Alison Orchard
Website: www.alisonorchard.com
Area of Operation: Surrey, United Kingdom
Events:
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'Masterclass' Painting and Mentoring workshop
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working” Pablo Picasso Do you have plenty of ideas but never seem to get the results you dream of? This workshop might be just what you need to kick-start your creative New Year. A whole day painting, with other like-minded artists and plenty of tuition, with mentoring advice to help you progress your work. Whether you bring along existing work to complete or start something new, this is an opportunity to develop your own ideas within a safe and creative environment. I will be on hand to provide individual advice and practical demonstrations where needed to help you achieve the style of painting you’re aiming for. In the morning there will be a group chat to discuss challenges and ideas. We will explore practical solutions and techniques ending with a short warm-up exercise. For the rest of the session, you will have lots of time and space to paint, with one-to-one feedback and plenty of support to help you get inspired and feel confident in your art practice. Ideal for self-motivated artists with a basic level of experience who want to push their ideas and skills to the next level.
Date: January 23rd, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Making Your Mark - Expressive Drawing Workshop
Think beyond the sketchbook with wildly expressive work on paper that is creative, innovative and personal to your own unique style. We’ll be creating new work using delicate marks and bold strokes, adding collage, erasing and smudging with graphite, charcoal, chalk and pastel in atmospheric tonal shades. Drawing confidently on layered and textured surfaces, created with pastes and grounds, will bring a new dimension to your work and unlock a wealth of ideas. This workshop will help you to work freely to create atmospheric studies of the landscape, as well as drawing from still life in the pottery.
Date: January 9th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Winter Landscapes workshop
Exploring colour and tone to create a dramatic painting, inspired by trees, light and Winter landscapes. Working with a limited colour palette of acrylics, you will gain a greater understanding of the use of harmonious colours in the landscape. Learning how colour interacts, using subtle mixing and utilising glazing techniques to create depth and capture the light, will help you to confidently complete a stunning landscape painting. Suitable for all abilities, including beginners. It will be an exciting and challenging day with a small group of artists.
Date: November 7th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Paint Like an Artist workshop
Learn the artist’s habit of creating art on paper for daily practice, for pleasure and to develop ideas for paintings. Discover how to create mixed-media sketches which can be developed into a series of exciting paintings. Fed up with not achieving what you want with your paintings? Using my artist’s process you will take away the pressure and enjoy pushing your ideas further, simplifying and developing your initial ideas to produce something to be proud of. Create several studies on paper and a finished painting; a gestural seascape, harbour scene or holiday memories of your choice, using acrylics. Beginners and more advanced painters will find this an exciting way to paint.
Date: October 10th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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'It's a Colourful Life' workshop
“With an apple I will astonish Paris” Paul Cezanne Taking a simple subject matter is not just for beginners, as it allows you to push the boundaries of your ideas embracing colour and composition in new ways. In this workshop, we’ll take the classic still life with flowers or fruit and give it a contemporary twist with punchy colour, deliberate brushmarks, collage and palette knife techniques. The more advanced may wish to explore the shapes within a composition, pushing into simplicity and abstraction. This is a perfect subject for everyone to develop techniques, understand colour more acutely and get to grips with composition.
Date: September 30th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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It's a Colourful Life workshop
“With an apple I will astonish Paris” Paul Cezanne Taking a simple subject matter is not just for beginners, as it allows you to push the boundaries of your ideas embracing colour and composition in new ways. In this workshop, we’ll take the classic still life with flowers or fruit and give it a contemporary twist with punchy colour, deliberate brushmarks, collage and palette knife techniques. The more advanced may wish to explore the shapes within a composition, pushing into simplicity and abstraction. This is a perfect subject for everyone to develop techniques, understand colour more acutely and get to grips with composition. Learning how to set up and paint a bold contemporary still life painting, will help you to experiment with different ideas and become more confident in your approach.
Date: September 26th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Atmospheric Skies workshop
If you’re a cloud watcher you’ll love this workshop. Learn to create dramatic sky paintings using a simple acrylic colour palette with gestural painting techniques, beautiful glazed colour and texture. With a contemporary twist on classic Turner-inspired skies, we’ll explore gently diffused light, soft cloud formations and dramatic weather. Learn to use a palette knife and expressive brushwork to capture the movement and energy of skies; paint with layered subtle colours using texture and glazing techniques. Suitable for all abilities, including beginners. Paint, explore and share ideas in the wonderful creative environment of Farnham Pottery.
Date: September 9th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Abstract Seascapes workshop II
An exciting workshop exploring techniques to help simplify your composition, layer your brushmarks and create an expressive representation of the seascape. There will be practical demonstrations sharing tips and techniques, helping you discover the secrets of how to progress from simplified studies on paper to a lively finished painting; helping you to let go of detail and enjoy painting using gestural and expressive marks. You will have time to complete a few smaller paintings or work on a larger scale. Using a limited palette of Acrylics with mixed media, pastes and gels, you will gain confidence in creating varied brushstrokes, glazes and effects. This is an exciting and challenging workshop for a small group of artists. Suitable for all abilities.
Date: August 9th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Abstract Seascapes workshop
An exciting workshop exploring techniques to help simplify your composition, layer your brushmarks and create an expressive representation of the seascape. There will be practical demonstrations sharing tips and techniques, helping you discover the secrets of how to progress from simplified studies on paper to a lively finished painting; helping you to let go of detail and enjoy painting using gestural and expressive marks. You will have time to complete a few smaller paintings or work on a larger scale. Using a limited palette of Acrylics with mixed media, pastes and gels, you will gain confidence in creating varied brushstrokes, glazes and effects. This is an exciting and challenging workshop for a small group of artists. Suitable for all abilities.
Date: August 8th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public
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Gestural Seascapes
Let go of detail and enjoy painting using gestural and expressive marks. Working on a larger scale and understanding how to simplify your composition and layer your brushmarks to create an expressive representation of the seascape. This is a popular subject and I will share lots of tips and techniques, helping you discover the secrets of how to use different acrylic mediums to create varied brushstrokes, glazes and effects. Using a limited palette of Acrylics with mixed media you will gain confidence and learn to progress from simplified studies on paper to a lively finished painting. My workshop includes a demonstration and most students will complete a painting on the day. It will be an exciting and challenging day with a small group of artists.
Date: June 27th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Farnham Pottery, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: Alison Orchard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07880530201
Fee: £85
Event Open to Public