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Exploring Acrylics
Semi-abstract Landscapes
Jo Sheppard

Saturday 17 June
Brocks Hill Visitor Centre,
Washbrook Ln, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5JJ  

Price £27 (15 places)
(Any available places will be offered to non members one month beforehand for an extra £3 fee).

Café available on premise or bring a packed lunch to eat outside in park area. No refreshments provided.
Car park facilities are available. See map for details.

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About - 
Jo Sheppard is an artist living and working in Quorn, Leicestershire. Although she works mostly in oils she likes to experiment with a range of media and materials in her works, creating a broad and varied portfolio. She has been teaching art for 20 years and runs several adult ed classes and delivers various workshops to schools.  

Aims of the course - This fast paced workshop is suitable for those confident using acrylics and interested in broadening their mark making repertoire. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with a variety of additives and explorative techniques, which will then be applied to a semi abstracted landscape. For this workshop it is presumed you will have your own paints and supports.

Please make sure you have plenty of paper- such as strong cartridge (lining paperwall paper- is good but it does have a tendency to curl). You will need lots of paper to experiment on- A3 minimum would be great, and if you could prime some with gesso or emulsion that would be even better.

After the experimenting mark making session you will need an appropriate support for a painting, such as a canvas, board or simply stretched/primed paper. Please do go as big as you dare- those of who are familiar with the medium and are confident to complete the piece at home, work as big you can. If you are newer to acrylics, you may wish to work between A3 and A2.

 Materials/Equipment Required by Students - 

• • Apron (or wear suitable clothes)
  • Sketchbook for planning
  • General drawing equipment
  • Old shower curtain/sheet/newspaper to cover the table
  • A range of brushes, paints, brushes, water pots, palette
  • Masking tape
  • Rags (old sheet, t-shirt, pj’s etc.)
  • Kitchen roll.
  • A drawing board
  Jo will be providing the following mark making objects, but if you already have them, please do bring them along so you don’t have to share her limited resources- palette knife, glue spreaders, scissors, card, old credit cards, water sprayer/spritzer, pipettes, sponges, sponge brushes, rollers, tissue paper, broken comb, old nail brush, tooth brush, scourer, stamps… anything that can be used to make a mark.
  
  Visuals- Jo will bring a supply of landscape visuals, but please do feel free to bring a selection of your own as it will make your final outcome much more personal to you.

Booking:
At meetings: Book through Marjorie Walter. Make cheque out to the Leicester Sketch Club.
By post: Please post cheque to LSC Workshops. 36, Burnmill Road, Market Harborough, Leicester. LE16 7JF.  You can email enquiries@leicestersketchclub.co.uk  to confirm if spaces are available.
By bank transfer: Please email enquiries@leicestersketchclub.co.uk for more details.

Once paid, there is no guarantee of a refund if you cancel although we will do our best to find a replacement and return your fee. Sessions are run subject to being almost fully filled. If not, the session will be cancelled and monies returned.


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Red Landscape by Jo Sheppard

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