April 2025
Tuesday 22nd - Workshop with Heather Burton - Palette knife painting - Organiser Fiona Colston
Thank you for inviting me to run a workshop with your art group. The aim is to have plenty of fun and experience the freedom of palette knife painting, whatever your level of experience (including complete beginners)!!
During the workshop I shall provide short demonstrations as required to show the techniques involved in working with a palette knife and will work round the room throughout the session to offer individual help and guidance according to everyone’s individual ability.
You will need to bring:
• One or two canvases (you can buy inexpensive ones from the Range or Hobbycraft)- the bigger the betterif you are a beginner in palette knife work as it allows you to be more expressive! If you are a quick worker and it is a day-long workshop you might want to work on two paintings. Otherwise, the second canvas is useful for using up surplus paint.
• Basic selection of acrylic paints
• An apron (it can get messy..!!)
• An easel (desk or standing)
• Pictures/photographs of a subject that really inspires you. If you bring four or five options we can discuss which would work best with palette knives, based on your individual experience and preferences. You can paint portraits, landscapes, seascapes…..whatever you like!
• Flat palette
I shall provide:
• A good selection of palette knives of varying shapes and sizes
• Back-up paint selection
• Rags for wiping knives clean
Best regards
Heather
Thank you for inviting me to run a workshop with your art group. The aim is to have plenty of fun and experience the freedom of palette knife painting, whatever your level of experience (including complete beginners)!!
During the workshop I shall provide short demonstrations as required to show the techniques involved in working with a palette knife and will work round the room throughout the session to offer individual help and guidance according to everyone’s individual ability.
You will need to bring:
• One or two canvases (you can buy inexpensive ones from the Range or Hobbycraft)- the bigger the betterif you are a beginner in palette knife work as it allows you to be more expressive! If you are a quick worker and it is a day-long workshop you might want to work on two paintings. Otherwise, the second canvas is useful for using up surplus paint.
• Basic selection of acrylic paints
• An apron (it can get messy..!!)
• An easel (desk or standing)
• Pictures/photographs of a subject that really inspires you. If you bring four or five options we can discuss which would work best with palette knives, based on your individual experience and preferences. You can paint portraits, landscapes, seascapes…..whatever you like!
• Flat palette
I shall provide:
• A good selection of palette knives of varying shapes and sizes
• Back-up paint selection
• Rags for wiping knives clean
Best regards
Heather
May 2025
Tuesday 13th - Workshop with Rachel Singleton - Abstract painting - Organiser Jo Sykes
Rachael is a keen mixed media artist who enjoys abstract and semi abstract landscape painting. She also uses paint in her textile art where she often prints, layers and stitches to build surfaces.
During the evening, she will give a short talk about her approach and take you through a playful exercise to explore colour, shape and markmaking in abstract design.
Materials to bring if you have them. If not we will raid the art store or beg steal or borrow fro fellow members:
Rachael is a keen mixed media artist who enjoys abstract and semi abstract landscape painting. She also uses paint in her textile art where she often prints, layers and stitches to build surfaces.
During the evening, she will give a short talk about her approach and take you through a playful exercise to explore colour, shape and markmaking in abstract design.
Materials to bring if you have them. If not we will raid the art store or beg steal or borrow fro fellow members:
- Table cover
- Acrylic paints - three or four colours and black and white. (If you don’t have acrylic paints, you could see about sharing some within the group as we won’t need a lot)
- Small mixing palette or surface
- Wide, medium and thin brush
- Water pot
- Two pieces of cartridge paper or lining paper (rectangular, A3 or slightly larger. If possible gesso before bringing, but not essential)
- Paper scissors, pencil
- If you have them, Sharpie or couple of acrylic pens - don’t buy specially.
- Some different dry media like Woodies, Neocolours, oil pastels, pencil crayons
- Baby wipes/kitchen towel
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