Workshops July – December 2020
Now that lockdown is easing, Lin Kerr has is tutoring workshops again at the Village Hall in Chilton: in a small group practising social distancing.
If you wish to book please email me: lin@linkerrdesign.co.uk
29 September: Still life inspired by Cezanne
This is an optional theme. You are welcome to follow your heart on what you paint, and you may access my large selection of landscape photographs if you prefer.
I work mostly in oils, but you are welcome to bring acrylic paints if you prefer.
AUTUMN THEME
STILL LIFE INSPIRED BY CEZANNE
Cezanne has inspired generations of artists.
We’ll look at how he created his still life paintings and then do our own from an actual still life in the gallery.
- You will each receive a complimentary bottle of Galkyd (to speed drying)
- I will supply solvent.
- When you book you may order materials from Jacksons via me, as a single order, and pay me for these in advance.
- Jacksons has completely run out of canvases which are made up in China – However, I can have boards cut.
Here are the Covid-safe details.
- We will be in the main hall.
- Please bring your masks. It is up to you whether you wear them during the workshop because it is a large hall and I lip-read.
- Please bring your own drinks – thermos or bottled water.
- I will supply cake.
- We will not use the kitchen at all.
- When you arrive the easels will be out and sanitised.
- I now have small folding desks which will be easier to handle than the large tables.
- We will orchestrate packing up to maintain social distancing.
2 September: The Market Square
Over 12’s welcome if they are with a participating adult.
You will be able to draw in a way you have never drawn before, even if you think you can’t. Your secret weapon will be a ‘perspective box’. This covid-safe class is limited to 6. people.
10.00am – 1.00pm with a tea and cake break. £35
Drawing for people who really think they can’t draw
(but they will totally surprise themselves)
Lin has taught hundreds of people to draw and given them art-confidence. You only need to want to draw and we will unlock the secrets. For artists the ‘secrets’ are intuitive and for everyone else they are learnable! These two workshops are independent of each other, but if you can do both, you will hone your drawing skills.
9 September: Look, loosen up and have fun
We’ll play around with upside down drawing and blind contour drawing using felt tips and ink; learning a few little tricks and simple ‘rules’. It is totally relaxing and there is no ‘wrong’.
All materials supplied. This covid-safe class is limited to 6 people.
10.00am – 1.00pm with a tea and cake break. £35
16 September: Gaps and angles
It’s not the objects you want to draw, but the in-between spaces. And why do artists hold a pencil up; and squint, then nod? Can blocking one eye really help you draw? The simple exercises are designed to be fun and you’ll have a little pile of drawings to take home.
All materials supplied. This covid-safe class is limited to 6 people.
£90
MESSING ABOUT WITH OILS
with Lin Kerr
21 September (only a few places left)
If you have ever wanted to try oils, see how far you can push them, discover what they can do and experiment with various effects this is for you.
- Complete beginner: maybe
- Beginner, Improver, Intermediate: Yes
- Advanced: maybe
- Highly specialised: No
Book directly at Ardington School
£90
Ardington School of Crafts
FROM THE CAMERA TO THE CANVAS
with Lin Kerr
Friday and Saturday 24-25 October 2020
The artist does not merely copy but he interprets what he sees, adding emotion, exciting brushstrokes and energy.
- Complete beginner, Beginner: No
- Improver, Intermediate: Yes
- Advanced maybe
Book directly at Ardington School
£180
Oxford Summer School courses will be held as a series of weekend courses in 2021
For Gift Vouchers for any amount towards a course at Limetrees Studio, Contact Lin
More detail about the Workshops:
What the students say
Lin’s way of teaching oils (and Art)
Oils paints vs. water-mixable oils vs. acrylic paints
Lin Kerr: Teaching experience and qualifications
Health and Safety
View the following blog-posts:
Teaching oil painting to beginners
Their first oil paintings
Preparing the Ground – Gesso
Are oil paints toxic?
