Seascapes and Lighthouses Art Course - October 2018

Original gouache painting by Jean 2018

I have just completed a four week art course on painting Seascapes and Lighthouses.  We started by looking at and discussing famous lighthouse paintings ranging from Carl Blechen to Edward Hopper. 

We then talked about creating a sense of scale and how to go about doing so within the composition.  This can be achieved in a few ways - the best way is the most obvious which is to either put a figure or house, perhaps a boat into the composition to show how tall and wide some lighthouses are.  As well as looking at scale we looked a reflections on the water surface and also in mixing up general sky and sea colours.  

It was a very successful course and the results of the course can be seen below:

Original acrylic painting by Diana 2018

Original oil painting by Jo 2018

Original unfinished pastel painting by Mandy 2018

Original oil painting by Gordon 2018

Original oil painting by Jo 2018

Original painting by Liz 2018

Original pastel with texture by Mandy 2018

Original oil painting by Jo 2018

Original oil painting by Jean 2018

Original unfinished acrylic painting by Kevin 2018

Original oil painting by Meryel 2018

Original oil painting by Simonne 2018

Original oil painting by Jo 2018

Original pastel painting by Mandy 2018

Original oil painting by Simonne 2018

Original unfinished acrylic painting by Maria 2018

Thank you to all those who made the course a success and for sharing their work on this post.  

If you would like to join any of my future courses or have one-to-one tuition please contact me using the blog form below. New Courses begin again late January 2019.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Cliffs, Sand and Sea Paintings October 2018

Original Watercolour Painting and Colour Mixes by Sue

Welcome to the new academic year and a new course of Cliffs, Sand and Sea.  As you know my classes are open to beginners and more experienced artists.  On this course I was delighted to have two new beginners.  

As usual we started off by looking at examples by famous artists.  We discussed techniques, colour mixes and looked at various sand and cliff samples collected from Isle of Wight beaches.  Over the course of the four weeks the students produced a wide range of paintings using various mediums such as oil, watercolour and acrylic.  

The wonderful paintings created by the class are seen below including my own:

Original Watercolour Painting by Sue

Original Oil Painting by Sandra

Original Oil Painting by Peter

Original Oil Painting by Pam

Original Oil Painting by Laraine

Original Acrylic Painting by Liz

Original Oil Painting by Andrew

Unfinished Original Oil Painting by Kate

Original Acrylic by Anne

Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth

Thank you to all the artists who have shared their work on the blog.  Thank you to everyone who attended and made the course such a success!  

The new course starts in Northwood in January 2019.  If you are interested in taking part or would like one to one classes please contact me using the blog form.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Updated New Art Courses - September/October & November 2018

Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth

I'm really looking forward to teaching the upcoming art courses!  All courses are open medium, so feel free to use any medium - oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastels and pencils etc.

See the list below for September, October and November's courses: 

4 week 'Cliffs, Sand & Sea' (open medium) Starts Friday 21st September 10 to 12.30pm at Northwood W.I. Hall (village hall), Northwood/Cowes, £70

4 week 'Lighthouses & Seascapes' (open medium) Starts Thursday 27th September, 

10 to 12.30pm at Bembridge Village Hall, Bembridge £70

1 Day 'Still life - Limited Palette' (open medium) Friday 2nd November 10.00 to 1.00pm at Northwood Village Hall (W.I. Hall), Northwood/Cowes, £35

4 week 'Painting Expressive Autumn Scenes' Starts Friday 9th November 12.30 to 3pm at Ryde All Saints' Church Hall, Ryde, £70

(Further courses and workshops to be announced)

If you would like to join any of the above art courses or would like further information please contact me via the blog form.  Beginners welcome. One-to-One classes/courses are also available.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Upcoming Autumn Courses and Painting Churches

Unfinished acrylic painting by Geoff 2018

The last four week course of the academic year was held at All Saints Church Hall in Ryde. The course was called Painting Churches, Abbeys and Cathedrals.  Some Learners opted to do inside scenes whilst others chose to concentrate on the exteriors.  As you will see all the paintings are very successful and they range from impressionistic paintings, to abstract and experimental to very tight detailed depictions.  

Original sketch by Helen 2018

Original acrylic painting by Helen 2018

Original acrylic painting by Gaye 2018

Original oil painting with mixed media by Lolly 2018

Original oil painting by Meryel 2018

Original watercolour by Maureen 2018

Original oil painting by Pam 2018

Original oil painting by Jean 2018

Thank you to all the artists who shared their work in this blog post.  The course would not have been such a success without you!

UPCOMING AUTUMN ART CLASSES:

4 week 'Cliffs, Sand & Sea' (open medium) Starts Friday 21st September 10 to 12.30pm at Northwood W.I. Hall (village hall), Cowes, £70

4 week 'Lighthouses & Seascapes' (open medium) Starts Thursday 27th September, 
10 to 12.30pm at Bembridge Village Hall, Bembridge £70

1 Day 'Still life' (open medium) Friday 19th October 12.30 to 4pm at Ryde All Saints' Church Hall, Ryde, £35

4 week 'Painting Expressive Autumn Scenes' Starts Friday 9th November 12.30 to 3pm at Ryde All Saints' Church Hall, Ryde, £70

(Further courses and workshops to be announced)

If you would like to joint any of the above art classes please contact me via the blog form.  Beginners welcome. One-to-One classes are also available.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Painting Scenes from Abroad - June 2018 Art Course

Original oil painting in progress by Pam 2018

My latest course has recently just finished.  This was the exotic sounding 'Scenes from Abroad.'  All ten students rose to the challenge and provided paintings of scenes from as far afield as the Seychelles, Croatia, Spain, France and others.  

Although some these wonderful paintings are unfinished you can still get a sense of atmosphere, colour and vibrancy.  The results of the course are shown below:

Original pastel painting by Mandy 2018

Original unfinished acrylic painting by Kevin

Original gouache painting by Jean 2018

Original oil painting by Susan 2018

Original pastel painting by Mandy 2018

Original unfinished acrylic painting by Diana 2018

Original oil painting by Gordon 2018

Original acrylic painting by Trudie 2018

Thank you to everyone who shared their work on this post and also to the rest of the group.  You all made the course a great success!

If you would like to join one of my courses or have one-to-one tuition please use the blog contact form.

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨

Painting Lighthouses - May 2018

Original Oil Painting by Liz 2018

I have just completed a four week art course on Painting Lighthouses.  We started by looking at and discussing famous lighthouse paintings ranging from Carl Blechen to Edward Hopper. 

We then talked about creating a sense of scale and how to go about doing so within the composition.  This can be achieved in a few ways - the best way is the most obvious which is to either put a figure, house or tree into the composition to show how tall and wide many lighthouses are.  As well as looking at scale we looked a reflections on the water surface and also in mixing up general sky and sea colours.  

It was a very successful course which I will be running again in September in Bembridge. The results of the course can be seen below:

Original Oil Painting by Liz 2018

Original Acrylic Painting by Trudie 2018

Oil Painting by Susan 2018

Oil Painting by Peter 2018

Original Oil Painting by Sandra 2018

Unfinished Oil Painting by Andrew 2018

Original Oil Painting by Laraine 2018

Original Oil Painting by Pam 2018

Thank you to all those who made the course a success and for sharing their work here.  Thank you to Brian and Anne whose work is not shown here.  You can see my effort at painting a lighthouse on my previous blogpost.

If you would like to join the next Painting Lighthouses Course please contact me using the blog form below.  

Upcoming courses for June are as follows:
4 Week Course - Painting Churches, Abbeys and Cathedrals - at Ryde All Saints Church
1 Day Workshop - Painting Still life Using a Limited Palette - in Bembridge

Happy Painting!

Lee 🎨