Level
Days
FM I 25 – 27 Sep
Centre
Shared
occupancy cost
Date
Fri – Sun £238 £218 £170
Sole occupancy Non-Residential
cost
cost
Autumn Landscapes using Acrylics
The location of many of John
Constable’s paintings, Flatford Mill
runs over 120 Natural History and
Arts courses in a unique and
tranquil learning environment.
Course Overview
This weekend course is for those with some experience painting with acrylic and
will concentrate on acrylic painting techniques which will help you paint autumnal
scenes with trees and buildings, more successfully. There will be demonstrations
and exercises to develop your skills, and plenty of individual tuition and guidance
to help you progress with confidence.
Course Description
After dinner on Friday there will be a short session looking at materials,
composition, tone and colour mixes required when painting fresh autumnal
acrylics. This may include a short exercise.
On Saturday Colin will lead you through exercises that cover techniques required
when painting autumnal trees and foliage. The afternoon session will introduce
you to painting buildings in an autumnal setting. This may be taken outside should
weather permit. For the evening session Colin will give a presentation showing
images of his work on screen explaining how they relate to the techniques we
have looked at during the day.
Sunday will start with an exercise and demonstration. You will then give the
opportunity to paint your own subjects either from photographs or outside with
Colin, close at hand, to point you in the right direction.
We are sure you will enjoy your weekend and will take home with you new ideas
that enable you to make real progress when painting future landscapes using
acrylic.
Tel: 01206 297110 E-mail: enquiries.fm@field-studies-council.org
Fax: 01206 298892
Colin is a self-taught artist painting in watercolour and acrylic. He uses traditional
materials and techniques. He has studied painting all his adult life and has been
teaching and exhibiting for over thirty years, turning professional in 1998 after
spending 22 years in engineering.
His love of the countryside comes from his childhood days in rural Essex. East
Anglian landscapes are his passion but he also paints on his travels in the UK as
well as France and Spain where he has led many painting holidays. Colin gives
demonstrations to clubs and societies, tutors for the FSC at Flatford Mill and is a
regular contributor to ‘Leisure Painter’ magazine.
He has paintings in galleries and collections in this country and abroad and has
illustrations in the Hylands House History and Guide booklet.
What to Bring
Painting Autumn Landscapes in Watercolour
About the Tutor
These are the minimum materials but bring with you any materials you think you
may need.
Student quality materials will be perfectly acceptable.
Brushes:
Round No. 4 and 8. Flat No. 4, 6 and 9. A No.4 rigger. All brushes should be
suitable for acrylic painting.
Colours:
Ultramarine
Cadmium Red Sap Green
Lemon Yellow
Burnt Umber Black
Paper:
Please bring some sheets of thick watercolour paper like Bockingford 200lb. Or
primed board or canvases.
Sketch book.
Other Items:
Water Container, Water Bottle, Mixing Palette, Kitchen Roll, 3B and 6B pencils,
Putty Rubber and Easel for outdoor painting.
The Centre will provide drawing boards, but bring your own if you would like to.
Small sketching stools and easels are available for hire at a modest charge.
Please note that the Centre shop does not stock art materials apart from the
Bockingford paper mentioned above.
Tel: 01206 297110 E-mail: enquiries.fm@field-studies-council.org
Fax: 01206 298892
Residential course fee includes:
 Full board accommodation including cooked breakfast, picnic lunch,
homemade cakes and an evening meal. Vegetarian and other dietary option
available.
 Up to 8 hours teaching time a day, plus relaxing breaks for meals and
refreshments.
 Tea and coffee making facilities available throughout the day.
 Use of resources including library, workrooms, studios and the Centre
grounds.
 Transport during the courses.
 Insurance to cover cancellation, personal belongings, personal accident,
legal liability and medical emergency.
If you choose to be a non-resident on a residential course, the fee will include all
the above except accommodation and breakfast.
Painting Autumn Landscapes in Watercolour
What the Fee Includes
How to book
Bookings can be made by telephoning the Centre; we are open 0930 – 1700
weekdays and most weekends. Alternatively, bookings can be made via our
website: www.field-studies-council.org.
Start and Finish time
Afternoon tea is available from 1600 on Friday, but the first formal activity is
dinner at 1900 (with the bar open from 1845!).
Residents: Please aim to arrive between 1600 and 1800 on Friday to allow us
sufficient time to show you to your accommodation and around the
communal areas.
Non-residents: You do not need to arrive quite so early but please can you be here
by 1800 as we need to show you the communal areas as well.
The course will end at 1600 on Sunday.
Tel: 01206 297110 E-mail: enquiries.fm@field-studies-council.org
Fax: 01206 298892