This one day course will encourage you to further develop a broad brush and expressive approach to colour in painting the landscape. You will explore different techniques to achieve expressive effects with acrylics experimenting with heightened colour and how to apply it.

It will start with small painted sketches of landscape, seascapes and figures in the environment and then move onto larger colourful expressive pieces. Phil will encourage and guide you to develop and experiment with mark making, to simplify and reduce the space in landscape while exploring surface. You will be encouraged to reconsider composition, ways to reduce the portrayal of space and how to use colour on a variety of surfaces.

Phil studied Fine Art Painting receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Manchester University before undertaking Postgraduate study in the History of Art at Birmingham University. He worked as County Art Adviser for Devon until 2011. He is now a full-time painter and tutor living in East Devon. Recent exhibitions include The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter; The Royal Society of Marine

Artists at The Mall Gallery, London; The Penwith, St Ives; Falmouth Art Gallery and The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Phil is previous Chair of The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts where he is an honorary academician and he is President of Otter Vale Art Society (OVAS). Phil’s painting explores the landscapes and seascapes of the southwest of England, particularly in Devon and the East Coast of America. He often paints en plein air, on the beach or in the landscape, Phil also undertakes his acrylic, gouache and larger oil paintings in his recently converted home studio. The artists he admires most include Fred Cuming, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper and the English greats JMW Turner and John Constable.

MAXIMUM OF 10 STUDENTS

More information & materials list will be provided once a booking has been placed, or please contact South West Art, Sidmouth on 01395 514717 or email info@southwestartmaterials.co.uk