Experience a fascinating workshop

If you want to learn to draw and paint, or want to improve your skills, then these workshops are for you!

Els Knockaert welcomes beginners and more experienced artists to her studio in Olargues, one of the prettiest villages in France. You will be using different techniques and materials to learn how to sketch and paint with a live model.

Els teaches small groups of up to five students. The teaching is concentrated, and after two inspiring days, you will take home your own finished painting.

Practical

What?

Workshop portrait painting:

For two days, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, you will be taught the basics of portrait painting, showing you how to master perspective and proportion using oil, water colour and acrylic.

Day 1:
Morning: Sketching a live model
Afternoon: Exploring different techniques, with particular attention paid to mixed media.

Day 2:
A portrait in oil, painted on canvas, using the skills learnt on the previous day.

Workshop landscape painting:

For two days, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, you will be taught the basics of landscape painting, showing you how to master perspective and proportion using oil, water colour and acrylic.

Day 1:
Morning: Sketching in open air
Afternoon: Exploring different techniques, with particular attention paid to mixed media.

Day 2:
A landscape in oil, painted on canvas, using the skills learnt on the previous day.

 

Workshop still life :

For two days, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, you will be taught the basics of still life painting, showing you how to master perspective and proportion using oil, watercolours and acrylic.

Day 1:
Morning: theory lesson on still life painting, composition, shadows and lighting. Create a balance and aesthetic harmony, with the rule of thirds, lines, techniques of dynamic and static composition.

Afternoon : exploration of different techniques (mix-medias, collage…), to depict textures of various materials such as glass, wood, paper, fabric, earth, fruits and vegetables.

Day 2:
A still life in oil, painted on canvas, using the skills learnt on the previous day.

  • I work with small groups of from 2 up to 5 persons to ensure that my teaching is concentrated and personal, so that hopefully everyone will leave with a work of which they should be proud.
  • The workshops are held throughout the year, with a minimum of 2 persons.
  • Personalised courses can be arranged with me.
  • The workshops can be given in French, English, Spanish or Dutch.
  • Please sign up for the course dates below, or let me know if you have a specific date in mind.

 

When?

Subscribe to the fixed dates. (See below) or subscribe to a date as desired.

Price?

€ 165 Materials, informal meals made from local produce and coffee/tea breaks are included in the price.

Where to stay?

I can offer 3 bedrooms, one with a double bed and private roof terrace and the two other bedrooms each with two single beds and a washbasin. You can also use the fully equipped kitchen and the living room. There is free wifi, tv and a shared bathroom and toilet.

Price for one night : 35€ for one person.

Some images of Els