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Courses &
Demonstrations

  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Spring Flowers
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Spring Flowers
    Tue 29 Apr
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    As the first signs of Spring now start to appear, Carole will show you how to capture some of the garden's glorious colours, shapes and form in watercolours or a medium of your choice.
  • Animals, Birds and Pets: Trimley St Martin
    Animals, Birds and Pets: Trimley St Martin
    Tue 13 May
    Trimley Saint Martin
    Carole will show you how to capture your pets' character, expression, shape and form, and demonstrate techniques for painting texture and pattern. Using soft pastels and pastel pencils.
  • Animals, Birds and Pets: Leiston Workshop
    Animals, Birds and Pets: Leiston Workshop
    Fri 16 May
    Leiston Community Centre
    Capture animals' character, expression, shape and form using pastels and pastel pencils. Carole will show you a variety of techniques to paint texture, pattern and take you through tips and tricks for painting birds.
  • Rivers and the Sea: Leiston Workshop
    Rivers and the Sea: Leiston Workshop
    Fri 06 Jun
    Leiston Community Centre
    Carole will demonstrate how to achieve the effect of waves on a beach or the flow of a river or waterfall, both in acrylics and watercolours
  • Rivers and the Sea: Trimley St Martin
    Rivers and the Sea: Trimley St Martin
    Tue 10 Jun
    Trimley Saint Martin
    Carole will demonstrate how to achieve the effect of waves on a beach or the flow of a river or waterfall, both in acrylics and watercolours
  • Pen and Wash at Watershed Studio
    Pen and Wash at Watershed Studio
    Tue 01 Jul
    Watershed Studio
    In this short course Carole will introduce you to pen & wash techniques. Pen and Wash (an ink drawing with watercolours added) is a delightful medium for quick, loose sketchbook studies or for paintings that require a lot more detail.
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Pen and Wash
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Pen and Wash
    Tue 15 Jul
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    Carole will demonstrate a variety of techniques in pen and wash - watercolours.
  • Leiston Workshop: Sketching at Dunwich
    Leiston Workshop: Sketching at Dunwich
    Fri 18 Jul
    Leiston Community Hall
    Building up a sketchbook and working “en plein air” is good way of improving your drawing technique. For this first of two days drawing outside, we have the use of a garden in Dunwich, which is adjacent to the abbey ruins and also close to the beach.
  • Art in Aldeburgh: An Aldeburgh Sketchbook - watercolours, pen & wash
    Art in Aldeburgh: An Aldeburgh Sketchbook - watercolours, pen & wash
    Sat 26 Jul
    Aldeburgh
    It will include sketching buildings, boats and beach scenes as well as quick people studies and a “how to” on perspective – all the skills required to improve your observation and drawing technique and the perfect way to fill your sketchbook. We will mostly be working outdoors, weather permitting.
  • A Flatford Sketchbook: Flatford Mill - 3 day course
    A Flatford Sketchbook: Flatford Mill - 3 day course
    Mon 04 Aug
    Flatford Mill
    Taking inspiration from this historic and beautiful setting, Carole will show you how to translate the delightful surroundings into sketches using pencil, pen and wash.
  • Leiston Workshop: Sketching in Aldeburgh
    Leiston Workshop: Sketching in Aldeburgh
    Fri 15 Aug
    Leiston Community Hall
    A fun day out sketching “en plein air” in the artist's coastal haven of Aldeburgh.
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Sketching at Felixstowe
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Sketching at Felixstowe
    Tue 19 Aug
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    A fun day sketching outdoors and practicing "en plein air" painting techniques at the picturesque Felixstowe Ferry.
  • Flatford Mill: Sketching and Painting at Benton End
    Flatford Mill: Sketching and Painting at Benton End
    Thu 21 Aug
    Flatford Mill
    This is an exciting opportunity to visit and sketch this historic 16th century house and its beautiful gardens. Suitable for all abilities
  • How to Draw A Portrait: Flatford Mill - 3 day course
    How to Draw A Portrait: Flatford Mill - 3 day course
    Fri 22 Aug
    Flatford Mill
    Carole will guide you through many of the skills needed to achieve a likeness and produce a good portrait. Suitable for complete beginners Medium: watercolours, soft pencils, charcoal and pastel pencils
  • Art in Aldeburgh: Acrylics, Seascapes and Landscapes
    Art in Aldeburgh: Acrylics, Seascapes and Landscapes
    Thu 28 Aug
    Aldeburgh
    Acrylics are one of the most versatile of painting mediums, ideally suited for catching the light sparkling on the sea, the texture of pebbles or sand, or the more subtle effects of skies, clouds & aerial perspective in landscapes. Suitable for beginners or improvers.
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Self Portraits
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Self Portraits
    Tue 16 Sept
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    Self portraits can be one of the most challenging subjects to master, but Carole will demystify the process taking you through a variety of tips, tricks and techniques with a series of exercises and demonstrations.
  • Leiston Workshop: Self Portraits
    Leiston Workshop: Self Portraits
    Fri 19 Sept
    Leiston Community Hall
    Self portraits can be one of the most challenging subjects to master, but Carole will demystify the process taking you through a variety of tips, tricks and techniques with a series of exercises and demonstrations.
  • Portrait Week Dedham Hall
    Portrait Week Dedham Hall
    Sat 11 Oct
    Dedham Hall
    Carole is a popular and experienced tutor who will help to demystify the process of portrait painting for you. Working from live models and reference material, in the medium of your choice: watercolour, pastel or acrylics.
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