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EMILY BALL AT SEAWHITE‍

CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AND PAINTING COURSES‍

COLOUR & LIGHT IN THE LANDSCAPE

From studies on location to paintings in the studio

Dear Visitor ‍ ‍

The final in-person Colour & Light in the Landscape course on the South Downs has just taken place, with Emily and Katie inviting another group of artists to join them on Truleigh Hill, high above Shoreham.‍

Two days out in the landscape, exploring ways to make studies that are full of visual information, experimentation and sensory memory. The artists who attended now have armfuls of studies to take back to the studio — material they can use to create paintings that are dynamic, fresh and convey that same sense of being in a place.‍

Image: Students making studies on Truleigh Hill‍

And this is where Colour & Light on the Downs: Development into Paintings comes in.

In October, Emily and Katie will be at the Seawhite Studio for three days, working with artists to unpack their landscape studies and use them as inspiration for new painted studies and finished paintings.

You don't have to have attended the in-person course at Truleigh Hill to join them. The October course is Part 2 of the Colour & Light in the Landscape journey, and you can also reach it by completing the pre-recorded Part 1 in your own studio. The two formats are interchangeable, so you can choose the route that suits you.‍

Image: Emily and Katie team-teaching during Colour & Light in the Landscape (Clare Wilkinson‍)

Emily and Katie have spent many years painting in the landscape and encouraging others to do the same. Over time, they have developed a strong understanding of what is important in this process and have distilled it into two complementary courses that take you from being out in the landscape to developing paintings back in the studio.

Part 1 takes you outside and focuses on making studies. Part 2 takes you back into the studio, where those studies become the starting point for new painted studies and potentially, finished paintings.‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 1 (Katie Sollohub)‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 2 (Katie Sollohub)‍‍

Read on to find out more about the different versions of the Colour & Light in the Landscape courses, or click on the buttons below to head straight to our website to book your place:‍

Colour & Light on the Downs:

 Development into Paintings

With Emily Ball & Katie Sollohub
Face-to-face at the Seawhite Studio
21–23 October 2026 (Wed–Fri), £380

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IImage: Colour & Light in the Landscape - making paintings from studies (Emily Ball)‍

 This three-day course is the in-person Part 2 of the Colour & Light in the Landscape journey.

It is suitable for artists who have attended one of Emily and Katie’s two-day Colour & Light courses on the South Downs in 2025 or 2026, or for anyone who has completed the pre-recorded Part 1 course.

The two formats are designed to be interchangeable, so you can make your landscape studies through the online Part 1 course and then bring them with you to the Seawhite Studio to develop them into paintings with Emily and Katie.

The freshness, freedom and immediacy of studies made in situ are qualities we often want to retain in sustained and finished paintings. But the studies are not there to be copied. They are there to be used as inspiration and triggers for new work.

The colours, marks, layers and memories in your studies become material to play and invent with. They will become your landscape — a place to walk through and explore. They will be reminders of the sensations, light, weather and feelings of being out on the hill.‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - paintings by Netta Jennison‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - paintings by Netta Jennison‍

This course is about unpacking the content of those studies and using it to make new painted studies and work towards finished paintings.

Working with either acrylics or oils on canvas, board or paper, you will experiment with paint, tools and mark making to discover the language you need to make powerful and exciting paintings.‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - paintings by Abi Warshawski

To find out more about the course and to book your place, please click on the link below:

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - paintings by Frances Knight

Prefer to work from your own studio?

The Colour & Light courses are also available as pre-recorded experiences, giving you the opportunity to work through the process at your own pace and in your own surroundings.

Part 1

Make the studies on location‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 1 (Katie Sollohub)‍‍

Part 2

Develop paintings in the studio‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 2 (Emily Ball)‍

You can take both parts online, working entirely at your own pace, or use the pre-recorded Part 1 as your starting point and then join Emily and Katie in person for Part 2 at the Seawhite Studio in October.‍

Colour & Light in the Landscape

— Part 1

Pre-recorded course
With Emily Ball & Katie Sollohub
£50‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 1 (Clare Wilkinson)‍‍

Trying to convey the physical experience of being in the landscape is both challenging and enticing. You can endeavour to capture what you see, but there is always so much more: birdsong, a warm breeze on your skin, the buzz of insects, the verdant space surrounding you.

Perhaps it is the feeling of being grounded and held by the landscape as it rolls and folds. The scent of wildflowers at your feet. The contrast between the wild and the tamed. Who knows what will become the inspiration for your paintings? The reason for making the paintings is to find out.‍

Image: Emily Ball filming Colour & Light in the Landscape (Katie Sollohub)‍

This course gives you the creative processes and practical instruction to build your confidence in going outside to your favourite location and making drawings and studies.

The aim is to move beyond simply copying the view and instead create work that is rich, painterly and experimental — studies full of the colour, light, sensations and memories of being in a place.‍

Image: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 1, studies on location  (Katie Sollohub)‍‍

These studies then become the starting point for Part 2, where you can take them back into the studio and explore their possibilities as paintings.

And if you would like to continue that journey in person, these studies can be brought with you to the Seawhite Studio for the three-day Colour & Light in the Landsacpe - Developement into Paintings course with Emily and Katie in October.

To find out more about the course and to book your place, please click on the link below:‍

Colour & Light in the Landscape

— Part 2

Pre-recorded course
With Emily Ball & Katie Sollohub
£100‍

IImage: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 2 - Emily's work station (Emily Ball)

Part 2 is for anyone who has completed the pre-recorded Colour & Light in the Landscape Part 1, as well as artists who have attended one of the two-day Colour & Light courses Emily and Katie have run from the Truleigh Centre on the South Downs in 2025 or 2026.

IImage: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 2 - Emily's work station (Emily Ball)‍

In Part 2, Emily and Katie show you how to unpack the information contained within the studies you made on location and use them to make new painted studies and work towards finished paintings.  Filled with colour, marks, layers and memories — the studies contain rich material to experiment with, transform and develop into new paintings.

Across six films and nearly six hours of footage, Emily and Katie lead, demonstrate and share processes for exploring the possibilities within your studies and developing them into new work.

You can work with acrylics or oils on canvas, board or paper, experimenting with paint, tools and mark making to discover the language that will make your paintings powerful, exciting and uniquely your own.‍

IImage: Colour & Light in the Landscape - Part 2 - Emily's work station (Emily Ball)‍

To find out more about the course and to book your place, please click on the link below:‍

Choose your own Colour & Light journey

There is no single way to take these courses.

You can experience Part 1 and Part 2 entirely online, join Emily and Katie in person on the South Downs and then continue online, or complete Part 1 through the pre-recorded course and join them in person at the Seawhite Studio for Part 2 in October.

The two parts are designed to work together, while giving you the freedom to choose how and where you take each stage of the journey.‍

Image: Katie Sollohub making studies in the landscape (Emily Ball)

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