FBA artists are sharing their expertise in a series of hands-on
workshops this August. Taking place in and around Mall Galleries, join
us to perfect your portrait painting, draw dancers or learn the
techniques of mono-printing or painting in egg tempura.
Tickets: £60 /£55 concessions /£45 FBA Friends per workshop.
Book your place: info@mallgalleries.com
Bring your own art materials and a packed lunch.
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Monday 12 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Paul Banning RI RSMA
Watercolour workshop
Pure watercolour workshop with 'plein air' painter Paul Banning. Paul
specialises in painting plein air whenever possible. If weather permits
we will work in St James's Park looking for interesting subject matter
using sketch books, and then developing the work in the Gallery. He has
considerable expertise in colour mixing and making full use of this
difficult medium of watercolour. He has travelled to many parts of the
world painting as well as in the UK, and paints regularly during the
summer months along the River Thames.
Monday 12 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Nick Tidnam RBA
Relationship of Figures in the Landscape
Working with the figure gives the opportunity to observe people involved
in various activities both inside and out, at work or play, in parks,
markets and squares; they all produce wonderful patterns, shapes,
colours and textures that can give life to a painting. One only has to
look at the great painters of the past to see how important the placing
of figures were to the compositions they created and how they reflected
the mood and style of the day. The day will give you the opportunity to
explore, discover, develop, rethink and have fun. Hopefully the weather
will be good and we can use Trafalgar Square and Green Park but if it's
inclement we'll use the National Gallery.
Tuesday 13 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Tom Coates RP PPPS PPRBA PPNEAC
Figure Portraits in all mediums
Coates has taught at various art schools while still devoting much of
his time to full-time painting. He is Past President of the New English
Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Pastel Society
and is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He has
carried out a series of prestigious commissions including in 1990 to
paint the Ceremonial Procession celebrating The Queen Mother’s 90th
birthday.
Tuesday 13 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Roger Dellar RI PS ROI
Figure Portrait in oil
Roger is a professional figurative artist who works in oils, pastels,
mixed media, acrylics, and water based media. He has a keen interest in
people and their behaviour, and is fascinated by the way the play of
light transforms a subject; either working in the studio or plein air.
As a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and experienced art
tutor, this promises to be an informative day.
Wednesday 14 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Tom Coates RP PPPS PPRBA PPNEAC
Figure Portraits in all mediums
Coates has taught at various art schools while still devoting much of
his time to full-time painting. He is Past President of the New English
Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Pastel Society
and is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He has
carried out a series of prestigious commissions including in 1990 to
paint the Ceremonial Procession celebrating The Queen Mother’s 90th
birthday.
Thursday 15 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Tim Benson ROI
Portrait Painting in oil
As a practised figurative artist Tim not only creates a distinguishable
likeness of a subject but, moreover evokes the sitter’s character and
mood. He is never satisfied with simple representation, rather
concentrating on bringing to his work an emotive and often visceral
quality. A member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Tim’s workshop
will focus on the use of oil paint in portraiture, followed by critique
and discussion.
Monday 19 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Paul Banning RI RSMA
Watercolour workshop
Pure watercolour workshop with 'plein air' painter Paul Banning. Paul
specialises in painting plein air whenever possible. If weather permits
we will work in St James's Park looking for interesting subject matter
using sketch books, and then developing the work in the Gallery. He has
considerable expertise in colour mixing and making full use of this
difficult medium of watercolour. He has travelled to many parts of the
world painting as well as in the UK, and paints regularly during the
summer months along the River Thames.
Monday 19 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Melissa Scott Miller RP NEAC
Portrait of London Buildings in the Park
Growing up among the tall red brick mansion blocks of Kensington,
Melissa Scott-Miller was an enthusiast for London’s streetscapes from an
early age. She has made the urban landscape her specialty, choosing
metre-square canvases to record the rich detail of the city. Join her
for a day of sketching and painting the buildings around St James’ Park
and Mall Galleries, followed by critique and discussion.
Monday 19 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Julie Jackson NEAC
Dancer, inspired by Matisse
Join New English Arts Club member, Julie, for a workshop taking its cue
from Matisse’s colourful images of dancers. A live performer will dance
during the workshop to provide inspiration, followed by critique and
discussion.
Tuesday 20 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Robin-Lee Hall RP
Still Life in Egg Tempura
Robin-Lee is an award-winning artist who works almost exclusively in egg
tempera. It is a highly labour intensive and exacting medium where the
paint is made from egg yolk and powdered pigment and built up over many
layers to create a wonderful luminosity and depth that is quite unique.
All her paintings are suffused with colour inspired by the early
Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery where she conducts
workshops and lectures.
Tuesday 20 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
David Howell PRSMA
Watercolours in the Park
David is the current President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists
and his tutoring weeks at places like Dedham Hall are invariably booked
up months before the date. David is well known for his work in
watercolour and has recently completed a video for APV Films on the
subject. David's approach to painting is very about capturing atmosphere
and a sense of time and place but above all he is concerned with
producing good paintings rather than topographical accuracy. He works
outside as much as possible and the plan for this day would be to paint
in or around St. James’s Park and to talk about composition and the
whole process of making paintings work.
If the weather doesn’t co-operate then the plan will be to produce rapid
sketches outside and paint in the gallery. Join David for what should
be a enjoyable and instructive day watercolour painting in the landscape
(or cityscape) of St James’ Park and later in the afternoon a return to
the gallery for a group discussion and critique.
Tuesday 20 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Chris Forsey RI
Landscape in Mixed Media
Chris combines watercolour and acrylic paint, oil pastel and acrylic ink
in his creative landscape painting, exploring the themes of man-made
alongside the organic, in the form of buildings by water or structure
emerging from a dramatic background. He endeavours to capture the mood
and atmosphere of weather, light and season, and sometimes includes
figures to inhabit the middle ground between buildings and the wildness
of nature.
Wednesday 21 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Bruce Pearson SWLA
An Introduction to Mono-printing
Bruce works as often as the opportunities arises out in the wild where
wildlife and landscape, and sometimes people, interact creating powerful
images and dramatic themes. It is the rhythm and restlessness of the
natural world which fascinates, and which he tries to capture. A
mono-print combines printmaking, drawing and painting techniques and
allows the artist unusual freedom and spontaneity. On a flat plastic
surface rolled with ink a single image is developed by all sorts of
interesting mark-making techniques before an impression is taken by
hand-pressing paper on to the worked plate surface.
Wednesday 21 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Eiko Yoshomota PS
Image and Imagination
Eiko was born in Okayama shortly before the Second World War. She
studied English literature and drama at the Notre Dame Sacred Heart
School. Her career as an artist, however, was not launched until after
the birth of her son. When he was six, she began to illustrate a
children's book for him using pastels and has not stopped creating art
since.
Join Eiko for a day of image making, working from cuttings and images
provided, or bring in your own photographs and images to work with. The
workshop will start with 10 minutes of all important body and wrist
exercise.
Wednesday 21 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
John Yardley RI
Watercolour class
John is renowned for his outstanding ability to capture the vitality of a
scene with a few well-placed brush strokes, his particular skill lies
in drawing the eye into a composition by painting a passage of bright
colour among muted tones, or conveying movement with a confident sweep
of paint. For this watercolour workshop, John will provide photographs
of various images, or participants can bring their own, to paint from
and he will critique as you paint.
Thursday 22 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Judith Gardner RBA NEAC
Sketching and Painting in St James’s Park
Judith’s painting is representational and begins with an idea based on
strong observation. Once the composition has been decided upon, the
reality is not so essential in order for her to develop the painting.
Join her in St James’s Park to find out how to create light and
atmosphere with tone, colour and brushwork, followed by critique and
discussion.
Thursday 22 August, 10:30am to 4:30pm
Andrew James RP
Masterclass in Portrait Painting in Oil
A level of competence in the subject is required for this workshop with
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Vice President, Andrew James, to help
improve your portrait painting in oils. The day will include tuition,
discussion and critique.
