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A Celebration of Music & the Arts
14th – 28th September 2019
The St Ives September festival offers over 200 events including art, practical workshops, music, dance, poetry and theatre. It’s a great time to visit and the St Ives School of Painting offer 3 hour “taster ” art workshops throughout the two weeks.
Have a look at this video filmed in 2014 St Ives School of Painting Workshop
The first St Ives September Festival ran in September 1978 and covered folk music, dance, fine arts, chamber music, poetry, arts & crafts and theatre even featuring a very young Nigel Kennedy!
Book your Art Workshops here and find out about all the other activities in the town at St Ives September Festival website.
AM - Getting Started with Watercolour 16/09/2019
£35Tutors: Hilary Gibson
Level: Beginner
Where better to begin with this luminous medium than St Ives? Get to grips with the essential theory and techniques of watercolours, exploring their fluid and lively potential. An ideal place to build confidence experimenting with a variety of tools and materials.
AM - Sea and Rocks 16/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ashley Hold
Level: Any
The breaking waves and rocky outcrops of St Ives inspire this drawing workshop. Working from direct observation, explore line, tone and composition. Learn technical drawing methods that capture the forms and atmosphere of the coastal landscape.
PM - Coastal Oils 16/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ashley Hold
Level: Any
Walk on the wilder side of St Ives, using the timeless medium of oils to explore the form and textures of earth and water. Gain insight into painterly techniques that capture the convergence of rugged rock and swelling sea.
PM - Expressive Watercolour 16/09/2019
£35Tutors: Hilary Gibson
Level: BeginnerEnjoy a fresh and energetic approach to watercolour painting. Inspired by the dramatic seascapes and boundless skies of Porthmeor beach, indulge in this versatile medium with a variety of experimental mark-marking techniques. Gain expert insight into expanding the expressive potential of your watercolours.
AM - Unfolding Sea and Sky 17/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: BeginnerMake your own concertina sketchbook using tinted paper, allowing the shifting sea and sky to unfold freely across the pages. Work gesturally, using charcoal, ink and salt to capture the movement of light, air and water. This workshop gives you a taster of our longer course, Ocean and Abstraction.
AM - The Sensory Coast 17/09/2019
£30Tutors: Greg Humphries
Level: Beginner
Take a step beyond the visual, exploring St Ives’ coastal environment using all five of your senses. Expand your creative vocabulary with drawing and painting exercises that use instinct and gesture to capture the coastal landscape. Make mixed media pieces that connect powerfully with the elements.
AM - Hepworth: Form and Purpose 17/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Luckwell
Level: Any
Trace the symbolic curvature of Barbara Hepworth's crisp, geometric forms - extraordinary and iconic responses to the Cornish environment. Explore composition through taut lines and flowing arcs using monoprinting and drawing to develop your own intuitive and abstract responses to a sculptural still life.
PM - A View of Porthmeor 17/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Luckwell
Level: BeginnerWilhelmina Barns-Graham was a pioneer of the modernist movement here in St Ives. This workshop takes inspiration from her profound eight-line artworks. Here on Porthmeor Beach more than thirty years later, use the immediate technique of monoprinting to capture the undulating forms of the sea and horizon.
PM - The Thick and the Thin of it: Painting the Ocean 17/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: BeginnerThis workshop revels in the bounty of materials available to you as a painter. Use differences in texture and viscosity to describe organic coastal forms. Combine sheer washes and sprays with thicker, impasto marks by layering, scraping and saturating, building the dramatic expanse of the sea.
AM - Approaching Painting 18/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: Beginner
This workshop exposes the structural building blocks of a painting - an ideal foundation for beginners. Begin using sketching to record the landscape of St Ives, followed by tonal studies and an exploration of line and form using acrylic paint - a fun and versatile medium.
AM - Love Drawing Landscape 18/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Luckwell
Level: Beginner
Use line drawing to create a rich and resonant connection between looking and creating, opening up new ways of seeing landscape. Experimental exercises take you into the rugged Cornish surroundings. Develop your work in the studio and discover the versatility of drawing, creating mood with tone and depth.
AM - Introduction to Natural Pigments 18/09/2019
£35Tutors: Francesca Owen
Level: Beginner
This is paint at its most elemental. Learn to process pure pigments and combine them with different binders. Earth pigments tell a unique story of place, history and geology. You’ll learn to make acrylic, oil and egg tempera paint, an insight into this extraordinary alchemy.
PM - Landscape in Natural Pigments 18/09/2019
£35Tutors: Francesca Owen
Level: Beginner
Use paint made from pure earth pigments to describe land and sea. The colour palette of natural pigments is earthier and more organic than standard paints. This pushes you to use depth and texture to describe landscape. This workshop presents the pure and unadulterated thrill of painting in its rawest form.
PM - Spirit of Place 18/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: BeginnerThis workshop is an exciting, practical approach to abstract landscape. Begin with a short walk to gather your observations of shape and line, capturing the energy of place. Inspired by Peter Lanyon's radical landscape work, make gestural, calligraphic images using oil bars, inks and wax resists.
AM - Capture St Ives 19/09/2019
£35Tutors: Hilary Gibson
Level: AnyCapture the unforgettable essence of St Ives - its buildings, cottages and cobbled streets standing as they have for centuries. Use line and wash, a simple yet powerful technique, to capture your surroundings in situ. Back in the studio, evolve your studies into more complete pieces.
AM - Introduction to Oils 19/09/2019
£35Tutors: Greg Humphries
Level: Beginner
Oil paints are an incredibly rich artistic medium, but they can be daunting. Offering insight into laying out a palette, mixing colour and application techniques, this workshop is ideal for beginners. Emphasis is on having fun and experimenting, giving you the confidence and inspiration to explore oil paints independently.
AM - Exploring Botanical Forms 19/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Luckwell
Level: Beginner
Working monochromatically using inks, pencil and pen, explore the structural subtleties and sublime shapes of late summer, working from a wide range of plant forms in the studio. Discover how technical approaches of measuring and composition enable more fluid and expressive drawings later.
PM - Botanical Colour 19/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Luckwell
Level: Beginner
The delicate flushes and vivid hues of the botanical palette make it a decadent one to work from. Gain insight into the artform’s long tradition, exploring the organic structures of plants through a variety of exercises using coloured inks, washes and pastels.
PM - Expressive Landscape in Oils 19/09/2019
£35Tutors: Greg Humphries
Level: Any
Capture St Ives’ sweeping scenery, making sketches and studies en plein air. Back in the studio, use these to generate dynamic landscape paintings in oils. Gain insider knowledge into creating expressive, loose and vibrant responses to place, including how to use different tools and assemble a palette.
AM - Watercolour Beachcomber 20/09/2019
£35Tutors: Hilary Gibson
Level: BeginnerWander Porthmeor beach making annotated sketches of rock pool ecosystems and collecting beach fragments. In the studio, create compositions from your finds; a water bath can be used to create dimension and fluidity. Learn refined watercolour techniques and experiment with washes, resists and salt.
AM - Introduction to Portraiture 20/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ashley Hold
Level: Any
This drawing workshop offers an introduction to the structure of the portrait, exposing the architecture of this challenging subject by teaching you essential measuring techniques. The emphasis is on process rather than producing a finished product, giving you confidence and control in your approach.
PM - Ocean and Light 20/09/2019
£35Tutors: Hilary Gibson
Level: BeginnerCapture how light moves on the ocean using watercolour and inks. Work from the sweeping views of our studio and out on Porthmeor beach. Experiment with water-based media, using limited palettes and other atmospheric techniques to produce subtlety and drama in your paintings.
PM - Tonal Portraiture 20/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ashley Hold
Level: Any
An opportunity to examine the tonal structure of portraiture in paint. Study how light affects the contours and shapes of the human face and how to describe this using tonal colour. An ideal follow-up to the morning's drawing course, create a resonant connection with your subject using the unmatched flexibility of acrylic paint.
AM - Dynamic Landscape 21/09/2019
£35Tutors: Camilla Dixon
Level: Any
Work en plein air in the rugged setting of St Ives’ coastline, making sketches, monochromatic studies and coloured grounds that express shifts in weather and atmosphere. Back in the studio, build complexity in your landscape drawings, considering scale and composition, without losing the intuitive energy of your initial responses.
PM - Mixed Media Landscape 21/09/2019
£35Tutors: Camilla Dixon
Level: Any
Work en plein air in the rugged setting of St Ives’ coastline, making sketches, monochromatic studies and coloured grounds that express shifts in weather and atmosphere. Back in the studio, build complexity in your landscape drawings, considering scale and composition, without losing the intuitive energy of your initial responses.
AM - The Drawn Garden 22/09/2019
£35Tutors: Camilla Dixon
Level: Any
A drawing workshop inspired by Patrick Heron’s garden paintings. Work en plein air with a variety of tools to create expressive responses to the forms and colours of St Ives’ public gardens. Develop drawings back in the studio. An ideal precursor to the afternoon painting workshop.
AM - Measured Still Life 22/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ashley Hold
Level: Any
Measured drawing is a fundamental tool for accurately describing shapes and proportions in any subject. This workshop introduces you to a method that enables you to work quickly - ideal for making studies and drawing in situ to develop later using tone and shade.
PM - Still Life Essentials 22/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ashley Hold
Level: Any
Describe the forms of a still life composition in acrylics using only the primary colour palette and white. You'll learn elementary colour theory and how to apply this in mixing shades and tints, essential knowledge that you can apply to any painting project.
PM - Patrick Heron's Gardens 22/09/2019
£35Tutors: Camilla Dixon
Level: Any
Taking inspiration from Patrick Heron’s effervescent garden paintings, work en plein air to create expressive responses to St Ives’ colourful public gardens. Back in the studio, use acrylics to develop these into intuitive paintings inspired by nature. An ideal follow-up to the morning's drawing workshop.
AM - Town and Harbour 23/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Hough
Level: AnyThe winding cobbled streets, whitewashed cottages and iconic harbour of St Ives have long-since bewitched artists. Inspired by the likes of Terry Frost, learn a fast-paced, mixed media approach to capturing place that incorporates drawing and painted papers.
PM - Lanyon's Landscape 23/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Hough
Level: Any
The winding cobbled streets, whitewashed cottages and iconic harbour of St Ives have long-since bewitched artists. Inspired by the likes of Terry Frost, learn a fast-paced, mixed media approach to capturing place that incorporates drawing and painted papers.
AM - Introduction to Natural Pigments 24/09/2019
£35Tutors: Francesca Owen
Level: Beginner
This is paint at its most elemental. Learn to process pure pigments and combine them with different binders. Earth pigments tell a unique story of place, history and geology. You’ll learn to make acrylic, oil and egg tempera paint, an insight into this extraordinary alchemy.
PM - Landscape in Natural Pigments 24/09/2019
£35Tutors: Francesca Owen
Level: Beginner
Use paint made from pure earth pigments to describe land and sea. The colour palette of natural pigments is earthier and more organic than standard paints. This pushes you to use depth and texture to describe landscape. This workshop presents the pure and unadulterated thrill of painting in its rawest form.
AM - Love Drawing Landscape 24/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Luckwell
Level: Beginner
Use line drawing to create a rich and resonant connection between looking and creating, opening up new ways of seeing landscape. Experimental exercises take you into the rugged Cornish surroundings. Develop your work in the studio and discover the versatility of drawing, creating mood with tone and depth.
AM - Introduction to Acrylics 25/09/2019
£35Tutors: Ilker Cinarel
Level: Beginner
This studio-based workshop offers an accessible approach to a diverse and lively medium that moves at your pace. A simple and dynamic introduction to acrylic paint, it offers insight into colour theory and mark-making techniques using a variety of tools.
AM - The Sensory Coast 25/09/2019
£30Tutors: Greg Humphries
Level: Beginner
Take a step beyond the visual, exploring St Ives’ coastal environment using all five of your senses. Expand your creative vocabulary with drawing and painting exercises that use instinct and gesture to capture the coastal landscape. Make mixed media pieces that connect powerfully with the elements.
PM - Approaching Painting 25/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: Beginner
This workshop exposes the structural building blocks of a painting - an ideal foundation for beginners. Begin using sketching to record the landscape of St Ives, followed by tonal studies and an exploration of line and form using acrylic paint - a fun and versatile medium.
AM - Town and Harbour 26/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Hough
Level: AnyThe winding cobbled streets, whitewashed cottages and iconic harbour of St Ives have long-since bewitched artists. Inspired by the likes of Terry Frost, learn a fast-paced, mixed media approach to capturing place that incorporates drawing and painted papers.
AM - Unfolding Sea and Sky 26/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: BeginnerMake your own concertina sketchbook using tinted paper, allowing the shifting sea and sky to unfold freely across the pages. Work gesturally, using charcoal, ink and salt to capture the movement of light, air and water. This workshop gives you a taster of our longer course, Ocean and Abstraction.
AM - Capture St Ives 26/09/2019
£35Tutors: Hilary Gibson
Level: AnyCapture the unforgettable essence of St Ives - its buildings, cottages and cobbled streets standing as they have for centuries. Use line and wash, a simple yet powerful technique, to capture your surroundings in situ. Back in the studio, evolve your studies into more complete pieces.
PM - Lanyon's Landscape 26/09/2019
£35Tutors: Liz Hough
Level: Any
The winding cobbled streets, whitewashed cottages and iconic harbour of St Ives have long-since bewitched artists. Inspired by the likes of Terry Frost, learn a fast-paced, mixed media approach to capturing place that incorporates drawing and painted papers.
PM - The Thick and the Thin of it: Painting the Ocean 26/09/2019
£35Tutors: Jill Eisele
Level: BeginnerThis workshop revels in the bounty of materials available to you as a painter. Use differences in texture and viscosity to describe organic coastal forms. Combine sheer washes and sprays with thicker, impasto marks by layering, scraping and saturating, building the dramatic expanse of the sea.
AM - Dynamic Landscape 27/09/2019
£35Tutors: Camilla Dixon
Level: Any
Work en plein air in the rugged setting of St Ives’ coastline, making sketches, monochromatic studies and coloured grounds that express shifts in weather and atmosphere. Back in the studio, build complexity in your landscape drawings, considering scale and composition, without losing the intuitive energy of your initial responses.
PM - Mixed Media Landscape 27/09/2019
£35Tutors: Camilla Dixon
Level: Any
Work en plein air in the rugged setting of St Ives’ coastline, making sketches, monochromatic studies and coloured grounds that express shifts in weather and atmosphere. Back in the studio, build complexity in your landscape drawings, considering scale and composition, without losing the intuitive energy of your initial responses.
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