Summer Painting course at Grasmere

 

 I've popped a few photo's to entice on a cold Winter's day.

These are all taken on warm sunny days painting around Grasmere and Rydal water.

If you have always wanted to paint outdoors and would like a few days in The Lake District

I have a Watercolour  course organised from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th June

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Walking to beautiful locations which will include fields full of wild flowers, river banks with Foxgloves, mountain streams and waterfalls and of course Rydal and Grasmere Lake

 

Monday 22nd  to Thursday 25th June 2015

 

Staying full board at the Glenthorne with the use of the studio

The course is suitable for beginners and Intermediates and the price is £395.00

This is a truly beautiful time in the Lakes if you would like to book a place just email me

 for more details lakelandart@hotmail.co.uk 

 

Easedale valley ten minutes walk from the Glenthorne

 

Grasmere Lake

 

Foxgloves galore and old stone walls

Painting in the grounds of Glenthorne

 

 

 

Tea garden with a perfect view.

 

Flower meadows and sunshine

Old packhorse bridge.

 

 For more details see

www.lakelandartcourses.co.uk

Turner in the Lake District

Evening light, Derwentwater

Painted in Watercolours

I'm very excited about going to see the new 'Turner Movie'. I've heard it's got good reviews but I'm not really bothered about these, it will be amazing seeing 'Turners work on the big screen and with a bag of  popcorn thrown in. When we were in Chamonix I figured out nearly where the great master had painted and I'm delighted to find on the Tate web site that he toured the Lake District in 1797 sketching Aira and Lodore Falls, Derwentwater, Buttermere and Patterdale just to name a few scenic spots that he put pencil to paper.

Here is a link to the tate web site that shows Turner painting from just about the same place as 'Evening Light, Derwentwater. It's a fascinating web site showing Turners sketchbook from his visit to the Lakes. I think I may have to try and re-visit some other famous Turner locations.

With the heavy rain and atmospheric grey skies, the Lakeland landscape does shout a Turner approach.

 Ullswater a moody sky. I sat on an old wall, with a strong wind blowing and took in the beauty, while enjoying a hot Chocolate!

After the rain, hours of grey gloom are really worth moments of surreal  light conditions that reveal the delight of the Lakes.

I've sketched in this scene ready for the paint to work some magic, will keep you posted.

www.watercolourcourse.co.uk