Rosemary Beaton returns with this weekend course on drawing and painting from nature that includes an amazing day at London’s Kew Gardens followed by a day in our studio in Wood Green.
Fee £175 inclusive of day entry into Kew Gardens * (please bottom of page)
Kew Gardens with artist and national award winner Rosemary Beaton
Above: Daffodils in Kew Gardens London
BRIEF COURSE OUTLINE
On Saturday you’ll spend the day in Kew Gardens looking at and drawing the flowering gardens with the spring bulbs and trees bursting with colour.
- we meet at Kew Gardens London at opening time 10am. Please note your course fee is inclusive of the day entrance fee.
- Morning – visiting and quick sketches of the various habitats
- Afternoon – Return to habitats that you would like to work more on.
On Sunday we return to the studio where you will bring to life in oil or acrylic what we drew, photographed and memorised over the weekend. There will opportunities for group discussions and one on one coaching from Rosemary. Rosemary will also have a short slide show of her recent works and there will demonstrations on how she approaches her painting; giving you the opportunity to observe a master artist at work.
- 10am start – Brief slide show of Rosemary Beaton work
- Idea development and making
Please note in studio you will be provided with Paints and brushes and paper to work your ideas on. There will be canvas available to purchase at cost or you can come along with your own.
Working in studio following Kew Gardens
Rosemary Beaton studied at the prestigious Glasgow School of Art graduating with a 1st Class BA Honours degree. As one of “The Glasgow Girls” she played a part in the resurgence of figurative painting that emerged at that time, culminating in Rosemary becoming the first scot and the youngest person to win the prestigious (John Player) National Portrait Award (1984) and as part of this award Rosemary was commissioned to paint a portrait of Sir Robin Day OBE for The National Portrait Gallery in London.
Rosemary’s work has become synonymous with colourful and highly personal figurative works which combines supreme draughtsman-ship with an unusual and individual colour sense. The humour and odd juxtaposition of people and places is irresistible with the individual works displaying a celebration and a love of life that is rare and welcome at a time when painting per se and happiness as subject matter were and are on the defensive. She has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad and has been a part-time lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. Her work is represented in a variety of collections including the National Gallery and the BBC Art Collection, the latter organization using her work in their productions “Tutti Frutti” and “Paris”.
Awards, prizes and commissions include Winner of the National Portrait Award; National Portrait Gallery, London; The Summer Scholarship to Hospitalfield House, Arbroath and The Emmy Sachs Drawing Prize and a West End Window Installation of 11m high x 2.2m wide stained glass window, commissioned by Palisade Properties of Glasgow. Exhibitions include amongst other things Group Shows like “Monumental Women” with Alison Harper, Anita Klein, Paula Rego and Niki de Saint Phalle at The Boundary Gallery, London (2005) and the “400 women” show held in London, Edinburgh and Amsterdam (2012)
*If you are a member of Kew Gardens please let the school know and we will refund you the price difference of a day in Kew which amounts to £16.50 at time of publishing.
