Figure - Degas
Tom Rickman
Join artist Tom Rickman for a Degas-inspired recording. Recorded live from our studio in St Ives with a model, you are invited to join in at home with guided exercises.
Christopher WoodCourse details
Join artist Alice Mumford as she explores Christopher Wood’s quest for a lyrical way of describing the world through line and rhythm.
This new series of online classes, ‘Postcards from …’ will use the places in and around St Ives that inspired an international roster of artists including Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Ben Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, Bryan Wynter and Patrick Heron.
Alice explores the striking work of artist Christopher Wood, a pioneer of a more emotionally direct form of art making that would pave the way for modernism in British painting.
In the 1920s artist Christopher Wood visited St Ives, a key chapter in a young artists dedication to finding a new way of painting. The meeting between Wood, Ben Nicholson and Alfred Wallis was as significant to them as African art was to Picasso. Liberating and game changing. It gave them permission to discard horizon lines and flatten space. Significant discoveries that would pave the way to British modernism. In this session Alice will look particularly at the rhythms of Wood’s composition and line looking at the painting he did looking at Godrevy Lighthouse called ‘China Dogs in St Ives Window’ with the aim of it giving us permission to paint more lyrically.
Alice will be working in oils on board. You can work in any medium you choose. You will be working from the same recorded video as Alice so you will see both Alice at work and the video on screen
What will I learn?
- Learn about a significant moment in British painting
- Learn how to paint a rhythmical line in your work
- Explore how a practicing artist today can use approaches from historical artists and make them their own
Who would this course suit?
Beginners and those with more experience are both welcome to join. If you are looking to learn new ways to expand your drawing and painting practice, or just inspiration by looking to other artists, this course is for you.
How does an online recording work?
Once you have booked you will be able to watch on demand immediately.
You can pause, rewind and watch again as often as you like until the session expires 0 days after purchase
You will also be invited to join our Facebook Alumni group so you can share your discoveries with our community of fellow students from around the world.
You will need access to the internet and ideally a Smart TV, PC or laptop or a tablet with audio. Phones are not suitable unless cast to a smart TV.
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