catherine beale

Autumn watercolour workshops

1st & 2nd November 2016 10.30am – 3pm @ First-View Gallery, Stourhead.
Two lovely one-day workshops painting in loose, expressive watercolour with beautiful Stourhead as your subject. Try my techniques, step-by-step. Suitable for beginners & experienced painters. £60 per day. All materials provided: watercolour board, paints, mediums etc Coffee/tea on tap. Please bring a packed lunch.
Bookings: 07891 409490 / catherine@catherinebeale.com Venue: First-View Gallery, Spread Eagle Courtyard, Stourton Wiltshire BA12 6QE

I have had four works accepted into the Society of Women Artists 155th Annual Exhibition where I am an Associate member. Held at Mall Galleries, London SW1, the exhibition commences with a Private View on Wednesday 27 July 2016 when HRH Princess Michael of Kent will be presenting the Awards and Daphne Todd OBE PPRP – an Honorary SWA and renowned portraitist – will be opening the show.

EXHIBITION DATES Open to the Public Thursday 28 July – Sunday 7 August 10am – 5pm daily (closing 3pm final day) Special Charity Evening Tuesday 26 July 6.30 – 8.30pm Guest of Honour Dame Zandra Rhodes.

Diversity is our strength and in 2016 our exhibitors have provided an eclectic range of works including bronze sculpture, pastels and oil paintings. President of the SWA Sue Jelley writes “we are a modern tradition and are proud to celebrate the work of female artists past and present. Our aims to encourage and nurture tomorrow’s artists is of paramount importance to us and … we are now probably more popular as a society than we have ever been”

www.society-women-artists.org.uk

The Dance Class ii will be hanging at Mall galleries this July.

My Summer/Autumn 2016 workshops combine powerful watercolour techniques with shared, art-filled conversation: Autumn 2016 A5 workshop flier

These stand-alone, day courses explore my approach to watercolours which I have called “gravity painting”. Try them out and take away what you find useful! The landscape courses are an ideal way to kick start your painting and suitable for beginners or more experienced painters. The portrait days are more technical and help you explore more deeply your control of watercolours.

Please email me for queries, workshop plans and booking forms here: catherine@catherinebeale.com.

 

Adult and children’s Watercolour Workshops:
Saturday 14th May: Imaginary Underwater Worlds for children (families welcome):

1 1/2 hour sessions at Widcombe Junior School starting at 11am and 1pm – have fun with watercolours. Step-by-step, create a busy scene beneath the waves using thick, running paint to add corals, fish, seahorses and star fish.
£15 per session. Tuition and all materials provided. Email me for enquiries & to book.

Sunday 15th May: Imaginary Bath Landscapes for adults:

1 1/2 hour sessions at Widcombe Social Club starting at 11am and 1pm – 1 1/2 hour sessions starting at 11am and 1pm – using Bath’s gorgeous slopes as a starting point for your imagination, try my methods of “gravity painting” – lots of thick paint mixed by running it down a sloping board with startling results.
£20 per session. Tuition and all materials provided. Email me for enquiries & to book.

Part of this year’s Widcombe Art Trail: www.widcombearttrail.com

 

I am pleased to publish my new Summer/Autumn 2016 workshops.

These stand-alone day courses are suitable whether you are a beginner to watercolours or an experienced painter wanting to kick start your painting with a new approach.

For the flier click here: Autumn 2016 A5 workshop flier

Please email me for a workshop plan and booking form here: catherine@catherinebeale.com.

Looking forward to sharing powerful watercolour techniques and art-filled conversation.

 

I have a new exhibition of my recent landscapes of Bath and watercolour portraits hanging in the south Corridor of Bath’s Royal United Hospital until July 2016, part of the hospital’s “Art at the Heart” Programme of events.
“Art at the Heart supports the RUH Bath with an award winning art and design programme that stimulates healing and well-being and creates an uplifting environment for patients, visitors and staff.” Find out more at http://artatruh.org/whats-on/

NOW BOOKING: Watercolours with Catherine Beale: Spring 2016

Set aside time to paint with like-minded participants in 2016!
Learn to mix colours on your painting using watercolour board. Create brave washes using flat brushes and pool rich pigments wet-in-wet.

Spring 2016 Landscape workshop dates:
Tuesday 26th January 10.30am – 3pm: winter trees;
Tuesday 22nd March 10.30am – 3pm: views with clouds & weather
Tuesday 24th May 10.30am – 3pm: Bath slopes
I will have photos of each subject for inspiration but feel free to bring your own images. This day is suitable for beginners as well as painters with experience.

Spring 2016 Head & shoulder portraits  workshop dates:
Wednesday 27th January 10.30 – 3pm
Wednesday 23rd March 10.30 – 3pm
Wednesday 25th May 2016 10.30am – 3pm
Deepen your understanding of building complex form, combining “wet-in-wet” techniques and the subtleties of “lifting-off”. Use an enlarged A4 photo to inspire you or pick from one of my subjects.
Suitable for painters with a little experience. 

COST: £80 per day. Watercolour board, brushes and artists’ tube paints are all provided. Includes a lovely lunch and tea/coffee “on tap”. Just bring yourself.

Email Catherine for a workshop plan and booking form:   catherine@catherinebeale.com          tel: 07891 409490

More about the venue:
Ralph Allen Cornerstone, 54a Combe Road, Combe Down, Bath BA2 5HZ 
This lovely, well lit space is housed in an unusual, restored building – Combe Down’s new heritage and information centre. The village is located on the southern edge of Bath, not far from National Trust’s Prior Park gardens. There’s free on-street parking & the no. 1 bus stops 20 metres away.  http://www.ralphallencornerstone.org.uk/

Testimonials:

“thank you for today, I found your methods very exciting.   I was so amazed by the freedom possibilities of using the paints your way…”

“Just wanted to say thanks for a very helpful course…I really enjoyed it.  It was so helpful to be taken through all the steps in creating a watercolour portrait.  I keep remembering tips – there was a lot of good information.”

“just a brief note to say how much I valued the portrait course…I particularly appreciated the idea of the two flat brushes…Colours used were interesting too – combined with an excellent lunch…a profitable day as I progress with portraits.”