Joan studied at Glasgow School of Art and taught for many years before establishing her own art school, Robinwood, in Ayr in 1993. She is a practising artist enjoying working in a variety of mediums.
In this workshop, we shall look at a garden landscape, in pastel. I shall bring some images and we will explore composition.
Using our phone cameras, we will take several photos in the walled garden, and having discussed mood and format, use these
photos to make thumbnail sketches, concentrating on design and tone.
Selecting one of these sketches to form the basis of our final pastel painting we will scale up, working initially inside, and using
monochrome colours as a base (Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber). Before starting the painting in colour, we shall explore the mark
making skills we will need to get the best effects for grass, foliage etc from the pastels. Weather allowing, we shall continue outside,
to bring our paintings to life with colour. After completion there will be a friendly crit.