Thursday 11 July 2023 , 10am to 3:30pm.  £60
This workshop is for adults.

Be prepared to free up and let go! Capture the freshness, vivacity and colour of flowers in a variety of acrylic techniques including loose fluid methods and more painterly impressionistic approaches. 

We will initially work through quick exercises looking at shape and form and explore gestural energetic mark-making to capture the impression of flowers. We will also use cut-out collage shapes and drawn marks as a foil to the looseness of painting – this is not a botanical painting class!

Lots of step-by-step demos & individual help…. a basic knowledge of acrylics is useful.

About the tutor

Find tutor information for Karen Carter here

Materials to bring

Please bring the following:

• Heavy watercolour paper x 2 sheets (approx. 350gsm) (A3 or bigger)
• Heavy cartridge paper for initial studies and exercises
• Soft drawing pencil, rubber, charcoal
• Oil pastels or artists crayons such as Neocolour – whatever you have (don’t buy specially)
• Acrylic paints – primaries plus any others you have – if buying specially just buy primary colours and white
• Mixing palette with a large flat area (plates are fine), range of brushes (whatever you have – including some large ones and fine ones)
• Slow-drying gel /drying retarder (useful but not essential)
• Kitchen sponge, cotton rag (old pillow case would be fine), palette knife if you have one
• Kitchen roll, water pot, water spray bottle if you have one
• Inspiration – pots, jugs, vases of flowers
• Old clothes / apron,

Please bring your own mug for these sessions. There will be hot water for drinks to have during the session.

Please remember also to bring your own packed lunch.

CoVid Prevention

Please do not attend if you feel unwell or have CoVid-like symptoms. Please take a lateral flow test if you are feeling unwell.

Cancellation policy.

Please note that a ticketing fee of £2 is included in the price of this workshop and this is not refundable in any circumstance.

If you are unable to attend the workshop and you cancel your attendance more than two weeks prior to the workshop, the ticketing fee above will be retained.  If you cancel less than two weeks before the workshop no fees are refundable.

In the event of City Arts having to cancel the workshop due to participants’ numbers falling below the minimum requirement or government advice changes, we will refund the whole workshop amount.