Isle of Wight Art Classes

Sunday, 13 March 2016

More Basic Drawing Week 2 - Drawing Glass Objects

Last week on the More Basic Drawing Course at Sandown Library we worked on drawing glass objects.

The goal was to observe the light and the darks, and capture these whilst only drawing a small amount of the midtone. An easy mistake to make is to over draw glass and this is overcome by minimising the midtones whilst concentrating on highlights and dark areas. However, the key with any drawing is observation.

There were two drawings to do. The first was white pencil on black paper to make a negative image and the second drawing was pencil on white paper for a positive image. A selection of the drawings are shown below:

By Geraldine

By Diana

By Geoff

By Cecily

By Julie

By Vicky

By Kevin

By Sue

Thank you to all the Learners who are taking part on the course and those who have shared their work on this blog post. If you are interested in learning to draw or paint please message me via the blog contact form on this page.

Happy Drawing!

Lee

Sunday, 6 March 2016

More Basic Drawing Course - March 2016

Original drawing by Julie 2016

Last Monday I started a follow on course entitled 'More Basic Drawing' at Sandown Library with a group of enthusiastic students who were keen to advance their drawing skills. The exercise set was to create a sense of depth with aerial perspective and to use some of the mark making techniques which they had learnt on the first course.

The results that you see here are a combination of finished drawings and works in progress. Watch this space for more completed works soon!

Many thanks to the students who allowed their work to be shared on the blog and special thanks to Alma Walsh who allowed us to use her wonderful photograph of a beautiful scene in West Wight.

Original drawing by Vicki 2016

Original drawing in progress by Cecily 2016

Original drawing in progress by Diana 2016

Original drawing in progress by Geoff 2016

Original drawing in progress by Geraldine 2016

Original drawing in progress by Kevin 2016

This course is still ongoing at Sandown Library and this week we are drawing glass objects. Check the blog next week for the results!

If you would like to take part in one of my classes or one to one lessons please use the contact form on this blog.

Best wishes

Lee

Sunday, 28 February 2016

Painting Skyscapes Course - February 2016

Last Thursday the class Painting Skyscapes concluded. Firstly we looked at and discussed various famous artists work. We also discussed what is a skyscape and as a group we decided that there has to be at least 75 to 80% sky with 20 to 25% land or sea. We then looked at various ways of painting clouds using techniques such as stippling and dry brush.

Following on from this we looked at sky and cloud colour mixes - where learners created their own colour swatches with my guidance. We then spent three enjoyable weeks working on the paintings some of which can be seen below:

Original skyscape painting by Malai 2016

Detail of above painting by Malai

Original painting by Malai 2016

Detail of above painting by Malai

Original oil painting by Meryel 2016

Detail of above painting by Meryel

Original pastel painting by Vicki 2016

Original watercolour painting by Jan 2016

Original watercolour sketch by Jan 2016

Detail of above watercolour sketch by Jan

Original watercolour painting by Linda 2016

Detail of above painting by Linda

Unfinished oil painting by Janet 2016

Detail of above painting by Janet

Thank you to all the learners who shared their work on this blog and to Cathy who sent me a picture which I unfortunately could not upload.

Meryel completed the painting below which I wanted to share today with you all:

Original oil painting by Meryel 2016

If you would like to attend one of my art courses or have one to one lessons please message me using the blog contact form.

Happy Painting!

Best wishes

Lee

Sunday, 14 February 2016

Impressionist Landscapes and Lakescapes February 2016

On Friday we finished a four week course on Impressionism focusing on landscapes, lakes and rivers.

The goals of the course were to produce paintings that captured light, fleeting moments and contrasts, whilst keeping the paint palette high tone. The results were varying with some students opting for an impasto technique and others using a broken colour technique.

Everyone created beautiful pieces of art and the paintings that are finished or almost finished can be seen below:

Original painting by Gaye 2016

Study for the above painting by Gaye

Study for a painting by Gaye

Original painting by Pam 2016

Detail of above painting by Pam

Original painting by Liz 2016

Detail of above painting by Liz

Detail of a painting by Lisa 2016

Original painting by Pam 2016

Detail of above painting by Pam

Thank you to all the above learners for sharing their work on the blog and to all the other learners who made the course a success. If you would like to join one of my classes or have one-to-one lessons please use the contact form at the bottom of the blog.

Best wishes

Lee

Sunday, 3 January 2016

Community Learning Workshops/Courses 2016

These are the classes I will be teaching at the Community Learning Centre which is located next to Tesco in Ryde.

The workshops cost £25/£15 concession and courses cost £60/£30. To book a place call 01983 817280.

I am also running private classes. Please see the details on my previous blog post

Learn Basic Drawing Skills - 4 WEEKS	Lee	Jan	Mon	10-1pm	18 Jan- 8 Feb
Acrylic Painting Techniques – 4 WEEKS	Lee	Jan	Wed	10-1pm	20 Jan-10 Feb
Decorative Mono-prints WORKSHOP	Lee	Jan	Sat	1-3pm	23-Jan
Portrait Oil Painting – 4 WEEKS	Lee	Feb	Tues	10-1pm	23 Feb-15 Mar
Drawing Buildings WORKSHOP	Lee	Feb	Sat	10-3pm	27-Feb
Drawing Dinosaur Fossils & Shells WORKSHOP	Lee	Mar	Sat	10-3pm	05-Mar
Island Scenes In Pastels - 4 WEEKS	Lee	Mar	Wed	1-4pm	2-23 Mar

Sunday, 13 December 2015

Isle of Wight Art Classes - January & February 2016

These are my upcoming private art classes for January and February next year:

(2 Week) Drawing & Painting Skills/Techniques

Friday 8^th January, 10 to 1pm, Northwood W.I.Hall, Northwood/Cowes, £40.

(4 Week) Impressionist Land & Seascapes (Open Medium)

Friday 22^nd January, 12.30 to 3pm, Ryde Rowing Club, Ryde, £65.

(4 Week) Learn to Paint Skyscapes (Open Medium)

Thursday 28^thJanuary, 10.00 to 12.45pm, Bembridge Village Hall, Bembridge, £69

If you would like to book a place please contact me via the contact form at the bottom of my blog. You can also contact me if you would like further information or want to book one to one tuition.

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas!

Lee

Sunday, 22 November 2015

One Day Painting & Drawing Workshops - Nov 2015

Original painting by Cathy 2015

I have just completed two separate enjoyable, fully booked and successful one day workshops in November.

The Learners brought along paintings and drawings that needed finishing or ones which they needed guidance with. In some cases the Learners started new paintings on the day and received help with these. The examples you see here are the ones that were finished.

Thank you to everyone for taking part in these workshops and making them happen. A BIG thank you to all those Artists who have shared the work in this blog post!

Original painting by Meryel 2015

Original painting by Lolly 2015

Original painting by Liz 2015

Original pencil working study for painting by Julie 2015

Original painting by Vicki 2015

Original painting by Janet 2015

If you would like to learn new skills in painting and drawing please message me via the contact form at the bottom of this blog. My new classes will start after Christmas and details will be posted here in December, but private one to one classes are still available beforehand.

Best wishes

Lee

Sunday, 8 November 2015

Portraiture Part Three: How to Paint Hair Using Oils

Detail of Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth

In my latest post about portraiture I am looking at how to depict hair using oil paints.

Whilst I was at art school a teacher once said to me get someone's hair right and you are some way near to capturing their likeness. Many decades later after doing numerous portraits and figurative painting I can say he was most definitely correct. The way I depict hair using oil paints is as follows:

Leave the white of the primed canvas so that when you put on the first hair colour preferably the lightest tone the white canvas will make the hair appear luminous. This will be the lightest parts of the hair.

The mid tones and dark tones will be added when dry. These will be done by using a soft acrylic or watercolour brush with the mixed colour of paint and applied through dry brush technique. Dry brush technique is when you only use the paint and no painting medium, i.e. just oil paint with no turpentine or linseed oil.

Although hair often looks hard to do, if you follow this technique it can be done very simply as the following paintings show.