Your chance to experience the joy of singing in a choir with our half day workshop - gospel, spirituals, singing in rounds and a bit of classical thrown in. You don't need to be able to read music - just come and sing! Experience the joy of choral singing across a range of works from [...]
Join us in the marquee on the village green for a free drop-in mural-making family friendly art workshop with our wonderful Artist in Residence Antonia Black! No booking required and all ages and generations welcome This is a free family event in the lead up to our big family theatre event in the afternoon - [...]
An intensive 3.5 hour workshop for those wanting to concentrate on techniques to advance an idea or “work-in-progress” novel. Exercises will concentrate on dialogue, character building, scene set ups, hooks, and speed plotting with a view to giving participants more confidence, structure and material to continue their own work. Suitable for progressing and advanced writers [...]
Working from a live model, Nick with show you a simple method for depicting the face. There will be an emphasis on value contrast/compression, edges, anatomy, flat and volumetric form. Suitable for all abilities - participants do not need to bring any materials apart from an easel as all will be supplied Restricted to 12 [...]
An opportunity to practice plein air painting in oils with Haidee-Jo Summers, member of the Royal Institute of Oil painters and author of Vibrant Oils, to guide you. In the special setting of Russell House, where Sargent famously painted Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, learn about Haidee-Jo’s fresh and vibrant approach to capturing the light and [...]
Introducing colour, participants will build upon the learning points of the previous day, looking at recording the scene in ink and wash, using either watercolour or coloured pencil to complete the scene. This second day is for those who wish to get a better grasp of the watercolour process though loose and lively sketching. Artists [...]
Working with pen, pencil or charcoal learn fast and effective ways of recording scenes in a landscape setting in and around the picturesque village of Broadway. Artists will focus on ways of capturing the scene and honing drawing skills. Those attending will appreciate how to observe, interpret and create sketches as a record, or potentially [...]
An amazing opportunity for 15 lucky artists to watch and sketch along with the BBC One Show Artist in Residence Adebanji Alade Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Addictive Sketcher as he catches people and the environment on the village green during artBEAT, the opening weekend of the festival. This 2.5 [...]
Brian is renowned for his fine and translucent watercolours that magically capture time and place and have won him recognition, both national and international, in exhibitions including the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the Royal Society of Marine Artists. During this two day workshop Brian will share with you his approach to painting [...]
A two-day landscape painting workshop with award winning artist Caroline Chappell. Inspired by the beautiful Lavender Farm near Snowshill, this workshop will explore abstraction and expressive mark-making in relation to landscape. You will be working in the new studio at Little Buckland Gallery and at Snowshill Lavender Farm. Using a range of media to include: [...]
