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Weekly Art Classes

RYE VENUE

SCHEDULE (Wednesdays)

2023

AUTUMN TERM:

BLOCK 1:

Sept. 20th: Still Life (Vessels such as bottles, jugs, cups, boxes, bowls etc. )
(Demo available for charcoal, but any medium you would like to work in is fine)
Materials to bring:
Medium of your choice & paper to suit the medium
Optional: Willow Charcoal or Graphite (If you are buying afresh, water soluble graphite is nice to use), if you are using charcoal or graphite, a good quality cartridge paper (A3 minimum would be best in order to work more freely) & a plastic eraser would be good.
Subject matter to bring:
Vessels for a Still Life setup if possible

Sept. 27th: Still Life (Apples)
(Demo available for soft pastels & oil pastels, but any medium you would like to work in is fine)
Materials to bring:
Medium of your choice & paper to suit medium.
Optional: Soft pastels or oil pastels & paper to suit. A dark paper would work really well particularly for soft pastels
Subject matter to bring:
Apple/s or objects that might suit to add to the Still Life setup if possible

Oct. 4th: Autumn
(Demo available for line & wash & colour mixing, but any medium you would like to work in is fine)
Any interpretation of the Autumn theme is great. You may find that you might like to think about some ideas & do some sketches in preparation for this session & then develop your ideas into a piece of artwork during the session. You might find your ideas change as you go along & might be inspired by others in the group. Alternatively you may have a clear idea & go for the main artwork/s straight away.
Materials to bring:
Medium of your choice & paper to suit medium
Optional: (if working with line & wash) Black biro works really well or a fine liner if you prefer. (Waterproof pens are best, although a non-waterproof pen can create interesting effects if you wish to experiment; Watercolours, Watercolour brush/es, Watercolour paper or cartridge paper that is suitable for taking some water
Subject matter to bring:
Photo/s &/or objects that might suit the theme

Oct. 11th: Landscape in Complementary colours
Using just 2 complementary colours (& white if using an opaque paint), to produce a painting. (Complementary colours are opposite on the colour wheel). You can also use white to have lighter shades too, if you are using an opaque paint such as acrylics. If using water colour, you could just use more water for lighter shades. The complementary colour pairings are: Red and Green, Purple and Yellow, Blue and Orange
Materials to bring:
Paints of your choice
Paper suitable for your choice of paint
Brushes
Palette
Subject matter to bring:
Please bring a photo/s of a landscape to work from (The photo can be full colour or if you are able to change it to greyscale, that might be helpful too).

BLOCK 2:

Oct. 18th: Oil/Acrylic (Pears or Pomegranate or if you are more experienced, you could branch out & bring more complex item/s to paint)
Materials to bring:
Stiff bristle brushes suitable for oil/acrylic
Palette (A stay wet palette is good for acrylics & just greaseproof paper can be used for oils or an ordinary palette). If using greaseproof paper, you will need parcel tape to hold it down to the table, as masking tape won't stick.
Rag/s to wipe brushes
Low odour white spirit if using oils or low odour solvent such as Sansador or Zest it. Some will be available however at the venue if you don't have any & a small contribution can be paid to cover cost of what you use.
Surface suitable for acrylic/oil. Options for both oil or acrylic would be canvas paper,canvas, plywood (primed with either gesso or PVA/water mix & then household emulsion). A heavy weight cartridge paper can be used for acrylic, but not oils.
Either oil paints or acrylics. If you would like to just try out oil paints without having to go out & buy them, there will be oil paints at the venue. (A small contribution towards what you use would be great).
Colours if bringing your own (as close to the following as you can):
Acrylic:
Process Cyan (blue)
Process Magenta
Process Yellow
Titatanium white
Oils:
Quinacridone Rose
Ultramarine
Lemon yellow
Titanium white
Subject matter to bring:
A pear/s or pomegranate if possible to add to the Still Life setup.

Nov. 1st: Oils/Acrylic
(subject of your choice or continue with your painting from last session if you prefer)
Materials to bring:
Same as in last session
Subject matter to bring:
Please bring a photo or still life object/s to work from

Nov. 8th: Life Drawing (working from a nude model)
(A model will be booked for this session & if working from the model it will be an extra £3.50 for the session). It is absolutely fine to do your own thing if you prefer to work on something else in this session
Materials to bring:
Medium of your choice
Paper suitable for your chosen medium

Nov. 15th: In the Style of...
(To produce an artwork of your own, but working in the style of another artist).
Materials to bring:
Medium of your choice
Paper suitable for your chosen medium
Brushes/palette if necessary for your chosen medium
Subject matter to bring:
A photo or still life to create your artwork from, that is suitable for your chosen artist to work in the style of...,
An image/images of your chosen artist's work to analyse

BLOCK 3:

Nov. 22nd: Ink & Bleach
Materials to bring:
If just using inks, then any inks are fine, but you might like to buy a water soluble, so that they can be watered down & used in a similar way to bleach
Optional: if using bleach, Windsor & Newton Drawing inks/ & or Quink ink (both work, but Quink probably the most responsive to bleach).
Thick household bleach (can be watered down)
Cartridge paper or mount board works really nicely, items to apply the ink & bleach such as, old paintbrushes (bleach will ruin the brush), nib pen, cocktail stick other mark making implements, gloves if preferred.
Subject matter to bring:
Please bring photo/s & still life objects if appropriate that you think might be helpful.
Images below by student's in a previous ink & bleach class to give an idea of what you could do.

Nov. 29th: Collage/cardboard packaging artwork
Images below by student's in a previous class. (The middle image is using cardboard packaging).
Materials to bring:
Glue or glue stick
Materials to collage with. For example, newspaper/magazines/coloured paper, cardboard packaging
Sharp scissors &/or craft knife.
A spatula or similar to apply glue
(remember for me to bring Collage/cardboard packaging artwork, take PVA!! Coloured paper& lids & cardboard for applying & any scissors that I have)
Subject matter to bring:
Please bring a photo/s to work from or you can work from your imagination & let your image evolve if you prefer.

Dec. 6th: Painter's Tape Window
(based on artwork by Tony Feher (2 examples below). Any other examples by student's in previous classes).
Materials to bring:
Scissors &/or a craft knife
3M Scotch blue painters tape in a variety of widths. (Apparently if it isn't the brand name, the colour will lift off). (There will be some at the venue if you would like to use & make a contribution for what you use).
Clear film such as acetate to stick your design onto. (There will be some at the venue if you would like to use & make a contribution for what you use).
Subject matter to bring:
Please bring photo/s & still life objects if appropriate that you think might be helpful or if you prefer, you can work from your imagination & to let your image evolve.

Dec. 13th: Monoprinting
A monoprint is a unique piece of artwork created by a printing method (of which there are many). Examples below of student's monoprints.
For some monoprinting methods, you can use a pasta machine. There will be one at the venue to use in this session.
Materials to bring:
Black marker pen or similar (needs to be black to see through the ink)
Pen
Pencil
Mark making & impression making objects (to make marks into the ink)
Masking tape
Rags
Ruler
Flat flexible objects (eg. Leaves) to apply ink to & then print from
Images &/or objects to use to draw (if wanting to create your own images
Paper (nothing special needed, just some cartridge would be fine. 1 piece of A4 sufficient)
Optional:
Tracing paper
Rubber Rollers (if you already have any, please bring along as the more the merrier). Palette knives
Brushes (stiff bristle)
Notebook
Gloves
(remember for me to bring take painter's tape (charge 50p however much they use), extra scissors, plastic sheets (charge 20p each for people to buy)to do designs onto)
Subject matter to bring:
Please bring a photo/s & or a still life object if appropriate that you think might be helpful, but you might like to work from your imagination & do something more abstract.