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| Behind the studio: Polruan and the 'skate'-shape of the Fowey River |
For the latest Freedom in Painting course in Cornwall, we were based in a new location, Polruan, on the south-east coast. Our group of artists included four members of the Buckinghamshire Art Society and Daniela Merz, a photographer from Karlsruhe in Germany.
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| Polruan |
The first two days were spent on location: in Polruan, with its' superb sea and river views, in Fowey, a short boat-ride across the river, and in nearby Charlestown with its' exquisite Georgian harbour. With a mixture of group drawing exercises and personal working, the artists were asked to find the essence of each place, and ideas for their painting.
The next three days were spent in our studio, in Polruan Village Hall, with its spectacular view of the river from the terrace. This was a period of intense working,with the artists transforming their ideas and the studies into colour and paint.
Hats off to the artists for producing such a strong and eclectic body of work.(see gallery below)
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| Daniela at work.. |
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| A discussion with Di about her painting.... |
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| Alice's painting in progress.. |
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| working on the terrace..... |
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| The tutor takes a break..... |
GALLERY
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| Jo Rollnick |
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| Antonia Glynne-Jones |
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| Antonia Glynne-Jones |
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| Antonia Glynne-Jones |
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| Brenda Hurley |
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| Brenda Hurley |
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| Brenda Hurley |
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| Alice Leary |
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| Kate Watkins |
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| Kate Watkins |
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| Kate Watkins |
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| Erica Shipley |
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| Erica Shipley |
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| Daniela Metz |
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| Daniela Metz |
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| Di Oldfield |
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| Di Oldfield |
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| Sally Timms |
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| Sally Timms |
My own painting of Polruan is not yet finished, so for now here a couple of photos....
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| Ashley Hanson- Polruan, RedGreen |
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| Ashley Hanson - Fowey |
TESTIMONIALS.....
'The tuition was very helpful and supportive to me as an individual, making me look much harder at tone/colour and suggestive form to create movement. I have enough evidence/ideas between sketchbooks and photos to give me plenty of work for the coming year. Thank-you Ashley- I really think I have made some progress in my thinking/recording' Kate Watkins
'Great course' Erica Shipley
'Exciting and rewarding!' Daniela Merz
We still have a few places left for our next Freedom in Painting in Polruan, 7 - 10 Sept 2016. For more details see link here or contact Ashley on 01208 77656 or ashleyhansonart@gmail.com
