Figure from imagination Sarah Jenkins Chinese ink & egg tempera	PAINTING & DRAWING WEEKENDS WORKING FROM LIFE & THE IMAGINATION Intensive weekends drawing & painting based on the study of creativity. The traditional instruments; quill pens, reed pens, Chinese brushes, red chalk, charcoal & pencils are used in the mornings working from the life model. In the afternoons, colour harmony studies are followed by working from the imagination. Music & movement may be part of the life and imagination studies.      10.00am - 5.00pm Weekends Dates to be confirmed
Materials required for the painting class: Gouache in yellow ochre, bright yellow, scarlet red, ultramarine blue, terra verte, burnt sienna, ivory black & zinc white.  A selection of different sized brushes, both bristle & Chinese brushes, in sizes large, medium & very small.  Several sheets of watercolour or acid-free drawing paper Paint rags or kitchen roll Materials required for the drawing class: Two quill pens Two reed pens Three Chinese brushes (large, medium & very small) Pencils (1B - 3B) Two red chalks (Conte) Conte red chalk pencil Charcoal Reed pens can be cut from bamboo, reeds and rushes. Feathers for quill pens can be found in London parks & the countryside. These found feathers (goose, swan, eagle, owl, blackbird, magpie, seagull & others) need to be seasoned for a year or two to harden before trimming into pens. In ancient Egypt feathers were placed in the hot sand - this method is excellent for speeding up the process. Charcoal can be made by burning a bonfire of willow wood: once alight cover with a layer of earth or sand and let smoke until out which should produce charcoal. Red chalk (conte) is widely available and red bowl pieces (sanguine), an alternative, can be bought from A P Fitzpatrick (142 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green London E1 5QJ)	Fool with Flowers Lily Corbett from imagination: egg tempera, brush, pencil, quill pen & Chinese ink