Outdoor Art Workshop

PAINTING IN PLAIN AIR

A Mindful and Contemplative Creative Time, just for you.
Feel the world around you with your five senses and explore the experience on canvas.
Find a bespoke help and go with the flow, at your own pace.

The Rabbit’s vs Eagles’s Perspective

What do you see?
During a workshop, we all share the same spot but we don’t paint the same subject.
I invite my students to look around and to be aware of what inspire them. Someone may be interested in the whole landscape from a rabbit’s perspective which consists in looking at a lot of things at the same time. But someone else may have an eagle’s approach which targets a specific subject.

An art workshop at Ashenbank Woods, Cobham, Kent UK

Ashenbank Woods, Cobham, Kent UK

Were to start from ?

Crop the Landscape
Very often we just don’t know where to start from. Do you look below the horizon line or above? Do you zoom in a flower, a twig or bark?
During a session you will learn how to crop the scenery in a very easy way which will help you compose and transfer what you see on the white page.

Composition

The composition has some basic rules which will help you achieve an interesting art work. It helps to catch the observers’ attention and invite him/her to travel in your painting. During an outdoor class you will learn about the rule of thirds, and how to choose a focal point.

Sketching a Tree - Outdoor Workhsop

Sketch or Paint

Your Choice
My students bring their own art material which allow them to choose their favourite medium. You may prefer drawing, so just come along with your pencils. Or if you prefer painting, your watercolour or acrylic set will be prefect.
Find some ideas HERE if you need to purchase some art material.

Broomhill Park - Rochester Kent UK

Confidence

Painting outside may feel like a challenge sometimes. Students sometimes feel exposed as they are likely to be seen by “others”. Yes, it is true, some walkers passing by may stop to have a look and even have a chat with you. But they actually would like to do the same and don’t dare. They admire the fact that you actually do it! These exchanges are very friendly and will help you build your confidence in time.

How to capture movement

Added to the whole experience, there is the extraordinary adaptation to the changing light throughout the day. By the seaside or an estuary, the tide won’t stay still :) And sometimes, you may be inspired by walkers, or dogs, but they never stay long! This requires that we use our memory of the “instant” and trust the creative process.

Cliffe Pools - Hoo Peninsula, Kent UK


Do you want to have a try?

You are welcome to join the outdoor workshops which are held in north Kent UK.
Find all details of the PROGRAMME here.

And feel free to Contact Nathalie for any question.