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Ann Oram Spring art courses

Julie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:37 +0000

Ann Oram’s schedule for her Spring art courses in Fife is now available on her website.

Cow Parsley by Ann Oram

Free Block Printing Workshop with Colouricious

Julie — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:24:37 +0000

The Colouricious team would like to invite you to join them for a day of creativity in the garden (come rain or shine). Sponge and grunge, be prepared to play to your heart’s content with other like-minded creatives. They look forward to sharing a day of fun and laughter. On April 30th in Amersham.

More info on the Colouricious blog.

Here is an earlier article about Colouricious.

Colouricious Indian blocks

Winchcombe Pottery Techniques DVD

Julie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:39:05 +0000

At Jackson’s we support small businesses whenever we can. It is a good decision for a couple of reasons, one is that we can stock things that aren’t very common.
An example is this DVD:
Winchcombe Pottery Techniques : Master the Art of Learning to Throw

Winchcombe Pottery Techniques

Here’s the story:
Winchcome Pottery was set up by Michael Cardew and sold to Ray Finch and Mike Finch who made Winchcome pottery what it is today by being consistent and in control of the clay.
You will learn how they do it or just enjoy watching, step by step. This DVD takes you through all of the techniques including kneading, Folding, Pugmills, Centering, secondary centering, throwing off the lump, egg cups, bowls, cyclinders, wedging, corrections, galleries and so much more.

Winchcombe Pottery was established in 1926, on the site of a pottery dating back to the early 1800 s making Winchcombe Pottery one of the longest running craft potteries in England. In 1939 Ray Finch took over Winchcombe Pottery from Michael Cardew.

* This 30 minute DVD has been used in pottery classes, schools, studios and homes around the world.
* Easily learn new skills and hone your existing method.
* First Class reviews in Ceramic and Pottery magazines.
* Watch and easily take a Master pottery lesson from an MBE pottery and master potters from this DVD.

Ray Finch was born in South London, 1914. In 1935 he studied at the Central School of Art under Dora Billington. He was accepted at Winchcombe Pottery in 1936 and took over the pottery in 1939. He purchased the pottery from Michael Cardew and began making wood-fired thrown domestic stoneware in 1959. He also makes individual stoneware and salt-glazed pieces. He is one of England s most respected potters and was awarded the MBE in 1980.

Review:
“This DVD is just like having a master potter right with you every step of the way” -Scott Atkin

We also have it at an excellent price.
Click here to go to this DVD on the Jackson’s Art website.
Click here to go to the DVD department on the Jackson’s Art website.
Click here to go to the Ceramics department on the Jackson’s Art website.

Ann Oram Painting Courses

Julie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:32:02 +0000

Ann Oram RWS has just published the Autumn schedule for her 2-day intensive painting courses that she teaches at her studio in Fife.

More information on her website.

Ann Oram Art Courses

Here is an earlier post about her classes.
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Studio Hugo Grenville

Julie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:31:50 +0000

Studio Hugo Grenville is in The Chocolate Factory, the artist’s studio complex next door to us here in East London. If you visit him come by and see us!

Hugo Grenville

For the past ten years, Studio Hugo Grenville has successfully run courses designed to help artists of all levels to break barriers and move forward within their studio practice. Highly regarded as a colourist painter in the Romantic tradition, drawing on such influences as Bonnard and Matisse, Hugo Grenville has built a reputation as an excellent tutor to students of all ages and backgrounds, with an ability to maintain sensitivity to individual interests and passions. There is an emphasis on understanding what it means to paint tonally, experiment with visual language, and re-interpret colour with relation to subject matter. In 2010 Hugo will be running 3 courses from his North London studio, housed in a converted former chocolate factory, with artists, ceramicists and designers working in the adjacent spaces. The large studio is light and airy, and well equipped with an extensive selection of monographs and exhibition catalogues, easels, and objects that make for fascinating subject matter.

Later on in the year Studio Hugo Grenville decamps to the Olhao Art School, Portugal. The art school is a converted townhouse, with studio spaces surrounding a cobble-stone courtyard. Mediterranean seascapes, Portuguese fishing markets and beautiful rustic coloured houses line the nearby streets; there is no end to the inspiration that this setting offers! It is testament to his strengths as a teacher that many students of Studio Hugo Grenville return year upon year to learn more about the painting process, and look back on their time in his company as ‘inspirational , challenging and really helped one to make big steps forward’ (a student of the ‘Understanding Colour ‘course, 2009)

Courses for 2010:
An Introduction to Oils,
9-11 June 2010 (lead tutor Lisa Freeman, mentored by Hugo Grenville)

The Nuts and Bolts of Picture Making: Tone, Composition and Visual Language
14 – 18th June, 2010

Understanding Colour
21-25th June, 2010

Portugal Courses: Colour in the Landscape
Part 1: The Figure in Landscape
2-8th October, 2010

Part 2: Interpreting Colour
10-16th October, 2010

One Day Workshop: ‘Structuring Your Life as an artist’
Held at Gallery 27, Cork Street, London on the 29th November, 2010

For more information please visit www.hugogrenville.com or call Lisa Freeman on 07764 500397 to request a brochure. The Hugo Grenville blog.

Hugo Grenville course

Jane de Sausmarez 'Colour Theory and Practice' Course

Julie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:45:56 +0000

Jane de Sausmarez has been teaching about colour for many years. She has written a book about colour that we stock.
Jane now teaches a 2-day intensive course from her home in North London that comes together when there are enough students to hold a course. She is a lovely woman and her course is interesting. Doing the hands-on mixing really helps you learn.
The next course will be one of the last two weekends in March.

Email: Contact Jane to book a place.

Basic Colour book by Jane de Suasmarez

Ann Oram Painting Course schedule updates

Julie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:02:43 +0000

Ann Oram RWS has just published the Spring schedule for her 2-day intensive painting courses she teaches at her studio in Fife. More on her website.

Here is an earlier post about her classes.

Art Courses With Ann Oram

Julie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:51:11 +0000

Ann Oram, known for her vibrant flower and still life paintings, is running a series of two-day intensive painting courses from her studio in Fife. You can learn to work with watercolours and gouache, mixed media and collage, and oil painting. From still life to townscape, small scale to large scale, colour will be a big feature of what you do.

The courses are for small groups of students – usually around 6 per class – and include complete beginners and more advanced students. Working with small groups, Ann can teach a great deal more and give more personal tuition. Prepare to work hard, but have fun while you learn.

The studio is a comfortable, light-filled room in the peaceful setting of Logie House and opens out onto the walled garden. Fires are lit on cool days, and the atmosphere is informal and relaxed.

Art courses with Ann Oram
You can find out more and download the Autumn course schedule and a map on her website.

Ann Oram Art Courses

Ann Oram's studio