A developmental weekend working with two professional artists, combining 1-1 tutorials with a fun practical weekend of painting. Aimed at those developing an art practice.
This is an opportunity to invigorate your practice, with mentor support, professional advice and learn new skills in a fun non judgemental way.
You may be an Alumni of our longer Porthmeor Programme and would like to reconnect with your peers in the supportive space of Porthmeor Studios or you may have an art practice you would like to develop.
In this edition lead tutor Liz Hough will be joined by guest artist Ilker Cinarel and you will benefit from one to one tutorials with both artists giving you a rounded perspective on your work. Please bring with you a portfolio of current work to discuss. These can be sketchbooks, video or digital images.
The one-to-one tutorials are an invaluable opportunity to focus in on your work with the undivided attention of professional artists and tutors, helping you to plot the course for your independent practice.
To start the weekend, Liz will set you a personal project inspired by St Ives. You will have the option to visit the Tate with Liz and explore the idea of story telling through art.
You may prefer to spend a couple of hours exploring St Ives by yourself; sketching; recording; filming; taking rubbings; visiting churches, monuments, iconic St Ives architecture, to make or hear a new story for yourself to work on. This could be part of your existing practice or something completely new.
Back in the studio, develop these ideas using a mixture of media.
The weekend is an affirming experience of making art in an inspirational space and will leave you feeling liberated and reenergised for the road ahead.
Liz Hough will set you a personal creative project inspired either by a visit to Tate St Ives or St Ives locale as you choose. Spend the afternoon developing this work in the studio supported by Liz.
Artist Ilker Cinarel will join Liz Hough and together they will conduct 1-1 tutorials, giving you the benefit of two different perspectives on your work. In the meantime, continue with your chosen project independently.
Continue to work on your creative project, supported in the studio by Ilker. Final group appraisal.
Our studios are fully equipped and we provide you with all the materials you need for your course. However, if you have a favourite set of brushes or any specialist materials that you would prefer to use, please bring them with you.
The first day starts at 10am and finishes at 4.30pm, please aim to arrive ten to fifteen minutes before the start time.
All course days after that start at 9.30am and finish at 4pm and there will be an hour for lunch. There are plenty of nearby places to eat and we will serve tea and coffee at break times during the day.
Hilary Jean Gibson
Capture the Cornish landscape in simplified shapes, lines and motifs in this Victor Pasmore inspired recording. See how this seminal artist pioneered a new way of working with abstraction.
Liz Hough
Over 3 sessions, Liz takes you through common questions asked on her previous courses: finding your own, unique content; form versus line; and scaling up.
Thu 25 Sep - 3 hour(s)
Laura Menzies
Enjoy the freedom to explore, play and loosen up in a creative journal, spark your creativity and develop your unique visual language.
Laura Menzies
Enjoy learning about the possibilities of coldwax painting, a technique for adding texture and depth to your work.
Laura Menzies
Enjoy creating luminous abstract paintings using coldwax painting. Learn how these three fundamental aspects - texture, line and shape - can help develop your unique visual vocabulary.
Mon 6 - Wed 8 Oct - 3 days
Iona Sanders
An introduction to finding ways into creating lively, expressive paintings through intuitive and instinctual responses to the world around you.
Wed 17 Sep - 3 hour(s)
Greg Humphries
Join environmental artist Greg Humphries for an unusual & enchanting journey to explore the Spirit of Place through the use of art.
