A SENSE OF PLACE

DATE: 1st, 2nd, 3rd JULY 2025 ALL LEVELS ALL MATERIALS AND REFRESHMENTS ARE INCLUDED. LUNCH OPTIONAL This three-day workshop will enable you, the artist, to explore the basic concepts of landscape painting and techniques and develop your personal response to your surroundings. You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and techniques, as well as refine your own practice through discussions and demonstrations that will cover the history and basics of landscape painting- all in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside that surrounds Bullclough. We will focus more so on ‘capturing place’ as opposed to depicting it too literally, so it is also ideal for those who want to move away from detailed work into more expressive styles using either acrylic or oils.We will cover the fundamental aspects of gathering and editing source material through sketchbook work and photography. You will learn how to create surfaces, work with a palette, how to thin paint, mix colours and apply them. We will look at which brushes to use for different effects and how to draw and build up an artwork using underpainting - all with the aim of equipping you, the participant with all the skills to produce a series of artworks that reflects a true sense of place.