This inspirational 2 day in-person course is for all those wanting to immerse themselves in capturing the joy and freshness of Spring flowers, and to develop floral drawing and painting skills in an expressive way. The course is designed for a small group where there will be plenty of time for individual attention and where teaching can be tailored to your needs. The course is suitable for all abilities from beginners to more experienced.

By the end of the course, you will have developed your drawing confidence, have a bank of exploratory observational flower drawings and you will have completed a beautiful small floral painting.

Day 1 (Thursday 14 March, 10:30am-3:30pm)

·      Observing an abundant variety of spring blooms, practicing fun exercises to loosen up and explore drawing possibilities, using a range of different materials and tools.

·      Discovering and noticing marks that capture the essence of the flowers’ fragility and developing drawing confidence.

·      Learning and practising how to mix colours to reveal the vibrancy of the blooms.

 Day 2 (Friday 15 March, 10:30-3:30pm)

·      Learning how to choose and mix your desired palette for your expressive floral painting.

·      Developing composition skills and colour balance in your floral painting.

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Please contact me with any enquiries: deborahirwinart@outlook.com

Deborah is a trained designer and artist and has over a decade of teaching experience.

Collage is a wonderful way to unlock your creativity.  In this fun course you will explore methods of printing and painted textures to create a bank of richly layered collage material. Your collage papers can then be used to create inspiring artist books or to enhance and add interest to your mixed media paintings.

This is a 2 Day in-person course for a small group where there will be plenty of individual teaching and attention can be tailored to suit your needs.

Day 1 (Thursday 22nd February 10:30am-3:30pm)

·      Learn the appropriate tools and paper needed.

·      Explore tools and print with natural and found textures.

·      Create your own stamps and textures to print directly onto paper.

Day 2 (Friday 23rd February 10:30am-3:30pm)

·      Explore the possibilities of gel plate printing.

·      Learn how to make and use stencils and transfer photo images.

·      Learn to combine prints and paint with thoughtful colour and composition.

·      Fill a sketchbook with collages to be a useful resource for your paintings.

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Please contact me with any enquiries: deborahirwinart@outlook.com

Deborah is a trained designer and artist and has over a decade of teaching experience.

This event is now closed. Thank you to everyone who visited and for all the lovely feedback. A special thank you to everyone who bought my work.