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Enter the magical landscapes of West Penwith and the landscape of the soul 🪄
This is your opportunity to deepen your connection to the world around you. Expertly guided by @kate_southworth & @greghumphriesart the inspirational physical and ancient geography of West Penwith will be a rich starting point, helping you make connections to your own internal magical landscapes.
Find out more about this deeply creative course via the link in our bio!
⏰10-13 June
📍St Ives, Cornwall
Unpicking Paintings - Course Insights📝
As part of @alicemumford 10-part online course, Alice gives us a short look at one of her exercises, which she often uses when it comes to exploring composition in paintings.
This is a perfect example of the types of techniques that Alice visits throughout her course.
You can still book onto the online series, and catch up on the recordings ahead of the live Q&A with Alice on Thursday 25 April!
#alicemumford #composition #painting #art #cornwall #stives
It definitely felt like spring in our online studio this morning with @marthaholmes_studio delivering her new course “Still Life: Colour + Composition”. 💐
There is still time to catch up with the recording from today and join us live for part two at 10:30 tomorrow.
Link in bio to purchase.
#stilllifepainting #stilllife #oilpainting #schoolofpainting #stives #painting #spring #onlineart
🔹Studio Course Giveaway🔹
Are you here, or can you make it to St. Ives, Cornwall, 3-5 May? If so, don`t miss out on entering this exclusive giveaway!
We are giving you and a friend the chance to join our upcoming Love Drawing Landscape studio art course, in our stunning studios overlooking Porthmeor Beach.
All you need to do to enter is:
👉Follow our page
❤️Like this post
📝Comment & tag the friend you`d like to bring
PLUS, in your comment, can you tell us what year the St. Ives School of Painting opened?
T&Cs apply, link in our bio via Linktree.
Winner will be selected at random on Wednesday 24 April.
The winner will be contacted by our official page only (stivespainting) via direct message.
Do you want to learn how to create paintings in a more considered way?
With the beautiful backdrop of St Ives as inspiration, @greghumphriesart will lead you on a journey, from capturing photographs of your subject matter out in the landscape, to working towards achieving mood and feeling in your paintings using tonal values.
Find out more via the link in our bio!
🎨Developing Painting Strategies
⏰2-4 August
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
Final prep☀️👩🏻🎨
Join us on Friday 19 April for part 1 of our online series with @marthaholmes_studio, exploring colour and composition within still-life paintings.
Sign up today via the link in bio ✨
#composition #colour #stilllifepainting #painting #art #artoftheday #stivescornwall
Sketch in Barbara Hepworth`s Sculpture Garden 🌳
Explore Hepworth’s sculptures through pencil, mixed-media and watercolour and let @hilaryjeangibson.illustrator guide you through the historic garden.
Spend time at Trewyn, gathering information through sketching and note-taking, before heading back to our Studios to develop your work further.
Find out more via the link in our bio.
⏰ 26-28 July
📍 Barbara Hepworth`s Sculpture Garden
Create Illuminating Landscapes 🌄
Explore how to capture the mood or atmosphere of a place, and experiment with working between landscape and abstraction on this experimental course with @alexyarlett
Click the link in our bio to find out more!
📅 3-5 June
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
#art #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #paintingart #stivesschoolofpainting #stivescornwall
Fire up your drawing confidence ✏️
Our three-day course `Love Drawing Landscape` with Liz Luckwell is ideal if you`re looking to explore an intuitive and experimental approach to mark making, or if you`re a beginner looking to develop stronger drawing skills.
Through experimental exercises in the rugged landscape and in the studio, you will discover just how rewarding drawing can be.
Find out more via the link in our bio.
⏰ 3-5 May
📍 St. Ives, Cornwall
We enjoyed our first glimpse of Spring weather this week ☀️
Maybe we’re biased but the studio views are looking exceptional in the sunshine!
Who’s excited for days like this?
#cornwall #stivescornwall #painting #artistsoninstagram
Last chance to book ⏰
See how far you can push figuration towards abstraction with our course `Abstract Nude`.
Led by @camilladixon1968 explore alternative ways of depicting the nude figure through fun and experimental approaches, working from a life model in our studio overlooking Porthmeor Beach. This course focuses on freeing up your process rather than aiming for one ‘correct’ outcome.
Link to book is in our bio!
🖼️ Artwork: Student Work
⭐ Rare opportunity ⭐
We have a place available on our Artist Retreat Weekend, starting this Saturday!
This is rare chance to work with both @kate_southworth and @eiselejill and you’ll receive expert 1-1 mentoring and support.
This three-day developmental course is an 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.
Link in bio to find out more or speak to a member of the team on 01736 797 180.
Available to watch now 💻 ✨
Deepen your relationship with the landscape and find ways to bring a greater sense of place and meaning to your work with our online, pre-recorded course, ‘Diving Deeper into Abstract Landscapes’ with @nataliedayartist
Link in our bio or search ‘Natalie Day’ on our website to discover Natalie’s upcoming studio and online courses.
#abstractart #abstractlandscape #abstractpainting #stives #stivescornwall
We’re looking forward to welcoming those of you who will be visiting us in St. Ives over the next few months, and we can’t wait to see more of these magical blues in the Cornish sunshine ☀️
#cornwalllife #cornwall #stivescornwall #stives #painting
Be inspired to create, create, create!
We have a number of courses designed to help you build confidence and discover the essential techniques for new rewarding mediums.
Whether you`re a newcomer to a medium, or you are looking to learn alternative, dynamic approaches - take a look at the courses below:
🔷 Discover Painting with @ilkercinarel: 22-24 Apr or 2-4 Sept
🔷 Beginners Oil Painting with @greghumphriesart: 10 -12 May or 1–3 Jul
🔷 Beginners Watercolour with @hilaryjeangibson.illustrator: 23 -25 Aug
Link in bio - follow `Courses for Beginners`
In the studio this May - a little something for everyone... ✨
11 inspirational courses, including landscapes and seascapes in oil, watercolour and mixed media, as well as still-life and abstract courses. Looking for an introduction to a new medium? Discover Oil Painting for Beginners with Greg Humphries, 10-12 May.
You see... there really is something for everyone!
Hit the link in our profile`s bio and follow `May Courses` for all the details.
🖼 David Webb - Join David for `Watercolour Painting En Plein Air`, 6-8 May.
Woman in the Window with @e.crow.studio 🎨
Join our 3-day studio course and explore how to depict a figure in an interior setting; learning techniques to help you compose a visually compelling painting.
Find out more via the link in our bio.
📅 6th - 8th May
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
3 days to go ⏰
Book your place on @alicemumford 10-part online art course, exploring the key elements of composition.
Available to watch from this Thursday!
Book via the link in our bio.
#art #artist #artwork #painting #composition #cornwall
Can`t make it to St Ives to join us in person?
We have a whole host of online courses, both live and pre-recorded. A few of the latest courses added to our library include:
🔹Abstracting Zennor with Martha Holmes
🔹Creative Journaling for Artists with Laura Menzies
🔹Figure Inspired by Matisse with Alice Mumford
🔹Using Instagram as a Sketchbook with Faye Bridgwater
You can filter by medium, subject and tutor to find the right course for you. To browse, follow the `Online Courses` link in our bio!
📅 Anytime
📍 Anywhere
⏰ Less than one month to go until ‘Still Life: Colour + Composition’ with @marthaholmes_studio
This two-part webinar series promises to be a captivating insight into how Martha approaches the subject of still-life.
Link in bio to purchase ✨
#stilllifepainting #stilllife #marthaholmes #stivescornwall #stivesschoolofpainting #onlineartcourse #painting
Learn how to develop your creative process to form the foundation of a painting 🖼️
Our studio course, `Visual Thinking - How & Why Do Images Work`, led by Kieran Stiles, explores how to mix a range of media to create textural and spontaneous responses to the landscape, and build confidence in a freer and more expressive way of working.
Find out more via the link in our bio!
📅 13-15 May
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
Last chance to book ✨✨
Our course Contemporary Landscape Painting with @victoriagillowart will combine en plein air response to landscape with in-studio reflective practice to hone your personal approach to painting.
🗓️1-3 April 📍St Ives, Cornwall
#painting #landscape #stivesschoolofpainting #stivescornwall #contemporaryart #contemporary
Introducing our brand new weekly session, Young Life; clothed life drawing for 11–16-year olds! 👩🎨
From Thursday 18th April, taking place every week during term-time, the sessions are a chance for young people to get guidance and support from one of our most experienced tutors, Steve Dove, and perfect their drawing skills.
No need to be Picasso! Whatever level you’re at, if you’re aged between 11-16 years old, you are welcome to come along for some fun and to meet new people. Just £3, all materials supplied!
Find out more and book a place via the link in our bio ✨
Learn how to draw and paint the indigenous Cornish Spring flora with our studio course Painting Flora by the Sea 🌺
Tutor and a Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists, @hilaryjeangibson.illustrator will guide you through this 3-day course where you will use a limited colour palette and explore mixing the various hues and harmonies found in the plants and colours of the sea.
Find out more via the link in our bio!
📅 24-26 May
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
Translated literally as ‘creative prints’, sosaku hanga emphasises the artists need for autonomous self-expression in drawing, carving and designing of prints.
Japanese Woodblock Printing, led by @adrianholmeswoodblock is a unique opportunity to learn about the sosaku hanga movement, and how to compose, carve and print your own designs using authentic Japanese tools and paper.
Read more about the course via the link in our bio.
#woodblock #woodblockprint #sosakuhanga #stives #stivescornwall #stivesschoolofpainting
Celebrate the incredible light and perspective that Cornwall has to offer, with our studio course `Illuminating Landscapes`.
Explore how to capture the mood or atmosphere of a place, and work between landscape and abstraction on this experimental course with @alexyarlett
Find the link in our bio or in our story to read more!
📅 3-5 June
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
A taster of what’s coming up in April… ✨
We have 11 carefully curated studio courses, each offering unique insights and viewpoints from our fantastic tutors. Subjects featured next month include landscape, abstract, figure and still-life.
Browse the courses on our website!
#artcourses #painting #paintingcornwall #stivesschoolofpainting #stives
