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FABULOUS FEBRUARY
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Courses to shout about in February!
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Images: Organic Structures, Creative Painting Space, Freedom of Abstraction, Drawing Course with Katie Sollohub |
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Dear
Half-way through January already? Weeks pass by at such a fast pace so why not spent your precious time wisely and inject some joy into your practice by joining us at the Seawhite Studio over the next few weeks? We have officially dubbed next month ‘Fabulous February’ because we have a jam-packed programme of courses that are set to nourish your practice, equip you with new skills and perspectives, and offer inspirational guidance from our wonderful tutors. The courses are diverse and distinct - covering different subjects – but have a shared purpose in helping you be more productive, more engaged, feed your confidence and help you overcome challenges and barriers within your work and practice.
Read on to find out more about Fabulous February or click on the buttons below to jump straight to each of the courses pages on our website.
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ORGANIC STRUCTURES:
SPATIAL EXPERIMENTS IN COLLAGE
with Joe Packer
3-5 February 2025 (Monday – Wednesday), £320
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Image: Organic Structures (Joe Packer) |
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“I was looking for a course that offered this level of inspiration and instruction; I wanted to do a course that would stretch me and give me ideas into a new way of working and process…The course has now kick started me to look at different approaches to my art. I am also intending to use sections of from my collages to turn into paintings, so the course has enabled in me a find a new process to work.” ~ Jane Horton, previous participant on Joe’s Organic Structures course |
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Images: Organic Structures (Joe Packer)
With the Natural world as your focus, Organic Structures invites you to hone your skills of close up observation and experiment with new collage and glazing methods in order to create large scale work.
During this three-day course you will make a minimum of 2 large scale collages informed by research and resource drawings and paintings, made prior to commencement of the large scale works. The course will start with making a succession of drawings from close up observation of either house plants or some gathered flora and fauna or foliage in the garden. These drawings are done to establish shapes and forms that can then be used in different stages as ingredients for making components for larger works, constructed through collage making processes and incorporating painting and glazing techniques.
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Images: Final collage pieces made by artsits attending Organic Structures (Joe Packer) |
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"The goal will not be to produce ‘finished works’ but rather to think about new approaches to making images that artists can then take back into their own practice."
~ Joe Packer
For more information about the course and to book, please click on the button below:
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THE CREATIVE PAINTING SPACE
with Nick Bodimeade
12 – 14 February 2025 (Wednesday – Friday), £315
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Image: Edith Barton's work station during the Creative Painting Space (Emily Ball) |
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"The atmosphere in the studio was very buzzy and friendly. It made me think of the Bake-Off tent - supportive but a feeling that you would 'up your game' whilst surrounded by talented and passionate people.”
~Jen Oliver, participant on previous Creative Painting Space sessions
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Image: Jen Oliver during Creative Painting Space (Jen Oliver)
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These sessions are designed for artists who need encouragement and support to become more confident and self-motivated with their painting. Three consecutive days gives you the space and time to really see progress and to get absorbed in your work. Bring your current body of work with you and Nick will help you to unpack, research and create your own personal practice, in order to help your work evolve and for you to see the creative possibilities more clearly. As part of the course Nick also delivers talks showing the work of other artists. It’s a chance to explore new materials and tools to play with to refresh and add to what you are doing. Each student is given individual critiques and tuition as well as benefiting from working with a group of like- minded artists: it’s definitely time well spent and your painting will thank you for it!
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Image: Kate Rochester's work station during Creative Painting Space (Kate Rochester)
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“I think we all at whatever stage in our painting have something to contribute and can take our practice seriously. Painting should be exploratory, experimental, investigative, full of ‘what happens if’ questions and reflections on the results. Helping students explore their own sensibility and develop their personal visual voice is a key part of my practice as a teacher.”
~Nick Bodimeade
For more information about the course and to book, please click on the button below:
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FREEDOM OF ABSTRACTION:
EXPANSIVE LARGE SCALE PAINTING
with Julian Brown
24 -26 February 2025 (Monday – Wednesday), £300
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Image: the Seawhite Studio during Freedom of Abstraction (Julian Brown)
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“I signed up for Julian's course as I want to work on a larger scale. I also admire his work, it is very different to my own… it was a brilliant course; loved every minute of it. Julian Brown is such a kind considerate tutor with an Interesting approach …there are always so many take always that you don’t expect.” ~ Nancy Sharp, previous participant on Julian’s Freedom from Abstraction course |
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Image: the Seawhite Studio during Freedom of Abstraction (Julian Brown) |
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By stripping back painting to its most primary concerns and looking at the relationship between yourself and the materials, we can discover painting through its most tactile components , process, surface and touch. The three day course will encourage you to make a collection of expansive, large scale paintings and drawings, exploring rhythms in abstraction. Core to the course will be the importance of creating systems to underpin your work and developing the work through layering, mark making and expression.
Throughout the course there will be a number of different exercises to help develop the work. We will also be looking at the history of abstraction along with contemporary artists and their techniques, showing the expansive ways they are making paintings, through surfaces and processes. The course includes studio based activities and individual tutorials. This course is suitable for anyone with an interest in abstraction or would like to work on an ambitious scale.
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Image: the Seawhite Studio during Freedom of Abstraction (Julian Brown) |
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“You can be painting and go into a place where thought stops—where you can just be and it just comes out.”
~Brice Marden
For more information about the course and to book, please click on the button below:
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DRAWING INTERIORS AT DANNY HOUSE
with Katie Sollohub at Danny House (day 1)
and the Seawhite Studio (days 2&3)
26-28 February 2025 (Wednesday – Friday), £300
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Image: Drawing Interiors (Katie Sollohiub) |
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"Danny House was the location of my first official Roaming Residency back in 2012, when I was commissioned to do 3 paintings by the owner Richard Burrows. I am very please to be able to go back there with other artists looking for fresh inspiration from a beautiful, lived in, historic interior, set in the foothills of the Downs with spectacular views." ~ Katie Sollohub |
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Image: Interior, Strawberry Hill House (Katie Sollohub) |
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On day one in the house itself, you will be encouraged to make expressive and experimental studies on a small scale as you directly experience the complexity of the interior - a wonderful mix of everyday life, domestic space, and period features in the architecture and decor. Drawing with all your senses, using pencils and coloured pastels, your drawings may be filled with sound, gesture, colour, pattern, details, space and light. We can spend the whole day there, with one to one guidance, and group discussions.
Taking these back to the studio, you will have 2 more days to experiment, scaling up your marks and observations onto A1 and larger sheets and rolls of paper, letting the drawing grow and expand (like walking through the rooms of the house). You will be encouraged to work on a large scale. Guided meditations and memory exercises will help reconnect you with the original experience, as well as your studies. Think big, extend, add more paper, reach up to the roof beams with charcoal on sticks. Let this drawing become a meditation.
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Image: Blue Bed Chamber, Strawberry Hill House (Katie Sollohub) |
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“I don’t know that I can find the exact words to describe my admiration for your teaching and how you ran this course. You held us, prompted us, enabled and inspired. Your occasional exercises were brilliant. Really moving me forward.” ~ Anna Cady, participant on Katie’s Chichester Cathedral course
For more information about the course and to book, please click on the button below:
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