Course calendar 2011

FEBRUARY

Wednesday 9th - Sunday 13th
Salliann Putman

Moving on

Thursday 17th - Sunday 20th
Paul Banning

Oil Workshop

Monday 21st - Thursday 24th
David Embry

General painting and improvement of drawing

Friday25th - Monday 28th
Liz Seward

Explore exciting ways of combining the water-based (watercolour and acrylic) media with drawing media on paper, canvas and textured surfaces.  This is a studio based course using the grounds ot the Hall, the village of Dedham and the River Stour as our inspiration.  Some painting experience is required and an open mind is essential.

MARCH

Tuesday 1st - Friday 4th
Liz Seward

See above

Saturday 5th - Tuesday 8th
Soraya French

Mixed Media Workshop - covering a broad range of media and subject matter with and emphasis on exciting texture effects

Tuesday 15th - Friday 18th
Jane Evans

Chinese Brush Painting

Saturday 19th - Saturday 26th

Ken Paine

Portraits and Body Language

Saturday 26th - Sarurday 2nd April

David Embry

General Painting and improvement of drawing

APRIL

Saturday 2nd - Saturday 9th
Steve Hall

Spring into Art - An opportunity to get your Watercolour painting underway along the coast and in the countryside of East Anglia

Saturday 9th - Saturday 16th
Ann Swan

Drawn to Botany

Saturday 16th - Saturday 23rd
Wendy Jelbert and Paul Robinson

A husband and wife partnership of Artist and Architect. Tricks of the trade in watercolour, use of sketch books and pen drawing with assorted washes. Plus how to draw and understand buildings and place them in a convincing landscape.

Saturday 23rd - Saturday 30th
Roger Dellar

Painting in Oils and Acrylics, working indoors and out, painting from your own photographic references or plein air.

MAY

Saturday 30th April - Saturday 7th May
Colin Radcliffe

Landscapes in Watercolour

Saturday 7th - Saturday 14th
John Yardley

Purely demonstration in Watercolour

Sunday 15th - Friday 20th

Phillips House Group

This is a group that has met for many years through Ed Wesson and then John Yardley, and are now here at Dedham Hall.  Tuition will be given by Kim Page and other members of the group.  Open to any who would like to join

Saturday 21st - Saturday 28th
Paul Banning

Paul has had 20 years experience in teaching watercolours at all levels. He is a sensitive and tolerant teacher, and his courses are warm and friendly making them suitable for all ranges of ability. Students will be asked to paint direct from the subject whenever possible, but backed up by concentrated work in the studio if the weather is unsuitable, learning complexities of this amazing medium.

Saturday 28th - Saturday 4th June

David Howell

Landscape and Marine Painting, Drawing and thinking about it

JUNE

Saturday 4th - Saturday 11th
Winston Oh PWS
Watercolour - demonstrations, structured slide tutorials, and outdoor painting with individual tuition

Saturday 11th - Saturday 18th

David Napp

The beauty of pastel, colour, light and movement expressed through the Pastel Medium.

David will offer guidence through demonstration and personal tuition on the capturing of a landscape in pastel in a series of different settings.

The Studio, the resplendent gardens and on location around the Suffolk coast, together with still life for those difficult weather days.

Saturday 18th - Saturday 25th
Soraya French

Mixed Media workshop covering a broad range of media and subject matter with emphasis on exciting texture effects.

Saturday 25th - Saturday 2nd July
Brian Oxley

Open minded approach to landscape and still life. Painting in any medium

JULY

Saturday 2nd - Saturday 9th

Roger Dellar

Painting in Oils and Acrylics, working indoors and out, painting from your own photographic references or plein air.

Saturday 9th - Saturday 16th
Paul Banning

Paul has had 20 years experience in teaching watercolours at all levels. He is a sensitive and tolerant teacher, and his courses are warm and friendly making them suitable for all ranges of ability. Students will be asked to paint direct from the subject whenever possible, but backed up by concentrated work in the studio if the weather is unsuitable, learning complexities of this amazing medium the subject whenever possible, but backed up by concentrated work in the studio if the weather is unsuitable, learning complexities of this amazing medium.

Saturday 16th - Saturday 23rd

Chris Forsey

Taking our inspiration from the landscape of "Constable Country" and the local coast, Chris's friendly and informative tuition will take you from monochrome and watercolour sketches, and photos, done on location to finished mixed-media and acrylic paintings in the studio. Guidance will be given on maximising the sketching and information gathering process, colour, composition and guides to mixed media approaches and techniques.

Saturday 23rd - Saturday 30th

Mo Teeuw

Improve your techniques in Oils and Watrcolour. Beginners welcome too.

AUGUST

Saturday 30th July - Saturday 6th

Andrew Pitt

Freshen up your watercolours and oils

Saturday 6th - Saturday 13th
John Yardley

Drawing, Watercolour and Mixed Media

Saturday 13th - Saturday 20th
Liz Seward

Explore exciting ways of combining the water-based (watercolour and acrylic) media with drawing media on paper, canvas and textured surfaces. This is a studio based course using the grounds of the Hall, the village of Dedham and the River Stour as our inspiration. Some painting experience is required and an open mind is essential

Saturday 20th - Saturday 27th
Colin Radcliffe

Landscapes in Watercolour

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 27th August - Saturday 3rd
David Embry

General Painting and Improvement of Drawing

Saturday 3rd - Saturday 10th
Ann Swan

Drawn to Botany

Saturday 10th - Saturday 17th
Liz Seward

Explore exciting ways of combining the water-based (watercolour and acrylic) media with drawing media on paper, canvas and textured surfaces.  This is a studio based course using the grounds of the Hall,the village of Dedham and the River Stour as our inspiration. Some painting experience is required and an open mind is essential.

Saturday 17th - Saturday 24th
Linda Appleby

Landscapes with impact. Taking our inspiration from the surrounding Constable Country we will explore the key elements that can turn an ordinary landscape painting into a dynamic work with impact. We will practice various techniques for painting realistic skies, water and trees along with drawing and understanding composition which will underpin this course.  We will also explore different colour palettes to create atmospheric settings of this landscape that have inspired Constable and modern artists alike.

Saturday 24th - Saturday 1st October
Steve Hall

East Anglia - Coast and Country - Watercolour

OCTOBER

Saturday 1st - Saturday 8th

Winston Oh

Watercolour

Tuesday 11th - Friday 14th
Jane Evans

Chinese Brush Painting

Saturday 15th - Saturday 22nd
Salliann Putman

Moving on

Saturday 22nd - Saturday 29th
Roger Dellar

Painting in Oils - working in the studio from Portrait, The Figure and Still Life

NOVEMBER

Saturday 29th October - Saturday 5th

David Napp

The beauty of Pastel. Colour and tone expressed through the pastel medium.

Studio sessions. Pastel as a colourist medium. A slightly more abstract attitude to pastel, looking at the  nude in terms of slabs of pastel colour, interspersed with decorative still life influenced by richly coloured fabrics.