This particular workshop will focus on fundamentals of painting, including topics such as drawing, values, edges, and color as well as tips and techniques for using tools and materials. The topics covered will be useful for both beginning and intermediate painters. All media is welcome with the instruction given specifically for oil paints.

The general format for this weekend workshop is as follows:

Friday, 9 April 2010:

7:30 P.M. Introductory dinner at Anam Cara

8:30 P.M. Introductory workshop session

Introductions

Artist’s talk on fundamentals of painting

Painting examples

Video

Question and answer session

Saturday, 10 April 2010:

8:30 A.M. Breakfast where you are staying (Anam Cara or nearby B&B)

9:30 A.M. Day-long participant painting session begins

Demonstration by instructor

Instruction on grey scale, tools and techniques

1:30 P.M. Lunch at Anam Cara

Video

2:30 P.M-6:30 P.M. Painting with individual guidance

7:30 P.M. Dinner at Anam Cara

Sunday, 11 April 2010:

8:30 A.M. Breakfast where you are staying

9:30 A.M. Workshop session

Completion of paintings

Individual guidance

Question and answer period

Suggestions for future paintings

1:30 P.M. Lunch at Anam Cara

2:30 P.M. Individual painting with guidance or departure

• The Workshop Fee Includes:
  
  
  • • Workshop tuition and individual sessions
  • • Room and full board (including all drinks except alcoholic beverages; it’s byob) with your own room and bath (either at Anam Cara or a nearby B&B, a short, scenic walk away; transportation to and from B&Bs to Anam Cara will be provided when needed)
  • • Evening entertainment
  • • Access to all the amenities at Anam Cara (including the common working areas, the movie and music loft, the conservatory, the hot tub overlooking Coulagh Bay (bring your swimming costume), the sauna, and the five acres of garden and riverbank grove with 34+ quiet nooks and crannies)

Residential Workshop Fee:  €300 (includes 6 meals and 2 nights accommodation)

Non-residential Workshop Fee: €180 (includes 2 meals)

To hold your place for this workshop, please contact Su Booth-Forbes at anamcararetreat@gmail.com, and I will pencil you in and send along information about traveling to and from Anam Cara.  You can then confirm your booking by sending a 50% deposit (in Euro or the equivalent in your currency by personal check, bank-to-bank transfer, or PayPal).

Rooms at Anam Cara are booked on a first-deposit-in basis.

The deadline for the remaining 50% of the workshop fee is 1 April 2010.  If you have to cancel your booking before 1 April, all but €25 (for handling) of your fee will be returned; after 1 April, the fee is nonrefundable.  If we at Anam Cara have to cancel the workshop, we will return your fee in full.  Although none of us want to have to cancel travel plans, it is always wise to take out travel insurance to cover that possibility