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What's On 2024
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Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30
2024 Workshops
Our workshops are designed to extend and challenge current art practice of members. Workshop leaders will advise on any materials that participants will need for each session.
Dates and details are still being confirmed - this page will be updated with the latest information!
Please email [email protected] to book a place
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Saturday 3rd February 1.30pm - 4.30pm and
Saturday 23rd March, 1.30pm - 4.30pm Knighton Parish Centre, Church Lane, Leicester LE2 3WG 15 places £30 per session Scott Bridgwood - Life drawing workshops March workshop - painting with an 'earth' palette We will experiment with various drawing techniques and ways to take the drawings on to another level. We aim to push the boundaries of each participating artist's drawing methods. The goal is to be as expressive as possible rather than a mere accurate depiction of a life model. For the March workshop we will be working with an 'earth' palette, sometimes called the Spanish palette. Scott calls it the medusa palette because it was used by Gericault on the Raft of the Medusa. Also used by Singer Sargent and William Russell Flint amongst others. The workshop will run from 1.30 pm - 4.30 pm at Knighton Parish Centre, Church Lane, Leicester LE2 3WG. There is parking at the Centre (turn into Cademan Close next to the Centre.) You are advised to arrive in time to set yourself up prior to the start of the workshop. Materials: willow charcoal (not compressed charcoal), white pastel pencils newspaper a rubber A2 white paper canvas or paper - prepared with a blue or grey ground paints (acrylics are most suitable for the timescale of the workshop) - Burnt sienna Cobalt blue Yellow ochre White Bring a board and an easel if you have a portable one. About Scott Bridgwood:
Scott Bridgwood is a figurative painter, based in Leicester. He graduated from Chelsea Art College in Fine Art Painting in 1991. After exhibiting around London, at a range of venues including The ICA and Westminster Gallery, he moved to Rome, where he learnt to cook spaghetti carbonara and drive on the wrong side of the road. He painted and taught at the BCI (British Cultural Institute) for 8 years and is responsible for many of the murals and signs around the Italian capital. Over the last 3 years, he has exhibited and sold widely across the Midlands and won various prizes, including the prestigious Windsor and Newton, Patchings and Windows On, amongst others. He was recently featured in a national magazine, ‘The Artist’. He currently teaches life drawing at Leicester University and The Ten2 Gallery, Hinckley.He is also soon to be the Artist in Residence at UHL (University Hospitals Leicester-the first since 1946) For more information see @bridgwoodscott on Instagram |
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Saturday 9th March, 10am - 3pm
Art room at Leicester High School for Girls 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Andrew Wynne - 'Batik - Innovative approaches' 8 places £60 per session The aim of the workshop will be to teach learners the skills and choices in the process of creating batik. A traditional textile art with a place in contemporary art as a versatile and expressive medium. Learners will be challenged with a series of fun and structured exercises which will encourage spontaneity and individual responses, whilst working with resist, discharge dyeing and combined media. Several sample pieces will be created on paper, silk and cotton, as well as a final piece (approx 45cm square.) All tools, materials and resources are provided, but learners should wear old or protective clothing when working with dyes, bleach etc. About Andrew Wynne: Works are created for exhibition and commission. I like to create by freely experimenting, whatever the medium, mostly batik and other variations of resist, printed and discharge dyed textiles. I also design and create works in mosaic, Selected exhibitions include shortlisted entries in ‘Art In Nature’ in Wallsworth Hall, Gloucestershire and commissioned works for the National Trust, Amersham Museum and English Nature. Works are in private collection in the UK and abroad in countries including the USA, Taiwan, Philippines, Poland, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Inspiration comes from a variety of sources and whilst some works are conventional depictions of the natural world, others are arrived at using a more intuitive and spontaneous approach, responding to memories, dreams, lyrics, and conversations. An active member of the Knighton Lane Artists Group in Leicester and the international Batik Guild. My practice includes teaching and facilitating. I have experience of working with all ages and abilities, ranging from primary to sixth form, adult education, centres for people with learning difficulties, university and community settings and I offer one to one tuition. |
Andrew Wynne - 'Life's been good' - batik on silk
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Saturday April 20th, 10am - 3pm
Art room at Leicester High School for Girls 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP Robert Dutton - ‘Pastel Painting - landscapes’ 10 places £60 per session Workshop with North Yorkshire professional artist, Robert Dutton. Learn the skills to bring your paintings together in a dynamic way. You will need to bring your own materials - please see below: Media needed:
Note: Canson Mi Teintes ‘Touch’ and Fisher 400 pastel paper in several sizes will be available to buy on the day. Prices range from £1 75 to £3 45 per sheet. Please bring cash if you wish to purchase. Bring packed lunch. Tea/coffee will be available. For more information about Robert visit his website: https://rdcreative.co.uk/ |
Robert Dutton - Pennine mists around the old hill farm -
Mixed media and soft pastel
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