Lionel Playford – (Painting)
http://www.penninepainting.co.uk
- Master of Fine Art & professional landscape painter from the North Pennines
- Likes to incorporate influences such as setting, architecture & industrial heritage
- Very experienced tutor having taught hundreds of courses in painting and drawing in adult ed for over 23 years
- Experienced in helping people of a wide range of ability in painting and drawing
- Range of teaching is broad from life drawing and portraiture to still life and landscape in all the main media
- Lionel’s recent PhD researched links between art and climate change science – involving an expedition down the Atlantic to Cape Town.
Lionel is great at coaxing artists to be artists – allowing time for individuals to develop their skills under a wide range of themes. His expertise and knowledge spans all aspects of art, different eras and styles, enabling him to present many different contexts to stimulate and guide his students. One of our Tutors who other artists respect enormously.
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- Lione’s own work in the landscape
Upcoming Courses
PAINTING LAKE DISTRICT LANDSCAPES IN THE STYLE OF NORMAN WILKINSON’S TOURIST POSTERS
Norman Wilkinson, ('dazzle' WW1 ship camouflage), produced a series of 20's and 30's posters for railway companies - idealised mountains, lakes and coasts around Britain based on outdoor sketching with a degree of Studio simplification from experiments in European abstract. Learn how he developed ideas and create your own versions based on outdoor sketches. Beginners and Experienced welcome. Lionel Playford (N. Pennines www.highamhall.com/lionel-playford) Residential: £339 Non-residential: £241 inc. Field Trips
Find out more »DRAWING AND PAINTING – LAKELAND CHURCHES (EXTENDED)
The North Lakes landscape has some very characterful settings for churches. Explore their atmosphere and distinctive qualities through mixed media sketching and painting on location. We will take inspiration from some of the finest examples of evocative drawings and paintings of buildings, especially churches, in the works of John Piper and William Turner among other artists. Join Lionel, an experienced outdoor landscape artist, on 5 sketching expeditions helping you develop your drawing and colour skills and exploring new ideas in…
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