdam acrylic paints.
• Or Daler Rowney acrylic paints.
• I have tested both and Amsterdam are extremely nice to use but more expensive. System 3 are also fine but not as pigmented. I use another range which is pigmented and lovely to use on a Gelli plate. Depending on your budget, I would suggest 2 colours and if possible 3. Please avoid any metallic, fluorescent, thick Heavy body, or open Golden acrylics as they aren't as suitable for this workshop.
• Optional Materials:
• All items below are optional. Please do not buy anything that is optional as I will bring many to share but if you do happen to have anything on the list below, please bring them!!
• An apron, if no apron... Don't wear your Sunday best!
• A small cotton rag, an old tea towel is fine. Or biodegradable wipes. This is to clean any surplus glue, wipe your hands if you are a messy worker like me.
• A metal or plastic ruler. (Metric if possible).
• A set square. (Plastic is fine).
• I will be bringing Gelli plates for everyone, but if you do have one please bring it!
• A brayer/ roller (I have a few but anyone with one or more, please bring them. I prefer soft but hard rollers are fine as well.
• Stencils and any stamps you may have to decorate your covers.
• Waste paper... any old newspaper and nothing smaller than A4. I will bring loads, but you can never have enough. This will protect our work surface.
• Please don't forget to bring your reading glasses with you.
• A packed lunch – there is no café at Griffin Mill. We will supply tea and coffee but please bring your own water and snacks.
• Any existing bookbinder can bring their awls and cutting mats and bone folders.
• I will be providing free of charge coloured Linen threads, luxurious ribbons, beeswax, PVA, glue brushes.

Let's have loads of fun!! I am looking forward to seeing you there!

'Half Hour Watercolours' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 2ND MARCH 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Studio One
All abilities welcome - Maximum 10 students

Can I really do a painting in half an hour? Yes you can!

This new workshop will free your technique and mindset to enable loose but expressive paintings. Stop fiddling with detail and encourage bravery in your art.

You will learn to plan your work, then execute the painting in super-quick time. This will give you insight into how the process can be simplified. Then watercolours produce the finest results.

It will deal with mixing on the go, learning the options in brush use and painting outside. Even if your style is more conventional, or even new, there's a huge amount to be gained from this day session. Subjects will include landscape, coastal scenes, interiors if time, portrait too. References will be supplied. Be prepared for a busy but fun day.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for six 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

• Please bring a set of watercolour paints, tubes or pans. We have a big selection of watercolours at Pegasus Art.
• At least 5 sheets or a pad of watercolour paper up to A4. Explore our Watercolour Blocks.
• B or 2B pencil
• Rubber, sharpener
• Water pot
• Watercolour brushes you should have - a size 12 or 14 round, a smaller round, suggest size 8. A rigger would be useful and a flat brush perhaps a 3/4 inch
• Tissue or kitche roll
• A sketchbook, any size. Explore our range of sketchbooks.

Please bring your own drinks and packed lunch with you – we can provide you with tea & coffee.

'Think Big, Draw Big' a Large Scale Drawing Workshop with Wendy Rhodes PhD

SATURDAY 9TH MARCH 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£85
Studio One
All abilities welcome

Throw caution to the wind….go big!

In this workshop you are allowed to draw on the walls! On large sheets of paper, you'll be happily sketching all day long. Scaling up smaller objects or landscape imagery is fun and challenging, presenting new ways of looking and observing. Working upright is energising and freeing. You'll be amazed at the results.

What you will learn:

• Learn how to scale up, from small to huge!
• Learn how to free your arm to draw in sweeping gestures
• Explore ways of using drawing materials to create bigger bolder marks
• How to build a drawing and add detail
• Build confidence and enjoy a drawing

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

Recommended Equipment List

• 4 sheets of A1 cartridge paper.
• A putty or kneadable eraser (such as Factis Putty Rubber K20) and one Staedtler Hard Plastic Eraser or one Factis Softer Plastic Eraser S20
• Charcoal – Wendy likes to use Musgrove Willow box of 18 or Nitram Charcoal
• A well-stocked everyday pencil case that has drawing pencils, pencil sharpeners etc.
• Small objects that you can hold in your hand (to study closely while you are drawing). Examples of suitable objects would include sea-shells, small toys, an old shoe, items of jewellery and dried seedheads. Please don't bring anything fragile in case you drop it while you are working.
• A packed lunch, water and snacks (tea & coffee are provided)

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

'Exploring Collage' with Helen Norman

SATURDAY 23RD MARCH 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
Beginners welcome

We are delighted to welcome new tutor Helen Norman, to teach collage – a new medium for workshops at Pegasus Art. Learn how to express yourself through collage with no need for paint or brushes... with amazing outcomes!

This is a an eco-friendly, mindful and impressionistic form of art that will inspire you to have a go. The classes are suitable for complete beginners and also for those with more artistic backgrounds. Choose any subject you wish, bringing reference materials (photos etc.) with you. Helen will guide you every step of the way and you'll have a lot of fun exploring this underrated medium.

All materials will be supplied for the first lesson then you will be guided as to what is available from the Pegasus Shop. During the course we will explore the various different ways of using newsprint to achieve your final collages.

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

Recommended Equipment List:

• Bring 6 old magazines or colour supplements of your choice.
• Sketchbook and HB pencil. Explore our sketchbook range.
• Tube of PVA glue. Such as PVA Glue Non-Toxic - Fast Drying.
• Spatula. Such as Craft Planet Glue Spreaders - Pack of 5.
• Scissors and / or craft knife. Such as Jakar Stainless Steel Scissors 9cm with Soft Grip.
• White / cream mountboard which you will need to cut to size. We sell A1 Daler Rowney Studland Mountboard in Antique White.
• Helen would like you to cut the mountboard to fit a frame in the following sizes: 30 x 30cm, 30 x 40cm, 20 x 20cm and 20 x 25cm – 4 pieces in all.
• A packed lunch – there is no café at Griffin Mill. We will supply tea and coffee but please bring your own water and snacks.

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

'Painting Like a Master - Monet' in Oils or Acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 6TH APRIL 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome, including beginners

Learn to paint in the palette and style of Monet.

Exploring the style and techniques of various Masters of Art, looking at how they applied paint expressively, used colour and tone and how they captured light!

We will be exploring the loose and expressive style with which Claude Monet applied paint, with an emphasis on colour. This infectious style of painting is suitable for both oils and acrylics and is lots of fun too!

Artist David ‘DJ’ Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes. He is fascinated with skies, horizons, light and shadow. In this way, he has been drawn to the landscapes and unique palette of Monet.

DJ will also take you step by step through various techniques, working from images he has selected, leaving you feeling inspired and uplifted! Return home with a finished (or almost finished) painting.

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

Recommended Equipment List

• Oil Paints - Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints.
• You can buy starter sets like the Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set 6 x 40ml.
• Or individual oil paints such as Winsor & Newton Artist Quality Individual Oil Colours 37ml. Recommended oil colours are: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Vermillion, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple and Raw Umber.
• Acrylic Paints - Whatever you have already.
• We recommend starter sets such as the Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylic Selection Set 8 x 59ml.
• Or individual acrylics. 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.
• Standard stretched canvas 16" x 12" such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard or similar size
• A range of brushes – preferably flats sizes 2, 5, 3 or 6.
• Hog hair brushes for oils such as Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes S42B Flat Maroon Handle.
• Acrylic brushes - browse our range here.
• Container for cleaning brushes and taking your Zest It away with you.
• Zest It
• Palette
• Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm Oval.
• Paper palettes suitable for acrylic painting - such as Daler Rowney A3 Tear Off Palette Pad 40 Sheets.

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee with you.

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

'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Spring Bulbs' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 13TH APRIL 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

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

Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises. Leading on from this, through a little bit of botany exploration, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing of the flower. With one-to-one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint your flower and finish by working in pencil to draw the bulb and root system, thinking about light and shadows.

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

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

www.karengreenart.com

facebook/karengreenart

insta/karengreenart

Recommended Equipment List

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

• Paper: Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – one sheet for your painting and a bookmark size piece for testing colours.
• Sketchbook Options:
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free
• RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad
• Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth
• There is plenty of choice in the shop which Karen can guide you to. Large sheets of hot-pressed watercolour paper can be bought in the shop which can be cut down to size.
• Watercolour Paints: 5ml tubes or pans or a basic set. Karen recommends Winsor & Newton, professional range or student quality Cotman range.
• Winsor & Newton Watercolours - Individual 5ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour 8ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour Sketchers Pocket Box 12 Half Pans
• Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour Metal Box Set 12 x 5ml
• Suggested colours: Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap green, Hooker’s green, Yellow ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Gray. For the orchid workshop: Permanent rose, Purple lake, Rose madder. These can be bought on the day depending on the flower you choose to paint.
• Brushes: Watercolour sable or synthetic paintbrushes with fine points – suggested sizes 2, 4 and 6. Such as...
• Da Vinci Series 11 Maestro Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush
• Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

'The Grandeur of Trees' a Graphite Drawing Workshop with Wendy Rhodes PhD

SATURDAY 4TH MAY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Studio One
All abilities welcome

Celebrate the grandeur and character of trees. As a passionate landscape artist, Wendy often uses the beauty of trees to add structure, gestural character and the effects of light. In this workshop the tree becomes the star of the show. Wendy will guide you in focusing on structure, shape, form, texture and the influence of light, to create an original composition reminiscent of tree artists, such as Blaze Cyan. Removing colour will focus your eye on tonal values and high contrast.

What you will learn:

• Learn about the different types of pencil and graphite options available
• Tonal graphite effects
• Mark making for trees, shadows and sky
• Drawing with erasers
• Creating textures with erasure and indenting
• How to focus your observations

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

Recommended Equipment List

• 3 sheets of A3 cartridge paper
• 2 sheets of A3 watercolour paper – the choice of paper is at the preference of the student
  • Fabriano 5 watercolour & printing paper 300gsm Smooth 50 x 70 (a smoother finish with very subtle blending opportunities)
  • Fabriano 5 watercolour & printing paper sheets 300gsm NOT 50 x 70 (with will introduce some texture to the finished drawing, but allows for detailed blending too.)
• A selection of soft drawing pencils from 2B – 8B plus one hard pencil 2H or 3H. Such as the Staedtler Mars Lumograph Set of 6 Pencils.
• Tree photos – 3 of which should be printed A4 size in black and white (or greyscale), you could do this on your home printer. The trees should be the star of your photo and should take up most of the picture area. If possible, trees should be photographed in strong sunlight so that the textures are exaggerated. Also, a good selection of tree photos on your laptop, tablet or smartphone.
• A putty or kneadable eraser (such as Factis Putty Rubber K20) and one Staedtler Hard Plastic Eraser or one Factis Softer Plastic Eraser S20
• If you have a sketchbook that contains some sketches of trees, it would be a good idea to bring it along
• A packed lunch, water and snacks (tea & coffee are provided)

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

'Sublime Skies' in Oils - in the Style of Constable with Mark Stopforth

SATURDAY 18TH MAY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

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

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

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

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

Recommended Equipment

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

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our warehouse shop.

'Expressive Portrait Painting from Life' in Oils wth Mark Fennell

SATURDAY 25TH MAY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£120
Attic Studio
Intermediates

This workshop is for intermediate level artists looking to loosen up their portrait painting style.

On this workshop you will be working from direct observation in oils. Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his well-structured approach to painting a portrait from life, breaking it down into easy-to-follow steps that will cover everything from the importance of values to working with a primary colour palette.

The workshop aims to help artists develop their paint and brush handling towards achieving expressive, yet realistic portraits in a more immediate way.

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

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

Recommended Equipment List

• One pre-primed canvas board or stretched canvas, size approximately 18" x 14". Ground your canvas with a thin wash of acrylic or oil paint made up of burnt sienna lightened down to a light to mid tan with titanium white, must be dry on the day) We can prime the canvas for you at Pegasus for an extra cost of £2.50 on top of the price of the canvas. Such as the Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard.
• A selection of long handled short flat hog brushes in a range of even sizes from 2 – 12. Also a small round hog or synthetic brush size 1. (Brushes must be suitable for oil painting not watercolour or sable brushes.) Explore our oil painting brushes.
• Palette knives sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as the Pan Art Birchwood Painting Knife Set of 5.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or foil trays please). Such as the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm Rectangle.
• Oil colours as follows: titanium white, naples yellow (optional), cadmium yellow pale, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt umber, French ultramarine.
• Odourless solvent/oil paint dilutant, Zest It.
• and a dipper pot such as Metal Twin Dipper with Lids.
• A good size jam jar with a lid (or two!) to clean brushes and hold thinner.
• Rags or a kitchen roll to clean brushes and a plastic carrier bag to hold the dirty kitchen roll.

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

'O'Keeffe Flower Painting' in Oils or Acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 15TH JUNE 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome - including beginners

Join us in a celebration of Georgia O'Keeffe – the 'Mother of American Modernism'.

In conjunction with a new exhibition 'Georgia O'Keeffe: Memories of Drawings' at New Brewery Arts from 13th April – 16th June 2024, we are offering this painting workshop to celebrate one of the most important artists in 20th century American art, balancing abstraction with figuration in her innovative style.

Artist David 'DJ' Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes. He is fascinated with skies, horizons, light and shadow. In this way, he is very drawn to the New Mexican landscapes of Georgia O'Keefe and her enlarged flower paintings which have made such an impact on so many.

The canna lily paintings where intended to depict the way that she saw flowers – as a gardener, O'Keeffe was focused on the detail. Others brought their own interpretation to these paintings, seeing them as representations of female genitalia, but the artist always insisted this wasn't the case.

In this fun and exploratory day workshop you'll be focusing on composition, abstraction, stamen, colour, shape and tonal values. DJ will also take you step by step through various techniques, working from images he has selected, leaving you feeling inspired and uplifted! Return home with a finished (or almost finished) painting.

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

Recommended Equipment List

• Oil Paints
• Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. You can buy a starter set like this Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set.
• Recommended oil colours are: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Vermillion, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple, and Raw Umber. Explore the range of Winsor & Newton Artist Quality Oils Colours 37ml.
• Acrylic Paints
• Whatever you have already. Useful but not essential colours are - Titanium white, Yellow ochre, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple, and Raw Umber.
• We recommend starter sets such as the Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylic Selection Set 8 x 59ml.
• Brushes - a range of brushes, hog hair for oils, preferably flats size 2, 5, 3 or 6. Such as Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes S42B Flat. Same sizes for acrylic brushes that you can find in our excellent range.
• Container for cleaning brushes and taking your Zest It away with you.
• Zest It
• Palette - such as the Cappalletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm oval. Paper palettes suitable for acrylic painting such as the Daler Rowney A3 Tear Off Palette Pad 40 Sheets.

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

'Greens Without Green' a Plein Air Watercolour Workshop with Barry Herniman

SATURDAY 22ND JUNE 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio & Stroudwater Canal
All welcome

Enjoy a brilliant day ‘en plein air’ painting all the myriad shades of summer foliage... without using a single green!

We're delighted to welcome highly experienced tutor, author and ambassador for Schmincke watercolours, Barry Herniman, back to Pegasus Art to teach this colour mixing plein air workshop. If you are a novice watercolour painter wishing to take your skill set to the next level, this is a great opportunity. Moving away from the traditional 'rules' of a fixed palette, Barry will show you how to mix your own. Landscape painting is challenging in many ways, one of which is how to tackle 'all those greens'.

"I used to use a lot of viridian, along with a whole plethora of other greens. It's a lovely colour but one which seemed to dominate my paintings no matter how I modified it. Then I purchased a book by an American artist who mixed all her greens and that for me was an eureka moment. So now in my palette I don't have a single green, rather mixing my own depending on the scene in front of me."

Barry will start the day in the Attic Studio with an introduction before heading out onto the canal and giving you a short demonstration.

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

Recommended Equipment List

• Some small pieces of watercolour paper for the initial exercises.
• A piece of watercolour paper, preferably not less than 140lb and either NOT or Rough depending on your personal preference and not less than 1/4 sheet (15 x 11"). Please tape your sheet to a board. For example, I use Saunders Waterford sheet paper 190gsm NOT 56 x 76cm.
• If you would like to invest in a block of watercolour paper take a look at our watercolour blocks range.
• Bring a watercolour sketchbook for the day. I recommend Hahnemuhle A5 landscape.
• 2B Pencil
• A palette with deep wells to carry sufficient colour mixes. There is a selection at Pegasus including this Buddy Cup Palette.
• Schmincke Horadam watercolours. There will be samples for you to try on the day. Recommended colours: Pure yellow, Aureolin, Indian Yellow, Rose Madder, Madder Red Dark, Madder Brown, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine finest, Helio Turquoise and Manganese Violet. See the Schmincke Horadam Watercolour 5ml Tubes.
• Barry recommends that pigments are transparent or semi-transparent. If you're not sure bring all your colours along and he will go through them with you.
• Brushes – Barry uses Da Vinci Cosmotops Round – they are a synthetic/sable mix and hold bags of water and come to a great point. Recommended sizes - 12,8, 6 and 4 and a few riggers no's 4 and 2. For example Da Vinci Series 5580 Cosmotop Spin Synthetic round Brushes.
• Whilst in the studio, we will work on tables. When outdoors, you are welcome to bring a lightweight camping chair or painting stool. Please also bring wet weather gear and comfortable shoes / boots. We can supply boards to paint on.
• If you would like to bring or buy some Derwent Inktense watersoluble ink pencils, they are highly recommended for sketching.
• Please bring a packed lunch, water and snacks.

'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Summer Flowers' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 6TH JULY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working from a selection of vibrant Summer flowers, you will learn how to compose, draw and paint from observation, using watercolour, to create a botanical painting that reflects an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of the plant.

Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises. Leading on from this, through a little bit of botany exploration, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing of the flower. With one to one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint your flower and finish by working in pencil to draw the bulb and root system, thinking about light and shadows.

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

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

www.karengreenart.com

facebook/karengreenart

insta/karengreenart

Recommended Equipment List

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

• Paper: Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – one sheet for your painting and a bookmark size piece for testing colours.
• Sketchbook Options:
• RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth
• There is plenty of choice in the shop which Karen can guide you to. Large sheets of hot-pressed watercolour paper can be bought in the shop which can be cut down to size.
• Watercolour Paints: 5ml tubes or pans or a basic set. Karen recommends Winsor & Newton, professional range or student quality Cotman range.
• Winsor & Newton Watercolours - Individual 5ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour 8ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour Sketchers Pocket Box 12 Half Pans
• Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour Metal Box Set 12 x 5ml
• Suggested colours: Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap green, Hooker’s green, Yellow ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Gray.
• For the orchid workshop: Permanent rose, Purple lake, Rose madder. These can be bought on the day depending on the flower you choose to paint.
• Brushes: Watercolour sable or synthetic paintbrushes with fine points – suggested sizes 2, 4 and 6. Such as...
• Da Vinci Series 11 Maestro Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush
• Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

'Plein Air in Painswick, 2024' with Roger Dellar ROI, RI, PS. ARSMA

SATURDAY 27TH & SUNDAY 28TH JULY 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm both days
£185
The Assembly Hall, Church Rooms, Painswick Church Hall, Painswick, GL6 6XH
Parking: Stamages Lane Car Park, pay for the day or find free parking in the village
All welcome including beginners - max. 10 students

Learn how to paint plein air in beautiful Painswick village and how to incorporate people into your paintings.

We're thrilled to welcome back Roger Dellar as a visiting tutor to Pegasus Art. With many years of painting and teaching experience under his belt, Roger will lead a small group out into the stunning landscapes of the Painswick valley, just a short walk from the town. The Assembly Room in the Painswick Church Rooms will be our base for the weekend. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from a talented and admired British painter.

Here is a rough outline of what to expect:

Day One

• Roger will give his approach to painting plein air talking about surfaces, paints, brushes, easels etc.
• You'll discuss 'alla prima' (painting in one go) on the spot, and the method of working from general into detail.
• Roger will give a short demo (maximum 1.5 hours) showing you how to select your subject, choose your palette of colours and layout and explaining his thought process – what to leave in and what to take out.
• Take an early lunch – please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea, water and snacks. Also appropriate clothing and footwear for both sun and rain!
• Spend the afternoon painting a subject of your choice with help where needed until 3.40pm when there will be a critique to wind up the day.

Day Two

• According to the outcome of Day One, Roger will do another demo in the morning if necessary, adjusting his approach to reinforce or bring in new ideas to advance your progress!
• The rest of the day follows the format of Day One.

About Roger: Roger is a professional figurative artist working in oils, pastels, acrylics, and water-based media. He is interested in observing people in their environments and attempts to interpret them, capturing light effects. Known for his deftness of hand, he paints quickly often alla prima. He was a member of the council of Royal Institute of Oil Painters and has now moved to the Royal Society of Watercolours council. He has exhibited widely in some of the most prestigious societies and is a member of many, just recently being elected as an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. This year he won the The Artist & Leisure painter magazine Daler Rowney Award. rogerdellar.com

Recommended Equipment List

• Paints: Try and buy the highest quality oil paints you can. Roger recommends the Winsor & Newton range in these colours (but don't feel you have to buy them all); Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Scarlet Lake, Permanent Rose, Ultramarine, Ceruleum Blue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Burnt Sienna. Roger also uses Winsor & Newton Alkyd white for fast drying.
• Mediums: Zest It flow medium or one third Damar Varnish, one third Linseed Oil, one third Zest It.
• Brushes: Rosemary's Brushes do a Roger Dellar bespoke selection Series 2 Evergreen long flat and Pegasus Art sell Da Vinci long flats in a variety of sizes.
• Ground: Roger recommends acrylic gesso primed boards in size 8" x 10", 12" x 10", 12" x 12" or his favourite 12" x 16". We sell Winsor & Newton canvas boards.
• Extras:
• View finder.
• Towelling rag.
• Easel – a field easel with tripod or pochade box – we sell a selection at Pegasus Art including the Jakar Metal Easel - Folding with Bag.
• Flip chair or painters stool such as Cappelletto Artist Foldering Stool SG 9.
• Zest It.
• Palette - such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35 cm Rectangle.
• Sketchbook - explore our range.
• Slider box for wet oils and panels can be taped together with corks between if no pochade box.
• Cap or hat as sunshade.
• Jam jars or solvent container with lid.

Please bring your own drinks and packed lunch with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop, so come and purchase before the day.

'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Autumn Fruits' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working from a seasonal Autumn fruits such as quince, berries, figs and apples, you will learn how to compose, draw and paint from observation, using watercolour, to create a botanical painting that reflects an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of the plant.

Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises. Leading on from this, through a little bit of botany exploration, she will guide and support you to create a detailed observational drawing of the fruit. With one-to-one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint your flower and finish by working in pencil to draw the bulb and root system, thinking about light and shadows.

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

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

www.karengreenart.com

facebook/karengreenart

insta/karengreenart

Recommended Equipment List

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

• Paper: Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – one sheet for your painting and a bookmark size piece for testing colours.
• Sketchbook Options:
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free
• RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad
• Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth
• There is plenty of choice in the shop which Karen can guide you to. Large sheets of hot-pressed watercolour paper can be bought in the shop which can be cut down to size.
• Watercolour Paints: 5ml tubes or pans or a basic set. Karen recommends Winsor & Newton, professional range or student quality Cotman range.
• Winsor & Newton Watercolours - Individual 5ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour 8ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour Sketchers Pocket Box 12 Half Pans
• Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour Metal Box Set 12 x 5ml
• Suggested colours: Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap green, Hooker’s green, Yellow ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Gray.
• Brushes: Watercolour sable or synthetic paintbrushes with fine points – suggested sizes 2, 4 and 6. Such as...
• Da Vinci Series 11 Maestro Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush
• Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

'Mastering Trees' in Oils or Acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Studio One
All abilities welcome, including beginners

We will look at different ways to paint trees, branches and foliage – how colour and tonal values can help bring your trees to life. This workshop is suitable for both oils or acrylics, so bring whichever you prefer. We'll explore a variety of ways to apply paint using brushes, sponges, palette knives and canvas wedges – to help recreate the marks and textures found in trees.

Artist David 'DJ' Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes. He is fascinated with skies, horizons, light and shadow. He will bring a selection of images with him, but if you have a particular tree you’d like to paint, bring a high-quality image with you.

DJ will take you step by step through various techniques, working from images he has selected, leaving you feeling inspired and uplifted! Return home with a finished (or almost finished) painting.

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

Recommended Equipment List

• Oil Paints
• Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. You can buy a starter set like this Michael Harding Oil Paints Introductory Set.
• Recommended oil colours are: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Vermillion, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple, and Raw Umber. Explore the range of Winsor & Newton Artist Quality Oils Colours 37ml.
• Acrylic Paints
• Whatever you have already. Useful but not essential colours are - Titanium white, Yellow ochre, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple, and Raw Umber.
• We recommend starter sets such as the Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylic Selection Set 8 x 59ml.
• Canvas - Standard stretched canvas 16" x 12" such as the Loxley Gold Stretched CAnvas Traditional Standard or similar size.
• Brushes - a range of brushes, hog hair for oils, preferably flats size 2, 5, 3 or 6. Such as Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes S42B Flat. Same sizes for acrylic brushes that you can find in our excellent range.
• Container for cleaning brushes and taking your Zest It away with you.
• Zest It
• Palette - such as the Cappalletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm oval. Paper palettes suitable for acrylic painting such as the Daler Rowney A3 Tear Off Palette Pad 40 Sheets.

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop.

'Palette Knife Portraits From Photographs' in Oils with Mark Fennell

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
Intermediates

Paint bold expressive portraits from photographic reference with painting knives. Explore knife painting techniques, laying the paint on thick to create a rich painting full of texture and energy. The workshop will kick off with a short demonstration followed by lots of one to one tuition to help you paint a powerful and convincing portrait with painting knives. Over the day, you will be working from good quality reference photographs that will be supplied or alternatively you can bring your own references to paint from. They must be good quality A4 images.

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

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

Recommended Equipment List

• One pre-primed canvas board or stretched canvas, size approximately 18" x 14". No deep canvases please, as photo references can't be clipped to the side of them. Ground your canvas with a thin wash of acrylic or oil paint made up of burnt sienna lightened down to a light to mid tan with titanium white, must be dry on the day) We can prime the canvas for you at Pegasus for an extra cost of £2.50 on top of the price of the canvas.
• Long handled hog filbert brushes sizes 2 or 4 for the initial sketch out and a size 8 or 10 for blocking in prior to working with palette knives. Explore our oil painting brushes.
• - Palette knives – minimum requirement, RGM palette knives sizes 1,5,42,81 or similar. Good quality / spring not stiff knives please. RGM are nice and springy. Such as the RGM Set of 6 Palette Knives Non-Stick Coated Steel.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or foil trays please). Such as the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm Rectangle.
• Oil colours as follows: titanium white, naples yellow (optional), cadmium yellow pale, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt umber, ivory black, French ultramarine.
• Odourless solvent/oil paint dilutant, Zest It.
• and a dipper pot such as Metal Twin Dipper with Lids.
• A good size jam jar with a lid (or two!) to clean brushes and hold thinner.
• Rags or a kitchen roll to clean brushes and a plastic carrier bag to hold the dirty kitchen roll.

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

'Botanical Watercolour Painting - Winter Wreaths' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2024
10.00am - 4.00pm
£90
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

Working from a selection of winter foliage and flowers, you will learn how to compose, draw and paint from observation, using watercolour, to create a winter wreath botanical painting that reflects an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of the plants.

Karen, a botanical artist, will ease you into the workshop with some playful drawing exercises. Leading on from this, she will demonstrate how to compose your 'wreath' on paper, supporting you to create a detailed observational drawing of the intertwining plants. With one-to-one support and class demonstrations, you will experiment with watercolour techniques and accurate colour mixing to paint the foliage and flowers to create a finished wreath. 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 works as a Botanical Artist, painting flowers and fruits and vegetables. She paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant but placing emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry. She explores themes of femininity, loss and healing through the botany and life cycle of plants; flower language and their use in medicine, folk lore and religion. After receiving a First- Class honours degree at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, Karen went on to work as a Primary School teacher before resigning in 2011 to focus on her art career. She holds solo and shared exhibitions regularly and has been teaching botanical art workshops for over seven years.

www.karengreenart.com

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Recommended Equipment List

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

• Paper:
• Hot pressed watercolour paper – roughly A4 or A3 size, 300gsm – one sheet for your painting and a bookmark size piece for testing colours.
• 1 x sheet of tracing paper (A4 or A3 depending on the size of your watercolour paper)
• Sketchbook Options:
• RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad
• The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth
• There is plenty of choice in the shop which Karen can guide you to. Large sheets of hot-pressed watercolour paper can be bought in the shop which can be cut down to size.
• Watercolour Paints: 5ml tubes or pans or a basic set. Karen recommends Winsor & Newton, professional range or student quality Cotman range.
• Winsor & Newton Watercolours - Individual 5ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour 8ml Tubes
• Cotman Watercolour Sketchers Pocket Box 12 Half Pans
• Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour Metal Box Set 12 x 5ml
• Suggested colours: Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap green, Hooker’s green, Yellow ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Gray.
• Brushes: Watercolour sable or synthetic paintbrushes with fine points – suggested sizes 2, 4 and 6. Such as...
  • Da Vinci Series 11 Maestro Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush
  • Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot

Please bring a packed lunch, water, soft drinks with you. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

MONDAY

'Get into Collage' with Helen Norman

MONDAYS 9:30am - 12:30pm
4 weeks - £90 - course starts Monday 6th November till 27th November 2023
6 weeks - £150 - course starts Monday 15th January till 19th February 2024
Studio One

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

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

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

Find her on Instagram @helen_norman_art

To book contact helennorman46@yahoo.co.uk.

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'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

MONDAYS 10am - 12pm
4 weeks - £80
Starts Monday 4th September 2023 (start anytime if space is available - runs all year)
Attic Studio
Suitable for all abilities

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

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

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

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

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

MONDAYS 1.30pm - 4.30pm
6 weeks - £110
Starts Monday 18th September 2023
Attic Studio
*Suitable for students with some experience* - Feel free to contact Sue to discuss the course.

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

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

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

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

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TUESDAY

'Captivating Cloudscapes' Course with Charlotte Aiken

TUESDAYS 9:30am - 12:30pm
6 weeks - £130
Starts Tuesday 9th January 2024
Studio One

This six-week course is designed for students of all abilities and is an opportunity to learn exciting and expressive ways to paint your own cloudscape. You will have the option to reference your own sky photographs, giving you the chance to turn your favourite skyscape in to a painting!

Throughout the course, you will learn the fundamentals of working with oil paint on canvas, with a focus on approaching the canvas in an abstract and free manner to develop your compositions. Charlotte will guide you through techniques such as creating oil washes with larger brushes, strategically removing sections with rags, experimenting with glazes, and introducing imitation gold leaf as an option. Benefit from Charlotte's step-by-step breakdown of her artistic process and gain insights into her unique approach to abstract oil painting. Each lesson will include the creation of smaller watercolour studies to inform your canvas paintings and deepen your understanding of colour.

About Charlotte: Charlotte's paintings are informed by her fascination with clouds and the notion of infinity. She works on large-scale paintings using her own cloud photography to structure her compositions. Often working with decorating brushes to accentuate imperfection and texture, recreating an impression of the sky rather than an accurate portrayal.

Charlotte graduated from the School of Art, Architecture and Design, London, in 2017. Shortly after, she won the Graduate Art Prize with ARTIQ, London. Her artwork has since been featured in exhibitions across London and Surrey, including the 2023 Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.

Charlotte is a qualified secondary school art teacher who is passionate about sharing her creative expertise. In 2019, she volunteered as an art teacher for Sebs Schools in Southern India, where she conducted workshops for underprivileged schools and tribal communities. Charlotte has been teaching art for the last six years alongside working on her own practice. Now a full-time artist based in Stroud, working from SVA studios, Charlotte enjoys teaching classes and tutoring.

Materials:

• 1 canvas, preferably large (option to buy two if needed after the first lesson)
• Large decorating brush x2
• Smaller brushes (as many as you have)
• Zest it, or other low odour oil dilutant
• Linseed oil
• Rags (cut up old sheets work fine)
• Oil paints (any colours you have or buy a small set) Titanium white will be needed.
• 2x Sealable jars for spirits and linseed mix
• A bag for dirty oil rags
• Optional imitation gold leaf and gold seal
• Pad of watercolour paper
• Watercolour set, with brushes and a spare water jar.
• Masking tape
• Cotton wool pads

Feel free to email Charlotte with any questions about the materials or the course. An updated materials list will be sent each week if needed.

Coffee, tea, milk (vegan option also) will be provided, please bring a snack and a water bottle.

Book by contacting Charlotte on 07717 666 065 or charlotteaiken@btinternet.com.

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'An Introduction to Chalk Pastels' with Rachael Kuczaj

TUESDAYS 9:30am - 12:30pm
5 weeks - £110
Starts Tuesday 9th January 2024
Attic Studio
All abilities welcome

This course is perfect for those who have always fancied an opportunity to have a draw with chalk pastels, or for those who have used them in the past and would like a re-introduction.

This is a 5 week course where Rachael will spend the first session showing you the different types of pastels from pan pastels to pastel pencils, different papers, techniques and tools and you will have the opportunity to experiment with them all. From weeks 2 to 5 Rachael will then guide you through 2 pieces using pastel pencils, starting with the bumble bee then followed with the bee eater bird. You will use the grid method to sketch out, Rachael will draw alongside you talking you through the process from start to finish. You will finish the course with a really good overview of chalk pastels, two mini masterpieces and the knowledge and skills to go on to draw more with this wonderful medium!

About Rachael: Rachael Kuczaj is a Gloucestershire based pet and equine portrait artist, specialising in chalk pastel. She is based in the rural village of Stone just outside of Berkeley with a national and international client base. For the past 20 months Rachael has been a full-time artist. Prior to that, Rachael ran her portrait business Signature Art by Rachael Kuczaj alongside her work as a Senior Designer for a local Architects in Tetbury.

Rachael creates her highly detailed and realistic portraits using chalk pastels, a medium she discovered and focused on starting at art GCSE and has passionately developed over the years. Rachael considers herself to have found her perfect career combining her two biggest passions, art and animals! To see examples of her work please visit www.rksignatureart.com. Rachael runs very poplar chalk pastel workshops in her local town of Berkeley and takes great pride in being able to pass on her knowledge and skills, seeing her students create some incredible work they never imagined they would produce. Rachael's most common saying in her class is ‘Trust in the process’ something she truly believes, if you follow her guided process through step by step, you will be amazed by what you can produce. She also runs a monthly Junior Art club and an after-school club for the local primary school. Rachael also holds her own Paint & Create events using acrylics on canvas.

Recommended Equipment List

• CarbOthello Pastel Pencils Metal Box of 48 Assorted Colours Plus Sharpener, Kneaded Eraser & Blending Stump Set
• Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils Tin Set of 60
• Clairefontaine Pastelmat Card 360gsm 50x70cm : Dark Grey, cut down to 8 x 10 inch sheets
• Blending Stumps
• Putty Rubber. Such as Factis Putty Rubber K20.

Tea, decaff tea, fruit teas, coffee, milk, oat milk and biscuits will be provided. Please provide any other alternatives.

To book please email Rachael on rksignatureart@gmail.com

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'Master Your Painting' with Max Hale

TUESDAYS 1.15pm - 4.00pm
10 Class Term - £350
Starts Tuesday 12th September 2023
Studio One
All welcome

In its fifth year, a 4-term course for painters in acrylic, oil or watercolour. This all-inclusive course is a way to feel part of a group going for improvement in a progressive yet friendly environment with an award-winning artist/tutor. Develop and moptivate with personal, inspiring tuition from Max Hale. 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."

To book and for more information please call 01858 455428 or visit www.maxhaleart.co.uk

Personal Tuition 1 - 2 - 1 Art Classes with Max Hale

Bookable as:
Half Day Sessions (3 hours) = £85
Full Day Sessions (10am - 4pm) = £150
2 Day Sessions = £275

Work alongside Max in his studio at Pegasus Art and benefit from focused 1-2-1 tuition and guidance in all areas of painting and drawing. Ask as many questions as you like, build up your skills and confidence or tackle issues that have been frustrating you for years! This is a way for artists to learn in an active manner. There won't be any assessment of work.

About Max: Max has been teaching at Pegasus Art for many 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 he works in all mediums which enables him to give a rounded learning experience.

His studio at Pegasus Art is one of eight private studios along the corridor on the second floor. He has the great advantage of having a constant supply of the finest art materials from the extensive art shop next door! If you are keen to learn about materials as part of your complete education as an artist, Max can teach you everything you need to know!

To book and for more information please call 07792 015 059 or visit www.maxhaleart.co.uk

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WEDNESDAY

'Extreme Poses' Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

WEDNESDAYS 9.30am - 12:30pm
6 weeks - £130
Starts Wednesday 6th September 2023
Studio One

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

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

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

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'Creative Drawing' with Wendy Rhodes PhD

WEDNESDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm
6 weeks - £130
Starts Wednesday 24th January till 28th February 2024
Attic Studio

This course will explore drawing techniques and mark making skills, enabling you to develop new ways of using materials.

The workshop will enable you to expand on your own personal drawing style and introduce many new methods. The tutor will demonstrate how to combine techniques together to create the effects you've always been looking for, and some that you never knew existed! We will enjoy exploratory mark making exercises and then put your new skills into action as we work from observation - still life, plants, landscape and portrait imagery. You will also be able to select your own starting point and work towards finished pieces.

Techniques we will explore include: line, tone, washes, erasers and brushes as drawing tools, additive and subtractive marks, positive and negative space and scale.

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

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

Recommended Equipment List

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

To book please email Wendy on wrhodesart@gmail.com

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'Drawing and Painting' with Alison Vickery

WEDNESDAYS 1.30pm - 4.00pm
6 weeks - £96 - course starts Wednesday 25th October till 29th November 2023
3 weeks - £48 - course starts Wednesday 6th December till 20th December 2023
Attic Studio
Suitable for all levels of experience

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

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

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

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

WEDNESDAYS 1.30pm - 4.00pm
5 weeks - £85
Starts Wednesday 15th November till 13th December 2023
Studio One
Suitable for all abilities

This course is designed to break down that fear of starting with a white page - a blank sketchbook. Over the six weeks we will aim to learn a range of skills and techniques and develop a personal visual journal with a focus on composition and colour.

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

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

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

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

You will need:

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

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

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THURSDAY

'Extreme Poses' Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

THURSDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm
6 weeks - £130
Starts Thursday 7th September 2023
Studio One

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

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

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

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'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

THURSDAYS 10am - 12pm
4 weeks - £80
Starts Thursday 7th September 2023 (start anytime if space is available)
Attic Studio
Suitable for all abilities

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

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

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

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NEW 'Oil & Gesso Painting Class' with Paul Fowler

THURSDAYS 1.30pm - 4.30pm
5 weeks - £150
Starts Thursday 7th September 2023
Attic Studio

This five week course will explain a traditional oil and gesso technique creating thin, transparent layers to trap light. Following an in-depth introductory demonstration, painting from a series of still-life objects, we will work with oil paint in a different way, explaining transparent and opaque pigments, using large brushes and rags.

It doesn't matter how good you are, or how experienced you are. Everybody is welcome.

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

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NEW 'Gesso & Powder Pigment Painting Class' with Paul Fowler

THURSDAYS 1.30pm - 4.30pm
5 weeks - £150
Starts Thursday 19th October 2023
Attic Studio

Water based powder pigments trapped in layers of gesso create a chalk-like gouache finish. You will be working from still-life installations, learning how to master this technique.

It doesn't matter how good you are, or how experienced you are. Everybody is welcome.

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

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

THURSDAYS 2pm - 4.30pm
5 weeks - £85
Starts Thursday 16th November till 14th December 2023
Studio One
Suitable for all abilities

This course is designed to break down that fear of starting with a white page - a blank sketchbook. Over the six weeks we will aim to learn a range of skills and techniques and develop a personal visual journal with a focus on composition and colour.

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

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

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

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

You will need:

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

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

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'Drawn to Look' From Observation with Lucy Inder

THURSDAY 6.30pm - 8.30pm
5 weeks - £100
Starts Thursday 16th November till 14th December 2023
Studio One
Suitable for all abilities

This course is designed to work on observation and drawing. Over the six weeks we will aim to learn a range of skills and techniques to develop drawings from still life objects.

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

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

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

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

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

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FRIDAY

'Developing Skills & Creativity in Painting' with Rob Collins MA RCA

FRIDAYS 9.00am - 12.00pm OR 1.00pm - 4.00pm
3 Hours - £23
Starts Friday 8th September 2023
Studio One
Join in anytime if space

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.

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

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