There are 3 weekend art courses to choose from. All art courses are suitable for complete beginners as well as those with more experience who want an art course to develop new skills and approaches. These art courses have a maximum of just ten places per art course so you can be sure of the attention and support you need to succeed:
Painting with Acrylic - a weekend art course to help you master this unique and versatile medium. Diluted with water acrylics can be used like water colour or used straight from the tube they can produce depth and colour similar to oil painting. Used properly acrylics give great satifaction.
next course 28/29 June 2008 a fewplaces available
also on 11/12 October places available
Art from Imagination - a weekend art course to help paint beyond reality. Avoid being bogged down by all thos rules of how to paint and draw. People can fly in dreams so why not let them fly in your art!? Take another look at perspective and alter the laws of gravity. Great for begginers and those wanting to escape an artist rut.
next course 12/13 July 2008 a fewplaces available
also on 18/19 October places available
Printmaking - a weekend art course of discovery and exploration using ink and printing plates made by you. Using safe and direct methods you will be able to master two exciting forms of printmaking - the collagraph and the drypoint and will make at least 2 plates and 2 limited edition prints - and probably more over the weekend.
next course 26/27 July 2008 a fewplaces available
also on 25/26 October places available
Nicola Slattery has a reputation for being a calm and inspirational art tutor. She has written about the techniques she teaches on her art courses for several leading national art magazines and has taught many professional artists as well helping hundreds of complete beginners to get started. As an art course tutor she is especially known for sharing her passion for painting with acrylic as well as teaching the drypoint and collagraph printmaking techniques. Her aim on each art course is to help people discover and develop their own style using imagination as a source of inspiration for art.
When choosing an art course one important consideration is the total number of participants. With Nicola Slattery the number on her art courses is never more than ten which means you receive the individual attention and support you need to really succeed. Getting good art tuition matters most and with Nicola Slattery you have one of the best. She firmly believes in helping people discover and develop their own approach to creating art, whether this includes realism or abstract, figurative, landscape, still life, etc.
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Nicola Slattery the Artist: a painter and a printmaker.
Nicola Slattery graduated from Coventry Art School in 1986 with BA Hons in Fine Art. Her distinct style of printmaking and figurative painting using acrylics and mixed media were soon noticed and exhibitions across the UK and abroad soon followed. Her style and approach has influenced and inspired many other artists and examples of her work are in numerous corporate, public and private collections.
Art critic Sister Wendy Beckett, a prolific writer and broadcaster on the visual arts recently said of Nicola Slattery's work ...
" This is magical art, pure, humorous and strong".
Above: Title: Falling Roses medium: acrylic painting available at: The Hallward, Dublin.
The UK's Artist & Illustrators magazine recently called her: "...the name on everyone's lips," while the BBC's Homes & Antiques described her: "...beautiful, dreamlike paintings."
Nicola Slattery is well known for her distinct figurative style of painting. As an established painter and printmaker her work has been widely exhibited across the UK and abroad. Her work has received favourable attention from critics with images of her work featured on TV, and on the covers and in features of several national art magazines.
Nicola Slattery's paintings usually sell for between £2000 and £7000. Original prints can be purchased from around £150. Many of her paintings sell within a year of completion. Her latest paintings can normally be viewed on this site and reserved prior to exhibition. To see her latest work please click here: ON LINE EXHIBITION
Above: Title: Gentle Menace medium: acrylic painting available at: The Hallward, Dublin.
The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) selected the painting below for their Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London in 2006. The painting sold at the opening of the exhibition. Slattery's work can be found in many corporate, public and private collections.
Above: Title: Asleep with Sheep medium: acrylic painting Sold
Above: Title: Red Shoes medium: acrylic on board available This image featured in the May 2006 issue of the BBC's Homes & Antiques
Please visit the On Line Exhibitionfor more examples of paintings and prints and a preview of the latest work.
- these include Painting with Acrylic, Art from Imagination and Printmaking. - please click on ART COURSES for details
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Please note: All images,text and artwork are protected by copyright. No image, text or art work may be reused or reproduced in any way without the written agreement of Nicola Slattery. To discuss the reproduction of any image, text, or artwork please contact: artpeople@btopenworld.com
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