Monday 22 August 2016

Freedom in Painting in Polruan - Aug 2016 Course Report


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. 


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) 






Daniela at work..


A discussion with Di about her painting....


Alice's painting in progress..

working on the terrace.....

The tutor takes a break.....

GALLERY


Jo Rollnick


Antonia Glynne-Jones

Antonia Glynne-Jones

Antonia Glynne-Jones


Brenda Hurley


Brenda Hurley

Brenda Hurley

Alice Leary

Kate Watkins


Kate Watkins

Kate Watkins

Erica Shipley

Erica Shipley

Daniela Metz

Daniela Metz

Di Oldfield

Di Oldfield


Sally Timms
Sally Timms

My own painting of Polruan is not yet finished, so for now here a couple of photos....


Ashley Hanson- Polruan, RedGreen

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