New Plein Air Workshops - Book your places now

I have been asked many times as a result of my talks and demonstrations to art societies if I will do some workshops.

Well this year I am slotting in three En plein air workshops if the weather is kind. 

The spaces will be very limited on each occasion so they will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Early booking is highly recommended to avoid disappointment.

Booking call me on 01303 265126 or Email me on paul@paulapps.com

At this time only three dates have been set, others might be added later depending on how busy my schedule becomes.

Dates

Saturday 30th July

Saturday 3rd September

and 

Tuesday 20th September

If the weather is inclement on the day all efforts will be made to reschedule the day.

The day will begin at 9.30 and end around 4.30 to 5.00pm

We will have breaks and a period for lunch, I recommend that you bring sandwiches and sufficient refreshments  and warm clothes as standing still cane get a little chilly sometimes.

I paint in Oils and Acrylic on the workshops, and will demonstrate these during the day

You can work in your preferred medium including pastel and watercolour if you wish.

Whatever medium you work in I can help and assist you in your painting.

This workshop is designed to show you how to paint using the great outdoors as your studio. I will demonstrate techniques and assist you during your own painting.

I hope you will go away having had a great day lots of fun and laughs along the way. Moreover you will be eager to go out and explore the world around you own home and embrace the practice of painting plein air, and developing your new found skills to greater levels.

These workshops are for all abilities beginner to professional alike. we will end with an informal look at our days efforts before heading to our respective homes.

Cost of the day will be £50.00

The locations will be finalized soon, but is hoped to be Camber, Rye and Hastings.

I am also planning 2 one day workshops in September and October painting Wildlife and British Birds, dates to be announced.

Call me and book a place.

Show me the Monet

Morning Flush

20" x 30" Oil on canvas

Although I was not a finalist in the program 'Show me the Monet', I was contacted last week and asked if this painting could be used as part of a sequence of artwork showing the high quality of submission. So I guess if you blink you will miss it, but hey it is on the show for free so who's complaining.

Show me the Monet Wednesday 11th May 2011

BBC 2 5.15pm

The Old Town of Rye

The Old Town of Rye

Oil on panel  12" x 16"

This new image of Rye Town is based upon the Plein air painting I completed on Easter Sunday. As I was painting that image I was aware that the scene was rapidly warming as the sun was descending. The scene took on a beautiful glow. As I was already well into my work, I was not prepared to start chasing the light, always a fatal decision to make, but I remembered the changes for this new interpretation.

I have used this painting as the step by step guide and part of my latest S.A.A. paint magazines article for the July issue. There you be able to find out more on how I accomplished the painting.

If you are not already a member of the S.A.A. then may I suggest you look into it.  The S.A.A is a great Pro/Am society promoting painting for all members and is excellent for helping professionals like myself to promote my teaching and workshop skills. It is also a great source for art insurance built into the membership costs, couldn't be simpler.

http://www.saa.co.uk

This painting is for sale at £850.00 and is presented in a handmade 23ct gilded custom frame

enquiries email me at paul@paulapps.com

Paintings from Camber and Rye, Easter Sunday

It has been a good while since I have been able to go out for a whole days painting, so with many jobs done at home and others shelved for the time being I went to Camber Sands and Rye for the day on Easter Sunday...What a fool eh! I got one of the last parking spaces in Camber, and £11.00 later was allowed to stay, all by 10.00am. With gear in hand, shorts ( big mistake) and a hat, a better idea, I set off. When I reached the sand it was almost standing room only. Thousands in fact, half of the UK had decided to come to Camber on Easter Sunday, though it was hot and so who could blame them. Anyway I set up and carried on with many strange and quizzical glances at my activity of painting, when indeed they had ice creams, beef burgers, windbreaks and assorted children and blow up beach toys with them. I suppose it must have seemed a little strange to the majority to see an artist at work.

Easter Sunday on Camber Sands

Oil on panel 4" x 12"

Plein Air

This picture does not begin to show the great numbers of people there, I did not have all day to paint them!

Easter Sunday on Camber Sand II

Oil on panel 9" x 12"

Plein Air

A little further out on the sand away from some of the hordes, looking towards Dungeness

The Crowds on Camber Sands

Oil on Panel 9" x 12"

Plein Air

Here I tried to express the vast numbers of day trippers that formed less than half of those there that day. Also a mild sea mist had descended cooling the colour values a little.

Incoming Tide at Camber

 Oil on panel 6" x 8"

Plein Air

Here I used my Palm box at the edge of the incoming tide, with soggy shoes I chose to study the waves as the oncoming tide pushed me back. 20 mins study. People did ask questions by now about my sanity.
 

 

Late Afternoon, Rye at Easter

Oil on panel 9" x 12"

Plein Air

I was by this time tired of the crowds, the heat and after suffering burns to my arms hands and ankles, I decided to leave the beach. I headed toward Rye for my last painting and this was the result.

I hope you enjoy this panel of work, they will be listed for sale on my other site 

http://paulapps-dailypaintings.blogspot.com/

Deal Fishing Boats Plein Air

Fishing Boats on Deal Beach

Plein air study oil on panel 4" x 12"

18.4.2011

I decided to go to Deal and paint some of the fishing fleet there. I know the town well having lived and worked there for many years back in the late 70s and 80s. Really showing my age now...

I have often wanted to go back and record the vessels as they sit on the fine shingle beach. Monday the 18th was the day and sadly I left myself a little short on time, but the day was warm and so I hauled my son Barnaby to go for the ride, he took a sketch book and joined in. I had forgotten the aspect of the coastline at Deal being due East, and we paid dearly for that lapse. The slight but constant breeze was very cold and my hands began to stop functioning after an hour, the failing sunlight did little to help, by this time Barnaby had succumbed and was by now sitting in the car. I could not blame him though he managed two small pencil sketches.

I had to finish and the result is posted above. I will go back to do more work here as the scene on other occasions will be worth the trek, though a westerly wind will be better.

This image is now posted on my selling blog site at 

                                                http://paulapps-dailypaintings.blogspot.com

Best wishes

Paul