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Attend a Workshop in 2024

Each course or workshop is a stand-alone so you can book one of them or all of them and all equipment and materials are provided. We will have one or more models (depending on numbers), but no more than 12  workshop participants

I’ll walk you through you a logical sequence of steps that will help you to achieve a likeness, and a drawing that has depth and mass. We’ll be drawing a live model, but the same method can be used to work from photographs without using grids or dividers.
You’ll learn how to see all the information you need.

We’ll build on whatever experience you already have.
I encourage you to ask for 1-to-1 guidance on any particular element of the process you feel unsure about.

Charcoal is a very forgiving medium, and is the perfect preparation for painting in oils, but without the complication of colour.
If you haven’t used it much before it can feel a little intimidating, but I’ll show you how to tame it and make it your friend!
You’ll be able to create powerful drawings in a fraction of the time it would take to make a comparable pencil drawing.

Workshops at
The Poly, 24 Church Street, Falmouth TR11 3EG

Workshops at The Poly will take place in the beautiful and spacious main gallery on the top floor of The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (also known as The Poly), which is in the vibrant centre of Falmouth.
There is also an excellent café on site, but I will provide refreshments for our short breaks!
Cost £80
These 3 workshops run on Thursdays, 10am - 2pm on:

14 March
25 April

The Angel Hotel, 16 Coinagehall St, Helston TR13 8EB
The Angel Hotel was once the home of Lord Godolphin and, for the last 250 years, a "noted coaching inn". The workshops take place in the old ballroom upstairs. There's lots of space, some great paintings on the walls, and high windows.
Cost is £60

These are also on Thursdays, 12pm - 3pm on:

21st March
18th April

To book a place on a workshop at The Angel hotel, please email me at hugh@hughappleton.com

More course and workshops details will be released soon!
In the meantime, I am available for private tuition so please do contact me if that is something you are interested in

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'I enjoyed your 3-day Portrait Painting in Oils course at The Poly. I usually use other mediums and subjects and was keen to get rid of my hang-ups about using oils and doing portraits. I found your tips about medium mixing and using a limited palette useful and came away from the course feeling more confident. Support from the others in the small group was good and the models were amazing!'

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