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Workshop days: January 26th/27th/28th
Please note that the previously advertised workshops on January 26th/27th/28th have been cancelled - I have been forced to go skiing so will not be around to paint... sorry!
Painting holidays 2010!
We are pleased to announce 2 new painting holidays for 2010... making 4 holidays through the year...
'On Tour with Ash':
Normandy - Monday 14th to Saturday 19th June 2010
Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve - Friday 9th to Sunday 11th July 2010
Peak District - Monday 23rd to Friday 27th August 2010
Please see the future holidays page for more information.
Also, a slightly different format:
Italy (with Beautiful Italy Art Holidays) - Weeks commencing 23/05/2010 and 30/05/2010
Please see below for more information.
Newsletter and workshop dates - January - July 2010!
The newsletter and list of workshop dates for the next 6 months are now available here on the website!
We now have a much larger e-mail address book - thank you all. It really does make it quicker (and cheaper!) to contact you by e-mail - and makes it possible to keep you in touch with plans at short notice! If you haven't received an e-mailed copy of the newsletter/dates it means I haven't got your e-mail details saved. If you would like to, please send me an email to let me have your details again!
If you do not normally receive a paper copy of the newsletter and would like to, please contact Polly.
Otherwise, you can download your own copy of the dates here and the newsletter here.
Please give Ash or Polly a ring on 01507 526842 or email: ash@ashbuckingham.co.uk to reserve your place.
Happy Painting!
Winter Exhibition 2009
The 2009 Winter Exhibition at High Meadow took the form of a retrospective look at the best of my paintings created during the past year - watercolours, pastels, acrylics, charcoal and mixed media works, covering a wide range of subjects - local and more varied landscapes, flowers, wildlife, still life, figures and abstract paintings all found a place in the exhibition. Many thanks to all those who came along!
This year there was an extra twist to the displays, because some of the paintings were there as a taster of the Spring, Summer and Autumn exhibitions that will follow in 2010. In the spring I look forward to presenting, "Legs and Co" - an exhibition dedicated to figure paintings. In the summer, "This Lincolnshire" will be the theme for an exciting new collection of work inspired by our beautiful County, and in the autumn the exhibition will be entitled, "On Our Travels" - a collection of paintings inspired by visits further afield. Prices of original paintings from around £50 to £500, and limited edition prints available from £25 to £100.
See the exhibitions page for more details.
Weeks commencing 23/05/2010 and 30/05/2010 - Painting tuition in watercolour, pastel and acrylics as well as sketching tuition by Ash Buckingham! Small group sizes - around 12 painters...surrounded by amazing scenery, don't miss this wonderful opportunity to enjoy some Italian hospitality in fantasic surroundings!
See www.beautifulitaly-artholidays.com for more information, or email organisers marinick@libero.it for more information and help booking cheap flights.
Life Classes
Sunday November 15th saw the first "Life Drawing" class here at High Meadow. The life day concentrated on sketching and drawing of the female form - quick and then more detailed studies ready to be developed into finished works of art!
We were very pleased to have an experienced model to sit for us in the first of what I hope will be a regular event here at High Meadow - places are very limited for these life classes, so please shout if you are interested! More life classes will appear on the next list of workshop dates, from January 2010.
On Tour with Ash - Normandy 2010 - Monet & co.!
The painting holiday to Normandy in June 2010 has just a few places left - if you think that you might enjoy a few days of painting and sightseeing in one of the most inspirational and painted parts of France, then have a peep at the "holidays" page for more information, or get in touch for a chat!
You can download the information letter and booking form. As always, places will be filled on a 'first come first served' basis.
Please give Ash or Polly a ring on 01507 526842 or email: polly@ashbuckingham.co.uk to reserve your place.
On a personal note: Alan, one of our regular painting holiday travellers, is travelling alone on this occasion - so if anyone would like to save money and share a twin room please let us know.
Happy Painting!
Jersey - Painting Holiday June 2009!
Wow, what a week! - we always hope for dry weather, with anything better being a bonus - and what a bonus we hand! Wall-to-wall sunshine made the outside painting such a pleasure (even if the paint did dry a little quickly at times!)
We started off at Corbierre with its spectacular rocks and lighthouse, followed up with a day at Samares Manor - a wonderful garden with so much variety (and a little scaffolding!)
The day at Durrell Conservation Centre provided a very different challenge - how to paint an Orang Utan that won't sit down...... the sane amongst us opted for stone buildings and the flamingos that stand still!
Gorey harbour and castle provided another challenge - made so much easier to bear after a crab sandwich and Jersey ice cream (while for some, the lobster salad and a bottle of wine helped produce interesting artistic results!)
The final day at Hamptonne Farm Museum was a delight - thatched buildings, chickens roaming and some sloping ground that, for some, made staying on a painting seat a real challenge!
This was the first painting holiday on which we have travelled by air - flying out of Humberside proved to be so convenient for so many. As ever, Polly did a great job putting it all together - and a big thank-you to the artists who all helped to make it such fun!
Let's hope that Polly will manage to organise something for next year - watch this space!
Please click here to go to the 'holiday photo gallery' page.
Scunthorpe Venue Change!
Please note there has been a change of venue for Scunthorpe classes. St Andrew's church in Old Brumby St is closed and currently up for sale - so we have been evicted!
The new playroom was to have been in St Mark’s church, but they unfortunately couldn’t accommodate on all the dates; so we are now in Frodingham church hall, on the opposite side of the road to St Lawrence's Church, in Church Lane, Scunthorpe – just beside the GPO building. There is lots of car parking on the grass by the hall.
To download a PDF version of the map to print, please click here.
Technology update - major credit cards now accepted!
We now take plastic – so mail orders are easily available – please phone 01507 526 842 – or email us and we will phone you back.
Suffolk Painting Holiday August 2008
The weather changed at just the right moment to give us a dry week in Constable Country.
The painting started at Flatford Mill, where we were well looked after by the catering staff at the field studies centre - a great start, with so much to inspire.
The Tide Mill and boats on the estuary at Woodbridge provided another challenge, and some fell for the lure of shops in the town - while at Aldeburgh, the boats on the beach provided a stiff test of sketching skills and made the perfect excuse for a little retail therapy around the shops and galleries at Snape Maltings. The highlight of any gallery visit is often to realise that we are actually better than we give ourselves credit for - and many of the crazily priced paintings at Snape made us realise that!
Many thanks to all who came along - you really impressed with the quality of work produced! You can find some photos from the trip here.
Here's to the next holiday away in Jersey - 30th May to 6th June, 2009 - check the future holiday page for details!
Greetings cards - create your own!
As a recent addition, Ash and Polly are able to offer you the chance to have your own original artwork reproduced onto greetings cards of your own design to a similar professional standard to Ash's own cards. This service is available for very small print runs - a minimum of only 20 cards - and at very competitive prices.
For more details of your chance to produce your own original greetings cards please click here.
Pastel Portrait Painting Special Event!
The 2 day workshops with internationally acclaimed pastel portrait artist Rob Wareing were a huge success.
Rob came over from South Africa again for a Summer season which included 2 days at High Meadow Studio. Many of you come along to experience a day (or 2!) of pastel portrait painting with one of the most respected pastel portrait painters in the world!
The results were inspirational - see below for yourself!
Special thanks to Jenny and Maggie on Saturday and Polly and Mick on Sunday for sitting so nicely!
Please do let us know if you would like to be included in future events of this kind so we can ensure we plan something to suit!
Many thanks to Rob for an excellent couple of days.
For more details of Rob's work take a look at his website, www.robwareing.com.
Studio, Picture Framing and Art Materials - Opening Times
The gallery and art materials shop is usually open from 10am-5pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, although Bank Holiday opening hours do vary.
We are also open from 6.30pm-9pm on a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Please phone/email to confirm all opening times prior to coming along to ensure we are here.
With Botts coffee shop just across the road, we hope that it will make a place of interest to bring your friends - not just the rich short sighted ones with lots of wall space………..but they would be very welcome!
Find directions to the studio and gallery here.
Limited Edition Prints!
It's finally happened - a selection of paintings have been turned into limited edition prints using the giclee digital printing method - light fast colours guaranteed for 75 years (how do they know that?) Available in 2 standard sizes, A4 and A3+, mounted, or mounted and framed - the range of prints will increase steadily, so please ask about availability.
To View the current range of prints, please click here.
DVDs
A new range is now available! Remastered from the original tapes, with one complete painting on each disc. As with the videos, the DVDs come complete with composition drawing.
They are available at £19.99 each. For more details of the available range, please click here to go to the videos/DVD page, or do contact Ash or Polly for more information.
Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve - Painting mini-break May 2008!
We had an exciting new Painting Mini Break staying at Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve on the weekend of May 10th and 11th. This was a chance for a small number of folks to spend a couple of days at the wild and wonderfully tranquil Lincolnshire nature reserve, located just down the coast from Skegness. One or two folk got muddy shoes but no-one fell in the water - success!
The reserve is comprise of sandy and muddy seashores, sand dunes, salt marshes, fresh water habitats, a small woodland area, the estuary of the River Steeping with its boat morrings and of course, the Wash Study Centre - our accommodation for the weekend. The reserve of over 1000 acres is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. It is recgnised as an area of outstanding wildlife and geomorphological (wow!) importance.
