Art Courses, painting courses and art

DATES of NEXT ART COURSES - with places available

Printmaking Weekend art course - 18/19 May
Painting with Acrylics art course - 15/16 June

Book now or find more - phone 01986 788853

Fantastic Art Courses with Nicola Slattery. Lovely Norfolk venue, excellent friendly tuition, materials and lunch included.

Weekend art courses are a great way to get started on a new and exciting outlet for your creativity. If you already have some experience then a weekend art course will open new and exciting approaches to creating art.

Enjoy a weekend painting or printmaking art course in lovely rural Norfolk. Lots of lovely places to stay nearby including farmhouse B&B's and country Inns. Places still available !

Tuition Style: Nicola Slattery is known for her calm and encouraging manner which helps build confidence. Participants on previous art courses describe a generous attitude and readiness to share her extensive expertise and experience. Nicola has written about all of the techniques she teaches on her art courses for various national art magazines. She has many years experience of delivering outstanding art courses to people of diverse ages, ability and background including complete beginners and other professionals.

Nicola (on left) teaches each person as an individual. A maximum of ten people on the weekend art courses enables lots of individual tuition.

For some weekend art courses are all about getting started and building confidence. For others it's a chance to explore new directions and techniques. Whatever your artistic goals you will be taught as an individual.

Below is a bit of description about the weekend art courses but to really find out if they are right for you the best thing to do is phone for a chat... call Nicola any day 9am - 9pm on : 01986 788853

Painting with Acrylic This is a painting course which will help you get the most out of painting with acrylics. As a painting medium Acrylic offers excellent flexibility and is great for beginners but is also used increasingly by many professional artists. Mixed with water it paints like watercolour or used straight from the tube for an effect like oils. Learn to layer paint to enrich colours, create depth, explore composition and the many other techniques to create a successful painting.

Next Painting with Acrylic weekend art courses:

Sat/Sun 15th & 16th June 2013... places available - please book now.

or... Sat/Sun 12/13 October 2013 ... book soon to be sure of a place.

"Well Balenced" - an acrylic painting on wood by Nicola Slattery.

On all of Nicola Slattery's art courses you will be encouraged to find and develop your own style and approach to art.

Art from Imagination: Although similar to the weekend acrylic painting art courses the emphasis on this particular art course is all about creating art from your own imagination. We will explore inspiration for creating art from a variety of sources including dreams, others artists, literature, photographs, etc. You will be encouraged to consider alternative perspectives and compositions while also learning the basics of painting with acrylics. As with all of Nicola Slattery's art courses no previous experience is required... just a willingness to have a go!

Next Art from Imagination weekend art courses:

Sat/Sun 28th & 29th September 2013 ... book your place on this art course now and start to look forward to an art packed late summer weekend amoungst the mellow fruitfulness of south Norfolk!

Imagination plays a vital part in Nicola Slattery's work as can be seen in her painting "Riding the Fish Home". On her art courses you will be encouraged to develop and work with your own ideas and styles in a supportive, relaxed and enjoyable way.

Printmaking Weekend
This weekend art course is a great introduction to two very exciting and versatile techniques. Collagraph and Drypoint are different approaches which are direct and can easily be mastered to produce limited edition prints safely without chemicals, acids or technical know how. Nicola Slattery has written about these techniques for several art magazines and introduced them to over a thousand people including many other professional artists and complete beginners. Expect to produce several hand made limited edition prints on this art course using each technique. Beginners are very welcome but the weekend is also be ideal for anyone already familiar with some aspects of printmaking and who want to develop their expertise further. Drypoint and Collagraph will be the main techniques but with elements of Chine Colle and other embellishments being introduced as appropriate.

Next Printmaking Weekend art course:

Sat/Sun 18th & 19th May 2013 - still 3 places available (2/5/13)

or... Sat/Sun 5th & 6th October 2013 - places available

"Companion" is the title of this collagraph print.

A few words about: Printmaking
Collagraph and Drypoint are quite different approaches but both can be employed to create limited edition prints safely without the use of chemicals or acids. Even if you are completely new to printmaking you can expect to produce several limited edition prints using each technique on a printmaking weekend art course. Nicola Slattery knows these techniques very well having written about them for national art magazines and demonstrated and taught them to many complete beginners as well as other professional artists... the techniques are very accessible, safe AND a lot of fun!

Art Course participants ink and wipe their printmaking plates ready to print on one of Nicola Slattery's popular and inspirational Printmaking art courses.

If you would like free copies (UK /Eire only) of articles on Printmaking or any of the other techniques Nicola Slattery teaches on her art courses please email your full postal address including post code to: artpeople@btopenworld.com

Art Sample Day Enjoy an art packed day suitable for complete beginners and anyone with more experience wanting to broaden their approach to art. The day begins with a look at drawing and how to get started followed by an excellent introduction to painting using acrylics. You will also discover the thrill of drypoint printmaking and make your own limited edition hand made print. There a maximum of just ten places and you can be sure of the attention and support you need to succeed.

Materials and equipment are provided along with a buffet lunch. Just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to get started. The Art Sample Day has a specially reduced fee of just £45 payable on booking.

Next Art Sample Day art course is on Sunday 10th November 2013

A pleasant venue: All the weekend art courses take place at a quaint yet ideal venue in the South Norfolk village of Starston. Situated in rolling countryside near to the border of Norfolk and Suffolk. The historic award winning market town of Harleston is just a couple of miles away. There are many nearby places to stay including farmhouse and traditional B&B's, Country Inns etc. A couple of the highly recommended ones are: Heath Farmhouse tel: 01986 788417 and The Old Bakery tel: 01379 676492. Both are close to the venue, have good village pubs in walking distance, are reasonbly priced and have been consistently praised by previous weekend art course participants.

The number of places on Nicola Slattery's art courses is always limited to a maximum of just ten - please make sure of the place you want, avoid disappointment and book your art course place today!

email to artpeople@btopenworld.com

or telephone: 01986 788 853 any day 9am - 9pm

A deposit of £95 secures your place on any of the weekend art courses and payment may be made by most debit or credit cards over the phone or you can pay by cheque. The total weekend art course fee is £195. This includes materials and equipment and buffet lunch each day.

For full booking details and terms and conditions please click here

On all the weekend art courses the materials and equipment are provided along with a buffet lunch each day -all included in the art courses fee. You have no hidden extras to worry about and no worry about buying materials etc in advance. This means you spend the whole time focused upon enjoying and getting the most from your art course.

Here are just a couple of comments on Nicola Slattery's art courses..

"Just been to a fabulous art course with Nicola Slattery. I learnt to use acyrlic paint on wood. Hopefully I will produce my first piece of art work in this media soon.. Could this be the passion I have been searching for? I so hope so." Julia (Message left on Nicola Slattery's facebook page 29/11/11)

"Just wanted to say thank you again for an excellent two days of painting education. It was great to have the opportunity to get help and guidance from a professional artist and then put it into action immediately! I really enjoyed the two days and got a lot out of it, and already have several other paintings worked out in my mind ready to go....." Robin (email from participant on one of the painting weekend art courses in November 2011)

Why not have a chat about what you are looking for from a weekend art course? Please telephone: 01986 788 853 .... any day 9am - 9pm

For free copies of articles on techniques please email your full postal address to: artpeople@btopenworld.com

To book your place on any of the art courses in 2013 please telephone: 01986 788 853 Beginners always welcome!

Below: Nicola Slattery (2nd from right) works with people individually on all of her weekend art courses.

Nicola Slattery (2nd from right) works with people individually on all of her weekend art courses.

updated May 2013