Ref: SLW35687
This course will focus on depicting the parkland of West Dean College, guided by your tutor. You will be exploring the local topography to discover vantage points from which to paint this majestic landscape. The tutor will introduce you to the processes involved in oil painting and the many and various decisions you need to make as an artist, including underpainting, your colour palette, colour mixing and choice of brushes. The course will develop your ability to capture the fleeting effects of light whilst also capturing a sense of place.
This will be primarily an outdoor painting course. However, in the event of bad weather there will be opportunities to work under cover as well as in the studio from your drawings. You will be working on quick, one-off oils, and also on one or more sustained painting, aiming at a sense of space, light, form and atmosphere.
On this course the College will supply most of the materials you will need including 6 x MDF boards, gesso, oil paints and solvents.
Available from shop: A good variety of art materials including brushes, palettes, sketchbooks and drawing materials.
Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).
You will be working outdoors for some of the course so please bring clothing that is suitable for the weather and time of year.
Arrival day
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm for registration
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included)
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential
Daily timetable
Course teaching 9.15am - 5pm (lunch included)
Dinner: from 6.30pm (included for residential students)
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed
Departure day
Course teaching: 9.15am - 3pm (lunch included)
Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am
Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required
Nick Bush (b.1987) is a painter living and working in East Sussex. He completed his BA at the Glasgow School of Art in 2010 and went on to do The Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School in 2011. He has exhibited widely in the UK, including the RA Summer Exhibition and the Lynn-Painter Stainers Prize.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
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