5 Day Course Details

Weekly courses run from Monday to Friday. Tuition is from 10:00am each day until 1.00pm, when classes finish. Tea, coffee & biscuits or scones with cream and jam are provided inside the restaurant of the Lake Hotel. Cost is €270 excluding paints, or if you would like to use studio paint & brushes/palette knives, these can be supplied at an additional cost of €5.00 per day.

5-Day Course Dates for 2010

Monday to Friday each day

24 - 28 May
14 - 18 June
26 - 30 July
17- 21 August (note: Tuesday to Saturday)
20 - 24 September
18 - 22 October
22 - 26 November
06 - 10 December

Please contact us to Check Availability

Schedule

We will complete a step-by-step painting, which will be a landscape painting of Killarney National Park. Courses are 'Plein Air' with the option to work indoors if the weather turns poor. I will demonstrate each stage, explaining and analysing the techniques I use, which will be a mixture of brush & palette knife. Its then up to each person to try out these techniques, and/or come up with individual interpretations. There's no 'right' or 'wrong' way to paint, and my aim is to share the skills I have acquired along the way and encourage you to practice & develop yours. A lot of it is about gaining confidence and keeping going!

In the second part of the week, each person can work on a painting of your own choice, at your own pace, with advice and suggestions offered in a relaxed and friendly way! I have plenty of photos to work from, or you can bring along your own.

Course Cost (non residential)

Individual Cost for the week's course is €270, with an additional €5 per day if you would like to use studio paints/ knives & brushes

Group Rate Discount of 10% available for groups of 3 or more.

Special Offers

For those who have attended 3 courses with me, bring a friend for FREE to a fourth course of the same length, offer excludes evening classes.

What's Included in the Costs

Tutoring from 10:00am until 1.00pm Monday to Friday
Tea/coffee and biscuits available as needed
Boards to paint on
Paints can be included for an additional €5 per day (see materials list)
Use of studio easel
Course Notes: A sheet of class notes will be given to participants at each course, which will summarise all the points made during the course, including tips on colour mixing, composition, palette knife & brush techniques.