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EMILY BALL AT SEAWHITE‍

CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AND PAINTING COURSES‍

AUTUMN PROGRAMME AT THE STUDIO

Kick-start your creativity this Autumn

Images:Simon Carter teaching at the Seawhite Studio; Drawing & Painting in the Algarve with Katie Sollohub & Emily Ball; Paint Fit Studio Retreat with Emily Ball; Studio Residency with Katie Sollohub; Julian Brown Studio Residency

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Ah summer!  You’ve been slow to arrive and a bit stop-start but we are still enjoying the break from the usual routine.  School’s out, holidays are to be had, there are catch-ups with friends and family, spontaneous days out – and sometimes our studios and painting practice can feel rather neglected.  We hope that you are all having a wonderful summer break, but if  - like us - you’re also hankering for a return to a more regular creative practice or want to feel that are some creative adventures on the horizon, then this newsletter is for you.  In it we are providing an outline of our September-December programme so you have plenty of time to ensure your autumn is full of painting!

Choose from short courses, residencies, residential courses, courses at the studio, on location and online – there's something for everyone!  Why not take 10 minutes out of your day, visit our website and browse our busy programme. To find out more about each course, simply click on the button beneath its description.

Life is busy and our time gets accounted for all too quickly, so we hope this newsletter can be a useful tool in helping you carve out some essential time for creativity this autumn.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Seawhite Studio soon!

SEPTEMBER‍

WALKING & DRAWING IN THE ALGARVE

with KATIE SOLLOHUB

1-7 September

(arrive Sunday, taught course Monday – Friday, Leave Saturday)

£1995 (includes teaching, materials, food and accommodation)

 Set in the stunning expansive

landscape of the Algarve, This  course offers you an alternative way of drawing and a lasting visual memory of an unforgettable experience.   Katie will

introduce playful and experimental approaches to help you creatively respond, absorb and travel through the landscape.‍ By the end of the week you will have a sketchbook full of drawings, writing, collage and other experimental studies.

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 EXPRESSIVE PAINTING IN THE ALGARVE LANDSCAPE 

with EMILY BALL

8 -13 September

(arrive Sunday, taught course Monday – Friday, leave Saturday)

£1995 (includes accommodation, tuition, all food and materials)‍

During this five-day course, colour will be an important theme to explore: to give an equivalent to the glowing red earth, rugged vistas to the sea, the wiry, bleached vegetation and beautiful light. Even the invisible and intangible sensations of heat, breeze, birdsong, space and your mood can be translated into colour and marks. We will make paintings to capture these experiences.

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CREATIVE PAINTING SPACE

with NICK BODIMEADE

11-13 September (Wednesday – Friday)

 £315‍

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A DAY ON THE BEACH

with SIMON CARTER

16-19 September (Monday – Thursday)

 £400‍

Beginning with a day’s drawing on the beach at Worthing, this four-day practical course will look at strategies for unpacking drawings made on location: understanding what it is that makes them work and seeking  ways to maintain the freshness of the initial drawings as you develop ambitious, rich and evocative paintings back in the studio.

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STUDIO RESIDENCY WEEK 

With JULIAN BROWN

30 September – 4 October

 £480‍

Five days of undiluted painting in a spacious studio, working alongside Julian and a small group of like-minded artists.‍

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 “Last year’s residency became one of the most productive and insightful weeks I had all year. It created a dialogue with fellow artists sometimes missing after you leave art school. It was a collaborative learning experience; I found it an environment where I could pass on my knowledge and experience. Being open about our creative processes made it a fulfilling, useful and generous experience.”

~ Julian Brown‍

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OCTOBER‍

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A NOT SO STILL LIFE

with KATIE SOLLOHUB

16-18 October (Wednesday – Friday)

 £300‍

Still life does not have to be still. In this course you will be working fast and freely from a moving still life set up in the studio with both drawing and painting materials, and on any surface you like.  Working in this free and flexible way enables the artist to work much more intuitively. The resulting paintings and drawings will have a directness, playfulness and an animated energy.‍

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CREATIVE PAINTING SPACE

with EMILY BALL

23-25 October (Wednesday – Friday)

£315‍

Image: Edith Barton's work station, Creative Painting Space, March 2024‍

The Creative Painting Space represents having three consecutive days of undiluted painting time that really gives each person the chance to see progress and get absorbed in their work.  It’s a space to undertake personal research, put your work in context, and to encourage your professional practice and ability to self-critique. 

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PAINT FIT – AUTUMN STUDIO RETREAT

 LIVE ONLINE with EMILY BALL

28 October – 1 November & 4-8 November

(Monday – Friday each week)

 £250‍

Paint Fit is all about establishing a daily practice of painting and discovering what really matters to you. Each day starts with a live-online tutorial/demonstration with Emily guiding you through exercises; opening up the possibilities of how you can approach your painting.  Making a commitment to show up in your studio and paint every day quickly gets results - the progress and breakthroughs that participants make during the course are significant and long-lasting. ‍

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NOVEMBER‍

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STUDIO RESIDENCY WEEK
with EMILY BALL

18-22 November (Monday – Friday)

 £480‍

Five days of undiluted painting in a spacious studio, working alongside Emily and a small group of  like-minded artists.‍

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 “We work hard. With the option of getting into the studio at 8am each day , the residency week creates a working atmosphere where you turn up, ready to push forward and do serious play! It is inspiring seeing the individuality of each artist in their work and processes. When we talk to each other there are always astute and helpful observations made about the work.”  ~Emily Ball

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CREATIVE PAINTING SPACE

with NICK BODIMEADE

27 -29 November (Wednesday – Friday)

 £315‍

Another chance to join us at the Seawhite Studio for this mentoring-based course, this time led by Nick. These sessions offer artists the opportunity to delve into areas of the art process in a supportive and inspiring environment.  These can include – but are not limited to - material exploration, relationship between observation and abstraction, mind body relationship, the artist's relationship to place and environment. One of the most heartening outcomes of the Creative Painting Space is for artists to recognise their value and interest when they speak plainly, simply, personally and honestly through their work.

Image: Jen Oliver's work station, Creative Painting Space, March 2024‍‍

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DECEMBER‍

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EMBODIED DRAWING

 with KATIE SOLLOHUB

5-6 December (Thursday -Friday)

 £200‍

Spice up your drawing, expand your horizons and get ready to invent and play  – Katie  is inviting you to (re)discover how vital drawing is, how rigorous and dynamic it can be, and what a joyfully liberating activity it is to do! Embodied Drawing  is an experimental two-day drawing course embracing the physicality of drawing on a large scale: using your own body, gesture and sensation as your subject.‍

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STUDIO RESIDENCY WEEK: DRAWING WITHOUT A MAP

with KATIE SOLLOHUB

9-13 December (Monday-Friday)

 £480‍

This week long residency is for anyone wishing to use drawing to expand their practice, giving dedicated time and a generous space to commit to making your work. Katie will be making large scale drawings and installations,

inspired by movement, dance, improvisation and story telling.‍

“I aim to use this residency week to explore what happens when I have a large space, and a sustained length of time, to simply draw, and

explore, with no boundaries… To be totally immersed in the process of drawing."

~ Katie Sollohub‍

This week makes an ideal follow-on from Katie’s two-day Embodied Drawing course (running the week before). Emily will also be doing her own drawings in the studio during the residency week. There is a lot of energy, expertise and inspiration that can be gleaned from working next to two professional artists! ‍

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