Landscape painting classes Derbyshire Peak District

Here are the dates below for the Summer terms' Life Drawing/Painting classes. Don't forget that if you miss a class, you can make it up at another venue within the same term, which will give you greater flexibility

This summer 2008 we will be visiting locations in the Peak District for Monday evening and Wednesday afternoon classes. These places offer opportunity for interesting paintings and subject matter for all abilities. Enjoy the fresh air and companionship!

We have chosen places that allow us easy access to toilet and café or pub facilities.

Tuition and help is offered individually in all media.

MONDAY EVENINGS 6.30pm – 8.30pm
OUTSIDE LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Cost is £6

2 June             Wirksworth Church
9 June             Matlock Bath – river and boats Meet at fish pond
16 June            Brassington – cottages, pub and lovely church. Meet at The Gate pub
30 June           Willersley Castle, Cromford – spectacular views and building. Meet
                       at car park [drinks and loo]
7 July              Carsington Reservoir – water and boats.
                        Meet at front of main building

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS 1.30pm – 4.30pm
OUTSIDE LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Cost £7 for the three hours.

14 May             Padley Gorge and Woods, Grindelford. Bluebells.- meet at the station café.
21 May             Longnor -Lovely old cobbled streets ,interesting houses. meet at the Market Hall
4 June            Edensor –Unusual houses. Good views. meet near the tea shop
11 June           Tissington -Beautiful village with impressive Hall. meet near the tea shop.
18 June            Beeley –Village with stream running through it.   meet outside the Devonshire Arms
2 July              Hartington –Village duck pond lovely views from the Church. meet at the duck pond
9 July              Willersley Castle, Cromford - spectacular views and building. Meet at car park
16 July             Cromford Canal – Reflections old buildings. meet at the tea shop on the canal side
23 July            Rowsley Mill – Mill buildings, river, marvellous view of Pictor Hill. meet outside the café

4 ALL DAY SATURDAY LANDSCAPE PAINTING CLASSES have been arranged
at Middleton byYoulgrave and nearby Bradford Dale 10.00am – 4.30pm

7 June and 14 June:
Middleton village….., cottages , pretty gardens, farms, barns, church, gateways, tractors, views, garden sheds, trees, spring foliage, cows, stone-walls, Trabants,

5 July,and 12 July
Bradford Dale …… River ,reflections waterfalls bridges, trees, trout, ducks, moorhens stone-walls

All day £15 including drinks and biscuits at my studio

Please bring your usual drawing and painting equipment as well as a light weight folding chair or stool, umbrella !, warm clothes [ as it does get cold when you sit very still], flask of a hot drink. I always turn up at the venue unless it has been pouring with rain the whole day. Please keep the weight of your equipment down to a minimum to make it easier for you to carry.

I shall look forward to seeing you again.
Diane

WELL DRESSING – MIDDLETON BY YOULGRAVE
Installed on Saturday 24 May . In the previous week my students are very welcome to come and try their hand at some petalling –an art form that only lasts for a week. Learn an ancient craft! . My studio will be open during the week 24 -31 May

WELL DRESSING – YOULGRAVE
5 wells dressed on the 21 June. I will be exhibiting 100+ paintings in the Methodist Church Youlgrave – please come and visit.

personal art tuition en plein air at Alport near Youlgrave

En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is often used to describe the practice of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors (such as in a studio). In English alfresco has the same meaning, however in Italian the term al fresco has a rather different one, either in jail or simply cool air !

Artists have long painted outdoors, but in the mid-1800s working in natural light became particularly important to the Barbizon school and Impressionism. The popularity of painting en plein air increased with introduction in the 1870s of paints in tubes (resembling modern toothpaste tubes). Previously, each painter made their own paints by grinding and mixing dry pigment powders with linseed oil. The Newlyn School in Cornwall is considered another major location of such painting in the late 19th century.

French Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pisarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors. Lucien Pisarro spent quite a bit of time in Youlgrave. I even know which house he lodged at in Bradford Dale. I hope I might spot a Pisarro painting each time I go to a car boot sale

Windy day at Monsal Head near Bakewell

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS 1.30pm – 4.30pm OUTSIDE LANDSCAPE PAINTING Cost £7 for the three hours.

WELL DRESSING – MIDDLETON BY YOULGRAVE Installed on Saturday 24 May . In the previous week my students are very welcome to come and try their hand at some petalling –an art form that only lasts for a week. Learn an ancient craft! . My studio will be open during the week 24 -31 May

WELL DRESSING – YOULGRAVE 5 wells dressed on the 21 June. I will be exhibiting 100+ paintings in the Methodist Church Youlgrave – please come and visit.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS 1.30pm – 4.30pm
OUTSIDE LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Cost £7 for the three hours.

WELL DRESSING – MIDDLETON BY YOULGRAVE
Installed on Saturday 24 May . In the previous week my students are very welcome to come and try their hand at some petalling –an art form that only lasts for a week. Learn an ancient craft! . My studio will be open during the week 24 -31 May

WELL DRESSING – YOULGRAVE
5 wells dressed on the 21 June. I will be exhibiting 100+ paintings in the Methodist Church Youlgrave – please come and visit.