ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

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

MONDAY 17TH & TUESDAY 18TH JUNE 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£150

All Abilities Welcome

Sponsored by Michael Harding Paints

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.woodchestervalleyvineyard.co.uk

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY 22ND & SUNDAY 23RD JUNE 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£120

Attic Studios - All Abilities Welcome

The aim of this two day workshop is to encourage a free style of thinking and to build confidence to create semi-abstract and abstract paintings using acrylic or oil paint. Abstracts are not just works of art without thought or planning but created from the artist’s vision and emotions. They are executed with prior thought and with an end goal in mind. In this introductory session we are concentrating on form, colour and dynamics.

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

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

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

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

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop. Our staff can offer you any advice you need. These are suggestions, you can buy a version of what is suggested!

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

Tea & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

'Easy Lino Printing' with Susie Hetherington

SATURDAY 29TH JUNE & SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 3.30pm

£50

Studio One

November workshop dedicated to Christmas cards

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

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

Tea, coffee and biscuits provided.

View the workshop flyer here.

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

www.susiehetherington.co.uk

'Cottages & Countryside' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 27TH JULY 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Studio One - Intermediates

Oils, Acrylics, Watercolours or Pastels

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Simple Woodblock Printing' Two Day Workshop with Rod Nelson

FRIDAY 6TH & SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£140 for both days

Attic Studios

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Pen & Wash Landscapes' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

Studio One - All abilities welcome

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities welcome, including beginners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Charcoal Portraits' with Fiona McIntyre

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

All abilities - Studio One, Pegasus Art

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Paint the Aurora' with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£65

All abilities welcome, including beginners.

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

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

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

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

Recommended Equipment List:
• Whatever oil paints you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. You can buy starter sets like these: Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour and Michael Harding Oil Paints. Useful, but not essential colours are: Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple and Raw Umber.
• A range of brushes – hog hair brushes, preferably flats sizes 2, 5, 3 or 6. Such as Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes.
• A fan brush for delicate blending techniques. Such as Pro Arte Series 33 Fan Brushes.
• Zest It
• Container for cleaning brushes
• Palette: Such as a Cappelletto Walnut Oval palette.
• A Packed Lunch - There is no café at Griffin Mill.

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

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

www.artbydj.co.uk

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

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

SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£65

A beginners or refreshers course.

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

The workshop involves exploring the reflections and highlights of sunlight in the sea, as well as the textures you find in the water and foam. David teaches a variety of techniques using a palette knife and a rigger brush to achieve a wide range of textures and patterns which emulate the sunlight reflections you find in seascapes. We also use the palette knife and fingers to create cloud effects, and normal brushes to lay down the foundations of the painting. These are techniques that DJ has been exploring and developing in acrylics for a few years now. If students prefer to use oils, this is also possible – please let us know!

About DJ: DJ has developed his style through many years working in professional fine art studios – designing and producing artwork for commercial spaces, public areas and private estates around the world. He paints every day and teaches on a regular basis – he has so much energy and enthusiasm! He was shortlisted for Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year in 2013, 2016 and 2017. His workshops are great for building confidence, tackling unusual subjects and picking up techniques and tips. www.artbydj.co.uk

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2019

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Tickets £8

Attic Studios

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

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

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

'Paint Portraits With Character' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£70

Beginners and Intermediates

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

Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his well structured approach to painting a portrait, breaking it down into easy to follow steps that will cover everything from the colour palette and mixing skin tones to working tonally developing the structure of the head and creating a good likeness. Choose the medium you prefer to work with and Mark will give you plenty of one to one tuition and share his top tips. You will be working directly from a live sitter ‘with character’ which will be both challenging and rewarding.

About Mark: Mark studied graphic design and advertising at Amersham School of Art before starting a career as an art director working for advertising agencies in and around London and Birmingham. He is a self taught painter who started painting in 2001 and was elected member or The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 2007. He has exhibited work with The Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Mall galleries in London and exhibits regularly with the RBSA in Birmingham as well as locally with Buckinghamshire Art Society. Working predominantly in oils, he specialises in portraiture and figurative work and commissions to date include Antony Worrall Thompson and the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. As well as painting people he also enjoys painting landscapes ‘en plein air’ and can be seen painting in all weathers around the village of Brill where he lives and has a studio.

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

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2019

10.00am - 4.00pm

£60

All abilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MONDAY

'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

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

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

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

Mondays ongoing 10.00 am - 12.15 pm.

6 week course cost £96.

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

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

Sue returns to teach her drawing and mixed media class at Pegasus Art. She has been teaching Fine Art at Stroud College for many years and more recently to degree students. A course designed for students who already have some experience but wish to develop skills and explore individual ways of working. There will be an emphasis on drawing during the first few weeks, followed by an exploration of a variety of materials and subject matter. Projects will be set each week but students can also initiate their own project and choice of materials - with guidance from the tutor. You will be encouraged to keep sketchbooks.

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

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

Book by contacting suejrae@icloud.com or 01285 821617

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

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

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

TUESDAY

Morning Art Classes with Max Hale

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

SET ONE

8th January for three weeks: £115
10.00am – 12.30pm
Impressionist Pastels 'capture the essence' - all levels welcome

29th January for four weeks: £125
10.00am – 12.30pm
Watercolour for beginners 'how to get the best from this beautiful medium'

8th January for seven weeks: £155
1.30 - 4.30pm
Learn portraiture from scratch - all levels welcome

From 5th March for ten weeks: £195
10.00am - 12.30pm
"Draw & Paint the Natural World" - all levels welcome

Explore this planet of ours in all it's natural beauty. Draw and paint in the medium of your choice - a close up of a flower, a piece of driftwood, a fox, the scene of Lake Titicaca or trees from your garden or local park. Each provides a new challenge for the artist! Max will guide you in how to tackle the softness of clouds, the sharpness of rose thorns or how to give mountains perspective. You will really begin to see the benefits of this ten week course and gain so much enjoyment from building your confidence.

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

Afternoon Classes "Painter's Mastery Course 2019" from 5th March - a nine month course.

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

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

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

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

WEDNESDAY

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

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

Wednesday 9.15 am - 12.15 pm

6 weeks cost £95.

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

'Drawing and Painting' with Alison Vickery

Suitable for all levels of experience.

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

Alison demonstrates techniques and creates a wonderful warm atmosphere in her classes.

Wednesday ongoing 1.00 pm - 3.30 pm

6 weeks cost £90.

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

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

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

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

Wednesday ongoing 3.50 pm - 4.50 pm

6 weeks cost £60.

THURSDAY

'Extreme Poses' – Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

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

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

Choice of two Thursday groups:

9.30 am - 12.30 pm 6 weeks cost £130

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm 6 weeks cost £90

FRIDAY

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

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

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

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

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