Painting Clouds Workshop is SOLD OUT with a waiting list
Event A5   Festival of Chichester   Tuesday 24 June 2025

Held in the Studio at New Park Centre  2.30 - 5.30

Afternoon workshop in the Studio at New Park Centre. I will demonstrate very simple yet very effective methods of painting clouds and then you have a go. 

Watercolours and paper are provided but if you want to bring our own water based paints that's fine. Class limited to 18.

Access is flat except for one step into the Studio. Tickets are £10 and booking is through Novium  (Click here for a direct link to book tickets.)

One and Two Day Art Courses in August 2025 

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Held at Lavant Memorial Hall, Pook Lane, East Lavant PO19 0AH.
Tea and refreshments provided, please bring your own lunch.

Tuesday 5 August  9-5          One day course on charcoal using a variety of charcoals, papers, masks, cloths and mark making, scale, working large and small, accentuating mood.

Tuesday 12 August   9-5.  One day course on line drawing, using pencil, fine pen, marker pens, non waterproof pens, formal tight rendering and loose playful line work.

Friday 22 and Saturday 23 August 9-5. Two day course on landscapea variety of approaches and materials, working on composition, simplifying complexities, looking at pattern/texture.

Saturday 30 August  9-5. One day course on painting fruit, looking at scale, lighting, composition, the dramatic, ways to simplify, render textures, use of pattern/background colour.

One Day and Two Day Art Courses planned for August 2026

MIXING COLOUR

A 1 DAY COURSE

FRIDAY 7 AUGUST
10 TO 5

WATERCOLOUR, INKS, GOUACHE, ACRYLIC AND OIL

£60

PAINTING SKIES

A 2 DAY COURSE 

MONDAY 10 and
TUESDAY 11 AUGUST

10 TO 5

INVOLVES SOME PLEIN AIR
OUTDOOR SKETCHING AND PAINTING 

£120


BOTANICAL STUDY

A 2 DAY COURSE

MONDAY 17 and
TUESDAY 18 AUGUST

10 TO 5

DRAWING/PAINTING FROM LIVE SPECIMENS

£120

PAINTING SURGERY

 A 1 DAY WORKSHOP

SATURDAY 22 AUGUST
10 to 5

PROBLEM SOLVING. Getting started, how to create a strong composition, cropping, focal points, mood, energy, colour palette, perspective - whatever you need.

£60

ART IN THE PARK   FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER 2024

Chichester Tree Wardens and I held a FREE event on 4 JULY  as part of the Festival of Chichester 2024. 

We were lucky it was dry and sunny though the cold wind and General Election played havoc with numbers attending!
Many thanks to Carlien Photography for taking the shots

The photos below are from THE INAUGURAL ART IN THE PARK   A FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER EVENT 2023
celebrating Chichester's trees 
 a collaboration of tree enthusiasts and artists held on Thursday 6 July in Bishop's Palace Gardens Chichester.

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