Dappled Light Paintings - June 2021

Original Oil Painting by Maria 2021

Having recently been allowed to teach again in community halls and village halls I taught two Dappled Light courses that were very well received and attended.  

Firstly, we studied and discussed many great paintings on the subject from the Impressionist movement.  Secondly, I went through with both groups my own thoughts and gave out handouts on the subject - having discussed my notes and their thoughts everyone began their paintings - many our finished and some are in the process of being finished.  

Not all the artworks are shown here, but the ones that are I think you will agree are all excellent work!

Original Oil Painting by Gisela 2021

Original Pastel Painting by Mandy 2021

Original Acrylic Painting Unfinished by Diana 2021

Original Oil Painting by Jo 2021

Original Oil Painting by Peter 2021

Original Oil Painting by Kate 2021

Original Oil Painting by Sue 2021

Original Watercolour Painting by George 2021

Original Oil Painting Unfinished by Jean 2021

Original Oil Painting by Laraine 2021

Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth 2021

I had not painted at all during the last eight months. This was because I felt uninspired by world events. I mentioned this to one of my students and during the course she challenged me to paint one of my Dappled Light paintings.  Above is the finished painting which took roughly eleven hours.  Thank you Kate for giving me the push I needed!

Please look out for the dates of upcoming courses.  One to one classes are also available. There are still spaces on the next en plein air sessions during July.  To book please use the contact form on this blog or email tapapworth1@btinternet.com

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Upcoming En Plein Air Classes - Drawing and Sketching Outside

 

These classes are a fun opportunity to improve your drawing and sketching skills whilst observing your surroundings. I will be at hand to help you get the most from your class.

Each class will take place in interesting locations such as Ventnor Botanical Gardens, Isle of Wight Zoo and St Boniface Old Church.  Why not give it a go and enjoy the experience!

En Plein Air Sessions (outdoor drawing/sketching & painting):

'At the Pier & Beach' (Sandown), Thursday 6th May 10am to 12.30pm, £25 

'At Ventnor Botanical Gardens' (Ventnor), Friday 9th July 10am to 1pm, £35 plus your entrance fee (SPACES STILL AVAILABLE)

'At Quarr Abbey (Ryde), Friday 16th July 10am to 1pm, £25 (SPACES STILL AVAILABLE)

New sessions added!

'At St Boniface Old Church' (Bonchurch), Friday 4th June 10am to 12.30pm, £25

'At the Zoo' (Sandown), Friday 23rd July 10am to 1pm, £30 plus your entrance fee

If you would like to book onto these classes please use the contact form on this page.  One to One classes are available. 

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Happy Painting!!

Lee 🎨

NEW DATES FOR ART COURSES!

Original oil painting by Jo 2021

This is a list of upcoming courses that will be available from May.  These will have a maximum of five students until the 21st June.

4 week 'Dappled Light Painting Course' (open medium) held at Bembridge Village Hall, Thursday 20th May to 10th June 10am to 12.30pm, £70 cash

(There will also be an afternoon session 1.15 to 3.45pm)

4 week 'Dappled Light Painting Course' (open medium) held at Northwood Village Hall, Friday 21st May to 18th June 10am to 12.30pm, £72 cash

PLUS 

4 week 'Derelict Buildings/Ruins & Doorways/Pathways' held at Bembridge Village Hall, Thursday 24th June 10am to 12.30pm, £70 cash

1 week 'Painting/Drawing Workshop' (finish off paintings or start new ones)

Friday 2nd July 10am to 12.30pm, £28 cash.

En Plein Air Sessions (2.5 hours):

'At the Pier & Beach' (Sandown), Thursday 6th May 10am to 12.30pm, £25

'At Ventnor Botanical Gardens' (Ventnor), Friday 9th July 10am to 1pm, £35 plus your entrance fee

'At Yaverland & Yaverland Yacht Club' (Yaverland, Sandown), Friday 16th July 10am to 12.30pm, £25

September Courses:

Northwood Friday 17th September, £75

Bembridge Thursday 23rd September, £75

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Happy Painting!!

Lee 🎨

Answers to the Second Quiz!

Original oil painting by Lee Papworth displayed by Frankie the Bear

1. Orange

2. Alla Prima 

3. a. Bridget Riley b. Andy Warhol c. Peter Blake 

4. Abstract Expressionism

5. 16th Century

6. Card/cardboard

7. Heavy paint - applied thickly

8. Light and dark

9. Screen printing

10. Joseph Turner

11. 1960s

12. 16th Century

13. One off print

14. Germany

15. Green

16. Quality of pigment

17. Amsterdam

18. Hurbert von Herkomer

19. Joshua Reynolds

20. Francis Bacon

Bonus Question: A Wheatfield with Cypresses by Vincent Van Gogh

Well done to all of you that took part!  Congratulations if you scored over 12!! If you didn't score over 12 expect a visit from Frankie the Bear (see photo above)!!!

I hope you are keeping well and I look forward to seeing you all in the near future.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Isle of Wight Art Classes Quiz Answers and Course Dates

 

Acrylic sketch by Traceyann Papworth 2020

JANUARY QUIZ ANSWERS

1. 20th century

2. Painting music

3. Olive green

4. Late 18th century

5. Lemon yellow

6. Marianne North

7. 2H

8. Seven and a half

9. Turpentine

10. Frottage

11. Constable

12. Turner

13. 15th century

14. It enables you to choose a good composition

15. China

16. All apart from oil

17. Chelsea School of Art

18. Paul Cezanne

19 . Milan

20. Cubism

Bonus Question! My favourite artist is Vincent van Gogh

If you scored 0 - 7 make yourself a cup of tea & get your books out

If you scored 8 - 15 make yourself a cup of tea, grab a biscuit & relax

If you scored 16 - 21 make yourself a cup of tea, grab a huge slice of cake & put your feet up

WELL DONE FOLKS!!! Look out for another quiz soon....start reading up 😃

Watercolour sketch by Lee Papworth 2019

UPCOMING COURSES - Postponed

*4 week painting and drawing 'Dappled Light' starting Friday 5th March 2021 10:00 - 12:30 at Northwood Village Hall - Course fee £72

*4 week painting and drawing 'Dappled Light' starting Thursday 4th March 2021 10:00 - 12:30 at Bembridge Village Hall - Course fee £70

*All students that were originally booked on the November courses are automatically enrolled

New dates for courses:

Bembridge Village Hall Thursday 22nd April 2021 - 20th May 2021 (no class 6th May due to elections) Course theme to be confirmed

1-2-1 classes will restart in March.  Please book using the contact form on this page.

Happy Painting Everyone!

Lee 🎨

Upcoming Art Courses for the New Year 2021

Original oil painting by Lee Papworth 2020

The painting above is an en plein air painting which was completed over three sessions sitting in the Old Battery in Sandown.  Unlike many recent en plein air paintings I managed to finish this one in situ before the bad weather stopped play.  After having a lack of creativity flowing through my soul I had a sudden burst due to teaching in September and early October.  Some of the student's paintings from those classes can be seen below:

Original oil painting by Pam 2020

UPCOMING ART COURSES

4 week painting and drawing 'Dappled Light' starting 16th January 2021 10:00 - 12:30 at Northwood Village Hall - Course fee £72

4 week painting and drawing 'Dappled Light' starting 4th February 2021 10:00 - 12:30 at Bembridge Village Hall (possibly at Seagrove Pavilion) - Course fee £70

Start dates and venues subject to change

Original oil painting by Maria 2020

I look forward to seeing you at the art classes.  More will be announced shortly after this lockdown period.

Keep painting & creating!

Lee 🎨

New Art Course Dates - September 2020

Original Acrylic Painting by the lovely Geoff 2020

Buoyed by the recent success of the en plein air art course, I thought I would post the upcoming course dates for September 2020.  

4 Week 'Painting Tropical Scenes' - Northwood Village Hall starting Friday the 18th of September, 10 to 12.30pm - Course fee £72 - open medium

4 Week 'Painting Tropical Scenes' - Bembridge Village Hall starting Thursday the 24th of September,10 to 12.30pm - Course fee £70 - open medium

Both of these courses will have limited spaces due to social distancing.  I am awaiting news from both venues as to safety guidance.

Please use the contact form to book your place.  One-to-one tuition is available in August. Look forward to seeing you soon!

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Original Oil Painting by the lovely Pam 2020

Student's Lockdown Art - 2020

Lockdown pebble art by unknown artists

Thank you all for your efforts over the past six weeks of doing the tasks.  I have been excited and amazed by your work!  Some of you have kindly forwarded photos of your work which are shown below:

Original acrylic painting by Geoff 2020

Original painted study by George 2020

Original painted study by George 2020

Original painted study by George 2020

Original acrylic painting by Cathy 2020

Original watercolour by Julie 2020

Original oil painting by Pam 2020

Original oil painting by Terri 2020

Original acrylic studies by George 2020 (above & below)

Original painted study by George 2020

Original painting by Maria 2020

Original drawing study by George 2020

Original oil painting by Jean 2020

Original pastel by Mandy 2020

Original acrylic painting by Maria 2020

Original painted study by George 2020

Original pastel by Mandy 2020

Original acrylic painting by Liz 2020

Original monochrome studies by Julie 2020

Original painted study by George 2020

Thank you for all your efforts - they are fantastic!  

As for courses, I may set up a small group course at Bembridge for those that have expressed a wish to return to the classroom in July.  This will be a small group in order to maintain social distancing.

For those wanting to return later I will be setting up courses as usual from mid-September onwards.  

One to ones will also be available most likely from July onwards.

Happy Painting & Keep Safe

Lee 🎨

This Week's Painting Challenge!

This week's challenge is to replace tone with colour.  

Find a black and white photograph that has lots of contrast (deep blacks, lots of mid tones and white) and then I want you to replace the black, grey and white image with colour as if you were painting from a colour photograph.  If you wish you can reverse this process, i.e. start with a colour photograph and make a tonal representation of it in black, grey and white.  
Either way you wish to tackle this challenge it will help you immensely to understand both tone and colour.  It will help you mix shades, tones and tints of colour (remember a SHADE is created by adding black paint, a TONE grey paint and a TINT white paint to your colour) as well as help you to compare the two.

For example, a dark area on your photograph (black or near black) could be portrayed as a dark blue, a dark brown or a dark green.   A mid tone grey could be portrayed as a mid green for example.  A light area could be portrayed as a yellow or a very light tint of yellow/off white.  

Your colour palette can be naturalistic in colour or not.  The choice is yours.  It could even be all one colour (monochrome) for instance dark red through to mid red to light reds and tints of red or all blue or green etc.  To sum up it is a task of matching a specific tone to a colour which has the same tonal value.  Dark, mid or light 

I look forward to seeing your paintings!

Happy painting & keep safe

Lee Papworth 🎨

(Images the property of Lee Papworth 2020)

Lots More Painting Inspiration!

All images copyright of Lee Papworth 2020

Following on from last week's challenge of finding surprising and unexpected images to paint, let's go one step further and look closely at the small details within a large object.  (See images above).  

A student got in touch with me this week and showed me her work of a lock on a door - it was big, bold and brassy.  It was everything that most students do not do on a regular basis.  Lots of work I see often appears timid and afraid, not so on this occasion.  So be daring.  Look for something that's sparks your interest, a tiny detail that you can enlarge into a large painting.  Have fun!

Happy Painting!!

Keep safe

Lee 🎨