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Art Workshops 2026
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7th of February Wildlife in Graphite with David Skidmore at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10-4 pm £70 plus £2.50 for materials. Learn to draw a lion in graphite with renowned graphite artist David Skidmore. Materials are included for an extra £2.50.
28th of February Concertina notebooks in watercolours with Fiona Peart at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10-4 pm £75 plus £2.00 for paper.
Come and join this fun, creative day and develop your own unique concertina landscape book. You will use a large sheet of paper, which you will cover with suggestive shapes, marks, directional lines, textures and blocks of colour using any colours you wish as the starting point for your book. There are no outlines, you paint directly onto your paper. Its very exciting!
Full details on photograph.
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21st of March - Oil painting day with Jackie Cox at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10 - 4 pm £70 materials supplied but it you have any nylon brushes please bring along, also kitchen roll and rag.
There is no other paint that feels like the buttery consistency of oil paint. There are a number of different types of oil paint available and also a number of different techniques to achieve a finished painting. Using standard oils on a toned canvas you will use a form of 'alla prima' painting - that is applying all of the paint in one session. Building up layers and gradually adding more detail you will cover various techniques and use specific brushes to create the effects you want. Although you will be using a reference photo, this form of painting lends itself to 'en plein' painting, that is painting outside and in direct response to the surrounding landscape.
Suitable for all levels.
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28th of March - Expressive flowers in watercolours with Paul Weaver at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10 - 4 pm £75.
Flowers make excellent subjects to develop your confidence for painting from observation. With advice on sketching and capturing light, form and proportion, Paul will demonstrate how to simplify the subject and encourage a loose, free expressive approach.
Materials not supplied but I can provide a hire kit for the day for £12, or you can bring your own materials.
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4th of April - Spring landscape in acrylics with Nick Dawe at Highbury Church Hall in Cheltenham 10 - 4 pm £65. Suitable for all levels.
Materials required A stretched canvas/board, Scrap practise paper, water spray bottle, A tray to make a stay wet palette, selection of brushes large to small but a soft blending brush is essential. Acrylic colours, 2 blues, 2 reds, 2 yellows, titanium white, yellow ochre and burnt umber. I can supply a hire kit for £12 for the day.
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9th of May - Seascapes in watercolours with Ian Ridley at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10-4 pm £70.
Please note this workshop is currently FULL but I have a waiting list, please contact me if you would like to be on it.
6th of June - Chinese watercolours with Nick Dawe at The Redding's Community Centre in Cheltenham 10-4 pm £65.
Learn the art of Chinese watercolour techniques incorporating a water spray spray bottle.
13th of June - The Joy of leaves with Lizzie Godden at Highbury Church Hall in Cheltenham 10-4 pm £60 plus £10 for materials.
On this workshop you will be able to "ecoprint" with leaves on to different types of paper, such an exciting technique, drawing out natural pigments from leaves to get stunning results. There will be previously ecoprinted papers for you to embellish.
You will also learn an ancient way of preserving leaves, a way that means the leaves will remain supple for years. You will be able to use treated leaves to stitch into, to be creative with.
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27th of June - Impressionist style summer landscapes in acrylics with Jonathan Newey at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10-4 pm £80.
Join this one day acrylic painting workshop and spend a relaxed, inspiring day learning how to capture light, colour, and atmosphere using expressive brushwork. You will be guided step by step and you will explore acrylic techniques, colour mixing, and composition while creating a vibrant summer scene. Suitable for all levels this workshop will encourage creativity, confidence, and enjoyment in a supportive, environment with friendly guidance, and plenty of encouragement. By the end of the day you will have created one painting.
Materials required:
1 x A4 tear-off palette or a few paper plates
1 x size 4, 8 and 12 round acrylic or oil painting brush
Daler/Rowney System 3 (or similar) acrylic paint 75ml tubes in: Ultramarine blue, Cadmium yellow (not the deep one), Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre, Paynes Grey (optional) and Titanium White.
1 x A3 System 3 pad of acrylic paper (or similar)
Acrylics can be painted on any paper so you could bring watercolour paper at least 300gsm.
1 x palette knife
1 x water jar
Tissues
old shirt to wear when painting
cling film to cover your palette with
Newspaper to cover the table
A board or table easel and masking tape
Optional extras:
Stay wet palette
More brushes
Lemon yellow and Viridian green
I can offer a hire box for the day at £12
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4th of July - Still life in watercolours with Paul Weaver at The Boy's Brigade in Tewkesbury 10-4 pm £75.
Simple still life as a bridge to landscape in watercolour.
Paul is a firm believer that working from observation, using simple still life rather than photos all the time will help you develop your understanding of composition, shape, proportion, tone and colour, essential skill needed for effective landscape painting.
Starting with still life studies in the morning, you will progress to applying
the principles learned to a simple landscape subject in the afternoon.
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Terms and conditions:
Deposit is required on booking and is non- refundable. If you are unable to attend a booked workshop 14 days notice is required to enable the space to be filled, otherwise full payment is required
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