Updated 16.4.15
january – december 2015
workshops 2015
with
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Carole Baker
Friendly and individual tuition.
Daily demonstrations and critiques.
Course fees: from £45 including all tuition and refreshments.
Workshops limited to 12 people unless otherwise stated.
Studio based - Full day, 10am – 4pm
En Plein Air - Full day, 10am – 5pm
RBSA
IDEAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO –
• Find fresh ideas and powerful new direction
for your work.
• Recharge your artistic batteries.
• Meet like-minded artists.
VENUES:
The Edmund Gennings Room, HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Chapel Lane, LICHFIELD, Staffs WS14 9DX
STUDIO OF CAROLE BAKER
Plough House,Weston Heath, Nr Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8RY
Carole's workshops are aimed at people who want to 'loosen up' and
be freer. Carole paints in such a way as to draw the viewer in, to let
them decipher certain elements, and therefore, lots of detail need not
be laboured over.... just a suggestion of what is there is often all that is
needed, making the finished work more exciting, evocative and bold.
New for 2015 is a brand new painting holiday in Shropshire and
workshops from **Carole’s studio. She is returning to Essex and
Malham for painting holidays and a busy programme of workshops in
Lichfield.
Students travel from all over the UK and abroad for her workshops
which are becoming more and more popular.
** Carole’s studio is in the process of being built.The workshops
planned to be run at her studio are indicated.. It may be that they will
be run in Lichfield. .They are limited to only 8 people.
ACRYLICS BASED WORKSHOPS
CREATING WITHOUT FEAR IN ACRYLICS USING
PVA AND PILES OF PAPER
PAINT ALONG WITH CAROLE IN ACRYLICS
NEW 1-day Friday 17 April 2015
VENUE: LICHFIELD
2-day Wednesday 5 - Thursday 6 August 2015
Studio of Carole Baker
Studio of Carole Baker
If you're a beginner in acrylics or indeed if you're fairly experienced,
how about painting along with me.We will paint from the same
reference and I will take you step by step and create a bold, expressive
and exciting painting based on a landscape. £65 for the day including
refreshments. Limited to just 6 people.
Create texture in your painting to add heaps of interest... incorporating
collage from the outset and layering paint to create the desired effect.
Experimental and energising with results that will hold the viewers
attention for longer.
The 2-day workshop will give you time to develop compositional
planning and ideas, analyse mark making and finishing off a painting
LOOSE, MOODY AND ATMOSPHERIC
PAINTING IN ACRYLICS
1-day Friday 1 May 2015
Venue: Lichfield
2-day Thursday 9 - Friday 10 July 2015
Studio of Carole Baker
1-day Thursday 10 December 2015
Venue: Lichfield
This workshop is about putting your interpretation on the subject by
painting on a coloured ground and working in many thin layers,
‘scumbling’ the paint. It’s an extremely exciting and satisfying 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.
The 2-day workshop will give you time to develop compositional
planning and ideas, analyse mark making and finishing off a painting.
DRIPS, DROPS AND SPLATS IN ACRYLICS!
2-day Thursday 23 - Friday 24 July 2015
Studio of Carole Baker
1-day Friday 11 December 2015
Venue: Lichfield
This workshop uses acrylics very wet, flooding the canvas with colour,
moving it around and letting the paint run and drip, glazing with thin
transparent washes and introducing acrylic inks. Really exciting!
The 2-day workshop will give you time to develop compositional
planning and ideas, analyse mark making and finishing off a painting.
ENCHANTED FORESTS IN ACRYLICS
SUBJECT BASED
1-day Thursday 7 May 2015
Venue: Studio of Carole Baker
1-day Thursday 1 October 2015
Venue: Lichfield
How to tackle painting woodland using a loose approach, scumbling,
letting the paint run, mastering spattering techniques and learning to let
the marks be part of the painting. Invigorating!
WATERCOLOUR / MIXED MEDIA
BASED WORKSHOPS
BREAKING WAVES IN ACRYLICS
LOVE YOUR COLOURS:
PRACTICAL COLOUR MIXING
1-day Wednesday 28 January 2015
SUBJECT BASED
1-day Friday 2 October 2015
Venue: Lichfield
Loose, exciting and painterly seascapes using acrylics, inks and drawing
in with oil pastels, creating textures with loose washes and glazes.
3-DAY VIBRANT COLOURFUL
LANDSCAPES IN ACRYLICS
Venue: Lichfield
This workshop covers setting up your palette, understanding the
properties of pigments, mixing your own blacks and mixing desirable
greens plus lots more! Lots of practical exercises before putting the
tips into practice and completing a fresh, exciting painting! This course
could be of use to both beginners and those who are more
experienced, ideal medium: watercolour but equally useful for acrylics.
Includes tuition and refreshments each day.
Includes tuition, lunch* and refreshments each day.
3-day Wednesday 28 - Friday 39 October 2015
Venue: Lichfield
Includes tuition, lunch* and refreshments each day.
Translate thought and emotion into your art.
This workshop concentrates on creating exciting landscapes.... not
‘chocolate box’ scenes but paintings full of feeling, atmosphere and
excitement, putting your own personal stamp on the subject.
Techniques in mark making – working in layers and scumbling the paint;
painting very wet; and incorporating collage. A non-traditional
approach designed to energise participants toward adventurous
painting and individualised expression.
*Please note: lunch is a simple salad buffet, bread rolls, cheese board, eggs with extras like ham,
tuna, Scotch eggs, and quiche; cakes and fruit which Carole prepares each day. If you have special
dietary requirements, you are welcome to bring along your own lunch.
‘EN PLEIN AIR’ PAINTING
2-day Monday 29 - Tuesday 30 June 2015
Studio of Carole Baker
Plough House,Weston Heath, Shropshire
Limited to 6 people
Full day – 10am - 5pm
Includes tuition each day.
This workshop will focus on the unique challenges of plein air painting.
The ability to see and simplify, to organise the subject matter, and to
present it in a simple and straightforward manner in watercolour,
mixed media and acrylics.The workshop will include demonstrations as
INTERESTING FOREGROUNDS
IN MIXED MEDIA
SUBJECT BASED
1-day Wednesday 26 August 2015
Studio of Carole Baker
Very often tangled brambles, a busy hedgerow or a complicated
foreground generally, can deter you from picking up your paint brush!
This workshop concentrates on turning such subject matter into an
interesting foreground, almost making it the focal point with lots of
interest. Using watercolour, ink, pastel, texture and colour in a semiabstract way.
PAINTING LOOSE IN WATERCOLOUR
+ PASTEL / INK
1-day Tuesday 25 August 2015
Studio of Carole Baker
Create movement and energy in a painting by incorporating soft
pastel...making a painting ‘zing’, and using oil pastel as a resist to
enhance textural qualities using the oiliness as a contrast to the fluidity
of watercolour . ‘Pen’ and ink with watercolour is a quick and simple
method by which detail can be suggested in a few lines. Mark making
with waterproof Indian ink and/or acrylic inks with a ‘pen’ that is a
sharpened twig, wooden peg, lollipop stick or piece of bamboo.
PAINTING WITHOUT A BRUSH IN WATERCOLOUR /
MIXED MEDIA
1-day Thursday 26 February 2015
Venue: Lichfield
The aim of this workshop is to encourage you to break away from the
conventional approach to painting and explore ‘alternative’ methods of
picture-making. Drawing and painting with mountboard, rollering,
spattering watercolours or mixed media. A creative and liberating
experience!
well as individual attention.There will be some walking involved so you
need to be fit and active and be prepared for all weather conditions –
so some good walking boots and waterproofs are essential. However,
should the weather be so bad, we will work indoors and concentrate
on techniques in acrylics and mixed media.
PAINTING HOLIDAYS
ADVENTURES IN ACRYLICS
WATERSHED STUDIO
CLACTON ON SEA, NORTH ESSEX
2-day Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 May 2015
Limited to 12 people - FULL
£160
Please contact Allison Bond on 01255 820 466
www.watershedstudio.co.uk
Carole returns for a second year to Watershed Studio. A warm
welcome is extended to students at the rural studio that lies on
the edge of the family farm in North Essex run by Allison Bond.
The studio was converted eleven years ago with views over
open farmland, chickens and geese strutting around the garden,
plus the occasional visit from an inquisitive farm dog, it is all
very peaceful and conducive to the creative process! Homecooked farmhouse lunches form an important part of the day
with students eating either in the conservatory or outside on
the terrace, depending on the weather.
The 2-day workshop will concentrate on various techniques in
acrylics helping you to loosen up and be more expressive,
creating texture and interest... experimental and energising!!
1, 2, 3-DAY WORKSHOPS
STUDIO OF CAROLE BAKER
Limited to ONLY 6 people
"From my purpose built studio, I run workshops
for small groups of just 6 people allowing me to
dedicate more time to each person. The
photograph above illustrates the sorts of views we
enjoy and I’d love to share them with you.
My studio is light and airy, a place of calm and
creativity.”
It is an ideal opportunity to paint with Carole in
a professional artists’ working environment.
The fee includes all tuition, refreshments and lunch.
PAINTING WITH FEELING
HIGH TRENHOUSE
MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE
4-day Tuesday 18 - Friday 21 August 2015
Limited to 10 people - FULL
Price £675
For splendid isolation in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, High
Trenhouse is a converted upland farmstead with two selfcontained buildings each with its own bedrooms, meeting
rooms, dining room and bar.
This 4-day (4-night) painting holiday will encourage students to
paint ‘en plein air’ in the form of sketches and finished paintings
as well working from the studio.You will need to be fairly active
as there will be some walking.
The fee includes
- all tuition
- exclusive use of the accommodation and all facilities
- dedicated hospitality with superb food
- dinner, bed and breakfast and a packed lunch each day.
- arriving after 5pm on Monday 17 August informal dinner and
course overview with tutor Carole Baker, giving you the
opportunity to meet your fellow students.
Please email Carole at
[email protected] for further details of
painting holidays.
Updated 16.4.15
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2015 WORKSHOP CALENDAR
COURSE TITLE
DATE
COST
£
NO OF
PLACES
AVBLE
1-DAY ACRYLICS: MOODY
15 JAN
45
1
1-DAY ACRYLICS + COLLAGE
16 JAN
45
6
1-DAY PRACTICAL COLOUR MIXING
28 JAN
45
3
1-DAY INTERESTING FOREGROUNDS
29 JAN
45
9
Please check the website
www.carolebaker.com/workshops for availability
or call Carole on 01952 691071.The website is
updated on a regular basis.
To reserve your place, please make your
payment over the 'phone with debit/credit card*
by calling Carole on 01952 691071.
1-DAY ENCHANTED FORESTS IN ACRYLICS
12 FEB
45
FULL
1-DAY BREAKING WAVES IN ACRYLICS
13 FEB
45
FULL
1-DAY WATERCOLOUR + PASTEL / INK
25 FEB
45
9
1-DAY PAINTING WITHOUT A BRUSH
26 FEB
45
8
3-DAY VIBRANT COLOURFUL L ACRYLICS
24-26 MAR
190
4
1-DAY PAINT ALONG WITH CAROLE IN ACRYLICS
17 APR
65
1
1-DAY ACRYLICS: MOODY
1 MAY
45
1
1-DAY ENCHANTED FORESTS IN ACRYLICS
7 MAY
65
2
Carole Baker,
Plough House,Weston Heath, Nr Shifnal,
Shropshire TF11 8RY
Tel: 01952 691071
Email: [email protected]
19-20 MAY
160
FULL
Website: www.carolebaker.com
PAINTING HOLIDAY:
2-DAY ADVENTURE IN ACRYLICS
WATERSHED STUDIO,NORTH ESSEX
PLEASE BOOK DIRECT 01255 820466
SUMMER WORKSHOPS:
STUDIO OF CAROLE BAKER,PLOUGH HOUSE,WESTON HEATH
SHROPSHIRE TF11 8RY
All workshops limited to 6 people
2-DAY EN PLEIN AIR PAINTING
29-30 JUN
130
5
2-DAY ACRYLICS: MOODY
9-10 JUL
130
1
2-DAY DRIPS, DROPS AND SPLATS IN ACRYLICS 23-24 JUL
130
5
2-DAY ACRYLICS + COLLAGE
5-6 AUG
130
6
1-DAY WATERCOLOUR + PASTEL / INK
25 AUG
65
1
1-DAY INTERESTING FOREGROUNDS
26 AUG
65
3
18-21 AUG
675
FULL
PAINTING HOLIDAY:
HIGHTRENHOUSE
4-DAY MALHAM MOORS,NORTHYORKS
(including full board accommodation and no single supplement)
Limited to 10 places
* Please note: there is a 2% charge on credit card payments.
BOOKING CONDITIONS
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 unless in the case of
illness in which case, supported by a doctor's note.The booking
is non transferable.
“Once again thank you for a great workshop
yesterday. I’ve worked with a couple of
artists over this last year and whilst their
work was great they weren’t so great as
teachers. Not only do you paint lovely
pictures, you’re also a good teacher. Well
structured, clear explanations, not too much
content to overwhelm and plenty of time to
try ourselves with lots of feedback. I’m
really excited about what I learnt yesterday
and will be spending the weekend, dripping,
dropping and splatting.”
LC, Drips, Drops & Splats!
1-DAY ENCHANTED FORESTS IN ACRYLICS
1 OCT
45
11
1-DAY BREAKING WAVES IN ACRYLICS
2 OCT
45
10
3-DAY VIBRANT COLOURFUL ACRYLICS
28-30 OCT
190
9
1-DAY ACRYLICS: MOODY
10 DEC
45
12
1-DAY DRIPS, DROPS AND SPLATS IN ACRYLICS 11 DEC
45
12
"The workshop was beautifully organised,
well constructed and challenging. Carole is
not only an outstanding artist she is a skilled,
sensitive teacher helping each member of the
group achieve work they could be proud of."
DH, painting en plein air - Scotland