30 PAINTINGS IN A DAY
2020
a day course with Lesley Birch in York, UK
Play * Explore * Create
Venue
St Olave's Church Hall
Marygate Lane
York YO30 7DS
10am - 3.30pm
2020 Dates
Saturday November 14th
FULL
Sunday November 15th
FULL
Saturday December 5th
FULL
Sunday December 6th
FULL
Choose your day
Class sizes are kept small
up to 8 participants
All art materials are provided
+
Refreshments throughout the day
a selection of fruit and chocolate biscuits, gluten free biscuits, nuts, crisps, fresh coffee, Earl Grey, Assam tea and herbal teas - decaf tea/coffee
a glass of Prosecco to celebrate the end of a day's creativity
Cost £160
Returners 15% Discount -
use code RETURNER at checkout
Play, Experiment, Explore
colour experiments mixing media
Demo - experimenting with line and tone, using charcoal, thinned acrylic and pencil on first layers of several landscape pieces
watercolour with printmaking
small 8 x 6 inch pieces using limited palette in the abstract
smoothness of acrylic using a roller, texture using medium
watercolour, ink, graphite, washes ...
demo of contrasts - generic landscape exercise
Discover a host of different media
to produce 30 paintings in a day!
Enjoy painting on beautiful smooth and textured high quality paper
Free up your approach
Learn to Play with Control
Experiment with different media
See what happens
Go with the Flow
By working in quantity, you can let go of preciousness about your painting
And you can select quality from the pieces you produce
You'll leave this course with a host of artwork ideas and pieces
generated in our sessions ...
with artistic food for continuing your journey afterwards ...
Refreshments throughout the day
Bring a packed lunch or explore York's cafes, or continue on your painting
Bring a packed lunch or explore York's cafes, or continue on your painting
student work to a theme
With an emphasis on experimentation, this course suits
adventurous beginners and experienced
- no need to bring anything except an apron -
Newsprint and tape are provided to enable you to wrap up your paintings to take home
Relax when planning your journey - no need to think about what art stuff to take with you
All Materials Provided
"I LOVE not having to bring anything ... so freeing." LS
"The choice of materials is made for me ... stretching my imagination and practice" TT
Expect a host of exciting, high quality materials ...
with exercises led by Lesley
if you've not tried these before then stretch yourself with time to play
mixing media and experimenting ...
Lesley's original exercises and demonstrations are designed
to help you both free up and limit your play
Here are just some of the materials ...
Wet Media - acrylics, watercolours, brusho pigments, Indian Inks, gouache, liquid charcoal
Dry Media - 2B/3B/4B/5B/6B pencils, Neo crayons, Inktense pencils, Artgraf, Pastel Pencils, graphite pencils, Posca Pens, China Markers, Sennelier and Craypas oil pastels
Papers - 300gsm high quality Snowdon, 320 gsm Khadi rag paper, a selection of high quality Fabriano
plus a selection of collage papers and lots more
Participants are encouraged to make notes in response to the materials.
You'll find yourself trying out new things and being surprised.
This is an opportunity to experiment, play and move
towards discovering your artistic voice.
STUDENT WORK
"I LOVE not having to bring anything ... so freeing." LS
"The choice of materials is made for me ... stretching my imagination and practice" TT
Expect a host of exciting, high quality materials ...
with exercises led by Lesley
if you've not tried these before then stretch yourself with time to play
mixing media and experimenting ...
Lesley's original exercises and demonstrations are designed
to help you both free up and limit your play
Here are just some of the materials ...
Wet Media - acrylics, watercolours, brusho pigments, Indian Inks, gouache, liquid charcoal
Dry Media - 2B/3B/4B/5B/6B pencils, Neo crayons, Inktense pencils, Artgraf, Pastel Pencils, graphite pencils, Posca Pens, China Markers, Sennelier and Craypas oil pastels
Papers - 300gsm high quality Snowdon, 320 gsm Khadi rag paper, a selection of high quality Fabriano
plus a selection of collage papers and lots more
Participants are encouraged to make notes in response to the materials.
You'll find yourself trying out new things and being surprised.
This is an opportunity to experiment, play and move
towards discovering your artistic voice.
STUDENT WORK
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COURSE STRUCTURE
10am - 3.30pm
Lesley is an experienced teacher
and a generous sharer of her creative practice
She tailors exercises to suit each class
Expect brief demos, product information
and a select
number of suitable, creative, structured exercises
see examples below
colour slabs in contrast
following the flow in watercolour
monoprinting by hand with Craypas
the joys of perylene black
letting the brush speak
building texture + gold leaf
the power of paper - embossing
collage and print text
rolling smooth
ABC of shape
generic abstract landscapes in Indian Ink & Gouache
use line, leave space
scratchy scraffito
Artgraf waterways
Charcoal Liquid & Pigment Neutrals
personal mylar stencils
mark-making with acrylic paint pens
oil pastels and acrylic
game of colour
Indian Ink, China Markers with Graphite Wash
game of themes
Bring a packed lunch and carry on painting or visit one of York's many nearby cafes
work as fast or as slowly as you like (30 paintings is only a challenge!)
takeaway sheet
MATERIALS
Discover what you like
Making time to play with materials is always a challenge – Life gets in the way.
On this course, you’ll experiment with a host of interesting media - Sennelier Oil Pastels, Soft Pastels, Graphite, Inktense Pencils, Pastel Pencils, Acrylics, Indian Ink, Collage, Posca Pens, China Markers and Charcoal and lots more.
COLOUR
Limit your Palette to suit your theme
By reducing your choice of colour, you can develop an exciting body of work, united and related to your theme.
Warm or cool, saturated or unsaturated.
Lesley Birch demo on theme of winter
SURFACE
Discover Smooth or Textured
Our surfaces will be beautiful acid-free paper from 280gsm – 320gsm.
Your choice of texture (or not!) will depend upon your theme.
Smooth - you can use water to thin out the paint
Texture - you can use collage or acrylic texture mediums to thicken the surface and the paint
Lesley Birch Demo on 250gsm Clairefontaine Grey - on theme of Winter
Whiteboard Notes - Lesley teaches and demos from the front and also visits each person for one-to-one chats/advice/feedback
Different Acrylic brands produce different resutls
Artgraf works both wet and dry
Dry Media made Wet - "I discovered Derwent Inktense pensils years ago. I love a line and much of my early work both on canvas and paper features these beautiful ink lines. They are a staple in my studio and in my sketchbook bag." Lesley
MORE STUDENT WORK
You'll leave this course with a selection of artwork pieces generated in our sessions ...
with artistic food for continuing your journey afterwards ...
YORK is an exciting city to explore, so why not make a weekend of it.
Book into a boutique b & b and explore the galleries and history of York
ACCOMMODATION LIST AVAILABLE
Book into a boutique b & b and explore the galleries and history of York
ACCOMMODATION LIST AVAILABLE
When Winter Comes in ... demo piece - framed ©LesleyBirch 2018
"I love working on paper as it offers me an immediacy in the mark-making ..."
Lesley Birch 2019
Lesley Birch 2019
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LESLEY BIRCH AT PLAY IN HER STUDIO
Lesley Birch's sketchbooks and play paintings act as a practice for the larger works she makes in both her home and city studios. "Play is a very important part of my art practice. Experimenting and following my intuition allows me to make marks, make mistakes, create colours and give myself surprises." Lesley Birch 2019 |
