Pegasus Art Workshops & Talks

The Drama of Andalucia – in oils with Kevin Scully Saturday 7th September 2024 10am – 4pm Studio One All abilities welcome Escape to Spain on this one-day workshop to paint scenes of the country’s most southerly region. Andalucia is somewhere that never fails to enchant and inspire the artist, from its beautiful national parks, iconic architecture, snow-capped mountains, white hilltop villages, an…

Start Painting in Acrylics with Max Hale Saturday 14th September 2024 10am – 4pm Studio One For total beginners, including refreshers Learn how to start painting in acrylics – a highly versatile medium and ideal for beginners. Acrylic paint is a hugely popular painting medium. It is flexible and easy to use. It is great to mix and becomes dry quite quickly so correcting any mistakes is no problem.…

Acrylic painting, strengthen your skills, develop your confidence with Max Hale Saturday 21st September 2024 10am – 4pm Studio One For total beginners, including refreshers Learn how to start painting in acrylics – a highly versatile medium and ideal for beginners. Painting in acrylics is not as daunting or tricky as one might think but needs key skills to enable the best results. In this class, y…

Hampstead Street Scenes An oil painting workshop from photographs with Tom Hughes Saturday 21st September 2024 10am – 4pm Attic Studio Skill Level: Intermediates (or those with some experience with oils) Learn to paint urban scenes with award-winning Bristol artist Tom Hughes. We’re excited to welcome Tom Hughes as a visiting tutor to Pegasus Art. As a professional artist, who only teaches occassi…

Botanical Watercolour Painting ~ Autumn Fruits with Karen Green Saturday 28th September 2024 10am – 4pm Attic Studio All abilities welcome Working directly from fruits of the season, Karen Green, botanical artist, will guide you through observational drawing, discussing various botanical features to consider, sharing answers to ‘what makes a fruit, a fruit?’ and experimenting with watercolour tech…

Mastering Trees in oils or acrylics with David ‘DJ’ Johnson Saturday 28th September 2024 10am – 4pm Studio One All abilities welcome, including beginners We will look at different ways to paint trees, branches and foliage – how colour and tonal values can help bring your trees to life. This workshop is suitable for both oils or acrylics, so bring whichever you prefer. We’ll explore a variety of wa…

Palette Knife Portraits in oils (from photographs) with Mark Fennell Saturday 5th October 2024 10am – 4pm Attic Studio Intermediates Paint bold expressive portraits from photographic reference with painting knives. Explore knife painting techniques, laying the paint on thick to create a rich painting full of texture and energy. The workshop will kick off with a short demonstration followed by lots…

Art History Tour of Painswick with Sarah Edmonds Saturday 26th October Painswick Centre 10am – 4pm All welcome Enjoy a fun and fascinating day exploring the pretty village of Painswick, its history and creative, colourful inhabitants. We will meet at The Painswick Centre for a morning coffee and introduction, before heading out on a walking tour of the village, stopping off along the way to hear c…

‘Rocks & Surf’ - seascapes in oils or acrylics with David ‘DJ’ Johnson Saturday 26th October 2024 10am – 4pm Attic Studio All abilities welcome, including beginners Artist David ‘DJ’ Johnson is well known for his stunning plein air paintings – he is an adventurer who likes to climb mountains and paint extraordinary landscapes. This workshop will be taught through a series of demonstrations and one…

Exploring Expressive Cloudscapes An acrylic and oil painting workshop with Charlotte Aiken Saturday 2nd November 2024 10am – 4pm Attic Studio All abilities welcome During this day workshop you will turn a cloudscape into an expressive acrylic and oil painting. The session will be broken down into an introduction to oils and mark-making, working with acrylic washes on canvas, experimental oil colou…

Charcoal Drawing for Everyone with Wendy Rhodes PhD Saturday 16th November 2024 Studio One All abilities welcome Working from photographs of local scenes, come away with a finished charcoal landscape to be proud of! Learn how to use this medium to create both subtle and dynamic drawings – explore tonal values from bright light to deep shadow, create highlights with putty rubbers and explore a vari…

Shades of Tuscany – a watercolour workshop with Kevin Scully Saturday 16th November 2024 10am – 4pm  Attic Studio All abilities welcome Join new tutor, Kevin Scully, for a one-day watercolour workshop where we will be taking an artistic journey through this beautiful region of Italy. Tuscany is like a painting. Imagine misty green hills, golden light, vineyards and castles, villas and olive groves…

Rothko Colour Field Landscapes with Mark Stopforth Saturday 23rd November 2024 Attic Studio 10am – 4pm All abilities welcome We’re delighted to welcome Mark Stopforth as a visiting tutor at Pegasus Art. As a professional artist and art teacher for many years, Mark has the perfect CV for this role! This is a day workshop exploring Colour Field Painting, inspired by Mark Rothko. The term was origina…

Botanical Watercolour Painting ~ Winter Wreaths with Karen Green Saturday 30th November 2024 10am – 4pm Attic Studio All abilities welcome Working from a selection of Winter foliage and flowers, you will learn how to compose, draw and paint from observation, using watercolour, to create a Winter Wreath botanical painting that reflects an understanding of the subject whilst capturing the beauty of…

Sublime Skies in oils – in the style of Constable with Mark Stopforth Saturday 15th February 2025 Attic Studio 10am – 4pm All abilities welcome We’re delighted to welcome Mark Stopforth as a visiting tutor at Pegasus Art. As a professional artist and art teacher for many years, Mark has the perfect CV for this role! He will share with you his unique techniques for creating cloudscapes reminiscent…

Light & Shadow in the Landscape A pencil and water-soluble workshop with Wendy Rhodes PhD Saturday 8th March 2025 Attic Studio All abilities welcome Inspired by her ongoing collection of Shadow Drawings, Wendy wants to share with you the relationship between object and shadow, light and dark, tangible and ethereal. Just when you think you’ve created the darkest dark… there’s room for even greater…