Workshop - The Artist and Leisure Painter: Derwent Artbars with Soraya French

Use Derwent Artbars to create flowers and market scenes with artist Soraya French at this workshop organised by The Artist and Leisure Painter, in association with Derwent.

Use Derwent Artbars to create flowers and market scenes with artist Soraya French at this workshop organised by The Artist and Leisure Painter, in association with Derwent.

Derwent will provide each student with a tin of 72 Derwent Artbars; one Derwent Scraper; one Derwent Spritzer; a Derwent Shave ‘n’ Save and a Derwent A3 Watercolour Pad. The total value of your materials is worth over £115(rrp).

Derwent Artbars are triangular bars of creamy watercolour. The wax-based bars are completely water-soluble and dry marks almost seem to melt under your brush.

The workshop will take place at Knuston Hall, near Irchester, Northants, starting at 10am and concluding at 5.30pm.

There are 20 places available and the cost of the workshop is £110 (inc VAT) per person, which includes tuition from Soraya French, Derwent materials worth over £115 (rrp), a light lunch and refreshments.

Soraya French works in all media and is a regular contributor to The Artist. She uses light and vibrant colours to full effect in her paintings. Soraya will introduce the properties of the Artbar and accessories before demonstrating various techniques, including using Artbars as pans of watercolour, applying Artbars onto dry paper, using the spritzer to mix colours, creating a sgraffito effect, splattering and creating texture. Composition, colour mixing, harmony and balance will also be covered. Students will work from their own subject matter with individual guidance from Soraya. .

Knuston Hall, near Irchester, Northants, is an adult residential and conference centre, set in 40 acres of quiet and pleasantly landscaped grounds. The workshop will be held in their practical work room. For more information, visit www.knustonhall.org.uk

Booking information will be available in the May issue of the Leisure Painter & The Artist and available to view online from 28th March 2014 at www.painters-online.co.uk/workshops

If you don’t have internet access please telephone Liza or Dawn on 01580 763673