Upcoming Private Art Courses - January 2018

Original Oil Painting by Liz 2017

These are my upcoming courses for January 2018:

4 week painting course 'Mountains & Valleys' (open medium) 
Starting Friday 19th January 2018, 10:00 to 12:30pm, Northwood WI Hall, £70

4 week painting course 'Animals in the Landscape' - horses, donkeys, pigs, cows, Sheep and dogs etc. (open medium)
Starting Thursday 25th January 2018, 10:00 to 12:30pm, Bembridge Village Hall, £70

1 day (3hrs) Workshop 'Figure Drawing & Painting' - drawing or painting a clothed model (open medium) Friday 23rd February 2018, 12:30 to 3.30pm, All Saints' Church Ryde, £35

If you would like to join one of the above courses please use the blog contact form and I will get back to you.  One to one private classes are also available all year round.

Thank you to everyone who came to the courses in 2017 and made them a great success.  Without you there would be no art classes.

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Painting! 🎄

Lee 🎨

Painting Cliffs, Sand and Sea - November 2017

Original oil painting by Sue H. 2017

I have just completed a four week painting course on painting cliffs, sand and sea.  Myself and the Learners began by looking at the various colours of cliff faces, sand and seaweed found on the Isle of Wight beaches.  

Each student mixed up their own versions of these colours which included everything from a beautiful magenta coloured seaweed from Ventnor beach to the subtle grey-blue colour of Blue Slipper clay from Lake Dunroamin beach.  

Next we discussed the influences of external elements such as sunlight, rain and wind on cliff faces, sand and sea.  The resulting paintings are excellent and were created by beginners to intermediate artists.  You can see the beautiful paintings below and I have added two paintings which were completed on a painting workshop in Northwood - as they fitted the theme nicely.

Original oil painting by Sue C. 2017

Original oil painting by Laraine 2017

Oil sketch by Meryel 2017 - see painting below

Oil painting by Meryel 2017

Original gouache painting by Jean N. 2017

Original oil painting by Simonne 2017

Original oil painting by Pam 2017

Original acrylic painting by Gaye 2017

Original painting by Sue H. 2017

Original oil painting by Meryel 2017

Original watercolour painting by Irene 2017

Original oil painting by Lolly 2017

Original oil painting by Liz 2017

Original unfinished oil painting by Diana 2017

Original oil painting by Jean 2017

Original oil painting by Simonne 2017

Thank you to everyone who made the course a success including Liz whose work is not shown above. 

Although the standard of all these paintings is high, please remember that some of these artists are beginners and all the artists are still learning.  My point is that if you wish to paint to this standard it is achievable as I will teach you the tools and techniques step by step.  Please do not be nervous or put off as you too can paint like this. You can contact me using the blog form below.

My next blog post will be about my upcoming courses in January 2018.  Private one-to-one classes are available all year round.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨