April can be a wild month, especially here on the South coast in a studio so close to the sea. A good time for embracing the weather and moving the body, making large gestural ink drawings inspired by the energy of this place. 

Come and immerse yourself in the experience, whether taking a walk by the water’s edge or sheltering in the studio, and translate those invigorating sensations into colour and marks on the page.

Using pencil, pastel, and coloured inks, you will make small drawings outside (weather permitting!), observing the natural rhythms and patterns of sea, sky and shore, as well as more abstract responses to sound and movement. In the studio these observations and marks will be put through a process of repetition and layering until the surface is covered, working into, rubbing out, sticking on, collaging and layering with transparent and opaque materials to find a connection to the space and energy of the great outdoors.

Large-scale drawings (4ftx8ft) will be worked on over two days to enable you to really investigate the process of change, the build up of marks, and the abstract potential of coloured ink on paper. At the end of the course you may choose to take it away whole, cut it up into smaller pieces, wash it off in the sea, or leave it behind and take away only the memory of the experience.

When: Sat 13/Sun 14 April 10am - 4pm
Cost: £160 (tea, coffee and materials provided)
Booking: direct with Atelier website (Kings Arches, Brighton Seafront)