Please see below news on upcoming exhibitions and courses at Inchmore Gallery near Inverness.

EXHIBITIONS: The current exhibition “A Fine Art Friendship”, due to close this Saturday, has been extended until 5pm on Wednesday 2nd May.

The month of May brings two new exhibitions. Mark Lomax’s “Discarded Thoughts” runs concurrently with “Craft Month at Inchmore Gallery” from the 5th of May 2012. 

Read more about these exhibitions here:

http://northings.com/2012/04/20/discarded-thoughts-mark-lomax-exhibition-inchmore-gallery/

http://northings.com/2012/04/20/inchmore-gallery-proud-to-be-part-of-craft-and-design-month/ 

COURSES: Inchmore Gallery are delighted to be able to offer a range of courses, which will be tutored by the popular and highly respected Dean Melville. Other courses and tutors are being arranged at the moment and future information will be available soon.

DEAN MELVILLE 2012 COURSE DETAILS

1. Drawing + Painting from photos:- Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May 2012 10am until 4pm Fee: £120

Collecting information for producing paintings is a main issue in the picture making process and photography is an obvious choice. However painting from photos without the outcome looking like a photo is a different matter.

This course offers various practical approaches in dealing specifically with this. The course will also cover all aspects of the picture making process.

2. Landscape Drawing + Painting:- Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th July 2012 10am until 4pm Fee: £120

Using the landscape as the focal point this course is to be an experience in working outside, from life. Participants will be dealing with changing light and weather conditions. It is a lesson in painting and thinking “outside the box” All aspects of drawing, painting and creating a picture will be covered.

3. Portrait/ figure painting:- Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July 2012 10am until 4pm Fee: £150 including Model Fee

The figure has long been a central subject matter for artists. Over these two days there will be the chance for students to work on preliminary studies, through to working up a painting. Participants will look at all aspects of drawing + painting ;composition, proportion, anatomy, handling colour mixing. The aim of the session is to build confidence in the practice of drawing and painting through sensitivity to the techniques.

4. Sketchbook to Painting:- Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September 2012 10am until 4pm Fee: £120

This session is designed to make the transition from sketchbook to painting a much more achievable thing. Often artists make lovely exciting initial statements and somewhere between the sketch and the final piece that early promise is lessened. These two days are about learning to collect the best information to take forward, while keeping the kick from the first germs until the main thing is done.

5. Still Life painting:- Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October 2012 10am until 4pm Fee: £120

Using Still life as a center point these two days are designed to cover all aspects of the Drawing + Painting process. Still life has a long and prominent standing in art history which makes it easy to trace its development through style and subject. The aim of the session is to build confidence in the practice of drawing and painting through sensitivity to the techniques.

To sign up to any of these courses please complete a Booking Form here Dean Melville Courses Booking Form A5 and return to Treeroot Studio at Inchmore Gallery, with the deposit, as soon as possible. There are a maximum of eight places available on each course and booking is on a first come, first served basis.

Joining instructions and lists of materials, provided and/or required, will be forwarded on booking.

Any queries please do not hesitate to contact Jane at Inchmore Gallery.

Jane Owen Inglis, Treeroot Studio,Inchmore Gallery, Inchmore, Inverness, IV5 7PX
t:05602625740, e: info@inchmoregallery.co.uk, www.inchmoregallery.co.uk.
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Source: Inchmore Gallery