INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
Join us in the Gallery for one of our upcoming creative events. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned enthusiast, our carefully curated activities are designed to engage and excite.
Discover the art world through captivating lectures, gain insights into famous masterpieces, explore contemporary art trends, and engage in thoughtful discussions that deepen your appreciation. Unleash your creativity in our beginner-friendly art classes, where expert instructors will guide you through various mediums. All art materials are provided, so you can immerse yourself in the joy of painting, sketching, and finding your unique artistic voice.
‘Beyond the Still Life: An Oil Painting Workshop’ with Oscar Jin
Join us this Summer for a workshop with Oscar Jin, where you will learn to develop a complex and imaginative still-life composition in oil paint.
Oscar will guide all participants through three crucial stages (over three, three-hour sessions) to creating your masterpiece.
In the First session attendees will compose their work in drawing, employing the imagination to playfully combine objects, and transfer this to canvas. In the Second session, attendees will ‘block in’ their composition with a careful attention to creating rich colour and value relationships. In the Final session, atendees will complete their work, learning to accentuate textures, employing glazes and scumbles for atmosphere and depth.
With direct demonstration and one to one guideance, this workshop will cast away doubts that one may have in the workflow of composition and painting. Additionally, attendees should expect to leave with a nuanced idea of compsition and colour theory.
A Variety of still-life items will be arranged into a composition from which we will paint, however we also welcome you to introduce your own special objects.
All levels are welcome.
All art materials are provided by Green & Stone.
‘Speed Painting: The Quick Portrait in Oils’ with Oscar Jin
Join us this Summer for a workshop with Oscar Jin, where you will learn to capture the portrait at great speed using the fluid medium of oil paint.
Oscar will firstly demonstrate to all participants an efficient way to form the portrait through distinctions in value/tone and colour temperature, and
explain how to identify ‘anchor points’ (focal facial features that position the portrait in proportion).
With this simple theoretical background, attendants will jump into creating several 10 and 20 minute portraits in oils, working from the life model from different perspectives.
This challenging excersise employs both analytical and intuitive modes of thought, simultaneously putting the painter into a wonderful state of mental flow apt for creativity.Through repetition, painting and scrubbing away, this exercise helps bypass the creative block of perfectionism and promotes a faster feedback loop, key to developing the craft.
Expect to take home an expressive, not ‘photorealistic’, portrait that captures some of the essence of the sitter with brave, flowing brushwork.
All levels are welcome.
All art materials are provided by Green & Stone.
‘Drawing the Portrait’ with Laura Arenson
In drawing the portrait from a live model we come to observe the human face in ways we have never done so before. In this two part workshop we will explore the anatomy of the skull, consider how to articulate a person's unique likeness and their expressions through the visual language of art and think about the narrative we want to communicate about our sitter through our art.
We will work on a sustained pose over two sessions from a live model and students may use either charcoal, charcoal and chalk or graphite pencils on toned paper.
This class aims to nurture enjoyment and self-confidence in drawing in a structured and supported environment. All levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary.
All levels are welcome.
All art materials are provided by Green & Stone.
‘Drawing and Painting Nature Specimens’ with Rebecca Jewell & Sandy Ross Sykes
This class will be an opportunity to paint beautiful and curious specimens from Rebecca & Sandy’s natural history collection, including exotic feathers and insects, pressed seaweeds, shells, skulls and seed pods.
Students will be using pencil and watercolour to recreate their own cabinet of curiosities on paper.
All art materials provided by Green & Stone.
We will be drawing and painting on St Cuthberts Mill Bockingford® paper.
Drinks kindly provided by Tom Savano Cocktails.
Introduction to Mono-Print with Sasha Compton
Monoprinting is an expressive printmaking technique that yields one-of-a-kind and surprising results. The best things happen when you let go and enjoy the process of creating, and with monoprinting, the opportunities for experimentation are endless,
This class will be focused on possibilities, positivity and play, using interesting objects from around Green & Stone as inspiration. You will also be looking at contemporary artists such as Hockney, Matisse and Emin who explore different takes on contemporary mono-prints.
All levels are welcome.
All art materials provided by Green & Stone.
We will be monoprinting on St Cuthberts Mill Somerset® paper.
Drinks kindly provided by Tom Savano Cocktails.
‘Painting Trees in Watercolour’ with Mayad Allos
During this two hour class we will breakdown the elements to paint six species of trees, all varying in shape and design. We’ll begin with sketching, followed by pen & ink, and finally we’ll use shades of various green hues to lay down watercolour. Mayad will be sharing his tips & tricks to elevate your drawings.
LEVEL: Beginner - Intermediate
All materials provided by Green & Stone.
We will be painting on St Cuthberts Mill Saunders Waterford® paper.
Drinks kindly provided by Tom Savano Cocktails.
‘Drawing the Portrait from Life’ with Laura Arenson
In drawing the portrait from life we come to observe the human face in ways we have never done so before.
In this session we will explore proportions, gesture and structure of the face and learn how to articulate a person's unique likeness and their expressions through the visual language of art. This class aims to nurture enjoyment and self-confidence in drawing in a structured and supported environment.
All levels are welcome.
We will be drawing and painting on St Cuthberts Mill Bockingford® paper.
Drinks kindly provided by Tom Savano Cocktails.
Christmas Candle Painting Workshop with Monika Ancheva
Monika will show you how to paint your own beautifully unique dinner candles.
The workshop will cover everything from conceptualising your design idea to delicately painting your bespoke pattern onto your candles. You will receive lots of tips to help you become more confident in developing your own style.
The workshop is great for all abilities, no experience is needed.
All materials and drinks will be provided by Green & Stone.
‘Paper Forms - an Introduction to Collage’ with Ella Kate Harrison
Learn to create a collaged 'natural form' inspired artwork. Ella will guide you through colour mixing, staining papers and mark - making, to create a menu of delicious papers to work with. You will sketch from natural forms to find beautiful shapes and silhouettes, develop your cutting skills and arrange layers of paper into beautiful compositions.
‘Drawing Realistically in Coloured Pencils’ - an art class with Becca Barron
Becca will introduce you to a hyperrealistic style of drawing, using a variety of coloured pencil techniques. We will be drawing horses eyes, with accuracy, precision and immense attention to detail.
At the end of the evening, each person will be able to take home their hand drawn realistic horse eye study.
‘Introduction to Linocut’ - an art class with Venetia Higgins
Venetia will introduce you to the relief-print technique of lino-cutting. During this class you will be shown how to use specialist tools to create your linocut and then how to ink and hand-press it onto a Kraft greeting card.
We will be focusing on botanical designs inspired by the garden.
At the end of the evening, each person will be able to take home their hand-printed greeting cards & envelopes.
‘Wildlife: feathers, fur, skin & scales’ - a FREE art class with Charlotte Sutton
A ONE-OFF FREE CLASS! Learn to create realistic animal fur, feathers and scales using Acrylic paint with wildlife and nature artist Charlotte Sutton.
Charlotte teaches how to use a paint layering technique she uses in her own paintings to create acute detail. Choose between a selection of hand-drawn African wildlife on canvas to use as a base for the paint layers to unfold.
Charlotte is a London based artist, renowned for creating beautiful acrylic and watercolour paintings of animals and ecosystems with photorealistic detail.