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PAINTBOX SCHOOL OF ART- SUMMER COURSES

Summer Programme 2023

Our Summer Courses are aimed at providing new skills, inspiration and tuition alongside giving you the chance to relax and feel nurtured from the minute you set foot in the door!  Courses have a maximum of 10 students, and all materials are provided.  We would love you to join us!

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YOUNG ARTISTS SUMMER SCHOOL
Tutor - Dominic McIvor
3rd - 6th July 2023

This 4 day course will give Young Artists a taste for the life of Art School, offering an array of processes and materials. 

For budding Artists age 16+, this course can be treated as a stand alone experience, or used as a starting point for building a portfolio.  From developing sketchbooks, to working with drawing, painting and... VIEW MORE​​
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DRAW - PAINT - PRINT THE SHORELINE
Tutor - Lara Scouller
3rd - 6th July 2023

Dive into the shoreline in mixed media over this 4 day workshop with Lara Scouller.

Natural materials foraged from the coast, including shells, skulls, feathers, seaweed and crustaceans, will be arranged by Lara to create a sense and feel of the shoreline. Participants will also be encouraged to contribute a relevant found  item big or small to be incorporated into the still life and there will also...VIEW MORE
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BEYOND THE WINDOW
Tutor - Dominique Cameron
10th - 13th July 2023

As an artist working with the landscape, how do we explore and articulate the world around us? This four day summer school will focus some of these themes. 

We will look at a brief history of landscape in art - how and where it began and some of the major movements as a starting point for us to begin making our own work – this will include the interior, domestic landscape, the view beyond the window, the wider landscape and finally...VIEW MORE
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FEAST!
Tutor - Robin Wu
10th - 13th July 2023

Celebrating a laden table in mixed media. 

Come and join Robin Wu for a 4 day feast of drawing, printmaking, colour and collage - all on the theme of the laden summer table. A changing display of pots, pans, seasonal fruit, flowers & vegetables will all be laid out as inspiration for exploring a variety of mixed media processes....VIEW MORE
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EXPRESSIVE PORTRAIT PAINTING
Tutor - Kim Scouller
17th - 20th July 2023

This four-day painting course explores different approaches to making expressive portraits with an emphasis on techniques to help loosen up.  As well as small quick portraits, there will be an opportunity to work on a larger painting over several days.
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Working from the model we will begin by making small portrait studies on board using big brushes and consider their impact on mark-making and gestural paint handling...VIEW MORE
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"NATURE CATCHING UP WITH ART" - PAUL CEZANNE
Tutor - Janet Melrose
17th - 20th July 2023

Looking at and through the eyes of artists who have shifted our thinking and perhaps our direction while looking at nature.  

The artists Tania Kovats thinks of nature as a series of processes of which we are an integral part and makes work about our relationship to water and the land we inhabit. This workshop is for those of you ...VIEW MORE
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WILD ABUNDANCE - THE GARDEN IN SUMMER
Tutor - Kittie Jones
24th - 27th July 2023

An exciting four days working from the gardens and allotments around Cockenzie House. The course will begin with looking at ways to gather information outdoors in sketchbooks and on loose paper. Initially working in monochrome, we will then move on to looking at the rich, bright colours of gardens in summer.
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Drawings made outdoors will be transformed into simple....VIEW MORE
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SUMMER GARDEN - PLANT PROCESSES
Tutor - Kate Temple
24th - 27th July 2023

On this four day course, we will take the garden and plants at Cockenzie House as inspiration and source material to experiment with a range of nature based creative processes. 

We will make plant dyes and inks to use for drawings on paper and fabric.  We will try processes such as hapazome, or leaf-tapping, transferring plant pigments directly onto fabric using a hammering technique.  We will also explore camera-less photographic processes such as anthotype, cyanotype and lumen...VIEW MORE

PLEASE NOTE BY REGISTERING FOR A SUMMER SCHOOL YOU ARE FINANCIALLY COMMITTING TO ALL THE DATES IN THAT SUMMER SCHOOL.
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  • Home
  • Courses
    • Full Year Courses >
      • Drawing, Painting and Mixed Media Course
      • Landscape Course
      • Professional Development Course
      • Mentoring Programme
    • Short Courses >
      • Half Day Drawing & Painting Course - 10 Weeks
      • Introduction to Drawing & Painting
      • Artist Bootcamp! - 5 Week Course
      • Ivon Hitchens' Winter Garden- 5 Week Course
      • Back Round the Kitchen Table! - 5 Week Course
      • Contemporary Collage - 5 Week Course
      • The Modern Portrait - 5 Week Course
      • Expressive Flower Painting - 5 Week Course
      • The Sketchbook Course - 5 Week Course
    • Workshops >
      • "Intensive 3 Day Mentoring" - with Jemma Derbyshire
      • "Back to Basics - The Humble Pencil" with Jane Couroussopoulos
      • "Pushing Place" with Kittie Jones
      • "Soft Pastels" with Jane Couroussopoulos
      • "Painterly Portraits" with Kim Scouller
      • "Capturing The Change" with Kittie Jones
      • "Natural Form - An Exploration" with Eleanor White
      • "Translucencies in Acrylic" with Owen Normand
      • "Drawing Into Painting" with Dominic McIvor
      • "Abstracting the Landscape" with Jo Perkins
      • "Under the Trees" with Lara Scouller
    • Summer Courses >
      • Young Artists Summer School - with Dominic McIvor
      • Draw - Paint - Print the Shoreline with Lara Scouller
      • Beyond The Window with Dominique Cameron
      • FEAST! with Robin Wu
      • Expressive Portrait Painting with Kim Scouller
      • "Nature Catching Up With Art" - Paul Cezanne with Janet Melrose
      • Wild Abundance with Kittie Jones
      • Summer Garden: Plant Processes with Kate Temple
    • Luxury Painting Holidays
  • Online Courses
  • 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