A wonderful opportunity to explore oil painting in a loose and freeing way! Experiment with mediums, application and surfaces. Designed to liberate you from conventions and encourage a playful relationship with oil paint. Bring your own studies and sketches to work from, or create a small still life with the objects I have. Whatever your subject, the aim is to experiment with oil paint and enjoy all that it can do for you, and all that you can do with it. I’ll be sharing a little of my own process and with spaces limited to a small supportive group there is plenty of scope for flexibility in work and time for individual and group discussion.

Drawing materials are provided and paper is sold at cost. Please bring paints, and a surface(s) to paint on. We will break for tea and biscuits throughout the day and for lunch. Please bring lunch, or alternatively Savages Farm Shop and Cafe is across the road.

Materials

So you are free to experiment I provide basic drawing materials for you to help yourself to. Including charcoal, conté, pastels, ink, wash, white paint, pencils, rubbers, brushes and so on. There are boards, easels and donkeys for you to use. As well as masking tape, clips, jam jars and dishes (which make great paint pallets). Newsprint and cartridge papers can be purchased at cost (just pop some coins in the tin).

Cancellation Policy

If you miss an in person class you are very welcome to send a friend in your place. If you miss an online class I will send you the recording. Unfortunately I am unable to fill places or to offer refunds for missed classes.

If I cancel a class I will in the first instance provide an alternative date for the cancelled class. If I am unable to arrange an alternative date then I will refund you for the cancelled class. I will not be able to refund you if I have offered an alternative date.

For termly classes, if I cancel a class during the term I will in the first instance provide an alternative date for the cancelled class. If I am unable to arrange an alternative date then I will refund you for the cancelled class. I will not be able to refund you if I have offered an alternative date. For workshops, if I cancel the workshop I will offer you the choice of a place on the rescheduled workshop (if available), or a full refund.

If you would like to cancel your booking please notify me as soon as possible, and no later than two weeks before the start of term or workshop for a full refund. If you cancel less than two weeks before the start of term or workshop, where possible I will attempt to fill your place, and if successful will provide a full refund. However I cannot guarantee this and will not be able to provide a refund if your place is not filled.