ART in the PEAK PARK
Weekends Week course Pot-Pouri Days Home study
We are now in our 20th year branded as "Watercolour Weekends". If you are interested in improving your art or want to simply paint or draw in the Hope Valley area ( between Sheffield and Manchester) in the Peak Park, please come and spend a few days, or even a week, drawing and painting in the Peak National Park. We spend equal amounts of time outside as inside the studio. My courses include instruction, mainly in watercolour, pen and ink, drawing with pencil, oil, collage, mixed media and painting in acrylic.
You choose the medium you want to work in throughout the day. Normally I am painting everyday. We start at 9.30am and work through to 4.30pm, with 60 minutes for lunch where we can review the mornings work and discuss success and deal with any difficulties.
The fee is £30 per day and additional days in the same medium are at a reducing fee. Please telephone me at home on 01433 621546 or contact me, Dr Alan Hearsum, on my mobile phone 0796 894 1050 or email at: alanhearsum@btinternet.com
If you
need to search for accommodation that suits your needs then press on www.cressbrook.co.uk The
venues for the courses are held at Loxley Hall in the Hope Valley or at other
centres so we have variety of locations in the Peak National Park.
Request for further information, please ring if you need advice on your painting progress or if you need help with your art work or would like to book on a course, which are available on most weeks in the year subject to a viable number:-Telephone: Alan Hearsum on 01433 621546. email: alanhearsum@btinternet.com Address: Alan Hearsum, Rats' Castle, Dale End, Bradwell, Hope Valley, S33 9HP
Whichever medium you choose, guidance will be given, depending on your previous knowledge and ability. You will be advised before you attend a course what materials you need to bring with you. The course commences as soon as you have registered on the course. Dr Alan Hearsum will talk to you on the telephone and ask you a range of questions so he can ensure he is able to help you according to your needs. He will answer all your enquiries and put your mind at ease on how successful you will be on the course. Normally the groups are small but on occasions there have been up to 15 students on a course. Personal tuition will be given with much opportunity for practice. The courses are taught and not simply involve discovery learning, although learning by doing is an important part of the course. The theme of all courses is learning from success in order to address your difficulties.
Please don't be put off because there are no specific dates. I have found in the past when a date isn't popular I have had to cancel a course. If you say when you want to come I can build a course around your needs as well as including local people.
