Acrylics can be used for sketches/studies as well as more finished work.
We will be learning more about this water-based painting material on paper and gain experience using the paint thinly like a wash, plus thicker techniques, as well as colour mixing. We will also be learning to see things differently, as simple shapes and forms, developing your observational skills and concentration and see how absorbing and relaxing this practical activity can be.
We will practice and experiment by suggesting texture, shape, form, value/tone, depth/atmospheric perspective, with awareness for mark making and composition.
Subjects will include various environmental views around the gardens and glass house - foliage, flowers, trees.
Selecting the right brushes will be an important aspect.
There will be a second course in this series, which you might be interested in on June 17th.
Please bring a packed lunch.
Suggested Materials for Students
Pencils
Rubber
Cartridge paper or watercolour paper
Set of acrylic inks
round and flat synthetic brushes eg. no. 12, 14, 16, plus 1 inch decorator’s brush, plastic palette, water pots.
Packed lunch
Not everything is required. Please contact tutor if needed at xyler2315@gmail.com
About the Facilitator
These classes are led by Scottish Borders based artist Christopher Kent who studied at Bath, Sunderland and Newcastle. He has exhibited his work across the UK, in Europe and USA, in group as well as solo exhibitions(including the Royal Scottish Academy).
He was selected for the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2016.He has written and published 3 graphic novels.As well as painting and drawing, his practice has also included wood sculpture and has worked on a range of private and public commissions, including for Marie Curie and the National Trust. His work is held in a variety of national collections, (including the City Art Centre, Edinburgh. His work also includes performance, which he has written and performed - ‘Compulsion’ (about Orson Welles), and ‘The Phantom’(about Edgar Allan Poe).
Christopher has run a range of workshops and classes over the years - from drawing, woodcarving and wood sculpture to acrylics, watercolours and egg tempera painting.
