ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

'An Introduction to Sketchbooking' with Emma Leyfield of Valerian Studio

FRIDAY 19TH & SATURDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£125

Attic Studio. Suitable For All Abilities

This two part workshop is all you need to get started on your sketch-booking journey.

Day 1: Book Binding - Making Your Own Sketchbook Jump the first hurdle of overcoming that blank page by making a sketchbook yourself. This workshop will cover leather book making and coptic book binding using recycled books and salvaged leather to create your own watercolour sketchbook.

Day 2: The Art of The Sketchbook Get stuck in to filling your beautiful sketchbook by learning the tips and tricks of an everyday sketcher. From travel journaling to people sketching and watercolours, you will have the chance to try out a multitude of techniques and explore a use of sketchbook that works for you.

All materials and refreshments included. Students will receive 5% off art materials in Pegasus art shop within the building.

To book your place, visit www.valerian.co.uk/workshops or email valerianillustration@gmail.com

'Portraiture: All You Need to Know' with Emma Leyfield of Valerian Studio

SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£75

Attic Studio. Suitable For All Abilities

This workshop is an intensive tutorial designed to teach you all you need to learn portraiture. From quick people sketching to traditional poses drawn from life, noses, hands and all. Be you a beginner in search of direction, or an old hand looking for a refresher, you will come away having learned something.

All tools and materials will be provided but if you have any materials you'd like to try out please feel free to bring them along.

To book your place, visit www.valerian.co.uk/workshops or email valerianillustration@gmail.com

'Expressive Portrait Painting' in Oils or Acrylics with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 6TH MARCH 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studio. All Skill Levels Welcome

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

Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his well structured approach to painting a portrait. Breaking it down into easy to follow steps that will cover everything from the colour palette and mixing flesh tones to working tonally, initially blocking in shape and form to construct the head through to the finer details to create a good likeness.

Over the the two days you will have the chance to work from a life model as well as working from good quality reference photographs. You can bring your own references to paint from but they will need to be very good quality A4 images.

About Mark: Mark Fennell is a professional portrait painter who works to commission from his home studio in the hill top village of Brill in Buckinghamshire. He works predominantly in oils, notable sitters include Antony Worrall Thompson, John Hood, Lord Mayor of Birmingham and singer - songwriter John Otway. His work has been selected for exhibition with The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and The Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall galleries London. As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Oxford Art Society and Buckinghamshire Art Society.

Mark runs workshops and demonstrations for art groups and societies across the UK and occasionally in Portugal and the costa Blanca in Spain. Awarded the Winsor and Newton painting prize for his self portrait 'The diagnosis' at The Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition 2020. Selected for The Artist and Leisure Painter magazine competition at Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the Year West Design prize, Peoples Choice Award 2012 for his portrait of 2nd world war veteran Len Nixey and also shortlisted for A&I Artist of the Year in 2019. His self portrait was shortlisted out of nearly 10,000 entries for the Daily Mail ‘Not the Turner Prize’ and exhibited at The Mall Galleries, London in 2005. Featured on ITV’s ‘A Brush With Fame’ in 2005, portrait of Antony Worrall Thompson was chosen as his favourite.

What to Bring:

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

• Two pre-primed and grounded canvases or boards. (pre ground your canvas with a thin wash of acrylic or oil paint made up of burnt sienna lightened down to a light to mid tan with titanium white, must be dry on the day). Pegasus can prepare a 16” x 12” canvas for this course – please order yours upon booking. A stretched traditional canvas costs £9.34 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. Such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard or the Loxley Clear Linen Stretched Canvas Transparent Pimer.
• A selection of long handle short flat hog paint brushes for oil painters or synthetic acrylic brushes for acrylic painters, in a range of sizes from 2 -12, also small round or filbert hog brushes size 1 and 2. Such as Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes Hog Bristle.
• Palette knives - sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives.
• For oil painters - Zest-It oil paint dilutant or similar low odour thinners and linseed oil.
• For oil painters, a dipper/pot to hold the thinners. Such as Metal Twin Dipper with Lids.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40cm Rectangular.
• Preferably a stay wet palette and fine mist water sprayer for acrylic painters. Such as Daler Rowney Stay Wet Palette Small.
• Oil or acrylic colours as follows - titanium white, cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt sienna or burnt umber, french ultramarine and ivory black and naples yellow are optional. We sell a range of oils at Pegasus Art, including starter sets.
• A good size jar for white spirit or low odour thinners for oil painters or water for acrylic painters to clean brushes.
• Rags or kitchen rolls to clean brushes.
• Please ensure you bring a carrier for taking home your wet painting if painting in oils.
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

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

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

SATURDAY 13TH MARCH 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Attic Studio. All Abilities Welcome

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

With Karen’s experience as a botanical artist you will be guided, with one to one support and demonstrations, to mix colours carefully to match what you see, explore light and shadows and learn a little flower botany! During the session you will familiarise yourself with the materials and tools needed for botanical art and the techniques used, slowly building up layers of paint to create luminosity and depth.

About Karen:Karen has been working as a professional artist for nearly ten years and has taught botanical art workshops locally since 2016. Receiving a First Class honours degree at The Arts Institute of Bournemouth, she went on to work as a primary school teacher for several years before embarking on a full time career as a fine artist. She now exhibits her work regularly in shared and solo shows. She refers to herself as a botanical artist rather than an illustrator as, although she paints with intricate detail, retaining the technical accuracy of the plant, her paintings place more emphasis on the aesthetics and artistry.

www.karengreenart.com

facebook.com/karengreenart/

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

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

Recommended Equipment List:

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

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Decorated Letter Workshop: Botanicals' with Emma Leyfield of Valerian Studio

SATURDAY 27TH MARCH 2021

1.30pm - 4.30pm

£40

Attic Studio. Suitable For All Abilities

Decorated Letters are a chance to slow down and step into the world of snail mail with an artistic twist. In this workshop we will cover the basics of painting botanicals in watercolours and transferring this skill to decorating letters, as well as the option to include origami letter folds.

In our modern world of text messages and emails receiving a hand-written letter already feels quite special. Add the surprise of being given something beautifully painted and you have a unique gift that is infinitely more personal than an online message.

All materials and refreshments included, students will receive 5% off art materials in Pegasus art shop within the building.

To book your place, visit www.valerian.co.uk/workshops or email valerianillustration@gmail.com

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

SATURDAY 27TH MARCH 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

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!
• 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.
• Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill - Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Oil Painting Using Cold Wax Medium' with Nicki Heenan

SATURDAY 10TH APRIL 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£85

Attic Studios - All abilities welcome from beginners to intermediate

This one day workshop is for painters who would like to explore the variety of techniques possible using Cold Wax Medium. The day is structured into several tasks to learn how to mix cold wax into your paint and create different surfaces using the medium. Colour theory will be discussed as well as using tonality to boost the visual impact of your work. Don’t be afraid if you are new to oil painting as working with cold wax is fun and very rewarding once you have learnt the basics.

About Nicki: Born in London, Nicki Heenan moved to New-Zealand as a child. She studied Microbiology (MSc hons) at Auckland University, Art and Music. These areas of learning have formed an integral part of her work as an artist where the experimental methods of science are combined with an abstract visualisation of the landscape.

Nicki’s paintings are very much influenced by surface and substance. Colour is rendered in multi dimensional soft layers with glazing and wax infused with dry pigment. Nicki works in oil, cold wax, acrylic and watercolour. www.nickiheenan.com

All students will need to bring in the following materials:

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

• Zest It Cold Wax Medium – Nicki Heenan Selection.
• Arches oil paper pad – A3.
• Oil paint – include white, yellow, Pthalo Blue, Raw Umber, Black, Magenta, Turquoise.
• Sepia and orange ink - try Sennelier Coloured Inks - Shellac Drawing Inks 30ml.
• 4” roller - such as Abig Lino Roller with Metal Handle.
• Squeegee – catalyst tool blade or flexible silicon bowl scraper.
• Mark making tool – such as an etching needle or bamboo skewer.
• Masking tape.
• Gloves.
• Fan brush - such as the Da Vinci Hog Fan Blender Brush.
• Tear off palette paper - such as Loxley Tear Off Palette Pad 16 x 12 Inches.
• Palette knives – rectangular and pointed - try this handy Painting Knives Starter Set.
• Paper towels and baby wipes.
• Grease proof paper.
• A bag for your rubbish.
• A packed lunch and plenty of water – there is no café at Griffin Mill!

The shop is open from 9am, so please do come before the workshop to purchase what you need.

'Portraiture: All You Need to Know' with Emma Leyfield of Valerian Studio

SATURDAY 17TH APRIL 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£75

Attic Studio. Suitable For All Abilities

This workshop is an intensive tutorial designed to teach you all you need to learn portraiture. From quick people sketching to traditional poses drawn from life, noses, hands and all. Be you a beginner in search of direction, or an old hand looking for a refresher, you will come away having learned something.

All tools and materials will be provided but if you have any materials you'd like to try out please feel free to bring them along.

To book your place, visit www.valerian.co.uk/workshops or email valerianillustration@gmail.com

'Dramatic Sunset Skyscapes' in Oil with David 'DJ Johnson

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome including beginners

Artist David ‘DJ’ Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes. He is fascinated with skies, horizons, light and shadow. Join him on this day workshop to explore all these powerful elements of landscape, and particularly skyscape, painting.

He will teach you how to create a sunset sky using oils with brushes and palette knives. DJ will guide you step by step, working from an image he has selected – return home with a finished (or almost finished) painting.

You will explore colour, play with the light and discover new techniques. If you’ve never used a palette knife before, don’t worry, this is the ideal way to have a go. 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.

Recommended Equipment List

• Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. You can buy starter sets like Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour Start Set or the 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.
• A range of brushes – hog hair brushes, preferably flats sizes 2, 5, 3 or 6. Such as C Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes S42B flat.
• Container/ jar with a lid for cleaning brushes and taking away your Zest It.
• Zest It.
• Palette - such as the 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.

'Botanical Painting - Blossom' in Watercolour with Karen Green

SATURDAY 8TH MAY 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome - Attic Studio

Working from a selection of Spring Flowers, 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 flower.

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 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:
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free £10.00 - Available here
  • RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad £18.50
  • Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad £7.08
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth £11.40 Availble here
  • 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 such as Winsor & Newton Individual colours in 5ml tubes, Cotman 8ml tubes, Cotman Sketchers Pocket Box 12 pans, Winsor & Newton metal box 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 Brushes or the Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush.
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as the Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette 15cm
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot

A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

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

'Pen & Wash - Towns & Villages' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 15TH MAY 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome - Attic Studio

This one-day workshop explores ink pen and watercolour washes that make really interesting and beautiful pieces of art. This quick technique is becoming increasingly popular for capturing busy street scenes. I will show you how, picking out key features without feeling overwhelmed. There is a knack to it!

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

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

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

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

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

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day. Please bring a packed lunch as there is no cafe at Pegasus.

Recommended Equipment List

• At least two or three landscape references to use for painting, photographs or sketches. Please do not bring paintings to copy whether your own or from a third party.
• At least one 0.3 or 0.5 metal/fibre or plastic tipped ink pen using permanent black ink ie. not water soluble. Such as Staedtler Lumocolor Permanent Pen Set.
• A set of watercolour paints in either tubes or pans. Minimum colours recommended are cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, sap green, cerulean blue, ultramarine, raw umber. Such as Cotman Watercolour Painting Plus Set.
• At least two watercolour brushes, one pointed round at least a size 4 or 6 and one flat size 3/4 inch. Such as Da Vinci Series 1526Y Kolinsky Red Sable Round Watercolour Brush.
• At least five sheets of A4 HP Hot Press smooth paper (NOT may do too, but rough is too textured). Such as Bockingford Paper Fat Pad A4 Hot Pressed 300gsm.
• A water pot and some tissue or kitchen roll.
• A sketch book any size and soft pencil 2B or 4B.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

'Experimental, Evocative Landscapes' in Mixed Media with Mel Cormack-Hicks

SATURDAY 29TH MAY 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

All abilities welcome

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

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

What Will I Achieve? On this one day workshop you will create experimental landscape compositions. You will have the option to work on a larger piece in the afternoon. These will have visual impact because of your newly found knowledge of the vital ingredients, composition and colour.

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.*

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

Recommended Equipment List

Please bring any materials you already have and would like to bring. This is a guideline for what to bring:

• 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 - You can buy single pencils such as Derwent Inktense Pencils.
• Acrylic paint such as Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paints.
• 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 here. 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!
• Five Print Outs of Landscapes That Have Meaning to You.
• They could be several images of the same location from different angles OR different images. The printouts should be A5 size minimum. You can bring photographs, but please note, you will be painting on top of them and possibly tearing them up.
• A Packed Lunch and Water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

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

All of the materials above are available.

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Experimental, Evocative Landscapes' in Mixed Media with Mel Cormack-Hicks

SATURDAY 12TH JUNE 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome

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

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

What Will I Achieve? - On this one day workshop you will create experimental landscape compositions. You will have the option to work on a larger piece in the afternoon. These will have visual impact because of your newly found knowledge of the vital ingredients, composition and colour.

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.*

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

Recommended Equipment List

Please bring any materials you already have and would like to bring. This is a guideline for what to bring:

• 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 - You can buy single pencils such as Derwent Inktense Pencils.
• Acrylic paint such as Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paints.
• 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 here. 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!
• Five Print Outs of Landscapes That Have Meaning to You.
• They could be several images of the same location from different angles OR different images. The printouts should be A5 size minimum. You can bring photographs, but please note, you will be painting on top of them and possibly tearing them up.
• A Packed Lunch and Water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

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

All of the materials below are available.

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Sunlit Seascapes' in Oils or Acrylics with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 19TH JUNE 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

A beginners or refreshers course

‘DJ’ is a talented artist (shortlisted for Artist & Illustrator Artist of the Year 2016) and adventurer with a passion for the sea and mountains. This workshop will be taught through a series of demonstrations and one to one tuition, showing you a variety of techniques and methods for applying paint, including alternatives to brushes. You will study and play with colour, light and textures, allowing for individual creative expression.

The workshop involves exploring the reflections and highlights of sunlight in the sea, as well as the textures you find in the water and foam. David teaches a variety of techniques using a palette knife and a rigger brush to achieve a wide range of textures and patterns which emulate the sunlight reflections you find in seascapes. You will also use your fingers to create cloud effects, and normal brushes to lay down the foundations of the painting. These are techniques that DJ has been exploring and developing for a few years now.

DJ will supply photographs of the seascapes and will also bring along some of his own paintings to show you!

About DJ: DJ has developed his style through many years working in professional fine art studios – designing and producing artwork for commercial spaces, public areas and private estates around the world. He paints every day and teaches on a regular basis – he has so much energy and enthusiasm! He was shortlisted for Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year 2016. His workshops are great for building confidence, tackling unusual subjects and picking up techniques and tips.

Recommended Equipment List

• Acrylic or oil paint – whatever you have already. Useful but not essential colours are - Titanium white, Yellow ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Vermillion, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple and Raw Umber. We recommend starter sets such as Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Paint Selection Set. If you prefer to use oils, that is fine too! DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. A starter set like the Michael Harding Oil Paint Introductory Set would be a great investment.
• Zest It if you are using oils.
• Brush cleaner and tissue / rags and a jam jar (with lid) for cleaning your brushes in.
• Canvas or canvas board 10” x 12” is a good size. Such as the Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard or the Loxley Square Canvas Board.
• Brushes: Bring a selection of whatever you have including a filbert, a flat and a rigger. Such as Pro Arte Acrylix Set W8 Series 202 204 Brushes and the Pro Arte Series 201 Long Flat Brushes.
• Palette - such as the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40cm Rectangle.
• Palette Knife if you’d like to have a go at using one. Try the RGM Progrip Palette Knives.
• A packed lunch – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Our shop opens at 9am and we can offer you an extra 5% off art materials for your course. Please do arrive early to purchase any products you may need.

Tea, coffee & biscuits provided throughout the day.

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

FRIDAY 25TH, SATURDAY 26TH, SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£170

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

Attic Studios and on the Stroudwater Canal

Learn how to paint - everything you need to know.

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

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

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

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

Recommended materials list:

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

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

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

'Botanical Painting - Peas & Pears' in Watercolour with Karen Green

SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome - Attic Studio

Choosing from a variety of seasonal fruits from quinces, figs, peas and pears, 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 fruit.

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 botany by exploring cross-sections, looking at the seeds and internal structure of the fruit.

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 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:
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free £10.00 - Available here
  • RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad £18.50
  • Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad £7.08
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth £11.40 Available here
  • 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 such as Winsor & Newton Individual colours in 5ml tubes, Cotman 8ml tubes, Cotman Sketchers Pocket Box 12 pans, Winsor & Newton metal box 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 Brushes or the Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush.
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as the Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette 15cm
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.
• All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to the Attic Studio at Pegasus Art.

'Zorn Palette Portraits' in Oils with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£85

All skill levels welcome - Attic Studio

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

It is a painting style best practiced in a quick (3 to 4 hour) wet-into-wet fashion where every brushstroke counts.

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

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

Mark runs workshops and demonstrations for art groups and societies across the UK and occasionally in Portugal and the costa Blanca in Spain. Awarded the Winsor and Newton painting prize for his self portrait 'The diagnosis' at The Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition 2020. Selected for The Artist and Leisure Painter magazine competition at Patchings festival open art exhibition, 2014 and 2018. Awarded The Artists and Illustrators Artist of the Year West Design prize, Peoples Choice Award 2012 for his portrait of 2nd world war veteran Len Nixey and also shortlisted for A&I Artist of the Year in 2019. His self portrait was shortlisted out of nearly 10,000 entries for the Daily Mail ‘Not the Turner Prize’ and exhibited at The Mall Galleries, London in 2005. Featured on ITV’s ‘A Brush With Fame’ in 2005, portrait of Antony Worrall Thompson was chosen as his favourite.

What to bring:

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

• Two pre-primed and grounded canvases or boards. (pre ground your canvas with a thin wash of acrylic or oil paint made up of burnt sienna lightened down to a light to mid tan with titanium white, must be dry on the day) Pegasus can prepare a 16” x 12” canvas for this course – please order yours upon booking. A stretched traditional canvas costs £9.34 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. Such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard or the Loxley Clear Linen Stretched Canvas Transparent Pimer.
• A selection of long handle short flat hog paint brushes for oil painters or synthetic acrylic brushes for acrylic painters, in a range of sizes from 2 -12, also small round or filbert hog brushes size 1 and 2. Such as Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes Hog Bristle.
• Palette knives - sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives.
• For oil painters - Zest-It oil paint dilutant or similar low odour thinners and linseed oil.
• For oil painters, a dipper/pot to hold the thinners. Such as Metal Twin Dipper with Lids.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40cm Rectangular.
• Preferably a stay wet palette and fine mist water sprayer for acrylic painters. Such as Daler Rowney Stay Wet Palette Small.
• Oil or acrylic colours as follows - titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium red light and ivory black. We sell a wide range of
• A good size jar for white spirit or low odour thinners for oil painters or water for acrylic painters to clean brushes. (solvents must be taken home with you and cannot be disposed of at Pegasus Art)
• Rags or kitchen rolls to clean brushes.
• Please ensure you bring a carrier for taking home your wet painting if painting in oils.
• Please bring a packed lunch with you – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

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

'Botanical Painting - Autumn Leaves' in Watercolour with Karen Green

SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome - Attic Studio

On this Autumn Leaves workshop 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 leaf.

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 botany by looking at the leaf structure, variegations and different shapes.

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 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:
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free £10.00 - Available here
  • RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad £18.50
  • Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad £7.08
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth £11.40 Available here
  • 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 such as Winsor & Newton Individual colours in 5ml tubes, Cotman 8ml tubes, Cotman Sketchers Pocket Box 12 pans, Winsor & Newton metal box 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 Brushes or the Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush.
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as the Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette 15cm
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.
• All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to the Attic Studio at Pegasus Art.

'Winter Scenes in Gouache' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studio. All abilities welcome.

Gouache is a medium that almost faded out of use in the last twenty years but is back with a vengeance. A watercolour with overpaintable qualities. You will love how this paint behaves in normal use. It has other super benefits you will discover on the day.

In this one day workshop, you will get to know gouache's particular characteristics and try out how it performs painting some topical winter scenes. Winter is a time of cool colours and the opportunity to play with all sorts of light from gentle warmth to a more austere feeling of cold and snow. Whatever you like to paint, this day will enable a real insight into the handling of this interesting revival of an almost lost medium.

Pegasus Art carry gouache selections so you may buy on the day and receive a 5% discount. Alternatively you may buy a palette of paint from Max Hale at £5 for the day.

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

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

Recommended Equipment List:

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

• A welled palette - such as the Jakar daisy shape porcelain palette.
• Watercolour brushes at least one pointed round size 12, 14 or 16 work well. A flat brush also can be useful, perhaps a half or three quarter inch. discover our collection of brushes here.
• Tissue or kitchen roll for mopping out
• B or 2B pencil - see our full range of drawing pencils here.
• A Sketchbook - browse our selection of sketchbooks here.
• Watercolour paper of your choice A4/ 21 x 30cm is a good size - find watercolour sheet paper here.
• Please bring your references - these should be photographs or sketches. Please DO NOT bring references of paintings by other artists.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Botanical Painting - Holly, Ivy, & Mistletoe' in Watercolour with Karen Green

SATURDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome - Attic Studio

Working from a chosen Winter flower – Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe - 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, exploring 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 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 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:
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, mould made, acid free £10.00 - Available here
  • RK Burt Botanical Fat Pad Ultra Smooth specialist pad £18.50
  • Pegasus Art A4 landscape NOT 300gsm pad £7.08
  • The Langton A4 Daler Rowney, Hot pressed smooth £11.40 Available here
  • 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 such as Winsor & Newton Individual colours in 5ml tubes, Cotman 8ml tubes, Cotman Sketchers Pocket Box 12 pans, Winsor & Newton metal box 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 Brushes or the Da Vinci Series 5570 Cosmotop Nova Multiuse Synthetic Round Brush.
• Small paint palette or white ceramic plate such as the Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette 15cm
• Pencils HB, 2B – sharp!
• Pencil sharpener
• Putty rubber, Ruler, Kitchen roll, Water pot
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.
• All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to the Attic Studio at Pegasus Art.

'Palette Knife Portraits in Oil' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2021

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Intermediates

Attic Studio

Learn how to paint bold expressive portraits with painting knives. Benefit from excellent tutoring and explore knife painting techniques, laying the paint on thick to create a rich painting full of texture and energy. The day will start with a short demonstration followed by lots of one to one tuition to help you paint a powerful and convincing impasto portrait. You will be working from photographs ~ bring along a high quality image, alternatively photographic references will be supplied by the tutor aswell.

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

As well as portraiture, Mark also enjoys the challenge of painting outdoors, working at speed to capture the fleeting effects of light over landscape. Mark was elected member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He is also a member of Oxford Art Society and Buckinghamshire Art Society. Mark runs workshops and demonstrations for art groups and societies across the UK and occasionally in Portugal and the costa Blanca in Spain.

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

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

What to Bring:

• A pre primed and grounded canvas or board, minimum size approx. 16” x 14” - Such as the Loxley Gold Stretched Traditional Standard Canvas. *Please prepare your canvas with a thin wash of burnt sienna lightened with titanium white* If you don’t want to ground your canvas, you can buy a linen one such as Loxley Clear Linen Stretched Canvas. If you would like Pegasus to prepare you a canvas for this course please order yours upon booking. A stretched traditional canvas costs £9.34 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50.
• A good photographic reference of a subject of your choice or suitable portrait images will be provided.
• Palette knifes - sizes 20, 22 and 30 or similar. Quality knives please, no plastic knives. Such as Palette Knives Set of 5 Assorted Stainless Steel.
• Zest It or similar odourless paint thinners. Also bring a dipper pot to hold the thinners.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Try the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30x40cam Rectangular.
• Oil paints: recommended colours: titanium white, naples yellow, lemon yellow, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt sienna, ivory black, french ultramarine. We sell a range of oils and acrylics at Pegasus Art, including starter sets.

Other Notes:

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

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