Summary

Join Carol on this exciting opportunity to paint in pastels in the Barle Valley

in the heart of Exmoor National Park.

Details

This 4 day course will be predominantly studio based but as the hotel is

situated in Simonsbath looking down the Barle valley with plenty of

painting potential around the hotel, we hope to venture outside to gather

reference material. You may choose to go for a walk, sketch or

alternatively remain in the studio to work from reference photographs.

We will probably get out for a couple of half days into the Barle Valley

(weather permitting) or you can have some 'down time' if you prefer.

Carol will show you how to pastels with wet and dry techniques. Using

pastels 'wet' is a very effective method for painting reflections and ripples

and great for producing paintings of water-based birds and animals.

She will also teach you how to use pastels 'dry' and pastel pencils for

getting fine detail into a wide range of animals as well as choosing the

right background.

Carol will demonstrate the various stages of painting animals and will give

plenty of one-to-one tuition throughout. She is an enthusiastic tutor and it

gives her enormous pleasure to see people achieve the results they want

in a painting.