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Maximum number of students: 8
Intermediate / Advanced
The following materials are provided: easels, drawing boards, tables, chairs, Students can work in any medium (oils, acrylics, watercolours, inks, etc.)
NB the course fee does not include admission to Kew Gardens.
In case of any questions please contact us
Course programme
Day 1
10am Meet at Kew Gardens to make drawings and take photographs.
11.30am Tea/Coffee break
Continue collecting reference material and working on preparatory sketches at Kew Gardens
12:30 Lunch
1.15pm short presentation about relevant artists and a talk about possible working methods
1:45pm Set up workstation in studio and start work from morning sketches and photographs on a large ‘final piece’.
3.45pm Tea/Coffee and group discussion of the day’s work.
Day 2
10am Meet at studio, continue with painting with tutoring and assistance from Nick.
11.30am Tea/Coffee
Continue working on final painting
12:30 pm Lunch
1:15pm Continue with final painting
3.45pm Tea/Coffee and group discussion of weekend’s work
materials to bring
drawing materials such as charcoal, pencils rubbers. Painting equipment including brushes, jars, oils, acrylic or watercolours (suggested colours - titanium white, ultramarine blue, viridian green, yellow ochre, cadmium lemon yellow, cadmium red, alizarine crimson) an appropriate support for the final studio piece, rags. If working in oils: low odour thinners.