10:00 - 16:00

Level: Beginner and up

Micklems Farm Summer School: As some of you may know, sadly Marlborough Summer School isn’t going ahead this year. We’ve teamed up with some of the tutors who normally teach at the Marlborough Summer School to bring you some exciting one and two day workshops. All of our Summer School workshops are being held in the barn, which is up a flight of stairs.

Sunflowers in watercolour and ink with Elizabeth Baldin. This course is perfect for artists of all levels who want to explore the beauty of sunflowers through watercolour and ink. To ease yourselves into this challenging medium you can try combing watercolours with acrylic inks which will do some of the groundwork for you, so you can then be free and expressive with the watercolour paint. You’ll learn essential techniques like colour mixing, layering, and loose brush work to create stunning, expressive floral paintings. Guided step by step, you’ll capture the warmth, texture, and radiance of sunflowers while enhancing your artistic skills. Join us and bring the joy of sunflowers to life with your brush and palette.

What to bring:

• A packed lunch

Brushes

• Sable watercolour brushes are best but pricey, so I use a lot of synthetics these days as the quality is so much better than it used to be. The lower price means that you can afford to buy more sizes.

• SAA Silver all rounder brush size 10, or Ken Bromley Artists’ Value Round Profile Brush size 12

• SAA Silver flatmate brush 0.5inch

• 1 inch flat brush (any make)

Paints

Here are the colours we will be using:

• Cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna or sepia, winsor violet (dioxazine).

• If you are buying colours individually, watercolours in tubes are better value in the long run. I use

• Winsor and Newton artists quality tubes, but recently I have been buying Jackson’s own brand as they are very reasonably priced and good quality, although they don’t have as many colours as other brands.

• If you prefer to buy pans (small dry squares of colour) it is better to get them as a complete set in a portable palette. Rosa Gallery watercolour sets are very good value and come in a variety of different sized sets and can be cought online from Ken Bromley’s art supplies.

• Bockingford 300gsm Glued Watercolour Pad 14”x 10” (360 x 260mm) this is a reasonable quality paper in a glued block that won’t cockle as you paint on it.

Other bits

• Daler Rowney FW acrylic ink, paynes grey or black (I will have spare for you to use if you

• don’t want to buy your own)

• Uni pin fineline pen (0.5) (I will have spares)

• Plastic palette with deep wells for watercolour

• Plate or ceramic palette or plate for the ink

• Water pot

• Water spray (not vital)

• 2b pencil and rubber

• Paper towels/kitchen roll

Included on the day:

• Any other materials not specified for students to bring

• Expert tuition

• 1 to 1 guidance

• Detailed demonstrations

• A selection of tea, freshly brewed coffee, biscuits and delicious cakes. If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies, please feel free to bring along your own provisions/milk alternatives etc.

And of course you take your wonderful creations from the day. If you share any photographs of your day here and/or your finished work, we’d love to see them so please tag us @micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops or use the hashtag #micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops.

Terms - Fee is payable on booking. If, having booked, you can no longer attend, we are unable to offer a refund or transfer you to another workshop. However, you may nominate someone else to attend the workshop or class in your place by notifying us using the contact page on the Micklems Farm website. We reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to 48 hours prior to the workshop date. We will only cancel due to insufficient places sold and you will be refunded the full amount paid.

Number of students: 8