Workshops are a great way to try your hand at something new like painting a portrait from life or sketching in the open air. They are usually three to six hours long and focus in on a specific medium (like pastels or watercolours), or particular subject (like drawing or painting animals, people, landscapes or buildings). If you would like to dip your toe into something new, please fill in the form on the Contact Kate page and suggest your area of interest. Enjoy the great British summer weather in beautiful settings where the challenge might be to paint a bed of flowers or draw a historic building in perspective whilst dodging the showers! The price includes entrance fees if applicable and times vary - days are planned at Sullington Manor Farm Café and the Weald & Downland Museum for 2024. If you already go to an art group and would like some additional tuition, Kate can be booked for a day to come along and teach or demonstrate whatever subject your group would like. She is also gives talks on life as an artist and her process of taking on commissions or if you have a birthday or a hen party coming up and would like to challenge your friends and family to something different… why not get Kate to organise a few models for a life drawing art event?!!
Materials List
Kate will advise you of what you may need to bring when workshops are advertised. You may need to pack sunscreen and sunglasses with your portable easel for the outdoor events (ever the optimist!) ...
Workshops & Events
Life Drawing Sessions
On Thursdays 21st March & 4th April at Storrington Village Hall, 10am-1pm. This is a great opportunity to further practise your observational skills with lots of ideas on how to draw the human form in short and longer poses. Cost: £56 per 3 hour session includes refreshments and model fees. Please bring a standing easel and any drawing or painting equipment you would like to use and contact Kate if you are interested.
Landscape Painting Days ‘En Plein Air’
In previous years we spent some fine days painting in the beautiful gardens of Sussex - Borde Hill Garden, Parham and Ramster Hall. This summer they will be on three consecutive Tuesdays 13th/20th/27th August. Teaching from a beautiful 16th century barn space nestled in the heart of the South Downs at Sullington Manor Farm Cafe, Sullington Lane, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 4AE, the workshops will run from 10am-4pm. They can be booked separately or together and cost £165 per day including a delicious homemade lunch of soup with soda bread, salad plate and cake plus tea & coffee. These sessions cover key aspects of how to paint successful landscapes using any medium. For more information, click the title above.
‘Art Essentials’ Weekend Courses
These are designed for those wanting a crash course, to improve their creative skills and really get stuck into a medium over a weekend. They can be booked as a full course or as separate days. Planned for 16/17 March - Drawing, 20/21 April - Acrylics, 20/21 July - Oils and 12/13 October - Pastels at Sullington Manor Farm Cafe, Sullington Lane, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 4AE. For more information, click the title above and contact Kate.
‘Still Life & Sound Bath’ event at Sullington Manor Farm Cafe, Sullington Lane, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 4AE. Please contact Kate if you fancy coming along to one of these days.
Weald & Downland Workshop Days
Following some very enjoyable days at the Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, PO18 0EU over last 8 years, more days are being planned for 2024:
Sketching day – Wednesday 17 April
How to draw buildings in pen and ink – Wednesday 15 May
Watercolour day – Wednesday 26 June
Sketching animals – Wednesday 10 July
Charcoal drawing – Wednesday 18 Sept
The workshops run from 10-4pm, cost £75, includes morning coffee and afternoon tea & cake (not lunch) and we have an indoor space if the weather turns. Book with them direct and for more details: www.wealddown.co.uk.
Student Galleries & Comments
Click on image or title to see a variety of work from each session
Art Class Gift Voucher
Treat someone you love. Available in any amount as whole or part payment towards any chosen course, class or workshop.