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Courses for 2026

Deconstruct Reconstruct Abstract

Summer School week long course 3rd - 7th August 2026

Contact Oxfordshire Arts and Crafts for details and to book.
This course is new for Summer school and takes elements from my online workshops, of the same name. You will be deconstructing, reconstructing and abstracting in the process.

Subject matter will include both observational drawing from life (I will ask you to provide one or two simple objects to work from) and landscape, from your own resource material. The idea is to simplify or pare down imagery to component parts and to put them back together again! Not so straightforward maybe, but a way to capture your ideas in an abstract piece – interesting, thoughtful and fun.

You will be drawing and painting, cutting and fitting together, learning about colour and composition.

This is not suitable for beginners. If in doubt please contact me for a chat.

Beginners online course
Colour for Painting

4 Saturdays over 4 Months

This course is cancelled due to family circumstances. I do hope to re-schedule another time when life is not quite so hectic.

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Contemporary Painting and Drawing

A two term course on Mondays at Sunningwell School of Art starting September 2025 and continuing until March 2026

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A one term Course on Mondays at Sunningwell School of Art starting April 2026

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Beginners (and Rusty Beginners!)

Online Colour for Painting course

4 Saturdays Over 4 months

This course will get you mixing from 6 basic colours and using it for dynamic or subtle contrast in your painting compositions.

Drawing skills are not essential.

You will be given specific tasks each Saturday to be completed  over the month. Each session , apart from the 1st will start with  a group feedback, Q&As

BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Bookings are made on payment of the full amount. 50% of that amount functions as a non-returnable deposit. No refunds are available for cancellations 21 days or later before the course begins.

Places are limited (depending on the venue), and allocated in the order I receive them. If a workshop is already full, I will return your payment but keep your name on a waiting list. In the unlikely event that I will have to cancel a course, whether due to insufficient bookings or otherwise, I will let you know as soon as possible and refund 100% of the fee paid, with no further liability.

Participants attend these courses entirely at their own risk.

Online courses - numbers are capped for these courses too so that there is opportunity for some 1:1 feedback and support. Therefore the payment conditions remain the same.

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