Experience the beauty of South West France through the lens of Urban Sketching! Immerse yourself in the playful world of mixed media landscapes guided by Sketchbook artist Jenny Adam.
About this course:
This dynamic workshop with Jenny Adam offers a harmonious blend of techniques, allowing you to simplify nature’s complexity while infusing your artwork with texture, colour, and emotion. We will work on location, discovering the landscapes and villages, but also make time for exploring art in the comfort of the atelier.
Mixed media: Watercolour, Acrylic markers, felt tip pens, coloured pencils and wax crayons. Working in a sketchbook or small sheets of paper.
Course Highlights:
● Playful Drawing Techniques: explore a whimsical approach to sketching landscapes using mixed media. From watercolour and acrylic markers to crayons and felt-tip pens, discover the joy of combining diverse materials to evoke the essence of nature. Embrace spontaneity, experimentation, and creative freedom as you simplify greenery and capture the mood of the scenery.
● Understanding Media Properties: Delve into the properties of different media, from transparent to opaque, rough to smooth. Learn how to leverage these characteristics to create captivating textures, soft, hard edges, and layered compositions.
● Exploratory Exercises: Engage in exercises designed to stimulate your creativity and expand your colour palette. Experiment with colour combinations, layering techniques, and mark-making to infuse your sketches with depth and vibrancy. Embrace the joy of
discovery as you uncover new ways to interpret the natural world through mixed media.
Programme Outline – Urban Sketching and Landscapes with Jenny Adam
Saturday
4.00 – Check-in time from 4pm onwards
Guests arrive, settle in and explore Clos Mirabel
6.00 – Welcome drinks and dinner
Sunday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Material exploration. Discovering different media suitable for sketchbook work and finding ways to combine them.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Demo drawing by Jenny and Sketching outside the Manor
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Monday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Exploring Colour and materials. Working with a limited palette and colour concepts.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 A look at landscapes & tips for urban sketching
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Tuesday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Plein air painting/sketching in the area of lac de Castet or another village
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at a local Auberge or gourmet picnic.
2.00 – 4.00 Exploring a larger composition. Plein air painting/sketching in the village.
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Wednesday day off (Lunch is not provided on the free day)
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
We suggest wine tasting in local vineyard, explore Pau or beyond
Optional: 5.00 – 6.00 Joint evening sketching session. Enjoy the special light at twilight. Depending on the weather, this hour session might be moved to another day.
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Thursday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Trip to Pau, Urban Sketching session (please note transport is provided but lunch is not included)
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch in Pau
2.00 – 4.00 Afternoon working and exploring Sketchbook material
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House or on the terrace
Friday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Free day of painting at Clos Mirabel, with individual tuition throughout. Working either en plein air, still life, or from our photographs and sketches. Experiment with combining any variety of the techniques & materials you have learnt for mixed media.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Meet in the studio Individual tuition & get ready for evening exhibition
6.00 – Evening exhibition with aperitifs in the studio space of Atelier Clos Mirabel
7.00 – Farewell dinner – 4 courses in the Manor House or on the terrace
Saturday – Buffet Breakfast and departure (Check-out 11am)
Non-painting guests: we are more than happy to welcome non-painting guests, accompanying partners, family or friends. There are plenty of activities to experience around Clos Mirabel, that will make your holiday unforgettable Click here for more information.
The Art Studio offers a spacious open plan layout of 75 m2. It is available at all times during your stay. Click here for more information.
