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Step inside artist tutor Neil Canning’s studio 💫

Designed to reflect the landscape around him, Neil’s studio is closely connected to the place and atmosphere that inspire his work.

🔗 Watch the full film now on our YouTube channel.
🎥 @mtsmedia.tv

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But it’s fine, because you’re beside the sea in Cornwall.

A very sunny final day in the studios, soaking up the sea breeze and exploring the work of JMW Turner 🌅

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Last week, Iona Sanders honoured the late, great David Hockney with a special session for our Online Art Club.

The group explored Hockney’s bold use of colour, his inventive approach to perspective, and his lifelong curiosity around how we see the world.

A beautiful reminder of an artist who changed the way we look 🩵

You can now watch all 4 sessions from our latest Online Art Club (Landscape), and don’t forget to join us in October, when we will be exploring Figure.

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Soaking up the sea breeze between studio sessions 💫

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Midweek inspiration 💫

Step into the world of our artist tutors through our Brushwork series - a collection of short films exploring the places, studios and landscapes that shape their work.

To get you started, watch Hilary Jean Gibson’s film as she visits Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture Garden, Leach Pottery and Godolphin House.

Head to our YouTube channel to watch more!

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When you’re lucky enough to catch a demo with @houghliz ✨

As part of our recent Landscape Artist Retreat, Liz shared a short exercise designed to get you making without overthinking.

Working step by step, students built up a series of marks - making three marks with each material before moving on to the next. It’s a simple but effective way to loosen up, explore different media and let the work unfold.

You can join Liz in the studio this August as part of our summer workshop programme:

🗓️ 20 Aug: Abstraction on the Beach
🗓️ 27 Aug: Walking in Terry Frost’s Footsteps

🔗 Visit the link in our bio and follow ‘Summer Workshops’

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“The light is so intense that it makes the colours sing a little bit louder.”

We join artist Kimmy Hussey in her studio as she shares the joy of living and working in St Ives, and how its light, colour and everyday moments find their way into her paintings.

🎬 Watch the full film on YouTube, or join Kimmy in our studios this summer:

🗓️ 15 July: Seeing in Colour - 3 places left
🗓️ 27 July: Seeing in Colour
🗓️ 1–2 Aug: A Coast of Colour

🔗 Visit the link in our bio
🎥 @mtsmedia.tv

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Three days connecting to the landscape with @houghliz ✨

Our first Landscape Retreat gave students time to look closely at the St Ives landscape before bringing their observations back into the studio.

Through one-to-one tutorials and generous guidance from Liz, the group developed expressive mixed-media work rooted in their own experience of place.

By the final day, the studio was full of individual responses to landscape.

Congratulations to everyone who joined us - and thank you to Liz for such an inspiring few days.

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This July, step into the sanctuary that is Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture Garden 💫

Guided by illustrator and painter, Hilary Jean Gibson - explore form, space, nature and abstraction through drawing and painting, both en plein air in the gardens and in the historic Porthmeor Studios.

🗓️ 6-8 July
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
🔗 Book now via the link in our bio

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Gelli printing is fast, playful and full of unexpected results - which is why it can be a helpful process for anyone wanting to loosen up creatively and experiment freely 💫

1) It takes the pressure off
Each print is unique, so there’s no need to aim for perfection. You can respond to what appears on the plate and let the process lead.

2) It encourages experimentation
With rollers, stencils, textured materials and found objects, even simple marks can become layered, expressive prints.

3) It helps you build ideas quickly
In just one day, students created large collections of artwork - full of colour, texture and composition ideas to develop further.

A brilliant day in the studio with @lesleyplum, such a joy seeing the unexpected results!

Gelli Printing will form part of Lesley’s upcoming course:

🗓️ 10-11 Oct, The Alchemy of Bookmaking
🔗 Link to book is in our bio
@gelliarts

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“If you fancy the idea of painting, you are already ready. You’re ready to be that artist.” 👨‍🎨

In our upcoming course, Painting the Spirit of St Ives, artist John Dyer will encourage you to trust your instincts, build confidence, and explore a more intuitive approach to painting - responding to the colour, energy and atmosphere of St Ives.

🗓️ 3-5 July
📍 St Ives, Cornwall
🔗 Book via the link in our bio
🎥 @mtsmedia.tv

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What does landscape mean to you? Let us know in the comments!👇

Join us live tomorrow as we begin our third term of Online Art Club - exploring Landscape. Taking inspiration wherever you are, urban or rural, a view from your window, an imaginary place or memory.

Everyone’s welcome!

🗓️ 27 May, 18.00-19.30
🔗 Sign up today via the link in our bio

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Four days spent exploring the heritage of St Ives, with a huge amount of work created along the way ✨

After observational sketching @stivesmuseum students returned to the studio to experiment with different printmaking approaches, creating starting points for further exploration in paint.

A lovely reminder of how much work can unfold over just a few days!

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What if your regular creative habit felt less like discipline - and more like a treat?

With less than a week to go until our next Online Art Club, Iona and Camilla chatted about starting small, overcoming creative inertia, and why a regular slot for making can help you build momentum.

Our third term begins soon, and this time we’ll be exploring Landscape.

🔗 Join us online - sign up via the link in bio.

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We’re sharing two exclusive demos on YouTube this month, from artist @alicemumford 💫

Short exercises taken from her latest series Colour, Light + Depth in Painting - head to our page to watch the first one, follow along and subscribe to catch even more from our How To series.

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We finally managed to get Camilla and Iona together for a proper Art Club debrief - and it turns out, they had a lot to say 💫

Our next term begins on Wednesday 27 May, where we’ll be exploring Landscape together.

👉🏻 Come and join us - sign up via the link in our bio.

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