2015/16COURSES

St Ives School of Painting is a place of retreat, a space for you to come and rediscover your creativity. We specialise in the timeless medium of painting and drawing. It is part of the fabric of our studios where artists have made work for over a hundred years. So we are the right place for you if painting is your passion.

Our courses take place in the award winning Porthmeor Studios, “with the best sea views in Britain”. Today it is a vibrant building, filled with the energy of contemporary artists in their studios, working fisherman and our students. Our carefully designed courses and our experienced tutors will ensure you will have the best experience possible.

Come and join us. You will be welcome any time, whether for a drop in figure class, a short workshop, course or even our new year long Porthmeor Programme, we will have something for you. Your time spent with us will be a memorable creative experience that will last you a lifetime.

Dramatic Coast 20 - 22 Jul £245.00

Painting Poldark Country 20 - 22 Jul £245.00

Creative Weekender – Out and About in St Ives 25 - 26 Jul £165.00

Vibrant Still Life in Oils (FULL) 27 - 28 Jul £155.00

Lanyon’s Landscapes (FULL) 27 - 31 Jul £325.00

Illustrating St Ives 03 - 05 Aug £235.00

Paths to Abstraction (FULL) 03 - 05 Aug £235.00

Experimentation with Oil 10 - 12 Aug £235.00

Getting Started with Mixed Media Painting 10 - 13 Aug £295.00

Creative Weekender – Playful with Paint 15 - 16 Aug £165.00

Capturing the Coastal Landscape 17 - 19 Aug £245.00

Getting Started with Oil Painting 17 - 20 Aug £295.00

Oil Painting in St Ives 24 - 26 Aug £245.00

Turner Sea and Sunsets 24 - 26 Aug £235.00

Portraiture Painting (FULL) 01 - 04 Sep £330.00

Developing Your Drawing Skills 02 - 04 Sep £235.00

Creative Weekender – Fairy Tales and the Inner Life

05 - 06 Sep £165.00

Starting Landscape 07 - 10 Sep £295.00

Advancing Your Mixed Media Painting 21 - 23 Sep £235.00

Abstracting the Figure in Paint 28 Sep - 01 Oct £330.00

Where Sea Meets Land 05 - 08 Oct £295.00

Materials Taster 05 - 09 Oct £345.00

Expressive Watercolour 12 - 14 Oct £235.00

After Matisse (FULL) 19 - 21 Oct £245.00

Big Space 26 - 28 Oct £235.00

Art of Keeping it Simple 02 - 04 Nov £235.00

Lanyon's Landscapes 09 - 11 Nov £235.00

Poetry of Process 16 - 18 Nov £235.00

Painting your Selfie 23 - 25 Nov £235.00

Abstracting the Figure in Paint 11 - 15 Jan 2016 £375.00

Silver light 18 - 20 Jan 2016 £255.00

Portraiture Painting 25 - 29 Jan 2016 £375.00

Be Colour Confident 01 - 03 Feb 2016 £235.00

Getting Started with Watercolour 08 - 10 Feb 2016 £235.00

Creative Weekender – Getting Started with Mixed Media Painting

13 - 14 Feb 2016 £165.00

Advancing Abstraction - Landscape and Place 15 - 18 Feb 2016 £295.00

Getting Started with Oils 22 - 25 Feb 2016 £295.00

Bonnard the Revolutionary 29 Feb - 02 Mar 2016 £255.00

Getting Started with Mixed Media Painting 07 - 11 Mar 2016 £345.00

Lanyon’s Landscapes 14 - 18 Mar 2016 £340.00

Creative Weekender – Advancing Your Mixed Media Painting

19 - 20 Mar 2016 £165.00

Expressive Landscape in Watercolour 21 - 23 Mar 2016 £235.00

Where Sea Meets Land 29 Mar - 01 Apr 2016 £295.00

Simplicity and Form 04 - 05 Apr 2016 £155.00

Advancing Abstraction – The Act of Painting 04 - 08 Apr 2016 £345.00

Expressive Still Life 06 - 08 Apr 2016 £235.00

Reinterpreting The Figure 11 - 15 Apr 2016 £375.00

Exploring Forms 18 - 22 Apr 2016 £355.00

Creative Weekender – Painting with a Palette Knife

23 - 24 Apr 2016 £165.00

Inside Outside 25 - 27 Apr 2016 £255.00

Painting the Tuscan Landscape 21 - 31 May 2016 £445.00

Mixed media Oils Water-based Drawing

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COURSES AT A GLANCE

“Well structured and thoroughly enjoyable ” Sue Southorn

Dramatic Coast 20 – 22 Jul | Oils£245 Gary Long

How can your painting reveal the world and speak to others directly in your own personal language? This course will refer to artists who ask this question today like Ken Howard, Kurt Jackson and Robert Jones. You will go out for two field trips to Cape Cornwall and Pendeen Watch. Here you will gather sketches and learn to use gouache as a sketchbook tool. You will develop these studies back in the studio into oil paintings. With tuition on how to create a coastal colour palette with professional secrets on how to use oils to capture movement and light, you will have all you need to create a stunning landscape.

Painting Poldark Country 20 – 22 Jul | Mixed Media£245 Liz Luckwell

Enjoy sketching the wild Cornwall coast around the spectacular Botallack mine, fictionally owned by Ross Poldark in the recent TV series. Taught by two artists over four days in a small group of eight, you will learn techniques to closely observe and respond to the world around you.

Out on location you will be shown how to draw and make visual notes when out in the wilds. Back in the studio, transform these into expressive mixed media paintings combining acrylic, collage and oils. Transport included.

“Liz is a wonderfully encouraging and enthusiastic tutor. I enjoyed the live sketching from the sea, and the range of techniques covered. A really great experience, thank you.” Caroline Thatch

Creative Weekender – Out and About in St Ives 25 – 26 Jul | Oils£165 Gary Long

Explore the architecture and landscape of St Ives using a range of techniques involving drawing and gouache to capture vivid visual notes. Back in the studio you will develop your gouache studies into a small oil painting, easily transportable. In the spirit of so many artists before, capture your time in St Ives using line, colour and shape.

Vibrant Still Life in Oils (FULL)

27 – 28 Jul | Oils£155 Emma McClure

Capture the essential nature of a subject in a fresh way and create a simple still life in oils that sings with colour. Emma will share with you the secrets of creating playful and simple compositions. You will learn new skills and tips on using drawing to plan your painting before moving on to using oils. It is an ideal course if you are new to painting or just want to learn how to simplify and liven up your work.

Lanyon’s Landscapes (FULL)

27 – 31 Jul | Mixed Media£325 Liz Hough

Learn the secret of creating lively and contemporary landscapes. The course includes a field trip to Little Travalgan, Peter Lanyon’s favourite spot in West Penwith, with stunning 360° panoramic views of the peninsula. The sketches and visual notes made here will be transformed back in the studio, into dynamic compositions using paint and collage. The third day will be a self-study day, a time and space to experiment with what you have learnt. The final day will bring together all your learning under the guidance of the tutor.

“Excellent course, challenging and thought provoking. Sensitive tutoring, a springboard for so many ideas. The group was skillfully led and included and encouraged all students.” Jane Birch – Lanyon’s Landscapes Illustrating St Ives

03 – 05 Aug | Oils£235 Gary Long

Explore the architecture and landscape of St Ives with waterbased mediums, drawing and oils. You will explore a range of techniques to ensure your sketchbook is a useful tool back in the studio. Learn to capture vivid visual notes to develop your gouache studies into a small figurative oil painting on the third day. In the spirit of so many artists before, capture your time in St Ives using line, colour and shape.

Paths to Abstraction (FULL)

03 – 05 Aug | Mixed Media£235 Liz Hough

This course will help you explore in depth ways of seeing abstraction in nature, and demystify the making of abstract painting. You will work towards a mixed media approach, moving from observation to abstraction over the three days. There will be time to work both inside and outside to gather source material and give you a step by step approach to viewing still life and landscape in a new way.

Experimentation with Oil 10 – 12 Aug | Oils£235 Kerry Harding

This three day course will improve your confidence in handling oils and open up new ways of working. Through experimenting with unconventional processes and exercises in mark making, you will discover your own personal approach. Using landscape as a subject, the latter part of the course will enable you to apply these new discoveries to figurative or abstract compositions.

If you want to learn more about using oils and need the space and support to explore, take risks and experiment, then this is the course for you.

Getting Started with Mixed Media Painting 10 – 13 Aug | Mixed Media£295 Greg Humphries and Liz Luckwell

Are you new to painting or unsure what a mixed media approach really means? Then our tutors have designed this course just for you. It will set you on the path to painting with confidence. The techniques of the St Ives artists Ben Nicholson and Peter Lanyon inspire the use of simple and dynamic approaches to painting. Like them, you will use a mixed media approach incorporating acrylics, oils, simple printmaking and drawing.

Creative Weekender – Playful with Paint 15 – 16 Aug | Mixed Media£165 Ilker Cinarel

Have fun with artist Ilker Cinarel as he guides you sketching in town and gathering ideas. Back in the studio you will learn how to create compositions and scale up from first ideas to develop these into playful, narrative paintings. This is a course which gives you the freedom to experiment and play, and to loosen up your approach.

“Exceeded expectations by far. Indebted to a thoughtful, relaxed, inspiring and supportive artist like Ilker. Best course yet -Great diversity of thought, activity and pace. Taught with great emotional intelligence.” Jen Reed

COURSE DETAILSThe St Ives School of Painting welcomes students from across the UK and internationally. All materials are provided which makes packing easy!

We provide quality tuition suitable for all levels, from complete beginners to those with more experience. Class sizes are kept small and our team of tutors are current contemporary artists with many years teaching experience between them. Their style of tuition is unique to us, an approach to sharing skills we have honed for over 75 years. Immerse yourself in pure creativity!

Capturing the Coastal Landscape 17 – 19 Aug | Mixed Media£245 Liz Luckwell

These three days will build your creative toolbox to enable you to depict the coast of Cornwall in a contemporary and dynamic way. Tutor, Liz Luckwell, will share professional tips for simple and effective approaches to powerful mark making out in the landscape.

You will develop your work using mono-print with a press at the renowned Penwith Printmakers and back in the studio with collage and mixed media painting. Develop confidence and skills whether this is your first ever course or if you simply want to loosen up your style.

Getting Started with Oil Painting 17 – 20 Aug | Oils£295 Marion Taylor and Gary Long

Ideal for total beginners to oils, our tutors have designed this course to give you the tips and tools you need to get you started. Tutors will give you simple and dynamic approaches to painting in oils with a focus on both responding to the landscape as well as working in the studio from still life. This will provide you with a thorough introduction to this versatile and accessible medium.

“The artistic heritage and the setting of St Ives can’t be beaten for inspiration!” Julia Fry

Oil Painting in St Ives 24 – 26 Aug | Oils£245 Alice Mumford

Are you looking for a practical course to show you how to use oil paints out in the landscape? Then this is your chance to get all the tips and techniques you will need. You will capture the renowned light and colour of St Ives as well as the iconic locations of the historic harbour, Porthmeor beach and the views of Godrevy Lighthouse. The approach developed and shared with you by artist Alice Mumford will ensure you go out with your oils and brushes and capture the world with confidence.

“While it is fresh I wanted to give a big thumbs up for Alice’s course from which I have just returned, exhausted but well and truly stuffed with ideas. I really was bowled over by her energy and enthusiasm plus generosity in sharing her knowledge.” Fiona Seddon

Turner Sea and Sunsets 24 – 26 Aug | Waterbased£235 Hilary Jean Gibson

JMW Turner, with his unique ability to represent the elemental power of the sea, is the inspiration for this three day course. The course runs during the afternoon and evening of the first two days. This enables you to capture the rich depth of light in St Ives at dusk and the dramatic fiery sunsets over Porthmeor Beach.

You will study Turner’s rapidly made and highly expressive watercolours, sometimes referred to as

‘colour beginnings’. Create your own vibrant watercolours of the sea and sky and transform colour into boundless seascapes.

“Relaxed teaching in beautiful surroundings.” Trish Long Portraiture Painting (FULL) 01 – 04 Sep | Oils£330 Gary Long and Hilary Jean Gibson

This four day course will be an opportunity to examine in depth approaches to portraiture using artists such as Lucian Freud and Stanley Spencer as the initial inspiration. You will examine the visual language created by Spencer and Freud. Working from direct observation with a clothed model, you will draw and paint with gouache before moving into oils to explore the essence of portraiture.

Developing Your Drawing Skills 02 – 04 Sep | Drawing£235 Hilary Jean Gibson and Liz Luckwell

Create compelling drawings from observation and give yourself a completely new creative toolbox. Taught by two artists over three days in a small group of eight, you will learn the techniques to closely observe and respond to the world around you. Unlock the secrets of this timeless medium and develop a new love for drawing that will last you a lifetime.

You will work in the studio as well as out in St Ives studying the architecture of the town and the rugged coastal landscape. This is an ideal course if you are a beginner or an artist that wishes they had stronger drawing skills.

Creative Weekender – Fairy Tales and the Inner Life 05 – 06 Sep | Mixed Media£165 Kate Walters

Construct your own Creation Myths and fairy tales through a period of creative inner journeying. Together we will look at Marie-Louise von Franz’s writing on fairy tales and some Creation Myths from indigenous peoples. To explore these worlds you will create experimental words and images. You will use a range of drawing and painting mediums to access these worlds. Working on acrylic gesso prepared surfaces, you will use watercolours as well as monotype and collage. Expansiveness and open-mindedness are vital requirements, and the strong desire to work with one’s inner life.

Starting Landscape 07 – 10 Sep | Mixed Media£295 Kerry Harding and Liz Luckwell

Join us on this fast-paced introduction to contemporary landscape painting. Use paint and collage to explore different methodologies and work with two artists over four days. Initial sketches in the surrounding coastal landscape will give you the inspiration and references to get you started. You will increase your confidence and learn how to get the best out of a variety of materials. An ideal first step on your artistic journey.

Advancing Your Mixed Media Painting 21 – 23 Sep | Mixed Media£235 Liz Hough

Progress from previous mixed media courses, build your confidence and help your landscape-painting move to the next level. You will improve how you plan your compositions, create layers, understand pictorial planes and create the illusion of space and movement in a painting. Over the three days, discover the approach unique to you. This is an ideal next step if you have been on a mixed media course before and want to deepen and develop your practice.

“Always wanted to try abstract work but didn’t know where to start! Liz was friendly and encouraging - a brilliant tutor. Lovely studio in excellent situation.” Julie Woodhill

Abstracting the Figure in Paint 28 Sep – 01 Oct | Mixed Media£330 Gary Long and Marion Taylor

Using oils, mixed media and drawing and working from the nude and clothed figure, you will explore the exciting relationship between abstraction and representation. The work of the Bay Area Figurative movement of the 1950s San Francisco will be your starting point. You will move from the use of a recognisable subject to boldly coloured, abstract arrangements. An ideal course for those who want to advance their figure painting.

Where Sea Meets Land 05 – 08 Sep | Oils£295 Gary Long

You will spend time out in the rugged landscape around St Ives to gather a variety of material. Back in the studio, combine sketches with memory, imagination and the senses to find your own personal visual language. Two field trips are included so you can experience some of the wilder parts of the Penwith coastline, weather permitting.

Materials Taster 05 – 09 Oct | Mixed Media£345 Mixed

This five-day course will guide you through some of the key materials painters use in the studio. Ideal if you are a beginner, it will give you an overview of how to find your own way into painting. Each day you will be shown a new medium: acrylics, watercolour, oils and simple printmaking. On the final day you will explore combining them into a single painting with a mixed media approach.

Expressive Watercolour 12 – 14 Oct | Waterbased£235 Hilary Jean Gibson

Develop a free and fresh approach to painting watercolour, a dynamic and flexible medium. You will experiment with different scales and bring in mixed media to loosen up your technique. From studio set-ups and location-based studies you will build skills in applying washes, pattern, texture and colour mixing. This is an ideal course if you are a beginner or just want to loosen up your way of working.

After Matisse (FULL) 19 – 21 Oct | Oils£245 Alice Mumford

Alice Mumford will share with you a process of discovery and exploration, an approach developed for her own painting practice. Matisse transformed his studio into dreamy places, something like a stage set. His flat colours became real spaces that we move through as a viewer. Based on some of his renowned paintings we will recreate parts of Matisse’s studio at the School. Working from a three dimensional version will give you great insight into how he reaches a kind of elevation

“by exerting a certain will to achieve a luminous space.” (Bonnard/Matisse Letters Between Friends).

Big Space 26 – 28 Oct | Mixed Media£235 Neil Canning

This is a unique chance to work with Cornish based artist Neil Canning. Learn to create bold abstract paintings to give voice to sensation and feeling. The dialogue between the American abstract expressionists like Franz Kline and the St Ives modernists will set the context for the course. You will explore their shared concerns for conveying expansive space and the use of gestural marks to capture the senses. Explore the powerful landscape around Porthmeor Beach and return to the studio to work on a large scale with water based mediums on paper and board. Take away new techniques and increase your confidence to explore colour and gesture in your own work.

Art of Keeping it Simple 02 – 04 Nov| Mixed Media£235 Marion Taylor

Transform the way you work with tools and techniques to open up a fresh approach to your work. Learn to control your colour palette, create interesting surfaces and overlay with strong marks and textures. Painting and drawing in the context of St Ives modernism will set the tone for this course, looking at Ben Nicholson, William Scott and Patrick Heron. Work from a still life in the studio as well as make the most of the town of St Ives and its coastal landscape that so inspired these artists. Materials used on the course will include oils and acrylics.

Lanyon’s Landscapes 09 – 11 Nov | Mixed Media£235 Liz Hough

Learn the secret of creating lively and contemporary landscapes. You will start by sketching iconic locations around St Ives. This architecture and dramatic coastline inspired Peter Lanyon and countless other artists over the centuries. The sketches and visual notes made here will be transformed back in the studio, into dynamic compositions using paint and collage. This is an ideal course if you need to loosen up your approach and equally rewarding for beginners.

Poetry of Process 16 – 18 Nov | Mixed Media£235 Kerry Harding

Have you ever found that the best work you do is from a happy accident or you make a radical change to a painting you were about to throw away? This course will help you harness and recreate those unexpected moments so they become a regular part of your creative toolkit. Exercises, one to ones and demonstrations will develop your ideas. Experiment with new techniques and processes to focus on the act of painting itself. As part of this process of loosening up you will work on multiples, an ideal way to keep ideas flowing.

Painting the Selfie 23 – 25 Nov | Oils£235 Gary Long

Learn to capture more than just your likeness in paint. Reveal your character and soul and depict what is personal to you through composition, palette and brush marks.

The course starts with practical drawing skills using a hand held mirror. Learn to use blind contour, continuous line and volume. Move on to using gouache to explore skin tones both natural and unreal. This preparation work will lead on to your final oil painting. By learning to use artists aids such as a grid system, create a powerful and confident self-portrait. Abstracting the Figure in Paint 11 – 15 Jan | Mixed Media£375 Gary Long and Marion Taylor

Using oils, mixed media and drawing you will work from the nude and clothed figure and explore the exciting relationship between abstraction and representation. The work of the Bay Area Figurative movement of the 1950s San Francisco will be your starting point. You will move from the use of a recognisable subject to boldly coloured, abstract arrangements. An ideal course for those who want to advance their figure painting.

Silver light 18 – 20 Jan | Oils£255 Alice Mumford

Alice Mumford will show you how the vivid paintings of Scottish artist, Anne Redpath OBE, have inspired much of her own work. An artist inspired by Matisse and Bonnard, you will focus on Redpath’s celebrated mastery of the limited palette, enlivened by jewel like notes of colour.

Working in the studio from still life you will explore her use of light and the effect of using different greys, some warm, some cool, to paint with an unexpected vitality. This is a fast paced and vibrant course taking a different approach to the familiar genre of still-life.

Portraiture Painting 25 – 29 Jan | Oils£375 Gary Long and Hilary Jean Gibson

This five day course will be an opportunity to examine in depth approaches to portraiture using artists such as Lucian Freud and Stanley Spencer as the initial inspiration. You will examine the visual language Spencer and Freud created. Working from direct observation with a clothed model, you will draw and paint with gouache before moving into oils to explore the essence of portraiture.

Be Colour Confident 01 – 03 Feb | Mixed Media£235 Marion Taylor

Understand how colour can be the key to creating powerful and arresting work. The course will employ a variety of media and techniques to increase your confidence and mastery of colour to enhance the vitality of your paintings. You will start with some essential and practical tips on how to mix and make colour work within a painting. There will be time in the studio working from an exciting still life tableaux, as well as learning about the colour palette of the Cornish landscape. The last day will be for you to explore colour in your preferred medium and see where you can go with your newly found colour confidence.

“Loved working in such a beautiful, professional studio with such a long history of supporting art. I now have the starting point for loads more work, plus enjoyed good company and biscuits!” S. Gwynn Getting Started with Watercolour 08 – 10 Feb | Waterbased£235 Hilary Jean Gibson

This course covers the basics of this rewarding and beautiful medium. Learn the essential techniques to get you started and understand your materials. Experiment with different papers, learn how best to use them and select the right brushes for the job. Through demonstrations, theory and practice you will develop confidence in essential techniques. A springboard for enjoying this medium to the full and an ideal first step to painting.

Creative Weekender – Getting Started With Mixed Media Painting 13 – 14 Feb | Mixed Media£165 Liz Luckwell

Are you new to painting or unsure what a mixed media approach really means? Then our tutors have designed this weekend course just for you. It will set you on the path to painting with confidence. The techniques of the St Ives artists Ben Nicholson and Peter Lanyon inspire the use of simple and dynamic approaches to painting. Like them, you will use a mixed media approach incorporating acrylics, oils, simple printmaking and drawing.

Advancing Abstraction – Landscape and Place 15 – 18 Feb | Mixed Media£295 Liz Hough and Kerry Harding

Our Advancing Abstraction series will help you take your painting to the next level. On this course, artists Kerry Harding and Liz Hough come together to explore how to convey the real, the sensory and the imagined in landscape. They will work with you to advance your skills in using materials, with a focus on painting and collage. The workshops, demonstrations and one to ones will give you the support and space you need to pursue your own interests and directions and create your own personal landscape style. This process will help you move confidently into using abstraction by the end of the five days.

Getting Started with Oils 22 – 25 Feb | Oils£295 Marion Taylor and Gary Long

Ideal for total beginners to oils, our tutors have designed this course to give you the tips and tools you need get you started. Tutors will give you simple and dynamic approaches to painting in oils with a focus on both responding to landscape as well as working in the studio from still life. This will provide you with a thorough introduction to this versatile and accessible medium.

Bonnard the Revolutionary 29 Feb – 02 Mar | Oils£255 Alice Mumford

Picasso called Pierre Bonnard ‘a piddling little artist’ due to his fascination with the domestic over the grand and his dedication to recording the physical sensation of light. However, his approach revolutionised painting. Bonnard changed the way the viewer interacts with the painting, a legacy influencing a whole generation of artists including Rothko. You will work from still life and gain an insight into his use of colour and composition.

Getting Started with Mixed Media Painting 07 – 11 Mar | Mixed Media£345 Marion Taylor and Liz Luckwell

Are you new to painting or unsure what a mixed media approach really means? Then our tutors have designed this course just for you. It will set you on the path to painting with confidence. The techniques of the St Ives artists Ben Nicholson and Peter Lanyon inspire the use of simple and dynamic approaches to painting. Like them, you will use a mixed media approach incorporating acrylics, oils, simple printmaking and drawing.

“Liz and Marion were excellent (besides being lots of fun) and the course met our expectations and beyond. We learned so much, had companionable class mates and a perfect setting right on the sea.” Jean Middlikauf“Marion was excellent in terms of giving really valuable feedback and suggestions.

Very supportive but she also pushed where appropriate.” Michelle

Lanyon’s Landscapes 14 – 18 Mar | Mixed Media£340 Liz Hough

Learn the secret of creating lively and contemporary landscapes. The course includes a field trip to Little Travalgan, Peter Lanyon’s favourite spot in West Penwith, with stunning 360° panoramic views of the peninsula. The sketches and visual notes made here will be transformed back in the studio, into dynamic compositions using paint and collage. The third day will be a self-study day, giving time and space to experiment with what you have learnt. The final day will bring together all your learning under the guidance of the tutor.

Creative Weekender – Advancing your Mixed Media Painting 19 – 20 Mar | Mixed Media£165 Kerry Harding

Progress from previous mixed media courses, build your confidence and help your landscape-painting move to the next level. Explore inventive and tactile uses of paint to convey your personal experience of place. You will discover new perspectives on the painting process and increase and refresh your painting vocabulary.

Through demonstrations, group exercises and one to ones with the tutor you will begin to understand what you want to convey about a place and landscape. This is an ideal next step if you have been on a mixed media course before and want to deepen and develop your practice.

Expressive Landscape in Watercolour 21 – 23 Mar | Waterbased£235 Hilary Jean Gibson

Develop a free and energetic approach to painting with watercolour, a dynamic and flexible medium. Experiment with different scales and bring in mixed media to loosen up your technique. You will build your skills in applying washes, pattern, texture and colour mixing. Depict Land, sky and boundless seascapes, inspired by Porthmeor beach and the dramatic cliffs and rock formations. This is an ideal course if you are a beginner or if you just want to loosen up your way of working.

“Hilary is an excellent tutor, extremely knowledgable and she is good fun to be with…anyone would like her.” Chris Hodgson

Where Sea Meets Land 29 Mar – 01 Apr | Oils£295 Gary Long

Explore an expressive approach to capture the dramatic encounter between the sea and the land in oils . On visits to beaches around St Ives, you will observe and sketch the coastline. You will learn how to work with gouache to make annotations on colour and weather. Back in the studio, develop these visual notes and sketches into lively and dramatic oil paintings. You will gain confidence in using a limited palette and work with a palette knife to capture drama and movement.

“Loved the whole ethos of the school and the opportunity to work with practicing artists. Found Gary to be an inspirational tutor. Great demos, a realistic pace to the work and very sensitive approach to teaching.” Avril Lyons Simplicity and Form 04 – 05 Apr | Mixed Media£165 Emma McClure

Would you like to create a simple still life that is bold and striking? Emma will share with you the secrets of using vibrant colour and playful compositions to create your own painting. You will learn new skills, tips on using drawing to plan your painting and then move to working with acrylic on board. It will be an ideal course if you are new to painting or just want to try out a fresh approach. Artists such as Winifred Nicholson and Craigie Aitchison will be the starting point for the two days. Capture the essential nature of a subject in a fresh and colourful way and take away a finished piece of work.

“Very relaxing but challenging too. Emma was very encouraging and positive. A fabulous course in a perfect location.” Linda Haitana

Advancing Abstraction – The Act of Painting 04 – 08 Apr | Mixed Media£345 Kerry Harding and Marion Taylor

Our Advancing Abstraction series will help you take your work to the next level. This edition brings together Cornwall based artists Kerry Harding and Marion Taylor who explore a paint and process led approach.

The subject matter you work from is open and led by you. The act of painting will be where the creation happens. Through exploring varied techniques and approaches, group discussions and one to ones, your own personal direction will emerge. Over the five days you will have space to find your own unique approach to subject and materials within a structured and supportive environment.

“Kerry is an exceptional teacher. She follows each student on their journey, opening doors and pointing through windows until each one arrives. Unbelievable! A truly wonderful and transformative experience.” Claire Voss-Bark

Expressive Still Life 06 – 08 Apr | Oils£235 Gary Long

This course will build your skills and confidence so you can create rich and expressive oil paintings. You will learn to capture the shape, colour and essence of a still life arrangement of spring flowers. The tutor will guide you in the use of oils so you develop your own rich painterly style. Bold colourful arrangements in the studio will be your inspiration and you will work on both canvas and board using brush and palette knife.

Reinterpreting the Figure 11 – 15 Apr | Mixed Media£375 Ilker Cinarel and Liz Luckwell

This course is about learning creative ways to capture the human form. Through exercises and experimenting with materials, you will explore three key approaches. Break out of the constraints of realism, explore the use of space and harness the power of the accidental to tap into your emotional instincts and imagination.

Using mixed media, work from the nude and clothed model. This will be in the studio with props and dramatic lighting as well as using the building of Porthmeor Studios as a stage. All will give you a rich and inspiring scenario for this lively and unusual approach to working with the figure.

Exploring Forms 18 – 22 Apr | Mixed Media£355 Marion Taylor and Liz Luckwell

The inspiration for this five-day course is a trio of renowned artists that worked in St Ives at the height of the modernist era. You will delve into the abstracted forms of Barbara Hepworth, the vibrant collages of Sandra Blow and the intense mark making of Wilhelmina Barns Graham. The materials and forms that surrounded them were their inspiration. Visit the Hepworth garden and work in the Porthmeor studios overlooking the sea. Develop your own response using painting, drawing, simple printmaking and collage.

“Exceeded expectations. Wonderful blend of studio work, demonstrations, field trips, pleine air painting – even lunch at the Tate! Delightful knowledgeable teachers. ” Sara Howsam

Creative Weekender – Painting with a Palette Knife 23 – 24 Apr | Oils£165 Gary Long

This is a chance to paint confidently with a palette knife in oils working in the historic Porthmeor studios and from the dramatic coastline around St Ives. Artist Gary Long will share with you the secrets of harnessing the power of the knife to lift a painting. Through demonstrations and practice, learn to create texture, life and depth. You will combine it with brushwork to explore how the two techniques work together. This weekend course will show you how to make your paintings come to life and create a dynamic landscape of your own.

Inside Outside 25 – 27 Apr | Oils£255 Alice Mumford

Artists are fascinated and challenged with looking through windows in their work. Vermeer, Pierre Bonnard and Winifred Nicholson each found their own solutions. This course examines particular problems with tackling space in paintings. It gives you insights and skills developed by artists to overcome these challenges. Over the three days, students will paint still life with views of Porthmeor beach and St Ives from the studio windows. You will work towards developing and completing a single large scale painting in oils.

“Beautiful studio space, lovely people, relaxing atmosphere, good painting demos. Gary is a very gentle person, enthusiastic and encouraging. I felt very comfortable asking for advice and would choose a course with Gary again. A really enjoyable experience.” Cassie Brooks

With six days of intensive tuition, there will also be time to work self-directed in the spacious studios. You can also choose to explore the surrounding area with opportunities to visit San Gimignano and Siena. In the evening savour the views and authentic Italian food and wine on the terrace while discussing ideas and art with new friends.

Accommodation starts from £80/night including transfers, use of studio, breakfast and dinner with wine and should be booked through the Art Centre’s office in Bristol. www.verrocchio.co.uk 0117 330 4973. The nearest airport is Pisa.

Painting the Tuscan Landscape 21 - 31 May | Oils£445 Gary Long

Spring is a beautiful time of year to capture the Tuscan landscape. This Italian field trip brings together varied subjects. It explores the natural landscape as well as vibrant Italian life and

architecture. Use sketchbooks to learn how to capture areas of interest and make notes on colour and light source. Back in the spacious studio, you will develop paintings from these studies, initially using gouache to explore ways of working intuitively, before moving on to oils.

Spirit of Tuscany

29 Aug – 8 Sep | Mixed Media £445 Liz Hough

Get truly immersed in the spirit of Tuscany on this field trip to Italy. Absorb the vibrant Sienese colours and explore an expressive approach to landscape and place. Develop your ideas using drawing, collage and acrylics to experiment and explore. Loosen up your painting and find your personal response to the stunning landscape and medieval townscape surrounding the centre. Artist tutor Liz Hough, who has spent many years exploring and responding to the region through her own painting, leads the course.

Join St Ives School of Painting this spring or autumn on our field trip to Tuscany, Italy. Follow in the footsteps of many of the St. Ives modernists who also fell in love with this unspoilt landscape. Our experienced tutors will work with you in the inspirational setting of the Verrocchio Art Centre, part of the fortified walls of the charming hilltop village of Casole d’Elsa. We have a strong relationship with the centre based on shared principles that ensure a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

COURSES IN ITALYPORTHMEOR PROGRAMME 2016

Discovering PracticeApril 2016 – March 20171 Year| No experience requiredLead artist: Liz Hough

8 students maximumThis is an ideal first step if you want to experience a wide array of approaches to making art so you can start to discover what resonates with you. The intensive and supported one year programme will cover painting, drawing and printmaking and explore landscape, figure and still life.

There will be space to consider why making art is important to you as well as learn essential skills and techniques to start to build your confidence in the studio. The programme provides a supportive structure of individual and group tuition, gallery visits, talks and practical workshops. There is an option to carry on for a second year to continue your development.

Developing PracticeMarch 2016 – March 20171 Year | Some experience requiredLead artist: Kerry Harding

12 students maximumThis is an ideal next step to take your painting to the next level. This artist led painting programme provides a dynamic structure of individual and group tuition, gallery visits, talks and peer led learning. Workshop time will develop your ideas and creative processes as well as expand your toolbox of techniques and approaches.

Lead artist Kerry Harding will be there to support you throughout the programme joined by visiting artists including Neil Canning, Alice Mumford and Naomi Frears. The focus will be on stretching your painting practice with ongoing feedback and understanding the wider context for your work.

Are you open minded, motivated and excited about making work? Then joining one of our one year programmes could be just what you need. Our Porthmeor Programme is ideal for those looking for a longer-term structure to learning and a supportive group of peers.

They are rooted in our ideals of creating a nurturing and safe space so you can take risks and gain the confidence you need to move your work to the next level. An artist tutor will be with you all the way, so they get to know you and your work. They run on weekends so students can travel from across the UK to join us. They combine a workshop element along with one to one tutorials and group discussions. Carefully selected visiting artists will join the lead tutor. Both programmes close with a celebratory group exhibition.

We cater for a range of students from early stage artists to those with more experience. Discovering Practice is a one to two year programme to lead you though a wide spectrum of approaches and styles. Following on from this is our one year Developing Practice Programme led by artist Kerry Harding. This is ideal for those looking to challenge and stimulate their practice.

Application processFinal deadline for applications for both programmes is 22 February 2016. Please send in up to five images of your work and no more than five hundred words explaining which programme you want to apply to and why. This is so we can make sure the programme is going to be a good fit for your current needs.

For more information please contact us on 01736 797180 or info@schoolofpainting.co.uk. First round of selections will take place 26 October 2015 for early applicants.

“Great food, beautiful setting, the centre was so characterful and unique. Lots of laughs and Liz’s teaching was superb and challenging” Sandy“I feel I am more confident in my ideas and approaching work in a freer more experimental

way. I’m more able to push through when the going gets tough. I spend less time worrying and more time painting. This programme is a real tonic for artists, the playful approach and the serious are well balanced. It’s great to have surprises and learn something new. I have felt nurtured and challenged throughout” Jill H

OUR TUTORSOur tutors combine professional artistic skills with many years’ experience of teaching between them. Here is a taster of just some of the artists delivering courses with us over the next year. Our regular team is complemented by visiting artists based in Cornwall and across the UK, including those currently at Porthmeor Studios. More information about all our artist tutors can be found on our website.

NEIL CANNING Neil has been based in West Cornwall since1997. His dynamic abstractions convey a sense of elemental forces. In 2011 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Exeter for his ‘outstanding contribution to contemporary British art’.

ILKER CINAREL Ilker graduated in MA Fine Art Contemporary Practice, Falmouth University and was winner of the Sandra Blow Award 2011. A multidisciplinary artist, Ilker spends his time working between London, St. Ives and Istanbul.

NAOMI FREARS Naomi is a painter and printmaker based in the prestigious Porthmeor Studios in St Ives. Her paintings, drawings and prints are known for their texture, pattern and combined figurative and abstract elements.

LIZ HOUGH Liz studied Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal Academy Schools. Her work takes inspiration from Cornwall’s charismatic scenery and she has won many awards, exhibiting widely throughout the UK.

LIZ LUCKWELL From plaster to wax, to metals and paint, Liz works with a range of media. She trained at Dartington College of Arts and exhibits widely in group and solo shows and is a member of Penwith Printmakers.

MARION TAYLOR Marion is based in the Porthmeor Studios and produces large abstract paintings that subtly hint at landscape. She exhibits widely in the UK and is a highly respected figure in West Cornwall’s art scene.

KERRY HARDING Kerry’s work explores the reality of a place, that space between seeing and feeling a familiar landscape. She completed her BA at the Ruskin School of Art and her MA at Falmouth College of Art. She has had regular solo exhibitions both in the UK and internationally.

EMMA MC CLURE Emma’s simplified paintings include animals, still life motifs and landscapes. She gained an MA in Painting at Chelsea College of Art and exhibits regularly at Cadogan Contemporary in London and Cornwall Contemporary in Penzance.

ALICE MUMFORD Alice’s intimate light-filled interiors and observational paintings are regularly exhibited in London and Cornwall. She studied at Camberwell School of Art and her studio is in her rural family home in Cornwall.

GARY LONGGary is a figurative painter, known for his landscape paintings, still life and figure studies. He lectured at Falmouth University for over ten years and exhibits widely across the UK and Worldwide.

HILARY JEAN GIBSON Hilary specialises in illustration, watercolour and print-making, showing work at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and Mall Galleries. She studied at St Martins School of Art followed by a postgraduate teaching qualification.

SUPPORTING THE ST IVES SCHOOL OF PAINTING

GIFT IN YOUR WILLIt’s easy to leave a gift in your will to St Ives School of Painting. Just make sure you include the following details:

Charity name: St Ives Art School trading as St Ives School of Painting

Registered Address: St Ives School of Painting, Porthmeor Studios, Back Road West, St Ives, TR26 1NG.

Registered charity no: 1146825

CONTACT USWe would love to know if you plan to leave us a bequest as we would like to thank you. If you would like to talk to us about either making a bequest or supporting something specific, please email Alison Sharkey at alison@schoolofpainting.co.uk or call 01736 797180.

Every gift, however large or small, will make a difference to us.

The St Ives School of Painting is a registered charity. For more than 75 years, it has created a welcoming creative retreat for all. Today we welcome over 2000 students a year. We want Porthmeor Studios to keep on doing its magic, lighting that creative spark in creative people like you.

The fees you pay by coming on our courses or workshops fund the School. So just by enjoying yourself you are ensuring we keep on thriving. All your fees go back into running the charity and delivering courses. If you would like to help even more there are other ways you can make a difference.

Fancy a shopping trip on Amazon? We have a wish list where you could choose a lovely book to add to our student library. Or perhaps you would like to make a cash donation that supports our work with local young people or help us provide bursaries? This ensures young artists work with us based on their passion for art not on their ability to pay. Donations have also improved our studio with new drawing boards and a new bookcase for our library.

Bequests from supporters like Alison Holt from Norfolk funded an installation of new blinds in our large studio. It will also help us provide special opportunities like our new Young Artists Programme we are developing. A bequest in your will would do the same and keep our studios running all year round for many more people.

With your help we will protect and share the unique creative spark you discovered here.

You can find out more by going to the support us page on our website. Coodes Solicitors can offer our students free advice on setting up a bequest for the School. You can ring Louise Southwall on 01736 362294 to talk through the options.

FANCY A WEEKEND IN ST IVES?CREATIVE WEEKENDERS

Classes will be small with just eight students working in our studio overlooking Porthmeor beach and the ocean.

Need to escape London for a creative retreat? You can arrive Saturday morning on the Riviera Express sleeper and on Sunday catch the afternoon train back home.

Short on time or juggling commitments? Why not join us just for the weekend and immerse yourself in making art. Courses are designed to start promptly Saturday morning and end early Sunday afternoon to minimise any time off work. Subjects to suit all interests starting with Out and About in St Ives, oil painting with Gary Long 25-26 July. See our brochure or website for more details.

GENERAL INFORMATION– Day courses start at 10.00am and finish at 4.30pm.

– All materials are included in day courses.

– Overalls are available although we still advise that you wear old clothing.

– The studio is wheelchair accessible with a lift.

– We recommend you bring warm, waterproof clothing and footwear if your course is venturing outside.

– Whilst on a course you receive the member’s discount rate for our drop-in life drawing classes.

– Refreshments are provided throughout the day.

– For a list of ideas on where to stay, please visit the accommodation page on our website.

SKETCH AND STROLLJoin one of our artists on a 3 hr sketching tour of St Ives learning drawing techniques as they tell you about this fascinating artists’ colony. £25

Every Wed10 -1 from 1 July - 23 Sep.

SHORT WORKSHOPSDevelop skills or learn something new with our variety of 1 day and half day workshops. £40/£80

Every Thurs (10 - 4.30) and Fri (10 - 1) from 2 Jul - 28 Aug.

BOOKING INFOPlease use our secure online booking facility at www.schoolofpainting.co.uk or call the office on 01736 797180

LIFE DRAWING CLASSES–DROP-INOur first life drawing class was established nearly30 years ago. Today our tutored figure classes are ideal for those wanting to learn and improve, build a portfolio or for beginners who would like to just have a go.

No need to book – just turn up ten minutes early.Beginners are very welcome.£15 (£8 members or if you are attending a course)

Saturday 10.00–12.30 and 1.30–4.00Taught by our team of specialist tutors each witha different approach and focus.

Wednesday 7.30–9.30pmWorking with short poses from the nude ledby the highly experienced artist Steve Dove.

MEMBERSHIPLife drawing costs just £8/session for members who also benefit from 10% discount on 1 day and half day workshops.

Join us for £30/year and become part of this historic art school and vibrant artist community.

St Ives School of Painting Porthmeor Studios, Back Road West, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1NG. Tel: 01736 797180 | info@schoolofpainting.co.uk Registered charity no: 1146825 Registered company no: 7871063

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