Escape to Dorset
'Colmers View' creative retreat/guest house and annexe
Autumn 2011 Workshops
The Sky Workshop
Two Day Workshop with Stephen Jacobson RWA
17/18 September 2011
10.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: £120 (Accommodation + Meals at 'Colmers View' are extra)
Stephen will concentrate on allowing the open skies at ‘Colmers View’ to inspire the content and composition of the work. Students can use oil paint, acrylic, water colour or pastels.
The first day will be spent tracking the sky as it moves and changes around us. On the second day we will adapt the landscape to create a unified composition.
Stephen will use examples other artist’s work to show how they have used skies as important elements of their paintings.He asks that students bring sky studies or photographs,just incase we have disappointing skies over the weekend.
Stephen Jacobson studied graphic design and illustration at Manchester and Liverpool colleges of Art before moving to London to undertake a post graduate course at the Royal Academy schools.Since graduating in 1973 he has continued to paint and exhibit nationally.He taught etching in London for six years .He lives in Portishead Bristol. His work can be seen on /www.stephenjacobson.co.uk
The Magic of Lino Printing
Two Day Workshop with Peter Ursem
24/25 September 2011
10.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: £120 (Accommodation + Meals at 'Colmers View' are extra)
A weekend workshop to learn the magic of lino-printing, a simple technique of creating a print by carving a relief into a block of linoleum,inking the surface and printing this with a press or spoon on to paper. The stark contrast of black and whites can be used to create strong and striking images.
On day one of this workshop you learn the entire process,from planning your design on paper,to cutting,inking and printing your work.On the second day we focus on creating a second print, this time using two or three colours.You will learn how to make sure that all printed colours are properly 'registered' in order to end up in the correct place on your image.
About Peter Ursem:
Graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague (1995), Dutch artist Peter Ursem worked mainly on large multi-panelled canvasses. After his move to Dorset in 1999 he initially had to make do with a kitchen table for a studio, which rekindled his love for relief printmaking: woodcuts and linocuts. The simple principle of carving a relief demands finding the essential shapes, textures, patterns and rhythms that define the character of a print. With ‘Reflections, a book of woodcuts of the river Stour’ (2000) Ursem successfully combined the expressionist potential of the medium with his romantic adoption of his new surroundings. Ursem went on to establish his name, the landscape becoming an ever stronger inspiration for his multi-coloured relief prints and paintings. ‘Dorset Footprint’, Ursem’s exhibition in the Dorset County Museum earlier this year, showed new paintings, drawings and prints in the context of a first decade in Dorset.
Creative Applique with Willemien Stevens
Two Day Workshop
1/2 October 2011
10.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: £120 (Accommodation + Meals at 'Colmers View' are extra)
Applique is the bonding of colourful scraps of material to form a design. This is then enhanced by machine and hand stitching. Willemien Stevens offers a weekend workshop in applique embroidery.
This technique can be used to make everything from cushions to wall hangings or fashion accessories.
Willemien is a textile artist using vintage fabrics to create her captivating work. Using applique with machine and hand embellishment she lends her unique style and sense of colour to create work of understated delicacy and charm.Her work is inspired by folk art,children's poetry and the West Dorset landscape. She qualified in embroidery at Windsor college of Art+Design.Her work is reproduced as cards,in books and magazines.It has sold in the UK,throughout Europe, USA and Australia.It can be seen at Hampton Court palace and in cruise ships.
Please bring
sewing machine with darning foot and instruction book
small embroidery (darning )frame
sewing threads, scissors
scraps of material you would like to work with
background material e.g.linen or cotton.
Natural Forms in Print
Fine Art Printmaking using card with Paul Cleden.
Sat 8 and Sun 9 October 2011
10.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: £120 (Accommodation + Meals at 'Colmers View' are extra)
In this weekend workshop Paul Cleden will guide you through a number of printmaking techniques using card instead of lino or wood.This printing technique requires a minimal amount of equipment and space.
Over the two days Paul will direct you in the broad variety of mark making approaches which can be achieved. ‘Natural Forms’ will be used as a starting point for a print.This could be anything from the inspiring landscape surrounding ‘Colmers View’ e.g.the colours and form of an autumn leaf.
This subject can be used to create wonderfully exciting prints and is ideal to use to explore this prinmaking technique.
We will also spend time on composition and layout. Paul has 10 years experience of teaching printmaking and will be using professional inks,paper and materials. Paul Cleden is a printmaker and illustrator.He also writes and illustrates childrens books.His work uses a number of printmaking techniques, linoprints,collograph,monoprint and lino etch.Paul has recently moved to West Dorset.
Looking and Seeing
A two day print workshop with Liz Sommerville.
29-30 October 2011
10.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: £120 (Accommodation + Meals at 'Colmers View' are extra)
Liz will explain how to choose and interperet a subject in order to plan and then create an original print.Expect to walk in the landscape, talk about it,look and think.
Using various artist’s work as reference,Liz will discuss why she thinks a particular subject was chosen and what aspect the focused on e.g. quality of light,colour,form and texture.
Printmaking offers unique qualities and possibilities.The ability to draw is not always necessary as the printed image leads the artist into a different sphere,the realm of exciting and unplanned for results. Lots of different techniques can be used and Liz will help you choose the most appropriate for your work. By the end of the weekend you will leave with a completed image e.g.linocut, monoprint or collagraph.
Liz graduated from Winchester school of Art in 1988 with a degree in Textile Design.In London whilst freelancing for a fashion forecasting co.and print design agents she continued to develop her painting and prints.She moved to West Dorset in 2004 to concentrate on her printmaking and painting.Her work explores the texture,rythm and muscularity of the land.
The technique she is working with now combines relief printing with painting. This allows her to re-work a single image many times,changing it’s appearance in each case.Each piece of work is unique.
CONTACT
Tel.01308 458787
Accommodation
B+B is £45 per person per night-shared occupancy
£85 per person per night - single occupancy
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Spring 2011 Workshops
Willow Weaving Sculpture workshop
with Caroline Sharp
Sun 13th March 2011
10.00am - 4.00pm
Learn to create an abstract sculptural cone form using freshly harvested willow and other colourful hedgerow materials. Caroline Sharp is both an artist and landscape architect . Her work is strongly influenced by natural form and made of natural, sustainable materials.
She uses stone, clay, chalk, willow, poplar, birch, hazel and dogwood stems, leaves and wood. The workshop is suitable for all levels of experience.
Caroline Sharp's Artwork is in 2 and 3D using natural sustainable materials. Her recent commissions include those along the Wessex Ridgeway in a young woodland and a community orchard. Also commissioned by University of creative Arts,Farnham and Dorset County Hospital.
Exhibitions include 'Urban Field'at Contemporary Applied Arts in London,
'Elemental insight' and 'Fresh air 2009' touring Met office exhibition.
Sladers Yard Xmas 2010.
Solo exhibitions at Walford Mill,Black Swan Arts,and Devon Guild.
Caroline is represented by Contemporary Applied Arts,London and Devon Guild.
All you need to bring are secateurs and a garden knife if you have them.
Gift Vouchers are available on request. For these or application forms,
Tel. 01308 458787
or email. admin@escapetodorset.co.uk
Accomodation at Colmers View is availible on request.
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Lino Printing Workshop
with Peter Ursem
26+27 March 2011
10:30 - 4:30
One of the benefits of lino printmaking is that you can do it on a corner of your kitchen table. Even a simple spoon can make a very good press. In this workshop Peter Ursem will guide you through a range of basic techniques in lino printing. The (optional) theme will be taken from the beautiful landscape around 'Colmers View'. This subject matter is ideal to experiment with the flow and fall of light and to explore the importance of composition and mark making for bringing your print to life. As part of this two day workshop Peter will present many inspiring examples of printmaking, with a particular focus on the woodcut, wood engraving and linocut.
About Peter Ursem:
Graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague (1995), Dutch artist Peter Ursem worked mainly on large multi-panelled canvasses. After his move to Dorset in 1999 he initially had to make do with a kitchen table for a studio, which rekindled his love for relief printmaking: woodcuts and linocuts. The simple principle of carving a relief demands finding the essential shapes, textures, patterns and rhythms that define the character of a print. With ‘Reflections, a book of woodcuts of the river Stour’ (2000) Ursem successfully combined the expressionist potential of the medium with his romantic adoption of his new surroundings. Ursem went on to establish his name, the landscape becoming an ever stronger inspiration for his multi-coloured relief prints and paintings. ‘Dorset Footprint’, Ursem’s exhibition in the Dorset County Museum earlier this year, showed new paintings, drawings and prints in the context of a first decade in Dorset.
Gift Vouchers are available on request. For these or application forms,
Tel. 01308 458787
or email. admin@escapetodorset.co.uk
Accomodation at Colmers View is availible on request.
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The Dorset Landscape
with Andrew Fitchett
Observational Drawing and Painting.
From pencil sketch to oil painting in a weekend.
9th-10th April 2011
10.00-5.00
Suitable for all levels of experience.
Working with the landscape surrounding 'Colmers View.' Explore the location's tone, contrast and forms to develop a composition. Use sketches as the basis for painting with oil on canvas.
Andrew Fitchett teaches drawing and composition
at West Dean College and his painting
tutorials are featured in 'The Artist' magazine.
His work can be seen on www.Londonart.co.uk
Andrew Fitchett exhibits extensively in South East England and London and has been represented by Londonart.co.uk since 2003.
Recent exhibitions include Caroline Foss gallery, London, Leith gallery Edinburgh and the Foundry gallery in his home town of Lewes in Sussex.His work is in private collections throughout Europe, N.America and Canada.
Gift Vouchers are available on request. For these or application forms Tel.01308 458787
or email. admin@escapetodorset.co.uk
Accomodation at Colmers View is availible on request.
Autumn 2010 Art Exhibition and Workshops.
Peter Ursem Exhibition - Sep 18-24
Workshop- Sep 25-26 weekend 10.30-16.30. £90
Landscape in Print
Lino printing workshop with Peter Ursem
Dates: Saturday & Sunday 25 & 26 September 2010
Lal Hitchcock Workshop
Reclaim Art.
Dates: Sunday Oct 17 10.0-15.30
Ruth Collier holds a number of gardening courses during the year, please click here to find out more