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SAC Summer Programme
Summer Programme
Organised by Julie Ford and Amanda Sutcliffe
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Venue
Metal Art School, Chalkwell Park
(nearest entrance is in Chalkwell Ave - opposite Imperial Avenue). Free parking and blue badge parking.
Sessions will be from 1-4pm. FREE to members, £5 for non-members
Programme may be subject to change
12/04/2025
Julie Ford - soft pastels
If weather permits this course will be taken outside. I will demonstrate how I would paint a view plein-air in the park in soft pastel. After the demo you will have the opportunity to paint your own subjects, plein-air. I will be on hand to help and give advice.
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Soft pastels and suitable pastel paper. I tend to use Clairefontaine Pastelmat Paper
26/04/2025
Craig Hallums - illustration
Session will follow me as I work through inking a portrait, using pen and ink. I will talk about my techniques, tools, materials and creative choices throughout. Happy for it to be open for discussion throughout
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Members not required to follow along, but if they want to join in would recommend the following: paper, various sizes of fineliner (0.1 size strongly recommended) pens, brush pen or ink and brush, eraser. Pre-pencilled rough drawing to work on.
10/05/2025
Grace Edkins - lino print
Introduction to linocut printmaking.
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Grace will bring everything members need to print
Lino blocks, Lino carving tools, water based relief printing ink, rollers, barens, paper
If you have some of these supplies yourself then do bring them along.
17th & 18th May SPRING EXHIBITION
ART FAIR at Chalkwell Hall 10 - 4pm
members set up & Private View Friday 16th May
Members go to Members Area for more details
14/06/2025
Léda Szemerédi - 3D modelling
We will build up a wire based papier mache figure from scratch. I will use up household rubbish such as aluminium foil, cling film, cardboards, newspapers and possibly tiny objects that would be thrown away, like plastic cups, corks etc.
I hope the weather will help us to dry out our objects during the break and we can paint them at least partially in the second part of the session.
For the Tataki Zome we need to collect grass, leaves, flowers/ petals in the park and then we’ll use prepared pieces of fabrics to try the technique. I’ll explain how to prepare fabrics with mordants to gain the best colour results.
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
I will bring newspapers, cardboards, tiny objects, used but clean clingfilm, aluminium foil, my pliers, scissors, paint and brushes but everyone can bring their own too to repurpose. Matt, thin daily news like Echo or Metro is good for covering, shiny ones and cardboards useful as filling, building the shape up, used but cleaned aluminium foils-cling film also suitable. Visitors can bring plant particles (leaves, petals, wild or any flowers and kinds of grass) from their garden they would like to print with
I will bring prepared pieces of fabrics, printable flowers, grass, leaves and pebbles for the botanical printing
28/06/2025
Tom Davison - watercolour mixed media
Line, wash + watercolour. Imagination and impact.
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Tom will bring a selection of pens:
felt pens with soluble ink; black ballpoint pens and dip pens, any of these can be borrowed by members if desired.
Tom will also be using a sketchpad, watercolour paper and watercolour set.
12/07/2025
Jenny Sexton - oils
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Jenny will be using oil paints and oil painting paper.Please bring your own oil painting materials - or any medium you prefer to use - be inspired to paint along and have fun.
26/07/2025
Amanda Jackson - experimenting with paint
I will show the members my approach to the stages of an abstracted landscape painting and how it develops over time using "here’s one I produced earlier" method and then consider how I might finish the final painting as the demo. This may be on paper or loose canvas or both.
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Paper, sketchbook, acrylic paint, perhaps ink, something to sit on and Board to work on (or ground if weather good). Brushes/sponges/scrapers if so desired to paint with. Really whatever you like to bring to a painting session.
Amanda will bring along a supply of paper and some acrylic paint, some scrapers and rollers to show what she might use in the studio.
Members might want to have a photo or sketch of a landscape they want to create a painting from or can draw from life in the park
09/08/2025
Marie Antoniou - acrylic impressionist florals
Working with the subject of Flowers, either from life or photographs. You will be shown a quick approach to painting the subject. With lots of Acrylic tips, including keeping colours clean and avoiding muddy mixes.
Impressionistic approach to painting flowers in Acrylics
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
Acrylic Paints - I use, Daler Rowney system 3 or Amsterdam Acrylics by Royal Talens. Brushes, 1, 2 or 3 inches. Surface: Stretched canvas, board or Acrylic pad/paper. A3 or A2 size
Marie will bring some images of flowers
13/09/2025
Gareth Barton - charcoal life drawing
Gareth will demonstrate his individual style of creating portraits in charcoal
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
tbc
27/09/2025
Mark Wadeson - acrylics
Street scene with cars and figure, from a thumbnail sketch to acrylic painting
Materials being used that you may wish to bring with you to join in:
pencil and a fine liner pen for sketching, then a couple of brushes, a few acrylic paints plus white, and something to paint on. Please bring your own painting materials to paint with after the demo.Mark will have a selection of the above items for those who do not have suitable materials to bring with them.
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