Course Description

A taster day working intuitively with painted cloth and a selection of materials provided to make a small painted and hand stitched piece reflecting the colours and textures of the sea and shore. Create either a shoreline view suggesting land, sea and sky or explore an abstract assemblage of the materials supplied to work with line and texture with simple hand stitching.

Suitable For

The couse is suitable for beginners and anyone who enjoys the challenge of intuitive experimentation, exploration and extension of creative boundaries. Amanda will guide you through intuitive development of your work with the support of inspirational resources in the form of personal sketchbooks and examples of her work.

Requirements List

• 3 pieces of white cotton or linen cloth (approx. 25 x 25 cm as a guide), 1 to use as a ground, 2 for painterly mark making, the cloth should be for suitable for hand stitching. It is important that the cloth has a handle and weave suitable for working hand stitch, avoid dense high thread count cloth
• Needles for hand sewing
• Sewing kit, pins, scissors
• A selection of threads in sea and shoreline colours and neutrals; less is more!
• A Graduate Daler Rowney number 10 or 12 round brush and 2.5cm Langnickel bristle brush or similar for painting (a limited number of brushes will be available to use if you wish)
• Pritt stick type glue
• Apron/overall, please wear suitable clothing
• A sketchbook/notebook for working notes and ideas

Materials Cost

Tutor will bring samples and sketchbooks to use as starting points for ideas.

There will be a charge of £4 to cover the cost of materials listed below. This is payable directly to the tutor.

• Papers to colour; wet strength tissue, tea bag paper
• Cloth scraps, coloured and sari silk
• Threads for texture and stitch
• Cotton plasterer’s scrim
• Acrylic paint
• Box of brushes/ water pots/paint palettes