Angela Corben - Acrylics

Angela will be leading an acrylics workshop on "Creating Depth in Landscapes".

Angela's website is https://www.angelacorben.com/ 

More details to follow

Jake Winkle - Watercolour demo

We are fortunate to have secured award winning Jake Winkle, renowned watercolour artist, often featured in "The Artist" magazine. Jake produces inspirational and lively watercolours in a variety of subjects, including wildlife, landscape and portraits. Jake will be giving two demonstrations on two different themes. This will be a demonstration and not a workshop, so sit back and enjoy Jake's exciting and distinctive style of painting.

Check out his website www.winkleart.com 

Jenny Hunt - drawing / watercolour

Jenny is an AiP member - we are looking forward to her workshop and demonstration on her wonderfully distinctive work. 

Demonstration and workshop of her sketchbook style, featuring the Dorset Coast, based on three published books which have been created to mimic original sketchbooks. The media used in the illustrations are ink and watercolour. 

In addition to pencils and a putty rubber, participants will need to bring a black fine-liner (0.005 or 0.1) which is water-resistant (ideally a Pigma Micron archival pen), watercolour paper (I use Daler/Rowney Aquafine cold pressed 300gm) and watercolours. They will also need clear photographic reference of a beach scene and a selection of shells, pebbles, seaweed or other found objects from the tide-line.

Check out her website https://www.seashed.co.uk/ 

Duncan Park - Watercolours

Duncan is returning for another session with us with a demo and workshop. The theme this time is a rural scene.

Please bring your watercolours, paper etc

Check out his website https://duncanparkarts.com/ 

Alex and Penny Cree

By popular demand, Alex and Penny are returning for another of their exciting workshops, with Penny posing in new costumes for us to sketch. 

BMOYC

Check out his website https://alexcree.co.uk/art/ 

Pam Philip - 

Unfortunately Tom Marshall has cancelled his session "exploring drawing" due to ill health.

Pam will instead do a session on her take on painting trees. She will have some references or bring your own. Pam will be working in oils but you can of course BMOYC!

Check out her website https://www.pamphilip.com/

Sue Smith - Gelli Printing

Gelli printing is a type of mono-printing that allows artists to create unique and intriguing prints using a flexible gel plate without the need for a press.

Things for people to bring for Gelli printing.

Table cover

Newspaper

Roller

Wet wipes

Copy paper

Gelli plate if you have one

Some leaves (small to medium)

Stencils

Acrylic craft paints

Sue will bring about 8 or 10 Gelli plates of different sizes, acrylic craft paints, some papers, the above and anything else we need.

​Can be messy! 

Check out her instagram page https://www.instagram.com/sueminster/?hl=en 

Judy Tate

Judy will be leading a demo workshop on her distinctive use of pastels.

Bring a variety of soft pastels, more details to follow.

Check out her websitehttps://judytateartist.com/ 

Thursday 4th June   Borough Gardens, Dorchester

Since we were rained off last year, we're giving Borough Gardens an other go....!

Parking at top o town carpark DT1 1XT , including loos. Coffee kiosk in the park. Flowers, bandstand, fountain, trees!

Meet at bandstand at 10am, stay as long as you want.

St George's Church, Fordington, Dorchester, DT1 1LB 

By kind permission of Rev Cora Yarrien, we have been invited to paint in the church and surroundings.

Loos and parking available. There will be a short half-hour service at 11.00am in the churchn (welcome to join if you wish!), after which tea and coffee will be provided for all (contributions welcome).

Meet at the church at 10am. 

Sydling St Nicholas

Sydling St. Nicholas is a stunningly picturesque village, winding along the little Sydling Water with tiny connecting bridges to the ancient thatched cottages which line the banks. In the summer the walls are covered with roses and clematis and birdsong drifts from the gardens. We visited here in 2022 and it was a very popular venue.

The church of St. Nicholas was rebuilt in the 18th century and has a fireplace inside the porch where villagers once sat to hold parish meetings. The font is over 1000 years old and thought to have been carved from an ancient Roman capital. The clock is also one of the oldest in England and dates from 1593, it is faceless but strikes the hours. 

Meet at the Greyhound Inn at 10am, 26 High St, Sydling St Nicholas, Dorchester DT2 9PD 

Call ahead to book a table for lunch  01300 341303 

 Athelhampton House DT2 7LG

Entry £15

By popular demand, we are revisiting this lovely venue.12 acres of award-winning gardens that surround the manor, find out why Thomas Hardy loved the place.

Athelhampton is located between Puddletown and Tolpuddle.  Meet at the carpark at 10am

Smuggler's Inn at Osmington Mills DT3 6HF

Situated on the cliff tops of the South West Coast Path, just outside the village of Osmington, the Smugglers Inn is a traditional English pub with stunning views overlooking the Isle of Portland.

The headquarters of the French smuggler Pierre Latour and one of the main landing places for smuggled goods in the 17th century, the Inn was originally built in the 13th century, with its own brewery at the rear.

Meet in the carpark at 10.30 (although the pub and loo will not open until 11.30).

The pub gets very busy, so book well in advance if you want to eat there!

Symondsbury Estate 

Manor Yard, Mill Ln, Symondsbury, Bridport DT6 6HG 

Exciting opportunity to paint at Symondsbury, including views of Colmers Hill and the sunken lanes (Hell's Lane and Shute Lane). Plenty of parking, loos and places to eat. Also a gallery to visit.

Meet in the carpark at 10am.

Abi Kremer "Mixed Media Marine"

A watercolour, oil pastel and collage workshop inspired by the Surrealist artist Eileen Agar. Hang on to the last gasp of summer and bring along images of a fantastical underwater seascape, with sea creatures, and any other marine objects (boats, shells etc) which take your fancy. Wet in wet techniques and resists will be used in addition to added patterns on found papers from detritus in your home. Your art will be sustainable and surprising! Please bring images on your phone, watercolours, a range of brushes, oil pastels or wax crayons , watercolour paper, palettes, a range of found papers, glue stick and scissors and/or craft knife with cutting mat.

Abi's website is https://abikremer.com/wp_site/

Tony Paul "Portraits in Charcoal"

Please bring pastel paper, charcoals, putty rubber, wet wipes and table covering. There will be a model (clothed).

More details to follow.

Info on Tony found here: https://artinpoundbury.co.uk/artist/anthony-paul/  and on his instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/anthonypaulart_molehill_studio/ 

Jack Dickson "DEMO ONLY - Mixed Media Drawing"

Jack Dickson is a contemporary artist born in Nigeria, raised across Zambia, Scotland and England, and based in the UK. His work begins with encounter and observation — with people and places that are formed across borders, between cultures and at the edges of belonging. Working in paint, drawing, collage, digital and mixed media, he builds layered works in which background and surface carry equal weight: maps, textile patterns, partially obscured objects and coded imagery that hold a subject's geography without fixing it. His work is held in public and private collections and he appears on BBC One's Extraordinary Portraits.

Jack will bring examples of his work and sketchbooks for everyone to look through. He does like to talk about his work and process throughout the demo and loves people to ask questions and interact as much as possible!