Watercolour painting Courses 2010
These courses are now available for booking
All non-residential courses include morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea and cakes.
| Title: Garden Adventure |
Date: 12th June 2010 |
| Tutor: Phillip McFadyen |
Fee: £85 |
| Location: South Norfolk |
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| Notes: A chance to relax and paint in two delightful cottage
gardens in south Norfolk. These adjacent 17th century cottages afford
good views across the fields as well as some intimate corners with
a variety of plants, potting sheds, barns and garden furniture.
This one day course will introduce you to the basics of garden sketching
using pen and wash techniques. The course includes a picnic lunch
and all refreshments. |
| Title: Landscape for Beginners |
Date: 26th June 2010 |
| Tutor: Phillip McFadyen |
Fee: £95 |
| Location: Horsey Mill, North Norfolk |
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| Notes: This one day course will introduce you to the basics
of water landscape sketching. It includes lunch and all refreshments
and a boat trip on the quiet backwater of Horsey Mere. |
| Title: Lakeland Adventure |
Date: 12th to 16th July 2010 |
| Tutor: Phillip McFadyen |
Fee: Painters £460 non painters £400 |
| Location: The Lake District |
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| Notes: Four night’s residential en suit accommodation
in a large country house in the heart of the Lake District on a dinner,
bed and breakfast basis. We shall be painting, sketching, looking
at poetry and visiting the Wordsworth homes at Dove Cottage and Rydal
Mount and other sites associated with the Romantic Movement. By combining
art and literature in this way the course is designed to attract painters
and their non painting partners. The course will be staffed by three
qualified and very experienced art teachers with an interest in literature. |
| Title: Masterclass |
Date: 24th & 25th July 2010 |
| Tutor: John Tookey |
Fee: £180 |
| Location: Upton, Norfolk |
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| Notes: A two day improvers course painting boats and marsh
landscapes on the Norfolk Broads with one of England’s best
watercolour impressionists (unsuitable for beginners), includes lunch
and refreshments each day. |
| Title: Venetian Adventure |
Date: 21st to 26th October 2010 |
| Tutor: Phillip McFadyen |
Fee: *£790 painters, *£730 non painters. *approximate
prices based on planned activities and size of group. |
| Location: Set in the heart of the incomparable city of Venice. |
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| Notes: Five nights (six days) residential course including
transfers and accommodation in the historic heart of Venice just
five minutes from Saint Mark’s Square and the major galleries. In
addition to painting, the holiday will include art history tours and visits
to the city’s cultural heritage sites and art centres. There will be three
qualified and experienced art teachers to help you to reach your full
potential in this bella cita del arte. |
| Title: Sinbad Adventure |
Date: 27th January 2011 to 9th February 2011 |
| Tutor: Phillip McFadyen |
Fee: *£2,800 painters, *£2,500 non painters accompanied by painter
*approximate prices based on planned activities. However,
prices subject to change, pending airline group booking confirmation depending
on size of group. |
| Location: Sri Lanka and Kerala, Southern India |
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| Notes: An adventure for painters and others who want to
experience some pearls of the orient while encountering an imaginative educational
project. The aim is to produce a reflective travelogue sketchbook or photographic
scrapbook of this trip of a lifetime. We shall stay half board in beautiful
colonial hotels, delight in spice gardens and palm beaches as well as visit
Buddhist and Hindu shrines. This is a real adventure in watercolour. |