Isle of Wight Art Classes: ventnor

Sunday, 26 May 2019

Painting Castles and Fishing Villages - May 2019

Oil Painting by Helen 2019

Over the recent months I have had the pleasure to teach two four-week courses, one being 'Castles' and the other 'Fishing Villages and Fishermen.' Across the two courses there was the usual mix of beginners and intermediate students. They used a wide range of mediums from watercolours to oil paints, watermixable oils and pastels. The excellent results can be seen below - These are a small selection of the work that was produced. There's also 2 other excellent paintings from earlier courses. Enjoy!

Original Oil Painting by Jo 2019

Original watercolour by Georgina 2019

Original oil painting by Jean 2019

Original oil painting by Maria 2019

Original oil painting by Meryel 2019

Original oil painting by Lolly 2019

Original oil painting by Kate 2019

Original oil painting by Jean 2019

Original oil painting by Pam 2019

Original oil painting by Terry 2019

Original pastel painting by Mandy 2019

Original watercolour sketch by Lee 2019

Thank you to everyone who made the two courses such a success! If you would like to join one of my courses please use the contact form on this blog. One-to-one classes are also available.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Sunday, 26 June 2016

My Latest En Plein Air Paintings

Original oil painting - copyright Lee Papworth 2015

These are my latest en plein air paintings. The first one was painted at Smuggler's Haven near Ventnor in July last year. It was a sunny day. My wife and I took a picnic along with us and both set up our easels to paint in a secluded spot. We spent a great afternoon painting and enjoying the atmosphere. A few curious ramblers passed by and struck up conversation. You often find that people will stop and ask you about your painting, but that's ok and it's a pleasure to talk about art to anyone.

The next painting was painted on a sunny April morning on the revetment between Sandown and Shanklin. It took about an hour and twenty minutes. Dog walkers stopped to chat and their dogs sniffed the oil paints with curiosity.

The last painting was painted on a gloriously hot May morning looking down Lake Slipway towards Shanklin. I sat on the bench at the top of the slipway with my bottle of water and easel. It was a blazing sunny day and I wished I had taken a hat (note to all en plein air painters - please remember a hat!) One interested passerby said hello as I sat down to paint and two hours later he said hello again... I realised I had been in the sunshine for over two hours!

I used oils for all three paintings. I did not make any adjustments to the paintings afterwards as this takes the spontaneity and life away from en plein air artworks. I used a painting knife for all three paintings. This saves the difficulty of cleaning brushes outside or carrying them back home. I love the immediateness of en plein air painting and I am looking forward to painting on the (hopefully) warm summer days ahead! If you see me out there please stop and say hello.

Detail of original oil painting showing the red ground - copyright Lee Papworth 2015

If you would like to join one of my art classes please use the contact form on this blog.

My next blog post will give the details of upcoming courses.

Happy Painting!

Best wishes

Lee