ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

'Pen & Wash - London Street Scenes' with Max Hale

SATURDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Studio One

All abilities welcome

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

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

Recommended Equipment List

• At least two or three london street scene 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 12 x 8ml Tubes.
• 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.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'Drawing in Abstract' with Wendy Rhodes PhD

SATURDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studio

All abilities welcome. Book online or in our shop.

This course will move away from traditional ideas of representation and observation and will provide new ways of drawing to create meaningful, abstract drawings. By introducing drawing as a sensory experience, artists of all levels will be able to find new ways of drawing and to see their subject matter with new eyes.

The workshop will enable you to develop your own personal drawing technique and increase your understanding of form, representation and emotional context. After a set of introductory exercises, we will be working from your own objects. I would like you to bring 2 or 3 objects to work from; these objects should not be too large or too small, but should have strong personal significance.

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

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

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop.

• At least two or three objects that have personal significance for you. These objects should arouse an emotional response or be linked to a vivid memory. You may choose to bring items such as a childhood toy, a favourite mug, a pair of shoes or an item connected to a hobby. Ideally the item should be relatively easy to hold in one or both hands.
• At least six sheets of A2 cartridge paper. Explore our paper range here.
• Please bring 2B, 4B and 6B pencils, an eraser and a pencil sharpener. Our range of drawing and graphite materials can be bought here.
• You may also like to bring charcoal, coloured chalk, pastels or oil pastels.
• A sketchbook, any size, to develop ideas. Discover our collection of sketchbooks.
• Optional: a collection of pens in various colours can often prove to be useful – biros, or fibre tip pens, such that you may have accumulated in a pen pot or pencil case.

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

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

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

SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

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.

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

All attendees receive 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.

• 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 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.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

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

SATURDAY 12TH MARCH 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

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 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 of 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.com/karengreenart/

insta/karengreenart

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
• 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. 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
• Suggested colours: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green, Hooker’s Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Grey.
• 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 paint brushes 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.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'Palette Knife Portraits in Oils' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 19TH MARCH 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£85

Attic Studio

All welcome

Learn how to paint bold expressive portraits from photographic reference with painting knives. Explore knife painting techniques, laying the paint on thick to create a rich painting full of texture and energy. The workshop will kick off with a short demonstration followed by lots of one to one tuition to help you paint a powerful and convincing portrait with painting knives. Over the the day you will be working from good quality reference photographs that will be supplied or alternatively you can bring your own references to paint from 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. Awarded The Clairefontaine Award at the 2021 The Artist and Leisure Painters Open exhibition.

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:

• One pre-primed and grounded canvas or board, no deep canvases please, as photo refs can’t be clipped to the side of them. 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 £10.40 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. We also sell standard canvases such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard)
• 2x long handled short flat hog brushes sizes 4 and 10 (no water colour/sable brushes). Such as Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes - Hog Bristle.
• Palette knifes - minimum requirement Winsor and newton sizes 20, 30 and 21 or similar. Good quality/springy not stiff knives please, RGM palette knives are nice and springy, (no plastic knives). Such as RGM Set of 6 Palette Knives Non-Stick Coated Steel.
• Zest-It oil paint dilutant or similar low odour thinners and a dipper pot. Also a good size jar or similar and enough low odour thinners to clean brushes.
• A couple of kitchen rolls to clean paint from knives and brushes.
• Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or paper palettes please). Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm Oval.
• Oil colours as follows - titanium white, naples yellow, cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt sienna, ivory black, french ultramarine Winsor and Newton Winton oil colours will suffice. Such as Winsor & Newton Watercolours 5ml Tubes.
• Please ensure you bring a carrier for taking home your wet painting.

Other Notes:

• Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.
• You don’t need to bring an easel, chair or board as these are all supplied by Pegasus Art.

Anything you don't already have can be bought in our shop with an extra 5% off on the day.

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

SATURDAY 9TH APRIL 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studio

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.

Recommended Equipment List

This is just a guideline and you are welcome to bring your own materials and ask us any questions.

• Acrylic Paint - whatever you have already. Useful but not essential colours are - Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple and Raw Umber. We recommend starter sets such as the Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Paint SElection set 6 x 60ml.
• Oil Paints - Whatever you already have. DJ favours Winsor & Newton and Michael Harding paints. You can buy starter sets like 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. Also available are Winsor Newton Water Mixable Oil Colours in 37ml tubes.
• Brushes - A range of brushes - hog hair brushes, preferably flats sizes 2, 5, 3 or 6, filbert, flat or rigger. Such as C Roberson Fine Hog Bristle Brushes S42B flat or Pro Arte Acrylix Set W8 Series 202 & 204 Brushes.
• Container - for cleaning brushes and taking your Zest It away with you.
• Zest It.
• Palette - such as the Cappelletto Walnut Palette 25 x 35cm Oval.
• Tissue / Rags / Jam Jar - (with lid) for cleaning your brushes with.
• Canvas or Canvas Board - 10" x 12" is a good size. Such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Standard or the Loxley Square Canvas Boards.
• Palette Knife - if you would like to have a go at using one.
• A Packed Lunch - including water and your own flasks of coffee etc – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

You can get an extra 5% off art materials for your course from our art shop.

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

'Zorn Palette Portraits in Oils' with Mark Fennell RBSA

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£85

Attic Studio

All welcome

This one 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 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.

Mark will demonstrate and guide you through his simple structured approach, breaking everything down into easy to follow steps that will cover everything from mixing all the colours you need from a limited colour palette to working tonally, blocking in the larger elements and leaving the finer details for the final stages of the painting.

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. Awarded The Clairefontaine Award at the 2021 The Artist and Leisure Painters Open exhibition.

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:

• One pre-primed canvas or board. (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 £10.40 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. We also sell standard canvases such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard and the Loxley Clear Linen Stretched Canvases Transparent Primer.
• A selection of long handle short flat hog paint brushes in a range of even sizes from 2 -12, also a small round size 1 synthetic or hog brush. Such as Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes - Hog Bristle.
• Palette knives - Winsor and Newton sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives 20 Shapes & Sizes.
• Zest-It oil painting dilutant or similar low odour thinners and linseed oil or alternatively just W & N Liquin original.
• A dipper/pot to hold the thinners. Such as Metal Twin Dipper With Lids Seal.
• A good size flat mixing palette. Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40cm Rectangle.
• Oil colours as follows - titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium red light (cadmium red will suffice) ivory black.
• A good size jar/pot for enough low odour thinners to clean brushes, cloths or a couple of kitchen rolls.

Other Notes:

• Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.
• You don't need to bring an easel, chair or board as these are all supplied by Pegasus Art.

Anything you don't already have can be bought in our shop with an extra 5% off on the day.

'Botanical Painting - Blossom in Watercolour' with Karen Green

SATURDAY 7TH MAY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

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 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 of 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.com/karengreenart/

insta/karengreenart

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
• 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. 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
• Suggested colours: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green, Hooker’s Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Paynes Grey.
• 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 paint brushes 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.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'Pet Portraits in Oil' with Lucy Burton

SATURDAY 14TH MAY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studio

All Abilities Welcome - improver, intermediate or advanced

We are delighted to introduce new tutor Lucy Burton who will be teaching you how to paint a portrait of your pet in oils. Together you will work through a stage-by-stage process to create a portrait in oils - using an ‘islands to oceans’ method of working. We are aiming to make the eyes come alive and give the animal and your painting lots of personality! Lucy hopes to inspire you with some new ideas and techniques to take away with you and apply to your own work.

You will be working from your own image, either from an iPad or you can use a photograph at least 5" x 5". The animal's eyes must be clear and in focus. Crop your image so that it is square. The head of the animal should take up most of the frame. The better the reference image – the better the painting! Techniques covered include composition, tonal grounds, colour mixing, alla prima and brushwork.

About Lucy: "I'd describe myself as a creative all-rounder! I have a degree in 'Industrial Design & Technology' and paint regularly 'alla prima' in oil paint, always aiming to produce a piece of art that is full of character and colour. A good composition and the freedom to experiment with colour and interesting brush marks is what inspires me most and it's what I enjoy teaching others. I've exhibited in 'Warwickshire Open Studios' and taken part in 'Landscape Artist of the Year' as a wildcard artist." www.lucyburtonart.com

Recommended Equipment List:

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop

• Please bring a photograph of your animal or an image on an iPad or tablet. It should be high quality, square if possible with the dog taking up the central point of the image.
• Also bring a black and white print out, square cropped image as large as you can get it (A4 ideally) like this:

• An 12" x 9" gessoboard (We stock a 12" x 9" board like the Ampersand Gessobord 1/8" (3mm) painting panel).
• A selection of synthetic brushes. I like to use a 1/4", 1/2" or 3/4" short flat, filbert size 2 and a round size 1. You can browse our range of brushes here.
• A palette knife size 22 or similar. Explore our palette knives here.
• Oil colours as follows: Titanium White, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarine Crimson, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue. If you have any other colours, please bring them with you. Popular brands include Cranfield Studio or Artist oils or Michael Harding. Or you could buy a starter set.
• Liquin painting medium such as Winsor & Newton Liquin.
• A flat mixing palette such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 20 x 30cm rectangle or a tear off palette such as the Daler Rowney A4 Tear Off Palette Pad 40 Sheets.
• A pencil and a ruler.
• Something to take your 8" x 8" board home.
• A jam jar and some Zest It for cleaning your brushes.
• Plenty of rags or kitchen roll.
• A packed lunch and water – there is no café at Griffin Mill.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'Plein Air by the Canal' with David 'DJ' Johnson

SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studios and on the Stroudwater Canal

All abilities - in oils or acrylics

Have you always wanted to paint outdoors or en plein air?

If you’re new to painting, or are fairly experienced but never quite had the nerve to paint outdoors, this is the perfect workshop for you! There are important techniques and tips that will help you enormously as you enjoy this new way of painting. It can be a bit daunting if you’ve never tried it before, so the relative privacy of the pretty Stroudwater canal nearby is perfect.

But first, gather in our Attic Studio for an introduction to the day and a demonstration. You’ll think about composition, ‘all that green’, colour mixing and you can ask as many questions as you like. DJ will show you how you can combine sketches, photographs and studio time to achieve a successful finished piece. In the last few hours of the day, you’ll return to the Attic Studio to finish off.

Feel free to paint in either oils or acrylics. You will need a few key pieces of painting equipment that will set you up for future adventures. See list below.

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.

Recommended Equipment List

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

• Field Easel - It’s a good idea to invest in a good quality, lightweight field easel. For example Jakar Metal Folding Easel with Bag.
• Paints - Recommended colours for oils or acrylics: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow genuine, Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine Blue, Kings Blue deep, Pthalo Turquoise, Raw Sienna, Lamp Black. Additional colours are Indian Yellow, Unbleached Titanium, Cadmium Orange. Some suggestions are Cranfield Artist Oil Colours 40ml Professional Range, Michael Harding Oil Paints 40ml Tubes or Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Colours 60ml Tubes.
• Brushes - 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.
• Canvas - Recommended 16 x 12” Loxley standard canvas but plenty of other sizesd available.
• Palette Knife - if you would like to have a go at using one.
• Palette - wood or plastic for oils and acrylics.
• Old Rags
• Kitchen Paper Roll
• Jam Jar with Lid
• Zest It thinner and brush cleaner if using oils.
• Apron or Painting Shirt
• A Packed Lunch - including water and your own flasks of coffee etc – there is no café at Griffin Mill. Please bring your own drinks and packed lunch with you.

There is plenty of free parking at Griffin Mill.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'Landscapes with Water-Soluble Graphite' with Wendy Rhodes PhD

SATURDAY 11TH & SUNDAY 12TH JUNE 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm both days

£150

Studio One

All abilities welcome. Book online or in our shop.

This course will introduce the exciting, flexible and accessible medium of water-soluble graphite. You will explore textures, washes and mark making, and you will discover the widest range of linear and tonal values that you have ever achieved with a pencil.

Please bring photographic reference of landscapes that you wish to work from. If the weather is favourable, we will create some sketches en plein air. Please also bring a sketchbook with some sketches that you have done previously (optional) and a portable sketchbook that you can draw in. You will also need to bring some watercolour paper and you may like to buy some appropriate equipment before the course – please see the equipment list below. Everything you need for this workshop is available to buy in our warehouse shop with an extra 5% discount.

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

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop.

• At least two or three photographic references, but a good selection of 10 landscape images is preferable.
• At least six sheets of A3 watercolour paper. Wendy favours Fabriano 210gsm NOT or HP.
• A portable sketchbook that you can draw in.
• Please bring an eraser and a pencil sharpener.
• You may also like to bring some water-soluble graphite sketching pencils if you already have some. The Derwent Watersoluble Sketching Pencils - Set of 6, is available from Pegasus Art.
• A variety of brushes, from fine (size 2) up to a small household decorating brush. Explore our brushes here.
• Optional. You may also like to purchase a set of Pentel Water Brush Set: Broad, Medium & Fine Tips, available from Pegasus Art.

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

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'How to Paint a Butterfly' with Cath Hodsman

SATURDAY 16TH JULY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Attic Studio

All Abilities Welcome

An entomological watercolour painting workshop with Cath Hodsman.

Butterflies are amongst our most well-known and well-loved insects. This watercolour painting workshop gives those of us who are fascinated by these ethereal creatures, the chance to study them and paint them in watercolour.

This unique and absorbing workshop is aimed at both lovers of painting and entomology, especially butterflies. You don’t have to be an expert in either, but you need to be fascinated by both!! This absorbing and enjoyable day will give participants the chance to study different types of butterflies in a way that they have never been able to before.

Each student will have the use of high-powered microscopes to study the anatomical beauty of these delicate creatures. Cath and students will discuss how butterflies taste their food, how they eat their food, how they create those beautiful patterns on their wings, how they protect themselves from predators and to generally, pay homage to these fascinating and iconic insects. Participants will then use the microscopes, ethical specimens and macro photographic material to produce a detailed and unique watercolour painting.

About Cath: Cath is a Cotswolds-based entomological artist, illustrator, teacher and conservationist who specialises in painting, sketching and studying insects. The raison d’etre behind my art is to aim for anatomical accuracy in every artistic study I produce. I believe this is the best and most fulfilling way to connect, value and ultimately, to protect insects - I want more folks to hug-a-bug...!

In my unique and fun art workshops I teach folks how to understand and then use art to capture the hidden beauty, intricacy and design-perfection held within their secret world. Each student has exclusive use of their own dedicated microscope, magnifying glasses and macro photographs, as well as access to my extensive insect (ethically sourced) specimen collection, to study their beauty.

Through my teaching, I have been made an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Biology. I have also worked in partnership with many other wonderful organisations such as The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; The Royal Horticultural Society; The Fields Studies Council; The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace; The National Trust, The Wetlands Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, The Natural History Museum, London, etc....

I have also illustrated for Countryfile magazine, Leisure Painter magazine, the Amateur Entomologists' Society's journal, the British Beekeepers' Association magazine.

www.cathhodsmanwildlifeartist.com
twitter.com/CathHodsman

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 fine retractable 0.3mm HB Pentel propelling pencil (This will be available from Pegasus Art in the Spring.)
• An ordinary graphite pencil - HB is best - not too hard and not too soft. Such as Derwent Sketching Pencils in HB.
• Putty rubber. Try the Factis Putty Rubber k20.
• Tom Bow Mono Zero Rubber.
• Hot pressed watercolour paper. Saunders Waterford 100% cotton, Size 14” x 10” - weight 140lb, gummed pad, or single sheet. Their “White” is good, as it's not too cold.
• Good pencil sharpener (desk top sharpener) I have one for students to borrow.
• Drawing board or table top easel - such as Daler Rowney Edinburgh Table Top Box Easel.
• Pans of watercolour paints – I use Schmincke (explore Schmincke Horadam Watercolour Half Pans in 140 colours). Below is a list of colours I use, but it's not a hard and fast compulsory list. I like students to experiment with their own choices too.
• Indigo
• Helio Cerulean
• Titanium White
• Brilliant Blue Violet or other similar strong violet colour Cobalt Violet Deep Hue (Sennelier, not Schmincke)
• Brilliant Green
• Payne's Grey
• English Red or English Ventian Red
• A selection of small watercolour brushes (short, pointed synthetic bristles) "Pointed Round" tips. Such as – 15/0, 00, 000, 0, 2 and 3 for larger areas.
• Masking Fluid (Pebeo drawing gum is best).

Please bring a packed lunch, water, tea & coffee – we cannot offer refreshments due to Covid restrictions. All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.

'Loose Landscapes in Oil' with Andrew Field

SATURDAY 23RD JULY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

The workshop focuses on how to keep your landscapes loose and energetic, working with a restricted palette and limited time. Andrew will demonstrate how he works followed by an opportunity for one to one tuition and guidance as you work towards developing your own landscape. Participants will learn how to select their subject to achieve an effective composition, learn how to mix with a restricted palette and apply a range of dynamic brush marks to create that finishing touch to turn a painting from good to great. Above all students will gain more confidence to be able to leave a painting and accept that it is finished before over-working and ruining the vision for the painting. You will be working from photographs supplied by the tutor with plenty of practical advice from an experienced plein air painter.

About Andrew: Andrew Field is an award-winning artist who has painted all of his life. After graduating from Lancaster University in 2001 and receiving a scholarship for his contribution to the Arts faculty he decided to live for many years in the United Arab Emirates teaching and painting. In that time he had many solo and group exhibitions and over a period of ten years established himself as a recognised artist painting renditions of the landscape of Abu Dhabi, notably Saadiyat Island that is now home to The Louvre, Abu Dhabi. Andrew moved back to the UK in 2015 and has a studio in Stratford Upon Avon. He is an ambassador for Wallace Seymour art materials. www.andrewfieldfineart.com

Recommended Materials List:

• Oil Colours - Burnt Umber, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red.
• Liquin - such as Winsor & Newton Liquin Original.
• Brushes - bring whatever you have, but a variety of sizes if possible. Synthetic or hog.
• Ground - choose whichever you prefer, canvas boards, panels or canvas. We have a large selection at Pegasus Art. Andrew suggests a size similar to 12" x 16".
• Zest It - dilutant and for cleaning brushes.
• Plenty of rags or paper towels for cleaning brushes.
• Jam jars with lids.
• An apron / painting shirt.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

You don't need to bring an easel, chair or board as these are all supplied by Pegasus Art.

Anything you don't already have can be bought in our shop with an extra 5% off on the day.

'Watercolour Seascapes' using Watercolour, Gouache and Moulding Paste with John Scott Martin

SATURDAY 30TH JULY 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All Abilities Welcome

Learn how to paint a watercolour seascape and a marine scene with John Scott Martin NDD PPRBSA PRSMA FRSA, President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

Spend an enjoyable day with John who is a keen sailor and passionate about the sea. Learn how to paint the sea in all its moods. Marine paintings often have a high percentage of sea and sky – and the sea is constantly changing its appearance and depth through the light reflections. During this workshop John will show you how to paint the sea and teach you various techniques. Also, how to place ships and boats on the surface of the sea. Experiment using moulding paste to bring in 3D texture. Learn how to add detail with gouache and how to paint freely using watercolour and horizontal brush strokes. The emphasis is to produce a series of watercolour sketches and learn how to tackle this beautiful and challenging subject matter.

About John Scott Martin: John is a practising painter and printmaker. He ended a long career in graphics, printing, photography and design management to return to his first love. He is well known for his images of Cornwall, the mining landscape and nautical scenes. He is inspired by classic yachts, sailing barges and ships – he works in oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastels and inks and exhibits with no less than ten galleries. John is a past President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He occasionally writes for The Artist magazine and is the newly appointed President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. www.johnscottmartin.co.uk

Recommended Materials List:

• Watercolours: John favours Winsor & Newton watercolours and gouache, but bring whatever you have and purchase any extra colours in our shop. His suggested palette for marine painting is: Prussian Blue, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise Blue, Payne’s Grey, any Yellow (to mix greens) Permanent White gouache.
• Gouache: We sell single 14ml tubes of gouache or sets at Pegasus Art.
• Paper: You will only need one or two sheets of paper to paint on – 210gsm or similar, smooth and as white as possible. John suggests A3 size, but you could go for A4 if you wanted. Here are some suggestions from our shop:
  • Fabriano 5 Liscia, size A1 (we can cut it in half for you) £1.85 per sheet. 210gsm, smooth surface.
  • We also have packs of paper that are slightly bigger than A4 (quarter imperial sheets). Fabriano Artistico Hot pressed 200gsm 38 x 28cm 10 sheets for £8.60. Great for taking home with you for future paintings.
• Brushes: Sizes 2 and 4 round watercolour brushes (can be synthetic) and a flat size 7.
• Palette or suitable plate. Such as Jakar Daisy Shape Porcelain Palette 15cm.
• Pencil and sketchbook – any size.
• Please bring good quality seascape images with you.
• John will bring the moulding paste.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

All students receive an extra 5% off in our extensive mill shop.

'Kitchen Table Still Life' in Oils and Acrylics with Andrew Field

SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

Working from a still life that can be created very quickly, Andrew will demonstrate his approach to starting a still life. He will talk through and demonstrate the various stages working with a base layer of acrylics to build up the composition and organise the colours and brush-marks before adding final touches using oils. Andrew will share his restricted palette that he uses frequently when creating still life paintings and will explain and demonstrate his mixed media approach, working with acrylic and oils.

First, applicants will create a series of mini studies focusing on ways of creating alternative compositions from the same still life. The studies will then be worked into using a restricted palette focusing on mark making and colour combinations. When participants feel secure and confident they will select their preferred study to develop into a final painting.

About Andrew: Andrew Field is an award-winning artist who has painted all of his life. After graduating from Lancaster University in 2001 and receiving a scholarship for his contribution to the Arts faculty he decided to live for many years in the United Arab Emirates teaching and painting. In that time he had many solo and group exhibitions and over a period of ten years established himself as a recognised artist painting renditions of the landscape of Abu Dhabi, notably Saadiyat Island that is now home to The Louvre, Abu Dhabi. Andrew moved back to the UK in 2015 and has a studio in Stratford Upon Avon. He is an ambassador for Wallace Seymour art materials. www.andrewfieldfineart.com

Recommended Materials List:

• Oil Colours - Burnt Umber, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red.
• Liquin - such as Winsor & Newton Liquin Original.
• Brushes - bring whatever you have, but a variety of sizes if possible. Synthetic or hog.
• Ground - choose whichever you prefer, canvas boards, panels or canvas. We have a large selection at Pegasus Art. Andrew suggests a size similar to 12" x 16".
• Zest It - dilutant and for cleaning brushes.
• Plenty of rags or paper towels for cleaning brushes.
• Jam jars with lids.
• An apron / painting shirt.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

You don't need to bring an easel, chair or board as these are all supplied by Pegasus Art.

Anything you don't already have can be bought in our shop with an extra 5% off on the day.

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

SATURDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2022

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

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

'Seascapes in Acrylic' - Workshop & Golden Demonstration with Soraya French

SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

Tickets £85

Attic Studio

All Abilities Welcome

With Golden Acrylics Ambassador Soraya French

This lecture packs in a ton of valuable information about acrylics, guiding listeners through the basics while opening up new possibilities. Learn the unique properties of Fluids, Heavy Body, and High Flow Acrylics. Get a comprehensive overview on the many gels & mediums and how they can change texture, saturation and intensity of color, used for sculptural effects and more. The lecture includes a review of grounds that create truly, contemporary surfaces for painting, and the use of mixed media.

The afternoon session following this demo will concentrate on products that can be useful in painting a more expressive seascape. The artists are encouraged to bring their own source material to create an individual piece with no copyright attached to it. There will be plenty of individual tuition so the class is suitable for all levels. Come prepared to lose yourself in the magical world of Golden Artist colours.

About Soraya French PPSWA: Soraya is a contemporary artist, tutor and author. She combines a successful exhibiting career with writing books as well as articles for the UK’s leading art publication ‘’The Artist’’ magazine. The success of her art books commissioned by HarperCollins have brought her international recognition and following. Soraya works in all painting media but is particularly known for her expressive and colourful mixed media paintings. Use of vibrant colours, light and expressive textures are prominent features of her work. She has received a number of prestigious awards and her work is held in many private and public collections at home and abroad. Soraya is currently the ex-president, now Director of The Society of Women Artists and curates their annual exhibition at The Mall galleries in London. www.sorayafrench.com

Recommended Equipment List

The shop will be open from 9am, so you will have time to purchase materials before the workshop.

• Watercolour paper, canvas, board or mount board – choose any surface and size you wish! Explore our watercolour sheet paper, as well as our range of standard stretched canvases and a selection of canvas boards.
• Bring whatever acrylics you already have, including acrylic inks. If you have pastels and would like to bring them, please do. Choose brightly coloured soft or oil pastels. We have a variety of acrylic paints to choose from as well as oil or soft pastels in sets.
• Brushes suitable for acrylics, watercolour and/or inks. Bring a set of watercolour brushes suitable for the size of the painting. Discover our paint brush collection.
• Palette knife/knives to apply gels and pastes. Discover our range of palette knives.
• Tear off palette for acrylics and a watercolour palette for your inks. Such as the Daler Rowney A4 Tear Off Palette.
• Masking tape, water pot (jam jar with lid) and kitchen roll.
• Bring a high quality colour print of your favourite seascape (photograph and/or sketch).
• Packed lunch, flask of tea / coffee and water.

Soraya will bring samples of Golden paint, gels, pastes and gesso plus some simple collage for students to use.

Easels, chairs and boards are supplied by Pegasus Art, so no need to bring your own.

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art. Due to current Covid restrictions we are not offering tea or coffee. Please bring your own packed lunch, tea flask and water with you.

'Cotswold Landscapes' in Oils and Acrylics with Andrew Field

SATURDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

At Pegasus Art and nearby Stroudwater Canal

Working plein air in the beautiful Cotswold landscape and nearby canal, students will learn how to create a quintessential English landscape. The workshop will begin by Andrew demonstrating his approach to landscape painting with opportunities to ask questions as he works. The participants will then be able to get down to working themselves, receiving one to one guidance from Andrew about composition, colour mixing, brushmark techniques and application. It is hoped that by the end of the workshop participants will have learnt how to create a painting plein air, that reflects the beauty of the Cotswold landscape, using effective compositional techniques, a restricted palette and a range of dynamic brush marks.

About Andrew: Andrew Field is an award-winning artist who has painted all of his life. After graduating from Lancaster University in 2001 and receiving a scholarship for his contribution to the Arts faculty he decided to live for many years in the United Arab Emirates teaching and painting. In that time he had many solo and group exhibitions and over a period of ten years established himself as a recognised artist painting renditions of the landscape of Abu Dhabi, notably Saadiyat Island that is now home to The Louvre, Abu Dhabi. Andrew moved back to the UK in 2015 and has a studio in Stratford Upon Avon. He is an ambassador for Wallace Seymour art materials. www.andrewfieldfineart.com

Recommended Materials List:

• Oil Colours - Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Paynes Grey, Titanium White.
• Acrylic Colours - Burnt Umber, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red.
• Liquin - such as Winsor & Newton Liquin Original.
• Brushes - bring whatever you have, but a variety of sizes if possible. Synthetic or hog.
• Ground - choose whichever you prefer, canvas boards, panels or canvas. We have a large selection at Pegasus Art. Andrew suggests a size similar to 12" x 16".
• Zest It - dilutant and for cleaning brushes.
• Plenty of rags or paper towels for cleaning brushes.
• Jam jars with lids.
• An apron / painting shirt.
• A packed lunch, flask of tea or coffee and plenty of water.
• A field easel - such as Jakar Metal Easel - Folding with Bag or the Cappelletto Sketch Box Easel CC 32 Half Size.
• A flip chair / lighweight chair if you would like.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

Anything you don't already have can be bought in our shop with an extra 5% off on the day.

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

SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£85

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 day you will be working from good quality reference photographs that will be supplied or alternatively you can bring your own references to paint from 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. Awarded The Clairefontaine Award at the 2021 The Artist and Leisure Painters Open exhibition.

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:

• One pre-primed and grounded canvas or board. (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 £10.40 and the preparation cost is an additional £2.50. We also sell standard canvases such as Loxley Gold Stretched Canvas Traditional Standard and the Loxley Clear Linen Stretched Canvases Transparent Primer.
• 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 brush size 1 and 2. Such as Da Vinci Series 5123 Maestro 2 Bright Short Flat Brushes - Hog Bristle.
• Palette knives - Winsor and Newton sizes 20 and 22 or similar. Such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives 20 Shapes & Sizes.
• For oil painters - Zest-It oil paint dilutant or similar low odour thinners and linseed oil or alternatively just W&N Liquin original.
• For oil painters, a dipper/pot to hold the thinners. Such as Metal Twin Dipper With Lids Seal.
• A good size flat mixing palette (no plates or foil trays please). Such as Cappelletto Walnut Palette 30 x 40cm Rectangle.
• 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, naples yellow (optional), cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt umber, french ultramarine and ivory black is optional.
• A good size jar for white spirit or low odour thinners for oil painters or water to clean brushes and some cloths or a roll or two of kitchen towel.
• Please ensure you bring a carrier for taking home your wet painting if painting in oils.

Other Notes:

• Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.
• You don't need to bring an easel, chair or board as these are all supplied by Pegasus Art.

Anything you don't already have can be bought in our shop with an extra 5% off on the day.

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'Exploring Landscapes' in Mixed Media with John Scott Martin

SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2022

10.00am - 4.00pm

£80

All abilities welcome

Studio One

Exploring landscapes with John Scott Martin NDD PPRBSA PRSMA FRSA. Using collage, various paints, inks and pastels (possibly sand, fabric and cardboard).

Tap into your creativity to build a landscape using all sorts of mixed media! A really fun and experimental day.

Spend an enjoyable day with John, a really experienced teacher, exploring a variety of different mediums to build a landscape layer by layer. The day will begin with a presentation of Johns work to illustrate possibilities and to inspire, helping to speed up the process and give you as much practical time as possible. Working fairly quickly will encourage creativity and there will be plenty of happy accidents! If time allows, more unusual materials can be explored such as sand, textured cardboard and textiles.

About John Scott Martin: John is a practising painter and printmaker. He ended a long career in graphics, printing, photography and design management to return to his first love. He is well known for his images of Cornwall, the mining landscape and nautical scenes. He is inspired by classic yachts, sailing barges and ships – he works in oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastels and inks and exhibits with no less than ten galleries. John is a past President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He occasionally writes for The Artist magazine and is the newly appointed President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. www.johnscottmartin.co.uk

Recommended Materials List:

• Watercolours: John favours Winsor & Newton watercolours and gouache, but bring whatever you have and purchase any extra colours in our shop.
• Gouache: We sell single 14ml tubes of gouache or sets at Pegasus Art.
• Paper: Bring 5 / 6 pieces of A3 or A4 cartridge paper. There are plenty of options in the shop including sketchbooks and sheet paper. (Recommended weight 190gsm).
• Brushes: Bring whatever brushes you already have.
• Palette Knives: Bring whatever you have or buy some in our shop such as RGM Progrip Palette Knives.
• Pastels: Bring whatever you have or purchase some in our shop - explore our range of pastels.
• Palette or suitable plate.
• Pencil and sketchbook – any size.
• John will bring all the unusual materials! (A range of coloured tissue and textured papers, pva glue, ink rollers, pastels and fixative.)
• Please bring high quality landscape images with you.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

All students receive an extra 5% off in our extensive mill shop.

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

SATURDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2022

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

All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to the Attic Studio at Pegasus Art. All of the materials below are available.

• 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.

Due to current COVID restrictions we are not supplying tea or coffee. Please bring a packed lunch, flask of tea and water with you.

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ART TALKS

'The Secret Lives of Colour' - Five Colourful Histories Art Talk with Kassia St Clair

THURSDAY 24TH MARCH 2022

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Tickets £20

Attic Studios

Illustrated Talk & Book Signing

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

What started as a column for Elle Decoration has become a bestselling book, alongside The Golden Thread telling the fascinating history of fabric. Every page is packed with irresistible facts and anecdotes from the arsenic poisoning of Scheele's green, Van Gogh and 'falling hard' for chrome yellow, seductive Tyrian purple to the pre-Raphaelite's love of mummy brown.

In this illustrated talk, Kassia will explore the hidden histories of five very different colours and their impact upon art and artists. From the dye that lent legitimacy to rulers in the Byzantine Empire to the 'violettomania' said to have infected the Impressionists, these tales will make you rethink your relationship to the hues, pigments and shades that surround us.

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

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

"Even Farrow & Ball don't know as much about colour as Kassia St Clair," TLS

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

"Charming" The Financial Times

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'The Joy of Flowers' - Illustrated Art Talk & Colour Mixing Demo with Sarah Gillard

SATURDAY 23RD APRIL 2022

2.00pm - 5.00pm

Tickets £8

Attic Studios

Sponsored by St Cuthberts Mill

We are delighted to welcome contemporary floral artist, Sarah Gillard to give a talk and colour mixing demonstration using gouache on her favourite Saunders Waterford paper. Paper makers since 1700’s, St. Cuthberts Mill have kindly sponsored this Art Talk.

Sarah worked as a colourist for Liberty Design Studio and will share her experience of modernising the 19th century designs from the archives held in the head office, London W1. Connected to Liberty’s flagship building by a wooden bridge, the unique in-house studio is occupied by 18 highly skilled creatives who re-work and hand-draw artwork, creating over 250 fabric designs every year.

Enjoy a colourful slideshow exploring classic Liberty designs and the ‘Colour Bible’ that she used to produce multiple colourways. She will talk about the materials and techniques she learnt and still uses in her work today, particularly colour combinations and bold palettes. There will be a chance to buy some of her delightful giclee prints (prices start at £75) and greetings cards on the day.

As a fashion textiles graduate Sarah’s first commission was a rug for The Conran Shop, quickly followed by a four year stint in the Liberty Design Studio. Since then her flower paintings have been exhibited at many galleries both private and public including the RWA, Bath Society of Artists and the Thelma Hubert Gallery. From 2000 Sarah spent five years living in the Netherlands surrounded by tulips, an irresistible landscape for a plein air painter which deepened her love for colour.

In 2016 Sarah was delighted to win first prize for ‘Flowers & Blue Jug’ at the Strand Gallery in London; an event sponsored by the Greenfingers Charity.

Her love of painting en plein air with bold and clashing colour palettes has proved a successful formula and she now works to commission, sells limited edition giclee prints and greetings cards in her online shop: www.sarahgillard.com/prints-to-buy

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REGULAR ART CLASSES - FULL DETAILS - *restarted with a maximum limit of 10 students + tutor per class*

MONDAY

'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

MONDAYS 10am - 12pm

4 week course costs £72

Starts Monday 10th January 2022

Join anytime if there is space - Suitable for all abilities

Attic Studio

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

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

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

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

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'Start with Art: Beginners Drawing' with Liz Lancashire

MONDAYS 9.30am - 11.30am

5 week course - £95 - Starts Monday 15th November 2021

6 week course - £110 - Starts Monday 10th January 2022

Studio One

Are you a total drawing newbie? Never held a stick of charcoal in your life? Hooray, we need you!

It's cold and gloomy outside, so come along to Pegasus and start a new hobby. Start with Art is for all of you who have been given pencils or pastels for Christmas and don't know what to do with them!

Complete beginners are very welcome to this relaxed and friendly class led by drawing enthusiast and local artist, Liz Lancashire. Liz draws graphic novels and has a fresh, uncomplicated approach to drawing techniques.

You will explore texture and form with pens, pencils, charcoal and water soluble crayons, then build up skills in the medium you enjoy most.

To book please contact Liz: liz@lancashirepillow.co.uk .

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

MONDAYS 1.15pm - 4.15pm

6 weeks costs £100

12 weeks costs £190

Attic Studio

Starts Monday 10th January 2022 - Email for more details suejrae@icloud.com

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

Sue returns to teach her drawing and mixed media class at Pegasus Art. She has been teaching Fine Art at Stroud College for many years and more recently to degree students. A course designed for students who already have some experience but wish to develop skills and explore individual ways of working. There will be an emphasis on drawing 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 821 617.

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TUESDAY

NEW 'Making Your Mark: Creative Drawing' with Wendy Rhodes PhD

TUESDAYS 9:30am - 12:30pm

6 week course costs £130

Starts Tuesday 19th April 2022

Studio One

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Wendy Rhodes to teach this new drawing course. This course will explore drawing techniques and mark making skills, enabling you to develop new ways of using materials.

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

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

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

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

Recommended Equipment List

• As the course progresses you will be given suggestions of items to bring with you as reference./li>
• At least six sheets of A2 Cartridge paper.
• Please bring 2B, 4B and 6B pencils, an eraser and a pencil sharpener.
• You may also like to bring charcoal, conte or chalk pastels.
• A sketch book, any size, to develop ideas./li>

To book please email Wendy on wrhodesart@gmail.com

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'Painter's Masterly Open Media Classes' with Max Hale

TUESDAYS 1.15pm - 4.00pm

Winter Term - Starts 11th January - 6 Classes - £150

Spring Term - Starts 1st March - 6 Classes - £150

Summer Term - Starts 19th April - 10 Classes - £250

Sign up for each term individual, or the whole course for £500 (£50 discount)

Studio One

All welcome - join anytime if space.

Develop and moptivate with personal, inspiring tuition from Max Hale. You will learn a huge amount with this very experienced teacher.

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

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

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

Bookable as:

Half Day Sessions (3 hours) = £70
Full Day Sessions (10am - 4pm) = £120
2 Day Sessions = £225
3 Day Sessions = £295

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

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

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

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

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WEDNESDAY

'Extreme Poses' Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

WEDNESDAYS 9.30am - 12:30pm

6 week course - cost £175

Studio One

Starts Wednesday 5th January 2022 - but join anytime

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

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

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

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'Drawing and Painting' with Alison Vickery

WEDNESDAYS 1.30pm - 4.00pm

Blocks of 6 classes - cost £16 per class paid per term in advance (£96)

Starts Wednesday 5th January 2022

Attic Studio

Suitable for all levels of experience.

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

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

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

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THURSDAY

'Extreme Poses' Life Drawing with Paul Fowler

THURSDAYS 9.30am - 12.30pm

6 week course - cost £175

Studio One

Starts Thursday 6th January 2022

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

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

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

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'Watercolour Painting' with Richard Callingham

THURSDAYS 10am - 12pm

4 week course costs £72

Starts Thursday 6th January 2022

Attic Studio

Join anytime if there is space - Suitable for all abilities

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

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

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

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'Drawn to Look' Evening Drawing Class with Susan Kester

THURSDAYS 6.30pm - 8.30pm

7 weeks - cost £119

Starts Thursday 6th January 2022

Studio One

Draw a new subject each week, encouraging observational skills, developing drawing techniques and experimenting with materials (graphite, charcoal, pastels, watercolour, pen and ink). Susan is an experienced teacher with a Masters in Fine Art.

Email Susan to book or for more information skester@outlook.com or phone on 07794 942 680.

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FRIDAY

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

FRIDAYS 9.00am - 12.00pm OR 1.00pm - 4.00pm

6 week course - cost £120

7 week course - cost £140

Starts Friday 7th January 2022 - Join in anytime if there is space.

Studio One

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

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

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'Tea, Cake and Watercolours' with Emma Leyfield, Valerian Studio

FRIDAYS Afternoons 1.30pm - 3.30pm

5 week course - cost £110

Starting Friday 4th February 2022 until Friday 4th March 2022 - enquire for more details

Over this 5 week course you will learn the mindful arts of tea-drinking, cake-eating and watercolour painting. From making your own leather-bound sketchbook to learning about materials, in addition to weekly watercolour painting; this is all you need to get started.

• Week 1: Book-binding: make your own watercolour sketchbook
• Week 2: Watercolours for holiday journals: an introduction
• Week 3: Painting flowers in watercolour: try your hand at garden jounaling
• Week 4: Keeping a tea diary: illustrating your favourite mug (and a slice of cake!)
• Week 5: Landscapes and larger paintings

All materials and refreshments included, students will receive 5% off art materials in Pegasus art shop within the building. Suitable for all levels of ability, student discounts available – contact Emma after booking for a 10% refund, via the contact page or on whatsapp : 07584 436 655.

"I enjoyed the course enormously, including the tea and cake! Making our own sketchbooks the first week was a delightful way to start. The course has ended all too soon."

"I've really enjoyed this short course, it has definitely been right up my street in terms of content/level of tuition and great to have all the materials (and cake!) provided. For me there is definitely less stress involved in doing a small "sketch" than being faced with an A4 sheet of art paper and being asked to reproduce a photo/scene."

About Emma: Emma is a freelance illustrator who specialises in watercolours and is known for her sketchbooks which she makes through bookbinding.

Greatly inspired by the works of Shirley Hughes and Quentin Blake, She is passionate about the importance of learning traditional methods of drawing, which are now being lost as modern art becomes more prevalent and digital mediums are becoming more widely used.

Interspersed with teaching and her love of reading, Emma runs her own small business in Gloucestershire. She studied fine art for 4 years before moving on to pursue her ambition of becoming a children's book illustrator and is currently working on her first book which she hopes to complete in 2022.

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

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