THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH 2025 - Abstracting The Landscape - 10am-4pm

£95.00

A workshop where a willingness to explore, experiment and play will lead us to reimagine the landscape and paint our very own abstract artwork.

Thursday 25th September 2025

Hours: 10am – 4pm

Friendly and individual tuition.

Demonstrations and critiques.

Workshop limited to 6 people unless otherwise stated.

IDEAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO –

Learn to communicate visually through experimentation and play.
Find fresh ideas and powerful new direction for your work.
Re-energise your artistic mojo.
Meet like-minded artists.

We will spend the morning exploring ways that we can use the power of suggestion through colour, tone, medium and mark.

Learn how to select and mix colours to evoke mood, experiment with mark making to express emotion and energy in your paintings.

We will use our sketchbooks to record our emotional response to our source material using colour, mark, shape and composition.

We will spend the afternoon working on our own paintings using using our mood boards and reference photos and our new vocabulary.

This workshop requires a willingness to experiment without judgement and we will spend the first hour unlocking our own prohibitors to making art that is free and truly authentic.

(There will be additional reference material provided if preferred plus an option to gather source material from the surrounding area weather and time permitting

There will be art materials provided, but as this workshop is all about what makes YOU feel alive I suggest that you bring your favourite items from your own tried and tested art kit.

Ideal if you're a beginner wanting to paint expressive landscapes or if you're fairly experienced and want to try something new.

This workshop is about putting YOUR interpretation on the subject. . It’s an extremely exciting way of working and suits all levels of ability from newcomers to acrylics to exhibiting artists!

Ideal if you want to loosen up and be more expressive.

A workshop where a willingness to explore, experiment and play will lead us to reimagine the landscape and paint our very own abstract artwork.

Thursday 25th September 2025

Hours: 10am – 4pm

Friendly and individual tuition.

Demonstrations and critiques.

Workshop limited to 6 people unless otherwise stated.

IDEAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO –

Learn to communicate visually through experimentation and play.
Find fresh ideas and powerful new direction for your work.
Re-energise your artistic mojo.
Meet like-minded artists.

We will spend the morning exploring ways that we can use the power of suggestion through colour, tone, medium and mark.

Learn how to select and mix colours to evoke mood, experiment with mark making to express emotion and energy in your paintings.

We will use our sketchbooks to record our emotional response to our source material using colour, mark, shape and composition.

We will spend the afternoon working on our own paintings using using our mood boards and reference photos and our new vocabulary.

This workshop requires a willingness to experiment without judgement and we will spend the first hour unlocking our own prohibitors to making art that is free and truly authentic.

(There will be additional reference material provided if preferred plus an option to gather source material from the surrounding area weather and time permitting

There will be art materials provided, but as this workshop is all about what makes YOU feel alive I suggest that you bring your favourite items from your own tried and tested art kit.

Ideal if you're a beginner wanting to paint expressive landscapes or if you're fairly experienced and want to try something new.

This workshop is about putting YOUR interpretation on the subject. . It’s an extremely exciting way of working and suits all levels of ability from newcomers to acrylics to exhibiting artists!

Ideal if you want to loosen up and be more expressive.

Waterside Studio is based within the grounds of Clonterbrook House, close to Clonterbrook Opera. It is all on one level but access to the toilet facilities is across a courtyard.

Waterside Studio, Clonterbrook House, Trap Road, Swettenham Heath, CW12 2LS

This workshop is limited to 8 people to ensure one to one tuition and can be booked on a first come first basis.

There is plenty of parking on site which can be found to the back of the courtyard (follow the signposts)

Arrive 15 minutes prior to the workshop to get settled with a cup of tea/coffee.

There will be a lunch break - please bring a packed lunch though there will be cake and biscuits provided.

The workshop will take around 5 hours.

To reserve your place book on this page, or email the details to alison@alisonstafford.com and I will send you a link for payment

If there is not a viable number of students, workshops may be cancelled and payment returned.

Should you cancel, a refund will be given less 50% of the course fee. It is regretted that no refund can be made in respect of bookings cancelled 30 days (or less) prior to the date of the workshop. The booking is non transferable.

Please note that phone signal is weak at the studio so if you have any issues on route or wish to get in touch please email me - alison@alisonstafford.com