Sat/Sun 14th– 15th June 2014 10 – 5pm
Machair, 2010
By Lesley Burr
91x101cms
An exciting weekend course in painting imaginative and colourful land/cityscapes taught by Lesley Burr, an acclaimed Scottish painter, also known as one of “The Glasgow Girls” and previously lecturer in Painting at Glasgow School of Art. Lesley studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art, followed by an MA in Public Art. She is an experienced teacher and lecturer having taught not only at GSA but also on the MFA Course at Duncan of Jordanstone and is currently a tutor at Argyll College. She exhibits regularly throughout the UK and abroad and her work is held in several public collections. Awards for her work include First Prize in the National John Laing Landscape Competition, Scottish Prize and Runner up in subsequent years, Scottish Arts Council + Hi Arts Development Grants, and the Ruth Davidson Memorial Scholarship. She has also completed a number of large scale public art ceramic commissions in Glasgow, Dundee, Shetland, Stirling, Argyll and acted as lead artist and consultant on several community based art projects.
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Islay Family Outing, 2010
By Lesley Burr
Oil
50x60cms
Transforming sketches from life into paintings is a regular focus of Burr’s work. Photography is used as a useful visual tool, acting as a back up reference should more information be required. Her work is inspired by landscape as well as the influences of weather and light through the seasons. Oils, pastels, watercolours depict unusual landforms, water, birds, lush vegetation swathed in vibrant colours. The images in her work have both simplicity and depth with a magical unearthly quality that suggests a world beyond the ordinary. Sensitivity is achieved through the building of colour layers and glazes. Lesley will do demonstrations of her painting techniques and guide students though the process of working from life, sketching and developing those into larger scale paintings in the studio.
Mysteries of Life, 2010
By Lesley Burr
Oil
50x50cms
THE WORKSHOP DETAILS
The first morning of this course will be spent out of doors (weather permitting) recording ideas from life – sketching, using pastels or other mediums. Burr will demonstrate how to select and build up images with pastels. We will then return to the studio to develop the drawings into paintings, using oils and colour layering – another demonstration of working with oils and using sketches. The key focus is to explore your own personal experience of the landscape/ cityscape imagery. Please note if the weather is really wet could you please bring along some of your favourite landscape photographs to work from. All materials are provided including canvas or primed Fabriano Pittoria A1 size paper.