tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18334881445338717332024-03-18T12:31:53.112-07:00Robert Dutton ArtistBlog of Robert Dutton, Contemporary Fine Artist based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-33487646559532556572020-07-14T10:35:00.003-07:002020-07-20T09:08:57.199-07:00The time to make a pledge<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;">I’</span><span style="color: #666666;">m delighted to announce that I have joined ‘The Artists Support Pledge'.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This GREAT idea was initiated by Matthew Burrows at the Matthew Burrow Studio.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The aim behind The Pledge is to support artists who find themselves without work - whether that’s through their usual teaching channels, art centres, classes or via gallery work and so much more. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As many of you are aware, like many other businesses that suffered, the arts business was particularly hit badly with exhibitions closing, art centres shutting their doors, classes stopping and all the normal art sales disappeared overnight.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The concept Matthew created was simple. Artists post an images of their work on Instagram (which they were willing to sell for no more than £200) and then, when they reached £1,000+ in sales they ‘pledge’ to buy another artist’s work to help support them too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Having a collection my an exclusive range of just 6 of my own paintings recently created as limited edition of fine art giclee prints, offered at the great value of £135 (including VAT), my own Artists Support Pledge ticks all the boxes! </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Top quality giclee prints that match the originals mark for mark, colour for colour on superb bright white lightfast archival Permajet museum Heritage 310gsm paper</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The prints allow EVERYONE the opportunity to buy my art at a really affordable price and indirectly support other artists in the process too.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Derwent pencils have been manufactured by The Cumberland Pencil Company in Cumbria in the UK since 1832 and is now a brand under ACCO UK Ltd.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">One of their best and most successful creative products to date it has to be said is their fabulous Inktense range in both pencils and blocks. </span><span style="background-color: white;">T</span><span style="background-color: white;">here are 72 colours in the full range c</span><span style="background-color: white;">reated and marketed in sets of tins with attractive Derwent branding for both blocks and pencils available in 12, 24, 36 and full 72 colours respectfully.</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A really popular painting and drawing media</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Artists of all disciplines, skill and genre just love them because they find out just how versatile they are, what you can achieve quickly with them and how useful all the colours are. Artists also appreciate what great value for money they are considering that the pigments used to create each lightfast colour are of the highest standard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a Derwent Associate Artist I have introduced countless new artists to Derwent Inktense through many written articles and through plenty of practical experience on art holidays and workshops both nationally and internationally and have never received a negative comment about them yet! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In one of my recent 'Autumn Woodland colours' Derwent Inktense workshops in North Leeds, everyone found them once again to be equally as valuable and enjoyable to use when creating a wide range of wonderful paintings impressionistic paintings.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone in the creative zone! Lots of techniques explored using layers of perfectly placed colours one over the other to paint dynamic and expressive paintings of glowing light and deep shade that truly represent Autumn</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The reason they are so popular with everyone (as mentioned), is because they are so versatile - especially the Inktense sticks. Inktense pencils are great for detailing in particular and much more too! Colour washes are permanent and fixed when dry with both pencils and sticks. A great advantage for artists who, like myself, like to glaze a lot! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Unlike many other pigments (watercolour being the main comparison), the colours you mix with Inktense are the colours you get - ie. no oxidising or lightening off when dry. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Great news! You can now focus on the natural act of painting itself instead of having to think all the time about the technical aspects of the colours you are mixing and the effects that will be created when dry. You have to be mindful of this with watercolour all the time - not so with Inktense!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's not just watercolourists that find Inktense so easy to use (after all, many different techniques associated with watercolour can also be applied to Inktense), but pastelists love them too! Pastels I must say are my number one media because I can draw and paint with them at the same time. Lush bright and also subtle tinted colours are easily mixed one into the other with soft pastels. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The good news is that with Derwent Inktense sticks many of these techniques are creatively possible too.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Multiple layers of Inktense washes from transparent to opaque are possible with Inktense Blocks - with a little Permanent White gouache added Inktense media really becomes opaque extending the creative possibilities of the media even further. Dry pastel techniques with Inktense Blocks have added even more textural areas to this lovely</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Autumn painting </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">near completion </span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, with Inktense you get the best of both worlds - a painting media and a colourful pastel media for working dry with too as all the colours easily mix one into and over the other and are tinted with the addition of their mixing white within the sets. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deep rich colours of transparent washes contrasting to luminous areas of bright colour are all possible with Inktense Blocks creating paintings full of depth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">The final chosen balance of carefully selected top quality pigments that create the hand make Unison Colour Dark 24. a beautiful inky blue that creates the most luscious darks in any pastel painting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ackie's mixed media painting of the mountains of Southern Spain creating those all important lights and darks with added depth using Unisoncolour soft pastels to complete her wonderful expressive painting</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sisters are doing it for themselves! Pam, Dianna and Mavis (in the centre of things) enjoying using the 18 colour box set of 'moorland colours' to paint the quiet pretty white washed village lanes of El Acebuchal in the mountains of Southern Spain</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The pretty village of El Acebuchal. Everyones favourite painting location year after year with Paint Andalucia either in the village itself or on the peripheral edge looking into the village itself</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A hillside of intoxicating fresh smelling pine trees basking in the late Autumn sun that surround the 'hidden village of El Acebuchal high in the mountains of Southern Spain. Inspirational painting views abound!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jackie and David in a quiet spot in the shade of El Acebuchal exploring the dark, light and mid tones that just 18 Unisoncolours in the 'Moorland Colours' box set can really make!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">David and Jackie using the 'moorland set' of Unisoncolour pastels to create two lovely pastel paintings of the village of Frigiliana in the glorious late season sunshine on Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' pastel paper - both being everyone's personal favourites choices to create fabulous pastel paintings, every time!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Caroline enjoying getting started with Unisoncolour pastels on Canson Mi-Tientes Touch 350gsm (colour 'sand') painting the 'big view' of the village - proportions and scale drawing as well as expression being the key to success. Wrappers off the pastels next Caroline to explore all those subtle tones in all the white washed facades - a great start!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 18 colours everyone used were actually part of a bigger set - my 36 Unisoncolour ‘Moorland Colours’ box set (created earlier in the year with Unisoncolour to include a brand new and popular dark pastel) proving to be equally as popular with artists internationally as a great addition to their existing range of colours from this world class brand.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>"The Derwent Inktense Paint Pan Travel Set seemed, on first appearance, to be one of those paint sets you might receive as a present from an aunt as a child. But, upon usage, I was pleasantly surprised to find how versatile it was. The colours are well chosen and the range you can produce by simple mixes was extensive. The mixing guide in the accompanying brochure was so very helpful and accurate - and this made a big difference to my artwork when using the set. It would be great if Derwent could somehow incorporate the chart into the box; in that way, the set really would be the perfect travel companion. <br />Once I had discovered and understood for myself how permanent the Inktense colours are when applied to paper, it was plain sailing. I thought the effect of various glazes on the painting surface was terrific. More satisfying than watercolour, I would say (though that may be down to experience and a narrow range of watercolour tubes in my possession). <br />Certainly, with the mixing guide, the set was pretty fool-proof. And I shall definitely be using it again. A huge thank you to Derwent for generously providing the set."</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Just completed a week’s painting holiday in Andalucia, and have been introduced to Derwent watercolour inkblocks. The colours are a nice combination and easy to work with, especially the purple. Their vivid strength adds a new dimension to what I may be painting in the future and I am really excited about the possibilities presented by Robert Dutton during this week."</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Delighted with the Derwent Inktense Paint Pan Travel Set. As a novice artist I obviously cannot compare it with any other medium but I really liked the colours, how well it mixes up to quite a strong colour and the great ways it can be used. RD made the medium very accessible and it seems to have a multitude of uses which I look forward to investigating further. Nattily sized, it will be easy to carry around but it strong enough colour to ensure a great result."</span></i></span></div>
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<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com1429793 Torrox, Málaga, Spain36.7544783 -3.951492300000040836.7290343 -3.9918328000000409 36.7799223 -3.9111518000000407tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-14058280800360241062018-03-30T06:33:00.003-07:002018-03-30T06:35:42.608-07:00Positive progress for painters at Higham Hall<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The start of an yearly teaching program at Higham Hall began with a fabulous art course for everyone recently in March using mixed media with an 'everything acrylic theme' which was really popular, a great learning experience for all and above all - fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We even had the chance to get outdoors early in the week to explore Lakeland some more with a visit to the lovely village of Grange in Borrowdale to sketch and paint which everyone enjoyed and really benefited from.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />A thoroughly enjoyable 'jolly good painting time' had by all with lots and lots of laughter, fun times and wonderful paintings too that boosted everyones confidence to explore mixed media even more on the next courses at Higham Hall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'll be back in May at Higham Hall teaching a 'Garden Impressions' themed holiday taking students to paint at the wonderfully inspirational Mirehouse and Gardens <a href="https://www.mirehouse.co.uk/">www.mirehouse.co.uk </a>(close to Higham Hall) and within the ever improving gardens and woodland at Higham Hall itself. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>See you in May - just 5 places left now so you'd better get your place booked pronto if you are coming!</i></b></span>Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-1541965839953944022018-02-27T06:40:00.000-08:002018-02-27T06:42:34.684-08:00Derwent Inktense workshop brighten everyones day!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The popular theme 'Bluebell woodland in sunlight and shade' could not have been better to explore the wonderful range of versatile colours generously provided by Derwent Art Materials supporting our recent North Leeds workshop.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Multiple layering with Derwent Inktense blocks produce real depth in everyones colourful paintings. A fabulous media to create pastel type effects over several Inktense colour washes without dusting</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each student was provided with a full set of 24 Inktense colours and Inktense pencils too throughout the day to work with. The entire Derwent inktense range of colours in both blocks and pencils consists of 12 very useful colours, 24 and 36 gorgeous colours and an extensive 72 full colour set of really fabulous colours that offer <i><b>so much</b></i> versatility!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Derwent Inktense Blocks being used to draw into wet washes of applied Inktense colours. Washes are prepared before hand in large wells by shaving, trimming or cutting sections of the blocks into containers and adding water to allow them to dissolve. More water - lighter wash, less water - stronger wash. So versatile!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When Inktense washes are dry, unlike watercolour, they are permanent. A great advantage as further applications of colour do not disturb those underneath so colour washes remain clean and pure. As shown here this inspires so many different creative expressive mark making techniques in the same painting creating stunning visual effects</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From the very expressive to the delicate and controlled approach Derwent Inktense is with you all the way helping you to develop your own particular style in a much brighter and more colourful way - a joy to use</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;">Premixed Derwent Inktense colours being used with a Pro Arte Swordliner to create beautiful painterly detailed effects in all the trees in this colourful Springtime composition</span> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The paintings everyone created were amazing - really colourful compositions that explored the bright colourful permanent layering techniques Derwent Inktense blocks are known for, together with a whole host of other creative techniques that everyone really enjoyed exploring throughout the workshop.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Watercolour techniques being explored with premixed colours of Derwent Inktense blocks which intermix perfectly one into the other to create just the right tone you need when you need it most</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The results spoke for themselves - a line up of of 20 lovely colourful paintings created by everyone who came. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Combinations of both drawn and painted effects using Derwent Inktense blocks. Notice how clean and radiant Derwent Inktense colour washes are when painted one over the other - a fabulous media that both water colourists and pastelists can benefit from</span></td></tr>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>'Many thanks for an inspirational workshop on Friday at Bardsey. I loved the product and have just ordered a set, can't wait for them to arrive and start painting, developing all the tips you showed us.'</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>'I think the Inktense blocks are fantastic. I love the vibrancy and the fact that they are permanent and don't lift when layering. I will certainly be using them again and think they will be great as an underpainting for my pastels on the Fisher 400 and Uart sanded paper instead of watercolour or acrylic. Such value for money as well. I'll be going to see Tim at the Art Shop soon to get a set!'</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To learn more about the creative possibilities for you and your art you'll be interested to know that 'The Artist' magazine (for whom I regularly contribute articles for) with be including in the June issue (available at the end of May from all leading newsagents) a full article in review of this very versatile and popular creative media from Derwent.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>To purchase your choice of Derwent Inktense blocks and pencils at a really competitive price 'The Ilkley Art Shop' stocks the entire range. </b></span><br />
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<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-22893172817607124182018-02-13T15:06:00.000-08:002020-02-11T05:34:12.173-08:00Glorious Graphite!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Students expectations were recently fulfilled when we combined Derwent XL Graphite Blocks and Wallace Seymour liquid graphite together in a full day workshop exploring 'Coastal Textures' on Canson Moulin du Roy 300gsm (140lb) 'Not' Watercolour paper - a fabulous painting surface that works so well with creative techniques with the two very different graphite media in combination.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Different again. Wallace Saymour Liquid Graphite and Derwent XL Graphite Block layering forming the perfect foundation when combined for further layering with Derwent Inktense pastels. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wallace Seymour liquid graphite is available in 4 different shades of 125ml pots - 'Cuddly Brown', (a beautiful warm shade of sepia), 'Blue Lapis' (a wonderful deep rich intense blue), 'Shimmer Glimmer' (a grey liquid graphite with a very subtle metallic 'sparkle' added to the mixture) and 'Liquid Graphite' (a grey high quality fluid liquid graphite) that all can be glazed one over the other, intermixed to create unique colour shades of used on their own to add a 'fluid' dimension to your drawings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By adding different amounts of water to various amounts of Wallace Seymour liquid graphite colours, mixing really well until the product is diluted consistently in the water, subtle painting shades can be applied to the paper support with all sorts of brushes to give unique painterly effects with graphite. The media dries pretty quickly and permanently on the paper so subsequent glazes can be quickly applied thus building up tones.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Demo liquid graphite painting on Canson Moulin du Roy 300gsm (140lb) 'not' watercolour paper showing how all four colours of Wallace Seymour Liquid Graphite and select Derwent XL Graphite Blocks work in harmony together to create a very expressive drawn and painted coastal study</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This underpainting is then ideal for graphite drawing with graphite pencils or sticks to create a drawn and painted look to your work offering a new way of expressively drawing altogether.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Furthermore, the layering effects with Wallace Seymour liquid graphite colours form the perfect foundation on which to build further creative expression for different types of subjects with soft 'Derwent XL Graphite blocks' which themselves are also water soluble. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The softness of the Dewent XL Blocks are one of their unique properties. Pastelists in particular love them as techniques akin to that media can also be applied when using these versatile chunky blocks of the finest graphite pigments.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">David showing that acrylic ink serves just as well as an underpainting to add a strong colour base on which to add Wallace Seymour select liquid graphite colours in combination with Derwent XL Graphite Blocks to add texture - lovely expressive rhythm<span style="background-color: white;"> in this painting too David.</span> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A big thanks to Wallace Seymour who generously supported this workshop with their unique Liquid Graphite products and also a big thanks to Derwent too for their generous support also providing the workshop with lots of their versatile XL Graphite Blocks too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone thoroughly enjoyed working with the different graphite products and appreciated the opportunity to see what they were like when combined together in this very rewarding and successful workshop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your feedback for the workshop has been very useful to all of us and thanks everyone for attending. See you next time for our next painting adventure together!</span></div>
<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-75308906839508461132018-01-08T03:34:00.000-08:002018-01-09T02:59:10.778-08:00It makes sense to use Derwent 'Inktense'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jill working on her atmospheric coastal mixed media painting using Derwent Inktense blocks and pencils<br />(Photo by kind permission by Eric Cooper)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Close up of foreground texture in Jills painting utilising the expressive mark making capabilities of Derwent XL Blocks on Canson Moulin du Roy 'Rough' 300gsm (140lb) 100% rag content watercolour paper.<br />(</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Photo by kind permission by Eric Cooper)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Inktense Blocks and Robert's inspiration helped me loosen up and become more expressive and I loved to use them with mixed media. Derwent Inktense pencils are great for defining edges."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br />"Derwent Inktense have lovely powerful colours and provide opportunities for effective and easy layering combining depth with transparency. They can be vibrant yet subtle. The darks are particularly chromatic but the white is a little milky - a good mixing colour though."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alex Jakob-Whitworth</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Roger with his lovely expressive mixed media Derwent Inktense paintings created on two very different watercolour papers - Canson Moulin du Roy 'not' and 'rough' 300gsm (140lb) 100% cotton papers - ideal for expressive textures in one and focussed detail on the other</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>"Derwent Inktense are lovely to use offering a lot of new possibilities. Quick to use and I'm keen to learn more."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Roger Gillie</span><br />
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<i style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />"I have had Derwent Inktense pencils and not known how to use them. Now I have the opportunity of advise from Robert with Inktense pastels and I am sure I will use my pencils more and will buy the pastels at the first chance I get! Great for outdoor work and I'm sure that when combined with other media there will be even more exciting results!"</i><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ruth Gamsby</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>"Inktense pastels used dry and wet really extend the range. Just great to use."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Roger Salmon</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jane and here lovely series of great mixed media paintings. Several featured combining Derwent Inktense with other media for such powerful, colourful and expressive results. Well done Jane, all that enjoyable and concentrated focussed input sure has really paid off!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br />"Derwent Inktense are very exciting to use and opens up lots of possibilities especially for outdoor work. Colour large areas very quickly but I'd like to see more earth colours really in the 24 set."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jane Fraser</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Just to let you know, I’ve written a full in-depth review all about the Derwent Inktense range with several of my own paintings shown in stages which will be published in the April ‘18 edition of ‘The Artist’ magazine so look out for that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;">"I have been very taken by Derwent XL Blocks and eager to keep using them. Thanks to Robert for teaching me the freedom of expression and line with them. Found them great to work with and to achieve a looseness but with control. I can't wait to get home to try them even more!"</span><br /><span style="color: #666666;">Brian Whitaker</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For all the students who booked an 'Expressive Seascape' 2 day workshop event with me at 'Watershed studio' in Essex (<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">St Osyth, Clacton on Sea to be exact), seeing everyones paintings come together at the end of each day is<span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span>exactly what happened.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stage one, big brush techniques in action. Using gravity on a damp sheet of Canson Moulin du roy 300gsm (140lb) 'not' 100% rag content watercolour paper with acrylic inks to give a great free flowing foundation on which to work.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being a leading UK Canson Ambassador for the world class paper making company in France (there is only two UK Canson Ambassadors so its' an honour to be one of them), during our Seascape workshops we used two very different Canson papers I brought with me for everyone to try. The top quality 100% rag content (cotton) watercolour paper was Canson Moulin du Roy 300gsm (140lb) 'Hot Pressed' and also 'Not' surfaces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The workability of these papers is exceptional! Colours remain clean, bright and above all fresh and surprisingly for a Hot Pressed paper Moulin du Roy 'HP' holds a lot of soft and hard pastels too (with a little fixing of course). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expressive painting techniques really embraced! A superb start allowing watercolour and acrylic inks to layer and interact - a superb start by Sharon working on Canson Moulin du Roy 300gsm (140lb) 'not'.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This meant we could both draw and paint at the same time with colour on these exceptional papers with total confidence that they would respond beautifully to the multi layering we created on them each time both adding pigments and also removing pigments as a technique when required by sponging, soaking and blotting without the paper tearing, or flaking.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We all had such a great two day workshop event together at Watershed Studio with our amazing host Allison Bond (director) laying everything on for us, to include amazing home cooked lunches and home made cakes throughout each day that everyone left totally satisfied - for all sorts of positive reasons!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone enjoying a well earned alfresco lunch in the lovely tranquil gardens at Watershed Studio. <br />Our smiles say it all!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well worth the 4.5hr journey down to this beautiful 'warm and welcoming' part of Essex and I look forward to coming back again next year for another successful two day creative workshop event - <b>'Expressive Drawing - Big Skies and Marshes' on 11 and 12 September 2018. </b>See you all then!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For further details about this exciting 2 day workshop (which will include free Nitram Charcoal for every student who attends and costs only £170 for both days inclusive), please contact Alison Bond on 01255 820466 or email allison@watershedstudio.co.uk </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For further information about Watershed Studio visit <a href="http://www.watershedstudio.co.uk/">http://www.watershedstudio.co.uk/</a></span><br />
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<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-91292369268285970742017-09-13T08:33:00.003-07:002017-09-13T08:33:50.780-07:00Summer Successes at Higham Hall<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">September and a great mornings adventure for all sketching, painting and drawing along the shoreline of Bassenthwaite Lake near Higham Hall</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been a pretty busy Summer season for teaching and painting again this year for lots of different art courses far and wide. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some really exciting paintings have been created on all the different art courses by the students I've had the pleasure to teach, non less than those who have filled my classes at Higham Hall too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our carefully designed creative program allows students of mixed levels of ability to enjoy both studio and outdoor painting experiences in wonderful inspirational Lakeland locations - be they close to Higham Hall itself close to Keswick or a little further afield venturing a little deeper into the unspoilt regions of The Western Fells.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">July Expressive Painting students and friends with me from Higham Hall enjoying the sunshine and inspirational views at Honister Pass</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The immediate and lasting effects of direct contact with nature - an amazing stylised painting created in the Higham Hall studio. well done - it looks amazing!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Honister Pass from above - another superb mixed media painting created in the studio at Higham Hall on the 'Expressive Art' Course</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A further example of the importance of being out there amongst it'. Superb sunlight and shadows giving a really dramatic effect in this mixed media painting. Another successful painting - well done!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>In July </b>I took a group of 7 students to the shores of Buttermere and later in the week to the quiet village of Grange in Borrowdale to sketch, draw and paint as part of an exciting art week using mixed media in lots of expressive ways. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christine's beautiful and colourful stylised outdoor watercolour painting - it positively glows!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The outdoor experience at the beginning of the week payed dividends with everyone's work for the rest of the course. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Direct contact with nature gave everyone a real insight into the ethos of what the course was about and the results speak for themselves.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The serene Summer location at Grange in Borrowdale near Higham Hall - perfect with the gentle flowing river by our feet as we drew and painted - lovely!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Johns 'first time' pastel painting at grange - a cracking result. Your a natural John!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A great days painting had by all at Grange in borrowdale. A rewarding experience for everyone</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lovely freedom of brushwork in this lovely outdoor watercolour painting created at Grange. This captures the summer greens and location beautifully</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The expressive drawings helped everyone to really loosen up and create colourful layering in their work with a strong focus on clean colour mixing, tone, depth...and so much more!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For further information about this exciting acrylic mixed media art holiday rounding of the year visit http://rdcreative.co.uk/art-holidays/December-2017-Higham-Hall-studio-mixed-media-painting-break<a href="http://rdcreative.co.uk/art-holidays/December-2017-Higham-Hall-studio-mixed-media-painting-break">http://rdcreative.co.uk/art-holidays/December-2017-Higham-Hall-studio-mixed-media-painting-break</a></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>or call Higham Hall directly on <u>017687 76276</u> to book your place.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your hosts James and Joanne Crook who have lovingly restored their historic farmhouse with superb accommodation for guests (and Pennine Walkers) on site couldn't do enough for us! None stop care and attention (to include amazing and generous lunches) from James and Joanne meant everyone could relax into their painting, enjoy the beautiful serene 'get away from it all' location and really enjoy a relaxed creative weekend together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the studio being perfectly placed in a really inspirational setting yet easy to get to being on the edge of The Peak District (Manchester and Leeds at best being only an hour away, Glossop just 3 miles away), next years creative weekend on 7-8 July 2018 is set to become as popular as this one was too! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">..so much so Sue decided to paint it with pastels - what a great result! (Unisoncolour pastels and Royal Talens Rembrandt pastels on Canson Mi-Tientes Touch 350gsm).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Marion painting the magnificent view and meadow towards St.Bega's church using Unison pastels on Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' 350gsm pastel paper. Radiant colours in the most perfect sunshine...</span></td></tr>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">As a new art leader for HF Holidays, what a great first art holiday I've just had at the fabulous Newfield Hall hotel in Airton in Malhamdale in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales teaching a full class of keen art students creative skills with pastels. A perfect week with the sun shining every day - just fabulous!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Newfield Hall is a gem of a place situated in a very special area of the Yorkshire Dales not far from Malham Cove. The special ambiance and relaxed atmosphere at the hall is lovely and everyone is so friendly.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We all comfortably and easily settled into Newfield Hall on our arrival thanks to the brilliant staff and perfect management skills of Alison and Michael Drake who run the hall, our studio was set up in no time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cumbria has the lot, especially in the unspoilt Western Fells close to Higham Hall - there is so much to choose from to paint! One of the new and carefully chosen locations for students to paint this year was the stunning views along the shoreline at 'Friars Crag' just a stones skim and short walk from the Keswick landing stage and boat moorings on the shore of Derwentwater lake.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The black and white mixed media theme continued back in the studio with a further evening demonstration showing how to capitalise on studies made in the field which gave a greater insight into creative techniques combining different media together on a series of paintings at different points throughout the remains of the afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workshop was supported by Royal Talens (from Holland) who kindly gave each student who came on the workshop a lovely wooden box of beautifully presented pastels to take home and keep and try out during the day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workshop was also also supported by Canson Paper (from France) who generously supplied every student with a good sized sheet of their top class Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' 350gsm pastel paper on which they all created their amazing pastel paintings. </span><div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No wonder the workshop was so popular with both these amazing art materials included within the exciting workshop!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The unique tooth of this sanded pastel paper surface worked brilliantly with Rembrandt pastels in particular (as I knew it would) and everyone discovered for themselves throughout the day time and time again just how good both the select choice of paper and pastels colours worked in harmony to create some amazing pastel paintings. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone loved how easy Rembrandt pastels are to use and how they inspire so much confidence to work with. 'You just don't want to put them down' as one student said to me. That's so true!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The high quality 'starter' wooden box set containing15 carefully selected colours (from the 525 full range of Rembrandt pastels) given to each student on the day, worked brilliantly with other makes of pastels too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout the days teaching helping everyone equally to create 14 really great pastel paintings everyone was proud of, every painting showed a great use of colour and atmospheric light, great expression and sense of place and above all personal style.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Once again, thank you Robert for such a great pastel workshop. Loved the paper, loved the pastels and loved my pastel painting too - I'll just have to get it framed!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find out more about Royal Talens Rembrandt pastels and other professional art materials visit <a href="https://www.royaltalens.com/en-gb/">https://www.royaltalens.com/en-gb/</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find out more about Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' pastel paper and all their other fine art papers visit <a href="http://en.canson.com/">http://en.canson.com/</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I took the brand new 'Amsterdam Acrylics' <b>Standard </b>and <b>Expert</b> Series of highly saturated paints (with great lightfastness) to Rydal Hall on a residential art week I led in late October. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was an absolute delight to share my creative discoveries using these amazingly versatile paints during our great art week together. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(More about the art holiday here <a href="http://news.rdcreative.co.uk/2016/10/a-magical-autumn-lakeland-art-holiday.html">http://news.rdcreative.co.uk/2016/10/a-magical-autumn-lakeland-art-holiday.html</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Royal Talens professional Amsterdam Acrylic tube and spray paints are really great to use - so versatile and easy to use. Addictive even!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Several exciting and well received demonstrations I gave throughout our great art week together helped create paintings once again I'm personally delighted with.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have to say, using Royal Talens acrylic spray paints in particular has been a real game changer for me offering new and exciting directions with my own work - less and less I'm using a brush to paint with thanks to Royal Talens spray paints!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Such great and inspirational paints to use for all sorts of creative directions. Having a wide range of nozzles from supper fine to broad spray allowed even more creativity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love the way these opaque spray paints work over transparent water media (Royal Talens Van Gogh watercolour paints and Royal Talens Gouache) to build lots of wonderful expressive marks. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using all these top quality products sure inspires confidence as I work in any given situation...to include my demonstrations as well. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's how the painting looked at the end of the evenings demonstration at Rydal Hall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For final details I could return to drawing again (having initially started using 'starter set' Royal Talens acrylic markers to freely draw the painting out with rich and permanent colours), by using Royal Talens Rembrandt pastels or paint again with perhaps some Royal Talens Ecoline acrylic inks. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watch this space to see how the painting develops but...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">...in the meantime do watch these professional short and exciting films created by Royal Talens for you to see how brilliant Royal Talens products are and how much they can also inspire your own creativity for lots and lots of new directions!</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/amsterdamallacrylics" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.youtube.com/user/amsterdamallacrylics</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone enjoying their pastel painting day at Xativa Castle - great work ladies!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I've learnt many new techniques on this course - thank you."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jane</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Particularly enjoyed the pastels."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sue Kemp</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I have gained experience using mixed media which was new to me under expert tuition. I have enjoyed the demonstrations and guidance given. Day 1 was a little daunting but I soon relaxed into the week. Many thanks."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marion Edwards</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"I have enjoyed the course and found the information very helpful - especially the techniques using pastels".</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hillary Betts</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"The information given in the course was excellent! I seel I will be going home very keen to experiment far more. You have given me confidence in my abilities."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jean</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Many thanks Robert for the time, patience and guidance. I wish you well with all that you undertake."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vicky</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Thank you so much Robert. You have helped me and made me feel quite good about my painting."</i></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">With fabulous work created by everyone, top class tuition, everything laid on in the fully equipped studio it's fab to know that I too 'more than made my mark' so to speak with a lasting impression helping everyone Ito improve their work in lots of different directions.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I'll be back next year for sure with a new teaching program for everyone. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next year's art holiday is going to be really great as well!</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I'm look forward to teaching at Dalvaro Art in 2017 already and sharing some quality time again with Harold and Loli and a new group of students again for more painting adventures in Valencia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For further details about painting in Spain with me with Davlaro in 2017 visit</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See you all then.</span><br />
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<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-24382377446961864752016-11-27T14:06:00.003-08:002016-11-27T14:06:41.062-08:00Nitram charcoal takes centre stage at Honister Pass<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What an absolute thrilling week I've had again recently teaching a great art holiday at Higham Hall in The Lake District (near Keswick) this November.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the main highlights of the week was drawing and painting mixed black and white media in one of the most dramatic locations in the National Park - Honister Pass at the top of Borrowdale.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working outdoors in such an inspirational setting at the top of the pass surrounded by the mountains was really fantastic. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a tutor what was even more inspirational was how intuitively everyone took to both my drawing and expressive painting techniques within their own work after my initial demonstration using Nitram Charcoal, PanPastels, Royal Talens Black and White Gouache and Rembrandt pastels in combination.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone was impressed how easily Nitram Charcoal helped their drawings quickly develop with confidence - the quality of the media helping everyones ideas take shape with ease.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The different hard and soft, thick and thin Nitram Charcoal sticks were so easy to work with in lots of creative and exciting ways. I'm not usually an artist that advocates a lot of rubbing and blending with charcoal (preferring all my marks to do that for me one into the other) but Nitram Charcoal just encourages such an approach too! Such a lovely drawing media to work with!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nitram Charcoal when combined in layers with other black and white media adds real depth to your work. Choosing a rough textured paper adds even more expression to your work too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canson 'Moulin du Roy' 300gsm (140lb) 100% rag content watercolour paper helped me to really 'let go' and interpret all the amazing textures surrounding us all at the top of Honister Pass. Many of my students in the group chose to use the same paper too - the results all round were fantastic.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With my own drawing and painting techniques these days I push and experiment with all my media a lot more. Its a high risk strategy that can result in instant success, very exciting and unpredictable outcomes from which to build an expressive painting full of visual interest or miserably fall flat on its proverbial there and then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At other times my painting approach fluctuates between quick intuitive marks band layers I built carefully. If a drawing for me looks too safe, wooden or what I believe to be predictable I'll tear it up and re-collage it back together again (my own that is!!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The drawing I did at Honister Pass working alongside everyone between my group and one to one tuition for each and every student ended up as a re-collaged piece which I created for everyone back at Higham Hall studio.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like Nitram Charcoal - I just don't accept second best with what I create. So for me, to destroy to recreate provides me with another opportunity to use Nitram Charcoal in this expressive mixed media drawing once more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone would say I did that deliberately - any excuse to use Nitram Charcoal once again! Well, I'll keep you all guessing but one thing for sure, Nitram Charcoal, will, once again take centre stage in the creative process putting everything back together again perfectly!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch this space.</span><br />
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<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-91573357538543328982016-11-27T11:58:00.002-08:002016-11-27T11:58:54.375-08:00A November to remember at Higham Hall
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dramatic light and shade explored with tonal drawing at Honister Pass - what a view, what a great drawing underway!</span></td></tr>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our first full day started with a superb painting and drawing trip to one of the most dramatic locations in The Lake District - Honister Pass!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fantastic and dramatic light and shade at Honister Pass in The lake District - perfect for our first mixed media painting and drawing day at Higham Hall this November</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Diana enjoying every minute painting in the Autumn sunlight at Honister Pass - such an inspirational location for everyone!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A great mountain path at the top of Honister Pass - the perfect place to explore the 'big view' looking all the way down into Borrowdale towards Buttermere. Fantastic!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Here are just a few of the comments kindly left by some from all who enjoyed the course with me:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Thoroughly enjoyed taking part. Robert is a first class tutor, not precious about sharing his experience and techniques with others. Looking forward to trying them even more at home."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Enjoyed the course with Robert who is a serious artist but light hearted in approach. Lots of good info. as well re. other artists and also about materials."</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"I have acquired lots of new techniques which I will enjoy using and, I hope, will be able to develop."</i></span><br />
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<b style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mixed media glowing colour landscape outdoor and indoor studio painting art holiday...</b><br />
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<br />Robert Duttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432647195034061543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833488144533871733.post-34644251008785179762016-11-16T02:52:00.003-08:002016-11-16T02:52:34.848-08:00Derwent Inktense does it again!<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">These amazingly versatile and creative water soluble pastels and pencils created by Derwent proved once again to be a real thrill for everyone to use in our recent and very popular November art workshop at Bardsey Village, North Leeds with a Yorkshire dales Landscape theme.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Using an extensive range of the Derwent 'Ink within a stick' the Inktense colours proved to be so versatile for both drawing and painting with in many different ways with exciting paintings being created by all participants. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Throughout the day the paintings everyone created positively radiated with colour with Derwent Inktense blocks and pencils proving ease of use and their long lasting permanency allowed a great range of colourful techniques to be enjoyed by everyone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working on Canson Moulin du Roy 'not' 300gsm (140lb) 100% cotton watercolour, Derwent Inktense and this great paper was a perfect match - the slight tooth of the paper and unique surface providing just right balance between detail and expressive sweeping strokes of lovely Inktense colours that blended so well together.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another successful painting in process as Mark focusses on the detail and drawing aspects within his lovely Lakeland painting of a slate and stone bridge with lots of clean radiating underpainting using Derwent Inktense blocks - fabulous!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Derwent Inktense work exceptionally well with other water media such as Watercolour and Gouache which we used throughout the day at different stages showing great interaction between all media. Using wet brush and drawn marks in abundance to create both deep and subtle tinted colours, Inktense proved to be a real hit with everyone. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For further information about Derwent Inktense pencils and blocks and discover even more about them visit <a href="https://www.pencils.co.uk/">https://www.pencils.co.uk</a></span></div>
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