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How is the Course Structured?
The Beginners – Intermediate artists will be provided with tuition, support and Guides to help inform their work.
Advanced artists will be supported to use their own unique style to complete their sketches and realise a final piece.
The workshops will take place:
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Day 1: Sketch Book.
AM: We start the day with looking at mark-making, perspective & composition. We will experiment with: sketching pencils, charcoals, pen & wash, watercolour pencils and watercolour paint
PM: After lunch, we will explore Winterbourne Down and begin to fill your sketchbook. Be inspired by the local scenery, surrounding flora & fauna, the neighbour’s cat, or even portraits of each other! If the weather is not on our side, there will be images to work from. At the end of the afternoon, we will return to All Saints Church Hall to share our work.
Day 2: En Plein Air or Final Piece.
AM: We start the day with revisiting our sketches from the previous day. You will then choose to either continue to work ‘en plein air’ around the village or use your sketches from the previous day to start a final piece in the studio.
PM: After lunch, you will continue with your final pieces at Winterbourne Down using your sketchbooks to inspire your choice.
Please aim to arrive 15 minutes before the class is due to start to allow time to get a cuppa and catch up with your classmates.
If you are caught in traffic or life is causing delays, then please don’t worry - we will have a cuppa waiting for you when you arrive.
The Venue:
The address for the hall is:
All Saints Church Hall
Church Rd,
Winterbourne Down,
Bristol
BS36 1BX
There is free parking in front of and alongside All Saints Church Hall.
Please note, to access the hall, you must turn off from Church Road. Sat Nav and Google Maps may try to lead you down ‘Camp View’ but please ignore this – there is no access along there. Instead turn onto Church Road off either Down Road or Mill Road.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided at the beginning of each day and made available throughout both days. If you have any dietary requirements such as gluten free, or plant-based milk, or any allergies we need to be aware of, please email me before the course is due to start.
Please bring your own packed lunch and any other snacks you require.
Refund Policy
• If a workshop is cancelled by Brushstrokes Courses Ltd due to unforeseen circumstances, you will be fully reimbursed for any classes that have not been delivered.
• If a student misses a day due to sickness, holiday, or any other reason, no refunds or discounts can unfortunately be given. Course notes, guides and materials will be distributed for missed sessions.
• If a student is unable to attend their allocated days, there may be a space in the other group you could swap onto. Please phone, email or text or check for availability before arriving into another class.
• If a student wishes to drop out of a workshop and an artist on a Waiting List is able to fill the space, a refund may be possible. Due to upfront venue hire, materials costs, admin costs, lesson planning and staff costs, refunds without being able to fill any missing spaces may not be possible.
Materials
Materials & paper will be provided for you to use. You can also choose to purchase a ‘Plein Air’Artist Kit to take away with you.
The Artist Kit includes:
· A4 Storage Box,
· A5 Plein Air Sketchbook, 220gm,
· Watercolour Tin with Brush,
· Collapsible Water Pot,
· Sketching Charcoal & Pastel Set,
· Sketching Pencil Set,
· Permanent Brush Fineliner.
Where Can I Find the Teaching Resources and Reference Images?
All the Teaching Resources & Reference Images for the class will be provided in class.
In an effort to be sustainable and reduce waste, print outs of all the resources needed for the course will not be provided to take home. Instead, all resources will be emailed out before each class for students to access at home.
Can I Use My Own Reference Images?
Yes, however please make sure you read through the below copyright notice as infringement of copyright law may result in Brushstrokes Courses Ltd classes being forced to close and face legal action.
Artist Studies: In a personal setting, you can only copy the work of another artist if they have been deceased for over 70 years. In a commercial setting, we can only study the work of an Artist (that has been deceased for 70 years), if the photograph of the work is owned by Brushstrokes Courses Ltd. This is UK Copyright Law and must be abided within any Brushstrokes Courses Ltd art class.
You must own the copyright license for any found image, including photographers work found online. If you do not have the copyright permission you can use the below websites to search for copyright free images to use:
https://pixabay.com/
Phone Policy
For many of our artists, these sessions act as their escapism from busy lives. We ask you to help preserve this creative space by putting your phone on silent/vibrate when the class starts. If you need to take a phone call, then please feel free to take it outside the room in the hallway.a phone call, then please feel free to take it outside the room in the hallway.
