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We started by looking at what drawing – as opposed to painting – really means. I loved Michael Ayrton’s quote “…an artist may draw to give order to his thoughts, whereas he may paint to give ease to his heart”. And Baudelaire’s “the draughtsman is the philosopher of art”. We then explored how the different drawing tools not only affected the marks you made but the way you thought. After line drawing (negative spaces again) we . . . → Read More: August Drawing Workshop Claudia Myatt said (http://www.claudiamyatt.co.uk/blog/) ” …a watercolour workshop with Elizabeth Haines, who has an inspirational studio in the Preseli hills, and a profound understanding of how art works. She is particularly good at getting students to try new ways of working, experiment and see where the painting wants to go. I had a thoroughly enjoyable . . . → Read More: Watercolour Workshop June 14th It was a marvellous day: Seimon Morris played various chords and sequences which we listened to carefully, and then visualised in colour the character and intervals in each one; this included the unresolved dominant 7th at the end of Messiaen’s L’Ascension. (During this some swallows were chirping in the barn – wouldn’t Messiaen have loved that!) 12 versions of Tallis’ ordinal were played in different keys, and everyone wrote down what they thought was . . . → Read More: Art & Music Workshop at BrynMorris May 14th 2011 During the first week of September, 2009, Elizabeth organised a painting week for 6 artists at John and and his wife Sarah’s house near Cognac. This was a hugely enjoyable; two of the participants were already experienced painters, but the other four were comparitive beginners. All produced outstanding work and felt they had made significant progress, as well as having a great time. An informal show was held for the neighbours on the last day, which was much . . . → Read More: Charente Painting Week, 2009 Video selection from the exhibition at Bryn Morris of paintings from Elizabeth Haines’ workshop in the Charente. . . . → Read More: Painters in the Charente Exhibition, June 2010 |
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