JANE PUCKERING ARTIST Workshops

WORKSHOPS AND MASTER CLASSES
WITH JANE PUCKERING

If you want a workshop tailored to the needs of your group please contact Jane on 01590 683972 to discuss possibilities.

SWAY MANOR ART DAYS 2010

18 JANUARY
Cottages and Farm Buildings

Look for isolated cottages, nestling in the countryside, or groups of farm buildings that make an interesting series of shapes. Initially you will work in pen & wash from your sketches or photographs. Jane will show you examples of her work and demonstrate alternative ways to develop these into paintings using water-based media or pastels.

8 MARCH
Local Views

Quite often we stop seeing our local surroundings. Here, we are in an area of stunning countryside and breathtaking coastal views. Refresh your mind, don’t take it for granted! Re-visit some sites of interest and sketch or photograph prior to this art day. Look for foreground interest along with distant landscape. Paint with watercolour, acrylics or mixed media.

26 APRIL
City Life

Street furniture, graffiti, crowds of people, buildings and sculpture. Create textures, overlay colours and shapes to produce a street scene that evokes city life as you know it. Jane will suggest different approaches to your work. Challenge yourself and be prepared to mix your media!

28 & 29 JUNE
Cabbages and Kings

Celebrate the environment by painting abundant allotments and vegetable gardens. Nature’s essence is cultivated for our enjoyment on the table but also visually. Start the first day with morning coffee and biscuits at the hotel, then a short drive up the road for a morning sketching at Sway allotments. Jane will help you with composition. Bring sun protection. Then back to Sway Manor for lunch, with the afternoon spent painting the richness and fruitfulness of nature. Day 2 will be spent in the comfort of Sway Manor creating further work from your sketches and photographs from Day 1. Use water-based media or pastels.

2 AUGUST
Seaside Pleasures

Visitors and locals flock to the seaside. There are queues at the ice-cream vans, adults and children crab fishing, people barbequing on the beach. Aim to paint all generations of people enjoying the seaside, engaged in conversation, having fun, playing. Try to sketch in preparation for this workshop. Observe the activity and inactivity! Portray the scene using water-based media or pastels.

13 SEPTEMBER
Wild Wood

The mixed woodland of the New Forest will provide the basis for this day. Observe how often you can see through a wooded area, below the leaf line, to light. Look at the varied colours and bark textures of the trucks and the distorted shapes of uprooted giants. Sketch and photograph at different times of day, if possible, in preparation for this art day. Aim to produce a painting that captures the colours, light and shapes of the woodland around us this month. Use water-based media and/or pastels.

1 NOVEMBER
Winter Walk

Take a notebook with you as you walk and write a few well chosen words of the sights, sounds and smells you observe. These will form the basis of your work which could be of muddy puddles, people well wrapped against the cold, of wind or rain, of muted colours or bright skies. Be ultra observant. Supplement your words with photographs. Use water-based media or pastels for this art day.

Sway Manor Art Days start at 9.30am with coffee and homemade biscuits. A two-course lunch, afternoon cream tea and tuition are included in the price. To book call the hotel reception on 01590 682754.

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Workshops with Jane Puckering
Sway Village Hall
10am-4pm

2010

Thurs 18 Mar Coastal Images

Water-based media
£40

Sat 10 April Townscape
Soft pastels
£45

SUNDAY 16 MAY - COASTAL IMAGES IN MIXED MEDIA 10am - 4pm, £45
Due to popular demand, Jane is running another workshop on this subject. Early booking is advisable! Come with your own sketches or photographs so that you can incorporate the drama, colour and shapes into your own exciting painting. Mixed media will include watercolour, acrylics, ink, collage and pastels. Be prepared to move out of your comfort zone and try something different.

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER - COTTAGES & FARM BUILDINGS IN MIXED MEDIA 10am - 4pm, £45
This theme is just the starting point for creative textures in the surrounding landscape. Come with your own sketches or photographs of isolated cottages, or groups of farm buildings, so that you can incorporate them into an exciting landscape painting. Mixed media materials as above. Be prepared to work on more than one piece at once.

SUNDAY 28 NOVEMBER - PRESERVES & PICKLES - STILL LIFE IN MIXED MEDIA 10am - 4pm, £45
Capture the preparations of preserving for the winter months. Show the making of jams, jellies, chutneys and relishes. Think about the vibrant colours and shapes of the ingredients, for instance, Cranberry & Red Onion Relish, or Lemon Curd, or Whisky Marmalade. Start with charcoal sketches, before mixing your media as you feel best suits your subject. (Mixed media materials as 16 May).

2011

Sunday 6th February 2011 Winter in Mixed Media £45
Come with your own sketches or photographs so that you can incorporate the drama, colour and shapes into your own winter painting. It could be ice skaters, well-wrapped walkers, or empty landscapes in muted colours, or stormy weather for example. You decide. Mixed media may include watercolour or acrylics, ink, collage, and pastels (oil or soft). Bring your usual materials with you.

Saturday 12th March 2011 Urban Scenes in Mixed Media £45
Bring your own sketches or photographs of the shapes, patterns and textures of street furniture, cranes, graffiti, queues of people, traffic or buildings, so that you can incorporate them into your own exciting urban landscape paintings.
Mixed media will include watercolour or acrylics, ink, collage, and pastels (oil or soft). Bring your usual materials with you.

Sunday 17 April 2011 Signs of Life in Mixed Media £45
The inclusion of figures or animals in the landscape introduces a narrative element which can bring the scene to life. Start with charcoal sketches to check they are well composed within the picture space, then paint, mixing your media as you feel best suits your subject. Mixed media will include watercolour or acrylics, ink, collage, and pastels (oil or soft). Bring your usual painting materials with you, including a sketchbook and some charcoal.

Call Jane on 01590 683972 for more details and a booking form. Please book promptly to ensure your place. Your fee will be returned immediately if the workshop is full.

Cheques made payable to Jane Puckering.