course
Painting and Drawing Evening class
Barnstaple Baptist Church, Boutport Street.
7pm to 9pm
The course runs on Tuesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm in the warm and light main hall of Barnstaple Baptist Church, Boutport Street.
• Beginners and experienced welcome
• Expert tuition
• All materials provided
• Refreshments
Quay Drawing present a series of art classes at Barnstaple Baptist Church under the expert tuition from Polly Pocock. The course will develop your drawing and painting skills working from a range of subject matter. These will include initially still life and other themes. However as can be seen on our website's Student Gallery and Facebook page ideas can be developed in many directions from landscape to abstract, sometimes working from photographs and sketchbooks and at other times working in response to materials. At all stages expert tuition will be on hand including reference to appropriate artists and artworks.
You will work at your own pace in a friendly and supportive atmosphere to develop work from observation.
Past courses:
2018
Tuesday 30th October to Tuesday 4th December 2018 - Cost: £18.00 per session or £95 for all 6 sessions.
Tuesday 4th September to Tuesday 16th October 2018 - Cost: £18.00 per session or £110 for all 7 sessions.
Tuesday 5th June to Tuesday 17th July 2018 - Cost: £18.00 per session or £110 for all sessions.
Tuesday 17th April to Tuesday 22nd May 2018 - Cost: £95 per session.
the venue
Barnstaple Baptist Church
The church has stood in the same location in Boutport Street, for nearly two hundred years and has a beautiful facade. Inside, the hall offers wonderful north light through large arched windows and is warm and spacious. The facilities are modern, clean and convenient making it ideal for our range of classes.
directions
The church can be found at the north end of Boutport Street, Barnstaple. Quay Drawing use the door on the right as you look at the building. Newcomers will have a phone number to call if there is difficulty in gaining access. At the moment there is no wheelchair access.
There is ample parking in nearby Pilton Causeway car park or Green Lanes multi-story. There is a regular bus service which stops at Green Lane's Shopping Centre only 200 metres from the Church.
Address and post code
Barnstaple Baptist Church, Boutport Street, Barnstaple, Devon
meet your tutor
Peter Newell
MA BA (Hons) Fine Art
Higher Diploma in Fine Art – Slade
MA in History of Art
Pete trained as a sculptor graduating from the Slade in 1981. After running a successful commercial sculpture business for 25 years he turned his ideas to painting. Pete is intrigued by the sea and all things maritime. His paintings now focus on the ships moored around Bideford, his preoccupation is striking a balance between abstraction and detail. Pete has written and taught on a variety of Higher Education Fine Art courses. He also has an MA in Art History from the Open University.
You can see more of Pete's paintings on his website: www.petenewellpaintings.uk
Polly Pocock
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Polly started with an interest in textiles and particularly embroidery. She was a member of the Embroiderers' Guild for several years and taught evening classes. At art school Polly worked with a range of media to produce installations, films and large-scale drawings based on social injustice. Now her interest is in drawing, developing these into small paintings and prints. Most work is focussed on links between her native Cornwall and South Wales although drawings and prints of plants are also made. She has delivered workshops in primary schools and taught a range of day and evening classes. Polly teaches fine art at Petroc college also working with students with learning disabilities teaching a variety of subjects including art and horticulture.
contact us
If you have any queries regarding courses, venues or subject matter and media please feel free to contact us. For a full list of contact details please see our contact page, or alternatively use the "drop us a message" form here.
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