Spend the day painting in the grounds and art room at Stanton Guildhouse with David Pilgrim ROI.

Learn how to paint in a more direct and painterly way using gouache paints to achieve fresh and lively results. We will delve into some of the unique properties that this versatile medium has to offer and work both from studio reference along with local subjects based at the wonderful Stanton Guildhouse. 

The emphasis will be on simplifying the painting process, considering key design elements and discarding unnecessary detail in order to create work with more energy and conviction. During this workshop you will produce a number of paint sketches (both tonal and colour) whilst exploring various ways of working with gouache, building towards the use of broader colour palettes and producing more resolved studies. David will provide demonstrations of his working methods and techniques using gouache whilst also offering lots of helpful advice, tips and guidance throughout the day.

Aimed at those with some experience of painting (in any medium), you’ll be encouraged to paint decisively and with clear intentions, balancing looseness with control in order to capture the very essence of your subjects with gouache.

David Pilgrim (ROI) is an award-winning professional artist with passion for painting, predominantly using oils and also gouache. He studied fine art as part of a joint degree course at Aberystwyth University and has developed a successful painting practice over many years, focusing largely on coastal and landscape subjects. David is an enthusiastic plein air painter, which also informs his studio work.  Location work can be intensive but immensely rewarding and challenging. The intention is to capture the very essence of the experience of ‘being there’, in that moment, and bring this to the viewer in the most direct and impactful way possible.

NOTE: There is beautiful onsite self catering accommodation available to book at Stanton Guildhouse – email info@broadwayartsfestival.com to enquire/book.

The famous Cotswold village of Stanton is a 10 minute drive from Broadway, and the Guildhouse sits on the hill looking down across the village and across to the Malvern Hills.

Tickets £95 (10 Places)

Tickets go on sale through the website at 10am on 15th March and 1 week earlier for benefactors of the festival who qualify for priority booking.

Materials List:

• The recommended set of gouache paints to include: Winsor and Newton and Holbein designers gouache are very good and the essential colours are Permanent white (larger 37ml tube ideal), Permanent alizarin crimson, Cadmium red, Cadmium lemon, Cadmium yellow, French Ultramarine, Cerulean blue, Viridian, Burnt umber, Burnt sienna,
• Optional additional colours: Raw sienna, Yellow Ochre, Raw umber, Naples yellow, Cadmium orange, Aqua blue
• Paper to paint on. A4 or A3 sheets (loose or in a pad) of mixed media or watercolour paper, ideally lightly tinted (grey or tan), hot pressed (i.e. relatively smooth finish) and at least 250g/m2 (300g/m2 is the ideal). Good brands are Clairefontaine and Strathmore.
• A mixture of synthetic, short handled watercolour brushes (not too soft) of different sizes: various flats (up to ¾ inch), rounds (small and medium) and a couple of small watercolour riggers for detail. Sable watercolour brushes will be too soft to use in this workshop plus a brush roll or carrying case for your brushes
• Plastic water pot. Two can be useful, one for clean water and the other for washing brushes.
• Easel
• A board (ideally 30x40cm) to rest your painting surface on
• Putty Rubber or Soft art eraser
• Very low tack masking tape, suitable for use on paper without damaging the surface when removed.
• A few medium sized bulldog clips
• Small mist spritzer to keep palette and paints wet
• Plastic or metal palette for your paints, ideally without deep mixing wells and has larger flat areas for colour mixing. The bigger the palette the better for mixing clean pools of colour.
• Kitchen roll
• Sketchbook and pencils (a range from B-4B), soft eraser and pencil sharpener

Stanton Guildhouse Artroom & Grounds

David Pilgrim ROI