Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th November
10am - 4pm
Available places by invitation ONLY and/or for participants of Susie’s sketchbook workshop part 1
After being pestered for many years to share the secrets of her characterful and jam packed sketch books, artist and graphic designer Susan Dugdale is going come and lead a fun two day sketchbook workshop just for us. She will show us tips and techniques for sketching and share with us her methods of collage and journalling whilst guiding us through her own creative process.
Being faced with a brand new empty sketchbook full of pristine and beautiful white pages can be very daunting and overwhelming. Having hopefully conquered this fear with the first workshop we are going to come back together again to share our sketches, musings and scribbles and learn how to take the next step from sketchbook page to a larger, finished piece of work.
Susie says “I use sketchbooks in many different ways; for ideas about larger pieces of work or as a sort of travel diary. There is no prescriptive right or wrong way with a sketchbook, it’s yours to fill as you please”
Working with pen instead of pencil in your sketchbook means that you can’t erase your work, instead you have to learn to embrace the mistakes and build on top of them. Susie will show you how to pre-prepare pages in your sketchbook with gesso or colour wash to soften those intimidating white pages. She’ll also demonstrate how she uses collage and collected scraps, photos and found objects to build interest and creativity into your sketchbook.
You will spend a full and busy day with Susie getting brave and creative with drawing and painting in and around the walled garden and buildings, leaving at the end of the course with a sketch book stuffed full of more new deas and experiments AND a finished larger work to frame and get up on the wall!
A delicious lunch will be served in the Walled Garden or Potting Sheds (depending on the weather) and your creative juices will also be kept well oiled with hot drinks and cakes throughout the day.
We have various art materials and paints at your disposal but please bring with you any equipment you particularly like using esp your favourite paint brushes.
Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th November
10am - 4pm
Available places by invitation ONLY and/or for participants of Susie’s sketchbook workshop part 1
After being pestered for many years to share the secrets of her characterful and jam packed sketch books, artist and graphic designer Susan Dugdale is going come and lead a fun two day sketchbook workshop just for us. She will show us tips and techniques for sketching and share with us her methods of collage and journalling whilst guiding us through her own creative process.
Being faced with a brand new empty sketchbook full of pristine and beautiful white pages can be very daunting and overwhelming. Having hopefully conquered this fear with the first workshop we are going to come back together again to share our sketches, musings and scribbles and learn how to take the next step from sketchbook page to a larger, finished piece of work.
Susie says “I use sketchbooks in many different ways; for ideas about larger pieces of work or as a sort of travel diary. There is no prescriptive right or wrong way with a sketchbook, it’s yours to fill as you please”
Working with pen instead of pencil in your sketchbook means that you can’t erase your work, instead you have to learn to embrace the mistakes and build on top of them. Susie will show you how to pre-prepare pages in your sketchbook with gesso or colour wash to soften those intimidating white pages. She’ll also demonstrate how she uses collage and collected scraps, photos and found objects to build interest and creativity into your sketchbook.
You will spend a full and busy day with Susie getting brave and creative with drawing and painting in and around the walled garden and buildings, leaving at the end of the course with a sketch book stuffed full of more new deas and experiments AND a finished larger work to frame and get up on the wall!
A delicious lunch will be served in the Walled Garden or Potting Sheds (depending on the weather) and your creative juices will also be kept well oiled with hot drinks and cakes throughout the day.
We have various art materials and paints at your disposal but please bring with you any equipment you particularly like using esp your favourite paint brushes.
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