Artist Development Programme 2015/16

Artists Development Programme 2015/16

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The School

The School of Landscape Painting was founded by Christopher Baker, with 30 years experience as a professional artist, as a personal response to the subject of painting and the landscape.

It aims to combine the practical challenges of landscape painting with that of academic study. Within the school there is a culture of discussion and shared experience to encourage a deeper communication of the subject.

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The Artist Development Programme The programme provides a regular monthly arena for painters. It is a practical course that provides technical, professional and philosophical support for each artist’s progression and development.

Each month there is a day course that includes individual tutorials and notes on painting; running from 9.30am – 4.00pm at one of four studios in Sussex & Hampshire from October 2015 through to July 2016.

The Artist Development Programme (ADP) also includes a recommended field trip to Wales, a week of uninterrupted time on the St Davids Peninsula, October 2015 and April 2016.

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The Programme

• Monthly sessions give you practical support, guided and tutored by Christopher Baker.

• Focused development on your work.

• Written and audio course notes before each studio session.

• Information and optional project assignments.

• Projects that develop and identify your subject matter.

• Discussion with professional and amateur artists within the School of Landscape Painting.

• An individual tutorial each session.

• Themed talks on process, systems, materials, content and place connected to your work.

• Studio Plus (optional untutored group sessions).

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Students come form all levels of experience, from self taught painters to those with art school backgrounds.

This year’s programme theme: A Personal Vision Monthly payment plan available for the year (see p.15) “the {ADP} course is a unique combination of technical/professional and philosophical thought” Course student 2014 “giving information and basic instruction that encourages thought and draws out a creative response.”

Tutor

Christopher Baker BA (Hons) Fine Art, Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Exeter University, founder of the The School of Landscape Painting. Senior painting tutor at West Dean College. He has explored different Landscapes including The High Arctic and Antarctica.

Awarded a landscape Scholarship by the Royal Academy of Arts and other major awards which include the British Arts Council and Canadian Arts Council.

Solo shows at The Medici Gallery, Cork Street, Pallant House Contemporary Art Gallery, Moncrieff Bray Gallery, and Portsmouth Museum of Art. Flying Colours Gallery, Chelsea. Group shows at The Royal Academy, Royal College of Art. 2010 Acting role in Archipelago Directed by Joanna Hogg. www.christopherwbaker.com

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Teaching Vision

I see painting as a way of making a connection to ‘something’ much larger. It reveals the experience of being alive within the landscape, and its forces and spaces. The work of the artist is to peel away the outer descriptive surfaces, so as to create a vivid feeling of the experience. This can be achieved through the expressive medium of drawing and painting. It is a mix of the artist personally identifying with the landscape or motif, and a fully functional pictorial construction that will realise a personal vision.

“The instruction shows the way and the method. The vision is the work of one who has wished to see.”

Japanese proverb

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ADP Monthly Sessions Venues and Dates

Monday

9.30am - 4pm

Studio Duncton Petworth West Sussex GU28 0JY

Dates: October 12, November 2, November 30 January 11, February 1, February 29, May 9, June 6, July 4 and Studio Plus by arrangement

Tuesday

9.30am - 4pm

Westerlands Farm Graffham near Petworth GU28 0QJ

Dates: October 13, November 3, December 1, January 12, February 2, March 1, May 10, June 7, July 5 and Studio Plus by arrangement

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Wednesday Stockbridge

9.30am - 4pm

Town Hall Hurford Hall Stockbridge SO20 6HE

Dates: October 14, November 4, December 2, January 13, February 3, March 2, May 11, June 8, July 6 and Studio Plus by arrangement

Thursday 9.30am - 4pm

Binsted Studio Binsted Lane Nr Arundel BN18 0LH

Date: October 15, November 5, December 3, January 14, February 4, March 3, May 12, June 9, July 7 and Studio Plus by arrangement

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Field Trips

Working in the Landscape 2015 October 18-24th 2016 April 23-30th St Davids Peninsula This is an uninterrupted time for primary research in the spectacular landscape of St David’s Peninsular, gathering material for later work in the year. We shall be experimenting with your initial reactions to landscape and the intellectual response.

Particular focus is on the experience of this landscape through feeling and its form.

We have a dedicated studio and lecture room in the Graham Sutherland Landscape Gallery (see image below).

The field trip is a great opportunity for the students to begin research, gather material & ideas and meet other students studying the course.

Full details of the course will be sent on receipt of the booking form. We meet 4pm on 18th October end midday 24th October.

Accommodation: There are excellent places to stay near to and in St Davids - details are available from our office.

Enquiries email:

office@schooloflandscapepainting.com

Students will be expected to produce a group of paintings and drawings that can form a basis of research for later work in the year.

Every day at 9.30 am there are introductory talks on painting ideas and working processes. Practical sessions and individual tutorials are held throughout the rest of the day.

Students will be able to work in the stunning landscape and seascapes very close to St Davids.

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Additional Courses Monotypes November 13th-15th 2015

This is a very creative and flexible process that lies somewhere between drawing and painting and omits the labour intensive aspects of other printmaking processes. At Christopher’s studio near Arundel West Sussex ,there is a large press measuring 3 feet by 2 feet, and plates of all sizes. It is a chance to produce a suite of quality prints over 3 days taught by Christopher Baker together with guest Master Printer Andrew Purches, providing advice and ideas of methods and the expressive potential of this medium.

Next Field Trips 2015 October 18-24th St David’s Peninsula 2016 April 23-30th St David’s Peninsula

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Course Fees

Standard price with one Field Trip £1,235 Deposit to secure your place £100 and £62.50 per month (12 payments) and £385 field trip.

Standard price without Field Trip £850 Deposit to secure your place £100 and £62.50 per month (12 payments).

Stand alone Field Trip £560 Bookings and Enquiries Jill McLachlan 01344 314444 office@schooloflandscapepainting.com

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It is vital to make a shift, and to make visible your own visual poetry.