Painting Weekend on the Isle of Purbeck with Tony Kerins 9-11th August

The course offers an opportunity to draw and paint outdoors in a striking and varied landscape. You will be encouraged to look afresh at what you see and advised on the choice and uses of materials. There will be studio time to refine or re-imagine your images. We learn from each other, and our experience of time, place and activity becomes encouragement for our future development.

Itinerary

Friday 9th August

7pm

A brief introduction to the weekend. 

Meet Tony at his home in Swanage, and see his studio, working methods and sketchpads. Light supper provided.

Saturday 10th August

9.30am

Meet on Peveril Down, Swanage

Working outside (plein air), thinking about composition, space, light and colour. The working atmosphere will be diligent but relaxed. Take breaks when you need them, and be ready after your lunch (not provided) for the afternoon session.

2pm

Sandy Hill Studios, Corfe Castle

Studio workspace. More plein air drawing on the Sandy Hill site. Looking at shape, relationships and the significance of subject matter. Translating the experience of outside into studio-based painting.

4.50pm

A look at the work and assessment of the day.

All vehicles to leave the Sandy Hill site by 5.30pm.

5.40pm

Optional meet for a drink at the Square and Compass pub in Worth Matravers.

Sunday 11th August

11am

Meet at the castle entrance, Durlston Country Park, Swanage

(Car Parking charges apply) Bring a packed lunch.

An opportunity to walk as a group, looking at the way time is recorded in the landscape and how we might record what takes us. Quick drawings and note-taking. Your choice here to settle for a particular spot to paint or continue a sort of roaming exploration of the park.

2.45pm

Sandy Hill Studios, Corfe Castle

Consider ways of using the information we have gathered at Durlston, and how we might make a pattern of working for the future.

A final look at what we’ve produced.

4.30pm

End

Cost

The cost of the whole course is £350 for one person and £540 for two people.

The course will run with a maximum of seven participants, including Tony.

To book, please email: illustration@tonykerins.com