Mandy Monkcom returns to teach at the artsHUB again after her hugely successful ‘Pastel Portraits’ workshop back in February.
This beginner's oil painting course introduces students to a fundamental technique of working with oil paints. In this workshop you will be looking at the work of the vivacious Scottish Colourists for inspiration and to study technique. They were a group of Scottish painters, Samuel John Peploe, Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, George Leslie Hunter and John Duncan Fergusson, and they were active in the early twentieth century. They all spent time in France and were influenced by French artists’ bold use of colour and free brushwork.
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/glossary-terms/scottish-colourists
In preparation for the workshop, you would choose a Scottish Colourist painting you like, and then find a reference photograph of a similar subject to work from. You would then print them both out in colour and bring them with you to the workshop.
Being inspired by the colour palette and brushwork style of the Scottish Colourist painting, you would create your own artwork, using your photo as the reference image, using oil paints either on primed canvas or on oil painting paper.
St Mary's Church (image below)/ Swyncombe Church for example?
All materials are provided and due to the high material cost of this workshop, we are charging a premium rate of £45. Feel free to bring any specific materials you would like to use as well.
If you experience difficulty in printing images, please email watlingtonartshub@gmail.com and they will be waiting for you when you turn up at the workshop.
