WORKSHOPS TIMETABLE 2023

Address: The Tower Studio, Cowdray Castle, within Cowdray Ruins’

Midhurst, West Susses, GU29 9AL

 March 16th – 17th.  The traditional art of making gesso/Stretching and priming linen canvas.

Gesso is the traditional ground for painting in egg tempera. The use of gesso as a ground goes back to ancient times, it was used by the Greeks and Romans from the 1st C. AD. Gesso was the traditional ground used in the renaissance by artists of the Florentine schools. Gesso is also an excellent ground for oil painting if first sealed with animal skin glue. Modern day gesso and oil grounds are mostly based on acrylic recipes and bear no comparison to the qualities of genuine gesso and oil primings.

This two day course will be held at my studio in Midhurst and limited to five students.

The cost of the workshop is £200.

March 23rd – April 8th. Teaching in Azerbaijan

April 24- 28th. Lapis lazuli workshop. Princes School of Traditional Arts, London

May 1st – 5th. Classical portrait painting methods and materials of the 16th and 17th centuries.

During the morning class students will work from a copy of an old master painting, in the afternoon class students will be employing these classical techniques to paint from a life model.

June 14th – 15th. The traditional art of making gesso/Stretching and priming linen canvas.

Gesso is the traditional ground for painting in egg tempera. The use of gesso as a ground goes back to ancient times, it was used by the Greeks and Romans from the 1st C. AD. Gesso was the traditional ground used in the renaissance by artists of the Florentine schools. Gesso is also an excellent ground for oil painting if first sealed with animal skin glue. Modern day gesso and oil grounds are mostly based on acrylic recipes and bear no comparison to the qualities of genuine gesso and oil primings.

This two day course will be held at my studio in Midhurst and limited to five students.

The cost of the workshop is £200.

June 19th – 23rd.  Alchemy of Colour workshop (West Sussex)

July 3rd – 7th.  The Flemish Technique. The mixed technique of egg tempera and oil, as practiced by Flemish and Italian artists of the late 15th and early 16th c.

September 4th – 8th. Landscape Painting workshop. Exploring classical oil painting techniques of the 17th and 18th c.

CANCELLATIONS

Cancellations made up to two weeks prior to commencement of workshop are eligible for 50% reimbursement of fees.

Cancellations less than two weeks prior to commencement of workshop will not be eligible for reimbursement.