Pennine Painting 2011 Programme
Dates CourseTitle Price
Jun 3 – 5Flower Meadows and River Banks. £177
Sketch in a variety of media along the Pennine Way following the river South Tyne from Garrigill. A wide range of summer colours in flowers, fields, moorland fells, river and waterfalls. Back at Rose House Studio develop your impressions into a finished painting of your own design.
July 25-28Outdoor Environmental Art £225
Explore the natural materials of the North Pennine landscapes around Alston Moor by making 2-D and 3-D art works in –situ, then photograph and print the results. Study the works of celebrated British environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy for poetic visual inspiration and practical ideas for harnessing light and the weather.
Aug 27-30 Abstract Painting from Sketches £225
Capture the feel of natural energies and forms on sketching walks on and off the Pennine Way in the village and out in the valleys and hills. Develop these into powerful abstract and semi-abstract paintings back in Rose House Studio. Visit the annual village gala too for added inspiration!
Oct 7-10 Auden’s Favourite Landscapes £225
Visit a variety of North Pennine landscapes beloved of poet W.H.Auden. Sketch and paint abandoned mine workings as well as Hadrian’s Wall, then make painting responses back in the warmth of the studio.
Nov11-13 Meditations on the Object £177
Absorb your mind in the endless possibilities of drawing and painting from carefully chosen objects arranged in controlled light. Learn about composition, colour balance, colour contrasts, light and shade and see how artists from Chardin to Cezanne and Picasso used still life to meditate on the object.
New this year
French Alps Sept 15-19 Alpine Landscape and Town £340- £480
Join Lionel in a traditional chalet in the charming Alpine village of La Clusaz in the Aravis Mountain region of the French Alps just 1 hours drive south from Geneva. 4 days of sketching and painting in the alpine foothills (think: The Sound of Music) and in Annecy, the ‘Venice’ of the Alps. Price inc. full board and local trans., excl. flights.