Workshop:

Inspired by the colours of spring flowers, the session will centre around ‘flowers in a treacle pot’ painted using fragments of collaged music.

No skills or experience necessary! It will be a lighthearted creative day and chance to play with colour and collage.

We will consider the stories in a selection of my flower pieces and I will demonstrate my colour mixing techniques and use of painting palette. After creating a few swatches and experimental studies there will be opportunity to create a flower artwork on paper.

Sketchbooks:

Throughout the day we will work on a mini sketchbook that maps the progress of your ideas… These are a favourite feature of my workshops and become souvenirs to keep and collect, mapping your progress as you do different art workshops. Feel free to bring your previous books along.

Resources:

Flowers ( create your own bunch) and take them home at the end.

Studio gallery, library of books for inspiration, computer and printer as resource for experimentation.

Various papers, vintage and collected collage resources, inks, paints and pencils including gold Karisma for detailing. Sitting room with real fire and my little garden for thinking time.

Guests can bring a few of their own vintage papers, music scores, poems, envelopes or photos to use in their pieces

Suggested Itinerary:

1. (10.30) Welcome, Introductions over coffee and croissants at Kirsten’s studio, 26 Kings Rd Henley

2. (11.00) Sketchbook tasks and review of resources

3. (11.30) Creating a bunch of flowers.. using a beautiful collection of potted plants, fresh flowers and foliage from my garden

4. (11.45) creative task ‘Take 5’

5. (12.00) Considering ‘Flowers in a treacle Pot’, inspirations and other pieces, critique and personal responses

6. (12.30) Swatches! Materials and inspiration intro, demonstration and examples. Experimentation and expressive mark making

7. (1 ish) Lunch

8. (2.00) Composition, narrative and sketching, planning final artworks, individually paced

9. (2.30-5) Creating a final piece

10. (5.00) Sketchbooks finished, tidy up

11. (5.30) critique and a celebratory champagne ‘toast’ to the results, dips and canapes

12. (6pm ish ) goodie bags and photos

10.30-6pm Sunday 24 April £150 per person

includes all materials, gift pack of cards by Kirsten

croissants and coffee on arrival, light lunch with Provence rose, (coffee, cake and biscuits available all day)

3- 5 places available,

Venue: Kirsten’s Art studio, 26 Kings Road, Henley

I look forward to seeing you there, please get in touch with any questions x