Saturday 14 May to Saturday 21 May 2011

John Christian

Watercolours

We are delighted to welcome John back to the mill this year. He’s been several times before and loves the place. John is such an enthusiastic and sympathetic tutor and his courses are full of fun. He works in ‘pure’ watercolour in a fast spontaneous manner, to capture emotion, with a large brush and a limited palette.

His ‘wet into wet’ technique is acclaimed and widely admired. His favoured subjects are from nature – woods, rivers, moorland, hills, and skies – and he is an avid exponent of painting (and sketching) on the spot. John contributes to Leisure Painter and has held numerous one-man exhibitions.

To learn more about John and view some of his work, visit his
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 21 May to Saturday 28 May 2011

Karol Oakley

Pastels

Karol is a multi award winning pastellist from Australia who has won many awards for her vibrant realist style. Water and the natural environment are her favourite themes to paint.

She enjoys painting on location, as well as still life and portraits. As a tutor, Karol shares her love of pastels and vast knowledge of this medium in the most easy to understand way. She works with each student at their own level and offers lots of encouragement and practical advice on the way.

To learn more about Karol and view some of her work, visit her
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 4 June to Saturday 11 June 2011

Liz Seward Relfe

Watercolours

Liz has a widespread reputation for still life, floral and landscape paintings (many of which have been reproduced as greetings cards and prints by major companies). Her main inspirations are light, colour, and the heathland landscape around her home in Lightwater, Surrey.

Liz's early artistic career included a period at the Natural History Museum where she illustrated publications and lectures of zoologists working there. Later she was tutor at weekly classes in drawing, watercolours, and mixed media. Liz now concentrates on a busy schedule demonstrating to Art Societies throughout the country and teaching at residential courses. She writes regular articles for The Artist magazine and has had numerous exhibitions all over the world.

To learn more about Liz and view some of her work, visit her
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 11 June to Saturday 18 June 2011

Fergal Flanagan

Gouache, watercolours and pastels

Fergal Flanagan is a leading Irish painter, specialising in oils, gouache and watercolours. He works in the wonderful rural setting of the Glendarrach studios in County Wicklow, which he finds very conducive to creative work. Since he began painting full time more than 20 years ago, Fergal has had seven major exhibitions. He has also painted in many locations around the world, notably in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Laos, producing warm, vibrant landscapes.

Fergal is an accomplished and sympathetic teacher, working at the Burren Painting Centre in County Clare and also on painting holidays in Tuscany and Sardinia. He paints mainly in gouache and oils (although airport security won’t let him bring oils to Italy), but also in watercolour, pastels and mixed media.

To learn more about Fergal and view some of his work, visit his
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 18 June to Saturday 25 June 2011

Michael Kitchen

Watercolours, oils and pastels

Michael is a professional artist and demonstrator with a lifetime’s painting experience. He’s equally skilled at painting and tutoring in watercolours, oils and pastels and his favourite subjects are land/seascapes, portraiture & animal studies.

Michael has been a tutor at his home in Scotland and at numerous courses abroad. Michael ensures that the guests on his painting courses receive plenty of personal tuition and lots of encouragement. This is his sixth visit to the watermill.

To learn more about Michael and view some of his work, visit his
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 27 August to Saturday 3 September 2011

Annelise Pio Hansen

Watercolours

Annelise is a regular and very popular tutor at the watermill. She often brings a group of fun-loving Danish students, who like to meet like-minded artists from other nationalities. Annelise came to painting as a better way to understand the creative process; at the time she was a fiction editor and art director in book publishing and with a weekly magazine. She studied her watercolour technique in England but she has retained her Danish influence.

Her colours are soft but bright, just like the light reaching the sandy beaches and the soft hills not far from where she lives just outside Copenhagen.

To learn more about Annelise and view some of her work, visit her
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 3 September to Saturday 10 September 2011

Laraine Simpson

Oils, pastels, watercolours etc

Laraine is a Fine Arts-Painting graduate of Central School of Art & Design (now Central St. Martins), London. She is highly regarded as a perceptive, patient and encouraging tutor working with beginners and advanced students alike, her main aim being to teach people to ‘see’ the relationships of line, tone, shape, colour etc which are fundamental to drawing and painting.

Laraine works in oils, pastels, watercolours, and a variety of drawing materials. Her main inspiration is the wonderful interplay of light on surfaces, particularly the human form and landscape, and also animals and architecture.

To learn more about Laraine and view some of her work, visit her
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 10 September to Saturday 17 September 2011

Dianna Ponting

Pastels and other media

Dianna is a Canadian artist and pastel instructor with students and patrons in both North America and Europe. Her pictures are created via many different mediums. Her use of light and shadow, and her ability to denote texture, combined with rich colour or subtle washes, result in a wonderfully distinctive style.

Her childhood memories of life on the Canadian Prairies are interwoven with the present to inspire work that is timeless and renowned for the realism and detail used in expressing it.

Saturday 1 October to Saturday 8 October 2011

Charles Sluga

Watercolours

Charles is a highly respected and sought after artist and watercolour teacher in Australia. His friendly and enthusiastic approach, and eagerness to impart his wide knowledge, is reflected in his popularity as a tutor, and the waiting lists for his regular classes. He has gained a reputation for his versatility in both his technique and choice of subject matter.

He is a regular contributor to Australian Artist magazine and is currently writing articles for the International Artist magazine and the British magazine Leisure Painter and working on his first book on watercolour painting.

To learn more about Charles and view some of his work, visit his
Tutor's Profile page

Saturday 8 October to Saturday 15 October 2011

David Taylor

Watercolours

David Taylor is one of Australia’s outstanding watercolour artists and has received international recognition for his services to painting and teaching.

His work is in collections throughout the world and he has been featured countless times in art magazines. An expert in colour and composition, he says of his painting: “It is of high importance for me to say more with less...to discard the inessential...to be simple and poetic not only in the treatment of the subject but in the technical manner of the painting.”

David is a truly inspiring teacher and ran a highly successful course for us at Castle of Park in Scotland. This is his first visit to the watermill.

To learn more about David and view some of his work, visit his
Tutor's Profile page