COLOUR

• Definition of Colour
• The Colour Wheel
• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours
• Complimentary Colours
• Colour Juxtaposition and Context
• Colour Saturation – High and Low
• Colour Cohesion
• Emotional Colour types
• 2 Exercises in making a palette and colour recognition

COMPOSITION

• Classical Ideas of Composition – The Painters Secret Geometry
• The Golden Section
• The ‘Powerpoints’
• Offset Subject
• Centre of Focus
• Symmetrical Composition
• Found Composition
• Imposed Composition
• 2 Exercises in finding a composition and selection

Please bring your own lunch but HACG will provide tea/coffee/milk.

Add some flair to you writing at this workshop which will teach you the art of modern calligraphy using brush pens!

Calligraphy is a fabulous way to unwind and switch off! Calligraphy is defined as the art of drawing beautiful letters. Brush pens are ideal for beginners as they are easily accessible, less messy than dip pens & ink and you can practice anywhere.

This session will be perfect for beginners looking to try brush pen calligraphy while enjoying some time to relax and experience the mindful effects of practising beautiful hand-lettering.

You’ll spend time getting to grips with using the pen and learning the technique of release and pressure to create consistent thick and thin lines. Using worksheets, I will guide you to create calligraphy strokes and letter shapes, moving on to forming the lowercase, then uppercase alphabet and joining the letters to form words.

Now you will be ready to create a beautiful Greetings Card and Gift Tags. Choose from a selection of templates, transfer the lettering onto your card and carefully draw the letters of your chosen designs.

Tutor will provide you with all the tools you need, demonstrations and one-on-one support to troubleshoot any individual difficulties you come across.

As well as your hand-lettered Card Designs, you will leave with a brush pen, worksheets, templates, and a list of resources; everything you need to continue to have an enjoyable time practising brush pen calligraphy. Before you know it, you'll be creating greeting cards, party invitations, and artworks for your home and to give as gifts!

You will first have a demonstration and then you will practise the skill to create your own designs. Please wear old clothes or bring an apron! There will be a selection of tools and materials to purchase at the end for anyone interested in pursuing this hobby at home.

1. Introduction to the materials and tools used
2. Show completed examples, to give details of the processes used and order of doing things
3. Demo including choice of colour and techniques etc.
4. Delegates provided with basic materials and tools
5. Overview of any kits to buy etc.

£10 for a pack which will include blank cards and envelopes, gift tags, worksheets covering basic strokes, alphabets in lower and upper case, guidelines and templates which can all be copied or traced over, thin practice paper, 2 pens each and supplies list.

Tutor will also provide a selection of colourful and metallic pens and examples

Please bring your own lunch but HACG will provide tea/coffee/milk.

Back to Basics in Watercolour (workshop 1)

This workshop is for those that are struggling to get to grips with watercolour, have tried it out before and and been put off, or work in different media and want to learn the key techniques of watercolour to avoid the common pitfalls and bad habits. We will cover all the dos and don’ts of this challenging medium including– colour mixing, wet-into–wet, layering and blending and effective brushwork. Through carefully guided exercises you will learn the key skills which you can take away and practise again at home in your own time.

Building on the Basics in Watercolour (workshop 2)

This is a follow up to the the Basics course where we will apply the techniques from the first session to paint various subjects throughout the day, including a simple landscape and still life, to further develop your skills and gain more confidence and achieve more predictable results.

You can book only one of the workshops or both.

BEGINNERS WATERCOLOUR MATERIALS

Brushes: Sable watercolour brushes are best but pricey, so l use a lot of synthetics these days as the quality is so much better than it used to be. The lower price means that you can afford to buy more sizes.
• SAA Silver all rounder brush size 10,
or Ken Bromley Artists' Value Round Ftofie Brush size 12
• SAA Silver flatmate brush 0.5inch
• 1 inch flat brush (arry make)
• Artway Synthetic quill Mop, set of 3 are an excelent value set

Paints
Here are the colours we will be using:
cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson,
burnt sienna or sepia, winsor violet (dioxazine) and paynes grey If you are buying colours individually, watercolours in tubes are better value in the long run. I use Winsor and Newton Artists' quality tubes, but recently I have been buying Jackson's own brand as they are very reasonably priced and good quality, although they don't have as many colours as other brands. If you prefer to buy pans (small dry squares of colour) it is better to get them as a complete set in a portable palette. Rosa Gallery watercolour sets are very good value and come in a variety of different sized sets and can be bought from Ken Bromley's art supplies.
Bockingford 300gsm Glued Watercolour Pad 14'x 10* (360 x 260mm) this is a reasonable quality paper in a glued block that won't cockle as you paint on it.

Other bits
Plastic palette with deep wells for watercolour
• Water pot
• Water spray (not vital)
• 2b pencil and eraser
• paper towels

Please bring your own lunch but HACG will provide tea/coffee/milk.

Beginners workshop in ‘Learning to paint in oils’ - Workshop 1

Many students shy away from using oil paint but this workshop will teach you the joy, ease and advantages of using this fabulous medium!
Learn to mix colour from a limited palette, how to apply and layer the paint and how to use different techniques and mark making. You’ll never look back!
No previous experience with oil painting necessary.

What to bring
- Pad of paper palettes for paint mixing
- 4b pencil, rubber and putty rubber
- Palette knife size 22 or similar
- Canvas paper or canvas board any sizes between 12”x10” and 12” x 16”
- Selection of flat, synthetic brushes in a range from 4 - 12 and or hogs hair brushes 8, 10
- One small round brush size 2, for detailed work
- Rags or baby wipes (biodegradable)

You will need Liquin original painting medium or linseed oil and Sansoder’ or ‘Zest It’ low odour thinners

Oil Paint - best quality student grade oils to buy are Winton by Winsor & Newton
- Cadmium Red
- Cadmium yellow
- Ultramarine Blue
- Titanium white
- Cerulean blue
- Permanent Rose
- Raw Umber
- Yellow ochre
- Burnt Sienna

Art Suppliers
Jacksons Art supplies
CassArt


Painting for beginners in oils - Workshop 2

Landscapes

Learn how to let loose and capture the fantastic colours of our amazing surroundings in oil paint.
Using the knowledge gained from workshop no.1 and using a similar limited palette we can experiment how best to represent the natural beauty of the world around us.
I will supply lots of gorgeous images but please feel free to bring your own If you have a particular photograph of a place you love, to use as your reference. Please if you do bring your own photograph make sure it is a clear image with some good directional lighting.

This workshop is also suitable for students starting their oil painting journey but who didn’t manage to attend workshop 1.

What to bring
- 4b pencil, rubber and putty rubber
- Palette knife size 22 or similar
- Canvas paper or canvas board 12” x 16” (30 x 40cms)
- Paper tear off palette pad for oil or acrylics
- Selection of flat, synthetic brushes in a range from 4 - 12
- One small round brush size 2, for detailed work
- Rags or baby wipes (biodegradable)

You will need Liquin original painting medium and sansoder or zest it low odour thinners.

Oil Paint
- Cadmium Red
- Cadmium yellow
- Yellow ochre
- Ultramarine Blue
- Titanium white
- Cerulean blue
- Permanent Rose
- Raw Umber
- Burnt umber

Art Suppliers
Jacksons Art supplies
CassArt

You can book only one of the workshops or both.

Please bring your own lunch but HACG will provide tea/coffee/milk.