The Heatherley School of Fine Art
75 Lots Road, London
SW10 0RN
PRICE: £76 (+ BOOKING FEE*) FOR THE DAY
THE HEATHERLEY SCHOOL OF FINE ART, LONDON
This 1-day workshop gives you an opportunity to achieve a painting from the model in a sustained pose, creating time to focus your individual connection to the subject and atmosphere of the room.
You will discover the joy of composition, comparative proportion, shapes, making and learning from mistakes and being playful with paint.
The day will start by engaging with the shape of your composition with quick drawings and colour sketches exploring, questioning & discovering your own motif & working towards becoming fully immersed in your paintings. Gesso primed boards cut to a selection of sizes and shapes will be available to suit your composition and make your paintings on. Bring your own canvas or boards if that’s what you prefer.
Julie Jackson, well known for her finely observed paintings from life, will give one to one intuitive instruction guided by your approach on colour mixing, composition, gesture, abstract concepts & artists you like as well as working on her own piece. At the end of each day we will look at the progress of your work and share our strengths, struggles, joy & moments of insight.
ABOUT YOUR TUTOR
Julie Jackson is a figurative artist and has taught for many years with the NEAC Drawing School, the British Arts Council’s Creative Partnership, and runs a painting and drawing group. She has won numerous drawing prizes, including the NEAC Drawing Scholarship, The Ondaatje Rolls Drawing Prize, Winner Lloyds Bank Prize, The Fine Art Society Prize and The Bower Drawing Prize. Her inspiration comes initially from the desire to make a painting, to engage with paint, feel the space and make lines and form. “Looking at the world through the experience of drawing and painting, discovering rhythms and connecting with a person’s unique character makes me feel and see better. I love feeling the paint on the surface and its expressive beauty.”
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring drawing equipment, paper, or sketchbook, brushes and oil or water-based paint in a range of colours of your own choice. Low odour studio solvent can only be used. Bring a canvas or painting support of you choice Alternatively, handmade Gesso primed boards, cut to various proportions and shapes will be available to buy ranging from £5 to £15 depending on the size. The boards are suitable for dry, water-based and oil mediums cartridge paper is available to buy. Please kindly note that cash is only accepted to buy the materials provided.
There is a basic materials shop on site if required. There are tea and coffee making facilities on site and cafes nearby - but you might want to bring a packed lunch.
DATE AND TIME
Saturday 11 February 2023
10:30 – 16:00