We have 2 Avoca Painting School specials for Valentines Week (11 – 17th Feb). A 10% discount on our 6-week studio drawing and painting course starting 5th/6th March 2013. And two for the price of one on our outdoor painting workshops running from April to September. Booking and details available here: http://avocapaintingschool.com/
All are welcome on Sunday 21st October 2012 at 1 pm when Rod Coyne will provide a free painting demonstration at the Avoca Studio Gallery.
This will also be an opportunity to enroll in Rod’s 6-week Studio Painting and Drawing Courses to run through November-December 2012.
For more details log on to http://www.avocapaintingschool.com
Book a date for one-day or five-day outdoor painting workshops, summer 2012. Or let us know what date that suits your calendar and we’ll see if we can put together a workshop for your day. Alternatively you can suggest your own date for a one-day outdoor painting workshop if you have your own group of six or more. (Smaller groups can be accommodated for a surcharge).
We have 1-day Outdoor Painting Workshops planned for
21st April 2012 at The Meeting of the Waters, Co. Wicklow
12th May 2012 at Killmacurragh Arboretum, Co. Wicklow
19th May 2012 at The Meeting of the Waters, Co. Wicklow
9th June 2012 at The Meeting of the Waters, Co. Wicklow – FULLY BOOKED
14th July 2012 at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow - FULLY BOOKED
28th July 2012 at The Meeting of the Waters, Co. Wicklow – NEW ADDITIONAL DATE
25th August 2012 at The Meeting of the Waters, Co. Wicklow – FULLY BOOKED
ADDITIONAL LAST DATE THIS SUMMER:
26th August 2012 at The Meeting of the Waters, Co. Wicklow
A 5-day outdoor painting vacation is planned from 13th through 17th of August 2012 at various locations throughout Co. Wicklow.
Overnight accommodation packages are available and transport can be arranged.
For more information call +353-402-35555 or email info@avocapaintingschool.com
We are glad to announce there has already been keen interest in our next 6-week course, 8th Nov – 13th Dec 2011.
To accommodate everyone we’re adding an extra slot on Tuesday afternoons, 2.30 – 5pm.
There is only one place left in each of the morning, afternoon and evening painting classes. If you were interested in joining us you can book online: http://avocapaintingschool.com/booking.html, or drop us a line to info@avocapaintingschool.com for further information.
Visitors to the Avoca Painting School were greeted with the aroma of freshly baked waffles. This was the only waffling going on as Rod got down to serious business of demonstrating his palette knife technique. In a thoroughly informal atmosphere Rod fielded questions for his guests while continuing to illustrate the various uses for the palette knife. The skull made a curious “still life” and irony wasn’t wasted on the interested onlookers. Many who weren’t sure about the still life were sure they liked the finished painting. Rod videoed the whole session and it will be appearing on youtube very soon.
Rod Coyne’s 1-day Workshops and 5-day painting breaks will be taking place in various wild and beautiful locations around the County Wicklow, all a short drive from the Avoca Studio Gallery.
More details are available at: http://www.avocapaintingschool.com/courses.html
The sun shone for two beautiful days of plein-air painting at Glendalough and Kilmacurragh Arboretum.
Rod started each day with a demonstration to ease his students into a groove after which they finally got their brushes wet. The morning’s painting was a relaxed atmosphere followed by a picnic lunch under blue skies. Rod’s students were treated to a palette knife demonstration before they started their own pieces for the afternoon. Everyone took home finished canvasses an a whole new experience at the end of the day.
1-Day Outdoor Painting Workshops
28th April | 29th April | 11th June | 16th July | 20th August | 17th September 2011
Painting Breaks Summer 2011
28th-29th April | 25th-27th May | 13th-17th June | 18th-22nd July | 8th-12th August | 5th-9th September 2011
Edward Monet was the starting point for this week’s class. The exercise was to study the French master’s style through working from an impressionist landscape painting. Students painted their own versions after watching Rod demonstrate first. While the rain fell out doors it was all sunshine in the studio. The results were both exciting and enlightening with regard to that infamous painting genre. Rod: “it’s been super mornings work”.
Rod Coyne gave classes today at the Avoca Painting School in “How to really let loose”
His students learned about letting the paint run and melting the image on the canvas.
All students were delighted with the exciting results.