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Responding to the Surface 
1st May 2021


10am - 3pm
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£75(inc all materials and VAT)

Tutor - Jane Couroussopoulos

To book, please click the payment button or contact: Paintboxart@outlook.com

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Jane Couroussopoulos studied painting, etching and engraving at City and Guilds of London Art School. She moved to Edinburgh 30 years ago where she has a studio in Coburg House, Leith. She works as a painting tutor and drawing course leader for Leith School of Art and as a community education tutor for Edinburgh City Council. Jane also runs a number of courses and workshops for Paintbox across the year.  www.janepaint.com

A one day workshop of mixed media drawing. While there is no doubt that planning and being in control of a composition is important, working to a rigid and fixed plan, can be a disappointing and at its worst, a sometimes blinkered process. Introducing elements of the unknown, allows the drawing to be spontaneous, surprising and alive. 
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Drawing from a still life in the studio students will spend the day making a large mixed media drawing using compressed charcoal, soft pastels and a limited palette of acrylics, on a surface that they will have been prepared for them in advance. The random marks and colours of the pre-prepared surfaces, might end up completely obliterated, but on the way to that end, they will provide unexpected elements that the students will need to respond to and tackle: either incorporating them, playing them down, or obliterating.

​'Happy accidents' will be key and responding to the work as it unfolds will be the essential part of the day's work.
Artists we will be looking at will include Kurt Jackson, Richard Diebenkorn and Matisse
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  • Home
  • Courses
    • Full Year Courses >
      • Drawing and Painting Course
      • Landscape Course
      • Mixed Media Course
      • Mentoring Programme
      • Professional Development Course
      • Half Day Drawing & Painting Course
    • Short Courses >
      • Drawing the City
      • 10 Week Exploring Abstraction Short Course
    • Workshops >
      • 3 Day Mentoring Workshop with Jemma Derbyshire
      • Encaustic/Cold Wax Painting with Jemma Derbyshire
      • "Contemporary Oil Painting" with Anna King
      • "Mono printing the Winter Garden" with Robin Wu
      • Colour in the Studio
      • "A Matter of Choice - Observation and Selection' with Jane Couroussopoulos
      • Abstraction through Music
      • "Indoor Garden" with Kim Scouller
      • Painting the Spring Garden
      • "Leafworkshop" with Jennie Ashmore
      • "Object and Memory" with Eleanor White
      • "Under the Trees" with Lara Scouller
      • 'Responding to the Surface' with Jane Couroussopoulos
    • Summer Courses >
      • Painterly Portraits
      • Nature, Colour, Abstraction
      • The Sea, The Sea
      • Nature Morte - a compelling approach to Still Life
      • On the Edge of Abstraction
    • Luxury Painting Holidays
  • Online Options
    • Home Studio >
      • Module 1 - Plants and Natural Forms
      • Module 2 - Interior Spaces
    • Memoryscapes - Abstraction through Walking
    • Colour Masterclass Online Workshop
    • Expressive Flowers - Mixed Media Abstraction
    • Explorative Drawing - Materials
    • Printing at Home Toolbox
    • Nature As Inspiration Toolbox
    • Still Life Toolbox
    • Mixed Media Toolbox
    • Drawing from a drawing from a drawing Toolbox
  • Members Area
    • Drawing and Sketcbooks >
      • Materials and Surfaces
    • Painting and Mixed Media
    • Daily Tasks
    • Videos
    • Lynsey's Kitchen
    • Interviews with Artists
    • Gallery
    • Materials and Suppliers
  • Our Story and Studios
  • Gallery
  • Events
    • Exhibitions
    • Christmas Open Studios
  • The Team
  • Gift Vouchers
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us