This course is now SOLD OUT however cancellations do happen so do please contact us to be added to the waiting list by clicking here. If you are keen on experimentation and want to experiment with different media, to draw and get to grips with colour, this is an ideal course for you.
Gerry has taught throughout his professional painting career most recently one day master classes from his studio in Dorset. As a regular exhibitor at Coombe Gallery since the mid 90s we are delighted to build on those one-day courses by offering his intensive residential courses at Coombe, which have been sell outs year-on-year.
An admirer of the St Ives painters Peter Lanyon and Roger Hilton, Ivon Hitchens, the Scottish colourists, and 18th century Indian miniatures. Dudgeon’s experience of working on archaeological excavations manifests itself both in the scraping and wiping back of the paint surface to reveal underlying layers and in his fascination with Dorset’s ancient geological past.
Gerry draws parallels between Jurassic fossil forms and the shapes of the hills, and he enjoys finding rhyming shapes in man-made tracks, hedgerows, field systems and hill forts observed while walking high up along footpaths, often with a distant view of the sea. He likes to combine a scrutiny of close-up forms with a feeling for deep space in these acrylic on canvas paintings.
This course is designed for students who are seeking ways to unlock their own creativity. Gerry works intuitively, albeit with references to the observed world. This way of working, which will be encouraged during the course, enables students to free up their self-expression and lose their inhibitions. This is a particularly useful course for people who feel that they want to find a new direction for their work or for those who have not painted for a while and you will find yourself working both in the studio and out in stunning locations nearby (weather permitting!!)
“Fantastic course! Wonderful tutor - Gerry!! Fantastic food too! LOVED the week, and the people.”
MATERIALS LIST
Please bring the following materials with you
Daler Rowney Cryla acrylic paints (75 ml tubes) or Golden “Heavy Body” acrylic paints (60ml tubes) in the following colours:
Titanium White, Lemon Yellow (in Golden it’s called Hansa yellow), Pyrrole Orange (or Cadmium Orange), Pyrrole Red (or Cadmium Red or Vermilion), Quinacridone Magenta, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (green shade), Phthalo Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.
Brushes
Hog bristle brushes in sizes 2,4,6,8,10. Jackson’s own brand Black Hog series 334 (long flat) are good quality and reasonably priced www.jacksonsart.com A 40mm wide hog bristle decorator’s brush or “mottler” brush
Drawing Materials
Berol Handwriting pen (water soluble black ink)
No 6 sable watercolour brush
A few charcoal sticks (6mm diameter)
A box of “Inscribe” chalk pastels
An A5 or A4 cartridge sketchbook
4B & HB pencils
Eraser
Pencil Sharpener
Painting Accessories
Three or four painting supports (primed canvases or boards or large sheets of paper)
A flat palette with a good-sized mixing area in the middle
A roll of masking tape
Palette knife
Some kitchen roll
Two ‘J’ cloths
Small sketching stool
