Description
This is a unique opportunity for art enthusiasts to indulge in an art experience in the foothills of Gredos National park where you can incorporate the landscape, animals and the Spanish sunshine into a finished art work. Join Elinor Evans MA RCA and winner of many painting awards her Picadero studio where amongst her horses and other animals you will share an unforgettable memory of Spain.
It will be an intimate informal experience, an insight into the process behind the way she works: from setting up scenes, creating imagery to painting in oils.
She invites you to collaborate and engage with her surroundings, to connect with her animals and play a role within the art. She will show you how you can become a participant in your own artwork through theatrical settings, photo shoots and fast painting.
The Spanish sun plays an important role within her work as she thrives on gaining maximum contrast between light and dark within her paintings. Often setting up scenes outside where she takes photos to provide the image to work from back in the studio. She also gains this effect from using artificial light in the studio which gives her an equally dramatic outcome.
The main theme and subject within her work is a statement between man and animal, using handmade masks of animals to cover the face, symbolizing social hypocrisy within man.
She chooses the scenery as a back drop to the artwork depending on the amount of movement needed to create in the paintings, whether it be a galloping horse, a jumping dog or leaves blowing on an oak tree. She likes to think shadows can also create the sense of movement in her work even from a sitting pose.
Elinor Evans would like to share with you her painting experience and knowledge giving you an insight in to her fluid painting style, enlighten you on how she keeps the white of the canvas as part of the painting and her distinctive approach to painting – like drawing on paper.
1 Day package: Oil Painting in the Studio
Creating an oil painting in the style of Elinor Evans, becoming a participant and muse of your own artwork. Along with Elinor and some animals you can bring to life and capture a moment as you spend the day with her within her surroundings.
10am-2:00am Morning session includes exchanging ideas, setting the scene, choosing the masks and outfits to play a role and become a character to then paint from. The photos will be taken, an image printed out to then make preliminary sketches and finally create an oil painting from.
Lunch: A typical Spanish lunch, fish paella or BBQ meat depending on the guests. Including wine, and a taste of the local famous El Barco de Avila beans. Set in their gardens with Spanish music and the warmth of a family environment.
4.00pm-8.00pm Get stuck in the studio painting with a short break at 6:00pm for a merienda (snack) of Jamon, Chorizo and Cheese with bread and drink.
This unique experience will be remembered and captured in the oil painting which you will have created by the end of the day.
AVAILABILITY
This experience is available Monday – Sunday 10am – 6pm on selected dates throughout the year.
REQUIREMENTS
You must be aged 16 years or over to take part in this experience.
DURATION
Experience Duration: 10 hours
Time at Venue: 10-8 pm with two food breaks
GROUP SIZE & SPECTATORS
Participants: 1 adult.
Max Group Size: 1-4
Spectators Allowed on Site: On request
LOCATION
Gredos National Park
MATERIALS AND WHAT TO WEAR
Art Materials Included (use of oil paint, watercolor, paper and a 60x40cm oil painting to take home)
Casual wear and get ready to get some oil on the clothes
WEATHER
This class should not be affected by the weather.
