Saturdays 10.30am to 4.30pm
Part 1 – A Painter’s View
Castlerigg by Guy Allott
Oil on LInen
The way to learn about paintings is simply to look at them. Everything you need to know is there.Quite often, when looking at artwork both ancient and modern, we are distracted by the mythologising which comes with history and with fame. It is easy to lose sight of the artist’s view in an environment where so many opinions are held about art. These gallery tours are designed with the painter in mind, and will focus on how an artist sees and learns from painting. Tutor Guy Allott, who is an accomplished painter, aims to encourage the joy of looking at paintings which in turn inspires one’s own work.
Fee £200 ( inclusive of A3 sketch book)
ABOUT THE COURSE:
Guy Allott
Over 4 weeks of this Gallery and Museum tour Guy will carefully choose works which we can look at in a practical sense. He will show us how artists had dialogue with fellow artists, how they painted, where it works and even dare we say – where it does not.
Each day will focus on a different museum and will comprise of a guided tour and discussion in the morning and a chance to draw in your sketchbooks from paintings in the afternoon. Although stools are available to use, there will be times when we are standing and moving between rooms.
Week 1: Sat 5th May 10.30 – 4.30 British Museum – Early forms of painting.
Week 2: Sat 12th May 10.30 – 4.30 National Gallery – Italian Renaissance and Spanish Baroque painting.
Week 3: Sat 19th May 10.30 – 4.30 Tate Britain – English modernism.
Week 4: Sat 26th May 10.30 – 4.30 Wallace Collection & Commercial Gallery Tour – Collecting and Contemporary Art