A Date for your Diary

on August 4th there will be some art work on display in Cawston Church. This is part of open Churches Week. So if you have time pop in to see how it looks! There will be other items to see.

Going to Glandford

so next week we will be in Glandford on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We will meet at the Shell Museum at ten o'clock. Bring sketching gear so that after our visit here you can have a look round and practise the art of making thumbnail sketches to help you assess the possibilities of the area and work out how to get the best out of the whole experience of working outside.

Chinese Brush Painting, please bring your water colour equipment and lots of paper to practise your brushstrokes on. Old computer paper is fine. Lining paper would be too.

Life Drawing in Reepham, if you don't know where the venue is please call me for instructions. Bring A2 or A3 paper, charcoal, pastel and anything else you might like to work in.

Portraits

a variety of poses, some charcoal, oil pastel, dilute acrylic, and Wolf pencil with water.....

Chilly day today......

which makes me think that I just might need to remind you to wear your thermal underwear when we meet at Glandford on the 8th, (and 9th, 10th) for our outdoor Summer School! The point is really just 'be prepared,' our changable weather made me really warm the day before yesterday, and freezing today, so please just remember to put ANYTHING you might need in your car, (your portable studio) chair, sunhat, etc....
and our plan is to meet at the Shell Museum at TEN O'CLOCK. I suggest you bring sketching equipment so that you can then have a look around outside and make some PREPARATORY THUMNAIL SKETCHES, crucial to help you make an informed choice for where and what you are going to draw or paint, and you probably won't want to carry a lot of stuff about until you have decided where to work.  Parking is up to where Cley Spy is, (they sell binoculars and bird watching stuff) and there is plenty of off road parking to the right there.
oh and if you havn't had one of my 'Useful Tips for Outdoor Working ' sheets please ask me for one. Confronted with the choices when working outside I have some tips to help you make the most of it all!

Portraits......

artists at work.....

landscape work....

some work here from Cawston, using elements of landscape to create a feeling of distance and perspective.....

Getting The Best Out of Summer Schools

Just a few notes about the Summer Schools....obviously bring anything you think you might need, thermal underwear, hot water bottle, comfy seat, (not an uncomfy stool!) sun hat etc. etc...Drawing board, paper.....
At Glandford you can park near the Art Cafe, or up near Cley Spy, and we will meet at the Shell Museum at 10 am....

September at Weybourne seems a long way off, but remember train stations can be a bit exposed and could be chilly and windy, so come prepared.

Pastels, bring anything you have in terms of paper and pastels, and Audrey will talk you through the best and worst materials, and there will be plenty of materials for you to use so please don't feel you have to go out and buy stuff beforehand. It would be better to wait till after the course so that you could buy exactly what you might need if you think pastels might be your thing...

Working from the Life Model you will need several bits of paper, A2 or A3, pastels, charcoal and what ever you might like to work in, although I should have my usual materials to supplement with.

Chinese Brush painters will need loads, and I mean loads, of paper, practise is key here. Newspaper, the backs of printer paper, anything cheap is fine. Have some good water colour paper too. Any brushes and what water colours you have. I will have some brushes and paint, and I will provide the chinese ink.

Paul's Lino Printing course includes all materials you might need, but you will need some rough paper for designs or notes, and some images to use, so please talk to Paul first about this. If your ideas and designs are well thought out you will have more time for cutting and printing and so make better use of the course.

Ask me if there is anything you need to know.....

Portraits

stylish portraits from the Monday afternoon group. Lots of fascinating and original work in progress from the morning group, I will post many examples when they are finished.

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SUMMER SCHOOLS 2015

Be GLAD IN GLANDFORD! Three days, Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th, Friday 10th July includes a visit to the Shell Museum. Glandford Church, Birdscapes Gallery, Cley Spy, Wildlife Walk, luscious hedgerows, big meadow views, a ford and river, hills, oh yes and the Art Cafe! Easy parking, 

NR25 7JP. Refreshments from the Art Cafe or bring your own. 10-3.30, £90.

PASTELS FOR BEGINNERS (and improvers) with Audrey, in HINDOLVESTON Village Hall, NR20 5DD on Saturday 11th July, 10-3.30, £30. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask! Demos and lots of practical help. Easy parking, free tea and coffee, bring your own lunch.

A DAY WITH THE LIFE MODEL (1)Tuesday 14th July in Reepham, limited numbers, free tea and coffee. Bring own lunch. 10-3.30 £35. 

A DAY WITH THE (different) LIFE MODEL (2)at Marsham Village Hall, Tuesday 21st July. A great experience, don’t miss this opportunity to work from our model in charcoal, pastel or medium of your choice. Free tea and coffee, bring own lunch, easy parking, 10-3.30 £35.

FEEL THE STEAM on your face and the smuts in your hair! Weybourne Station, NR25 7HN. The North Norfolk Railway welcomes you on September 10th and 11th. Railway ephemera and working trains. Buy your lunch, tea and coffee in Cafe. 10-4 £60.

CHINESE Brush Painting in Marsham Village Hall, Monday 13th July. Enhance your water colour technique by learning to be bold with a brush. Easy parking, free tea and coffee, bring your own lunch. 10-4, £30.

LINO PRINTING with Paul. Two days of fun in Paul’s Studio, Cawston. NR10 4BG. All materials provided. Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th July 10-4, £90  free tea and coffee, bring your own lunch. More dates available.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU ARE INTERESTED so that I can confirm bookings!!!

Tina Sutton 01603 872441

or see tinasnorfolkartcourse.blogspot.co.uk

deposit £10 PLEASE FOR EACH SUMMER SCHOOL