SUFFOLK PAINTING SCHOOL 22001122

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Our PhilosophyWe believe that almost everyone can express themselvesin paint, providing the desire is there. Our objective is toteach every student how to realise this desire, how toexpress their thoughts, feelings and ideas with their owndistinct voice. Using a range of innovative approaches tounlock the intuitive and subconscious, students learn howto engage with the subject in a way that is heartfelt andpersonal. The combination of thorough practical adviceand intellectual inspiration within a culture of experimentationleads students to confound their limitations by reachingout to achieve work of great strength.

“Thank you for urging me to breakaway from the rut I'd managed to

get myself into. I've already preparedlots of canvases and am so excited

about painting again.”

All the art illustrated in this brochure is made by the students, with the exception of the front cover which shows Hugo Grenville's 'View from the Studio, Winter'

Our CoursesFounded in 1997, Studio Hugo Grenville has gone fromstrength to strength, attracting a wide range of students,many of whom return each year. The success of last year’s‘Seeing Things Differently’ course, which explored theways in which we can ally our imagination to our art, hasencouraged us to introduce a new drawing course tofurther investigate the language of self expression.

The courses are aimed at painters of all levels andabilities. Each course is designed for different stages ofexperience, knowledge and understanding. They can betaken individually or in groups, but when taken together,they lay the path for a continuous journey into the worldof painting.

All the courses have been designed by Hugo Grenville andLisa Freeman. Hugo is highly regarded by his students, manyof whom believe him to be one of the best teachers in thecountry. His inspirational teaching is embellished by hisknowledge, both of the historical context of painting, and ofthe rigorous mental and physical challenges of being a painter.Passionate, articulate and irreverent, he communicates hisgreat enthusiasm for the subject with a lightness of touch.

Lisa shares with Hugo a great passion for teaching, and thesame resolute commitment to help each student, irrespectiveof their starting point, to make progress on their individualpainting journey. Her patience and clear communicationskills enable her to be an effective and sensitive critic.

St. James’s FarmSt James’s Farm is Hugo’s home, and a purpose designedretreat for artists. Carved out of an abandoned and derelict10 acre farm, orchards gardens, ponds and woodland havebeen conjured from fields to create an environment that isinspiring and beautiful. High on the Suffolk plateau, its longline of poplars visible from far away, the farm sits under hugeskies in an ancient and rural landscape. Just half a mile awaystands the stark ruin of South Elmham Minster, built by theearliest Christians on a site of Druidic pilgrimage and, withthe sea not far away, there is no end of subject matter onoffer. Students will also have access to Hugo's own studio:bright and welcoming, and full of his newest paintings.

We find that intense painting creates intense appetites,and so we treat our students to a delicious home cooked

lunch each day. The light filled and colourful dining roomof the house, designed by Hugo, is a vibrant mix of oldand new and is decorated with Hugo’s paintings.

Ever evolving, students who attended the Summer schoolin 2011 will be surprised to see the latest developmentsto St. James's: another well lit, airy, purpose built artist'sstudio with full washing facilities and heating, standingdefiantly where the wind battered marquee once was!

AccommodationSt James’s Farm lies adjacent to the South Elmham Hallestate, where the 13th Century Manor House providesbed, breakfast and delicious dinners. Within a 4 mileradius there is a wide range of comfortable and wellhosted accommodation, including several inns where dinneris served. A list of accommodation is available on request.

Lisa Freeman has started to acquire critical notice for her own work. A graduate of Middlesex University, she has developed ahighly personal way of investigating a subject through intense drawing which gradually leads to its ultimate expression in colour.She has exhibited in London, Bath, Belgrade and Berlin. Her work can be viewed at www.lisafreeman.co.uk

Hugo Grenville is a well known painter with a distinct vision, working in the Romantic tradition and is recognised on bothsides of the Atlantic as a Colourist. He has held 17 one man shows, mainly in London, New York and Palm Beach. He isrepresented by Wally Findlay Galleries International in New York. He writes regularly for the Artist magazine, and lectures onpainting and the journey from Impressionism to Modernism both in the US and the UK, most recently at Falmouth universityand in Florida. His work can be viewed at www.hugogrenville.com

About the Tutors

For Practical details and Information visit our website www.hugogrenville.com

Dates Monday 10th – Friday 14th September 2012

Price £665

Tone, Composition andVisual Language:The Art of Picture Making in Oils

Taking the versatile and mysterious medium ofoil paint as its starting point, this courseexplores the possibilities of this deeplyexpressive medium within the fundamentalelements of picture-making: tone, compositionand visual language.

Any good painting whatever its subject, requires aconsidered design, rendered in shapes that vary from lightto dark, and whose surface celebrates the poetry of paint.

As relevant to beginners as it is to those who want toreconsider their painting practice, students will beencouraged to try out new drawing and painting techniquesand discover how choices of design, colour, and the ways inwhich paint is applied, can communicate the intended moodor feeling of a painting.

“The pace, the intensity and thequality of teaching were fantastic.I have learned vast amounts.”

“This course is a real challenge,but I took it on and crossed manyself-imposed barriers. It simply

cannot be improved!”

“I loved the diversity of the exercises, the open approach, theconstant encouragement and the good humour.”

Dates Monday 17th – Friday 21st September 2012

Price £665

Understanding Colour No.1The Legacy of Impressionism:Colour as Description

As the Impressionist movement gatheredmomentum in France in the 1870s thedepiction of the surfaces of the worldchanged: shadows glowed with violets andblues, flat planes of single colour werebroken up into harmonies and drops ofmoisture scintillated with reflected light.

Working from life, and often out of doors, these painterswere the masters of seeing and interpreting the colour ofa surface within the context of its tonal value, therebydescribing light with colour.

Students will consider the behaviour of colour and how toharness its impact without losing the vital qualities of lightand dark. A consideration of our ideas about colour willguide students through the intricacies of palette selection,and open up the ways that mood and feeling can besuccessfully communicated.

“Learning aboutcolour has

completely changedmy paintings. Now Ican paint how Ihave always

wanted but didn'tknow how to

before! I do notsee how this

course could everbe improved upon.”

Dates Monday 1st – Friday 5th October 2012

Price £665

NB This course is not suitable for beginners

Understanding Colour No.2Exploring the emotional impact of colour

Colour as a means of limitless self expression,and overcoming preconception about colourin order to release the Fauve within!This course is designed to take students who haveabsorbed the principles of tonal painting into colourism. Ineffect, it is the leap from Impressionism to Fauvism andPost Impressionism, from using colour as narrativedescription to using colour as intimate expression.Although we shall be considering vital formal aspects ofpainting, especially line, shape and the division of pictorial

space, the emphasis of the course content lies inunderstanding the complex and highly sensitive disciplineof colour. Hugo’s revelatory Theory of Palettes, a conciseillustration of his observations regarding the palettes of allgreat painting, will act as a guide into the world ofemotionally charged, harmonious colour, with manystudents of the past claiming it has helped with theirpainting long after the course has ended. Learn to explorea subject that captivates you, and render it in a palette thattells the world how you really feel about it.

Seeing Things DifferentlyRe-inventing through the Mind's Eye

'I have all my subjects at hand, I go and visitthem, I take notes. And then I return home andbefore I start to paint I meditate, daydream.'

Pierre Bonnard

The aim of this course is to give students the confidenceand organisational ability to express themselves with thegreatest possible degree of freedom. By working awayfrom the subject students will need to re-invent it byreaching into the unconscious and letting go of theimpediments that restrict us from expressing what wereally feel. For experienced painters that have neverattempted to paint away from the subject, this course willbe truly revelatory.

Too often artists fall into the trap of being in awe of whatthey are painting and are too concerned with the literal

colour and shape of the motif. By painting in front of thesubject there can be a tendency for artists to robthemselves of the delight one can experience in revellingin the space between direct observation and pureabstraction. In this gap one can enjoy the materiality ofpaint, immerse oneself in the act of painting and throughthe enjoyment of the process produce works that sing anddance with lyrical rendering. It is at this point that thepainting process stops being one of reportage anddocumentation and becomes one about making a paintingthat is other-worldly and often inadvertently, anunselfconscious portrait of the artist’s inner self.

Dates Monday 8th – Friday 12th October 2012

Price £665

NB This course is not suitable for beginners

“This course is utterly revolutionary. Ithas opened me up to a way of workingthat I would never have considered

otherwise. I feel so lucky to have had theopportunity to be taught by one of the

best painters in the UK.”

Dates Monday 15th – Friday 19th October 2012

Price £665

Expressive Drawing

Drawing is the same as speaking, the onlydifference being that lines, dots, squiggles andother marks replace words.

It is both our principal method of visual description, andthe most immediate indication of our feelings in relationto the subject. Not just a building block to self expressionin other media, drawing is an enchanted world of visualdiscovery, a mesmerising process that carries our ideasand feelings on a revelatory journey. Using some of thetechniques that have been tried and tested by actors,singers and other performers, students will be given theconfidence to let go of preconception and embrace a wayof drawing that reveals as much about what they feel aswhat they see. Guided through a number of varyingapproaches to drawing and re-introduced to a variety ofdifferent materials from graphite and charcoal to ink andpaint, students who will advance the most on this coursewill revel in the unfamiliar, adopt a not too seriousattitude and as a result take the greatest risks.

This course presents creative avenues that artists canjourney through in order to create work that is moretextural, more poetic and more emotionally descriptive.

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COURSE BOOKING FORM Studio Hugo Grenville at St James’s Farm, SuffolkIf you would like to book one or more courses, please complete the form below and return it along with 50% of the course fee(s).

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COURSE TITLE Course Date Price

Tone Composition and Visual Language 10th - 14th Sept £665

Understanding Colour No.1 17th - 21st Sept £665

Understanding Colour No.2 1st - 5th Oct £665

Seeing Things Differently 8th - 12th Oct £665

Expressive Drawing 15th - 19th Oct £665

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Terms and Conditions1. Non-refundable deposit of 50% of the cost of the course is due on booking.2. Full Payment is due four weeks before the start of the course.After this date you will be liable for the full course fee.3. Studio Hugo Grenville reserves the right to cancel for whatever reason. In this event you will be advised of vacancies on alternative courses.

If you do not wish to book on an alternative course repayment will be made in full.4. Places on courses are limited so allocation will be made on a 1st come 1st served basis.

Once completed please return the booking form along with your cheque to:Studio Hugo Grenville, St James’s Farm, St James South Elmham, nr Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 0HZ

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Studio Hugo GrenvilleSt James’s FarmSt James South ElmhamHalesworthSuffolk IP19 0HZ

For all enquiries on the courses please contactLisa Freeman on 07764 500397or email courses@hugogrenville.com

St James’s Farm, St James South Elmhamwww.hugogrenville.com