Espace Riponne
Indoor Classes
Indoor classes serves two purposes.
It is our base of operations for Naturescapes. These indoor courses are designed to teach specific techniques for plein air painting.
Indoor classes is an Atelier in its own right. The courses cater for all interests, all levels and are available during the week and at weekends to suit the busiest of schedules.
- There are three main weekly products for Indoor classes: Freestyle, Body, and Technique.
For the Indoor classes products, clients will have access to all the Indoor classes courses: Freestyle, Body, and Techniques.
- Weekend workshops in Indoor classes are priced according to the subject and materials costs and information is provided in advance. Depending on the subject, the workshop may be a full weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, or it may be split into two parts, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, or it may have two 4-hour sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Dates and times will be communicated in advance.
We will be happy to provide you with further information in advance.
This class is open for total, free creation based on the inspiration of the participant. Even if you have a basic notion of what you want to do, we will help you find what inspires you and give you the materials and teach you the techniques you need to follow your instinct, or or leave you totally free and let you do your own thing! Freestyle is a real moment to disconnect from the day’s stress, unwind and relax, where you lose track of time while letting your inner creative side take over.
Freestyle
This class is for those who want to improve their technical skills. We will cover topics among others such as colour theory, perspective, composition, creating volume with line and tone to enable you to build the kind images you’ve always wanted to master.
We will explore a wide variety of techniques to help you find what works for you and makes you feel comfortable making the experience as interesting and exciting as possible.
We will typically spend 3-4 sessions exploring one technique before moving to another. We will revisit techniques previously covered to refresh the memory and consolidate what has been learned and find new applications for them.
We will be using a wide range of drawing, painting, and mixed media techniques to translate three dimensional objects and spaces onto the flat plane of paper and canvas.
Techniques
If you have a particular affinity for the human form and enjoy drawing its undulating lines and sensuous masses, this course is for you. Whatever your level, we offer in-depth instruction in the various techniques, some academic and some intuitive, for depicting the body in a satisfying way, or if you prefer to work without input, we'll be happy for you to do your thing. You will learn all about how to draw the whole body, hands, feet and portraiture using wet and dry media.
Body
Weekend Workshops
We will have a variety of workshops on weekends that focus on a specific subject, medium and/or technique. For example, introductory courses: introduction to oils, pastels, drawing, acrylics, etc. We offer intermediate and advanced courses: deeper practice and mastery of mediums and skill-based learning. The discovery of the plastic possibilities of various materials in an open-ended experimentation offers an intuitive and organic exploration of the creative potential of the imagination.
The theme, date/time and price will be communicated in advance and we invite you to enquire in advance.