catherine beale

Ever fancied painting “in an English Country Garden”?!
I’m excited to be holding two half-day Plein air workshops over this late May Bank Holiday weekend. The afternoon sessions are part of this year’s Wylye Valley Art Trail and will introduce you to Plein Air painting in watercolours at my central Venue 36.

Painting the Garden Plein Air: Sunday 26 and/or Monday 27th May 1-4pm
At The Stable, Valley Farm House, Milton, near East Knoyle, Wiltshire SP3 6BG

All materials provided. Suitable for beginners. £40

Please bring a collapsable chair and favourite watercolour brushes. I will have a board to rest on plus watercolour board and paints to use. Guidance will be given about how to start your composition and build up your painting.
Free parking outside. There is a step up to access the art studio beyond a gravel drive. In the event of rain we will move to the Stables and work from photos.

Please follow the art trail’s social media pages for regular updates about the trail and images from other participating artists. @wylyevalleyart

This autumn we are returning to the Studio at Stourhead gardens to capture the gorgeous colours and popular classes at the Museum of Bath Stone include line and wash workshops to inspire.
A few spaces remain on the Watercolours on Water! Workshop next Friday 5th April on the stunning stretch of Bath Canal on board the Waterbus.

In response to demand, new “Imaginary Landscapes” and “Watercolours on Water!” workshop dates have just been added to the Spring Schedule. See https://catherinebeale.com/workshop-bookings/ for more.

I am pleased to be launching an online form to help make 2019 workshop bookings quicker and easier. https://catherinebeale.com/workshop-booking-form/ Workshops now have a payments link to PayPal too.

Bookings now open…including New Year beginners’ watercolour retreat and a brand new “watercolours on water” event on a stunning stretch of Bath’s canal.

I hold a Solo Exhibition once every two years. This year it is open 11-14 October 2018 10-6 at 44AD Artspace, Bath with a Private View on Thursday 11 October 6-8pm. Please email if you would like to come.
I am holding a Bath Watercolour Workshop amongst the exhibition paintings:
Bath Cityscapes on Wednesday 10 October 10:30-3pm.
More workshops information: Autumn Watercolour Workshops Published

Press release:  atmospherics – luminous new works by Catherine Beale ASWA
Award-winning Bath-based painter Catherine Beale’s solo exhibition bursts with colour and luminosity. It is a celebration of the power of modern paints and a year of dramatic weather over our City – from towering shadows of thunder storms to the long, hot summer and holiday jets tracking vapour trails across clear skies.

Also featuring are her latest portraits fresh from the Society of Women Artists exhibition at London’s Mall Galleries where she is an Associate member. Catherine is grateful to kind clients who have loaned back a few of her commissioned portraits of loved ones just for the show.

Catherine says “ I really want to convey the excitement of “fast and loose” watercolours. New paints are like ink in their intensity and can be applied onto all sorts of surfaces. By dropping running paints into water, I mingle then together naturally, with surprising results. I now use intense paints from the US which contain minerals such as Hematite and Amethyst. They channel like rivers across the surface.”

I am collaborating with three creative friends at Venue 10 of this year’s Combe Down Art Trail on the southern edge of Bath. We will be taking over the King William IV pub with our latest works. Last year was the first art trail and it was fantastic – this year it’s got bigger!