Ref: SLW38138
A three-day in-depth workshop with Ann Swan, RHS Gold Medalist and author of Botanical Painting with Colored Pencils.
Make your colours leap off the page. Your tutor will demonstrate a variety of techniques to help you create truly vibrant, rich and clean colours and banish those greys. Learn how to use solvents and fluorescent colours to create luscious, luminous colour mixes.
Ann will show you some of her many tricks and tips for creating realistic textures for bloom, velvety petals, strong highlights, surface patterns, hairy stems and fuzzy leaves. Learn the importance of planning; when and in what order do you underpaint, blend, use resist or emboss?
This workshop is for having a go and trying out all these techniques which, when mastered, will add depth, realism and interest to your finished colour pencil work and certainly help you attract an audience for your painting.
The following are not essential but are very useful and inexpensive to buy online:
Most of the above equipment is available on the tutor’s website: www.annswan.co.uk so if you email your order, she will bring it along on the day to save postage costs.
Available from shop: The shop holds a range of general purpose art materials, including pencils, sketchbooks, erasers, layout paper and good quality watercolour paper.
Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).
Arrival day
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 7.15pm for registration. Students arriving earlier are welcome to purchase dinner in the College Dining Room from 6pm.
Students meet their tutor in the Bar at 7.30pm prompt to go to studios.
First Teaching session: 7.30pm - 9pm (attendance is essential)
Daily timetable
Course teaching: 9.15am - 5pm
Morning session: 9.15am - 12.45pm including coffee/tea break
Lunch break: 12.45pm - 2pm*
Afternoon session: 2pm - 5pm including coffee/tea break
Teaching finishes: 5pm
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Departure day
Course teaching: 9.15am - 3pm
Teaching finishes: 3pm
Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am. Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required.
*Lunch can be purchased on campus, view options
Ann is one of this country's leading botanical artists and teachers working primarily in coloured pencil and graphite. She has been awarded four RHS Gold Medals and her work is in the prestigious Shirley Sherwood Collection and the RHS Lindley Library. Ann is an enthusiastic and nurturing teacher with over twenty five years' experience and now teaches around the world. Her book 'Botanical Painting with Colour Pencils' is a leader in the field.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
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