Join Alison in the studio at Birnam Arts to enjoy a day of playful exploration into the world of paint and colour. Overcoming our inner critics and finding the joy in surprising ourselves.

We will be working from imagination and memory and responding to what happens on the day so no need to have an image to work from.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Ways to loosen up at the start of the process

Recognising how YOU respond to materials

Making marks that tell a story

Find colour combinations that excite you.

Bring elements together to resolve a piece of work

WHAT TO BRING

First let go of any idea of an outcome...this might be the hardest part!

An apron or old clothes you don't mind getting messy in

Packed Lunch, or you can eat in the cafe. There is a shop in Birnam.

WE WILL SUPPLY

All materials including paper and painting surfaces

Acrylic Paint

Acrylic & Indian Ink

Charcoal

Pastels

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

How to work in stages.

Ways to loosen up at the start of the process.

How different surfaces can vary the outcome of the work

Explore ways of making textural marks using found tools.

Play with a limited colour range to find combinations that excite you.

Learn how to bring together these elements and resolve a piece of work.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Hellos and introduction to the day, Brief look at some examples.

Warm up drawings.

Looking at different surfaces and ways of starting.

Working with texture

Colour Play

Lunch break

Progression of ideas.

Resolving at least one piece of work.

Tidy up and sharing a chosen piece.

Tickets
£65.00 /

Alison Price is a visual artist who grew up in Birnam and is now based in Perth. A graduate in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Alison has taken part in various exhibitions across Scotland and facilitated many workshops and community arts projects across the region. She works from her art studio at the WASPS Creative Exchange in Perth. In 2023 Alison exhibited at Birnam Arts, with her inaugural solo show 'Drawn To'.