School of Landscape Painting - Artist Development Programme 2016-17

Artists Development Programme 2016/17

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 three studios in Sussex & Hampshire from October 2016 through to June 2017.

The Artist Development Programme (ADP) also includes a field trip to Wales, a week of uninterrupted time on the St David’s Peninsula, April 2017.

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The Programme • Sessions one day a month give you practical support, guided and tutored by Christopher Baker.

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 2: Colour and Composition.

• Focused development on your work.

• Written and podcasts of course notes before each studio session.

Monthly payment plan available for the year.

• Information and optional project assignments.

“The {ADP} course is a unique combination of technical/professional and philosophical thought.”

ADP student 2014

• Projects that develop and identify your subject matter.

• One week field trip to Wales in April 2017.

“Giving information and basic instruction that encourages thought and draws out a creative response.”

ADP student 2013

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

• An individual session.

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

• London gallery visit: Research and Lecture.

• Studio Plus (optional untutored group sessions).

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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.

“It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch colour - not colour used descriptively that is, but as a means of expression.” Matisse

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Theme A Personal Vision 2: Colour and Composition.

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ADP Monthly Sessions Venues and Dates Monday

Binsted Studio, Binsted Lane, Nr Arundel, BN18 0LH 9.30am - 4pm 2016 October 17th November 8th (Tuesday - Lecture & Research, Tate Britain)

November 28th 2017 January 9th February 6th March 6th April 22-29th Field Trip May 8th June 5th

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Tuesday

Westerlands Farm, Graffham, near Petworth, GU28 0QJ 9.30am - 4pm 2016 October 18th November 8th (Tuesday - Lecture & Research, Tate Britain)

November 29th 2017 January 10th February 7th March 7th April 22-29th Field Trip May 9th June 6th

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Stockbridge Town Hall, Hurford Hall, Stockbridge, SO20 6HE 9.30am - 4pm Dates: October 19th November 8th (Tuesday - Lecture & Research, Tate Britain)

November 30th 2017 January 11th February 8th March 8th April 22-29th Field Trip May 10th June 7th 9

Field Trip 2017 April 22-29th Colour and Vision St David’s Peninsula, Pembrokeshire 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 22th April end midday 29th April.

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 18-20th 2016 Fee £460 Deposit £100 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.

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Oil Painting Technique & Colour I December 5-7th 2016 Session 1 £420 Deposit £100 Venue: Stockbridge This course provides you with the basic foundation of oil painting and colour; a firm understanding of materials, mediums and techniques.

At the end of the course you will have a working knowledge of oil painting and colour ideas in which to develop in your own way.

The course includes: • Step by step approach introducing a variety of different but complimentary methods of oil painting.

• A clear technical grounding of materials.

• Ways of introducing colour.

• Align technique with individual creative vision.

• Work from still life and landscape.

Oil Painting Technique & Colour II May 15-17th 2017 Session 2 £410 Deposit £100 Venue: Stockbridge Oil Painting I & II: £795 Deposit £200

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ADP Course Fees Price with Field Trip £1,240 8 Sessions & 6 Day Field Trip Deposit to secure your place £220 by June 30th and £85.00 per month (12 payments)

Price less Field Trip £820 Deposit to secure your place £100 and £60.00 per month (12 payments)

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.

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