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Painting Landscapes in Oils with Andrew Barrowman at the Boconnoc Estate

Start: 29 September 2026   From: 10:00 to 16:00 

Hayley writes:-

"We are delighted to be heading to the beautiful Boconnoc Estate for our art day.  Based in one of the stable blocks with access to the grounds, we will spend time exploring nature to inspire our work.  The day will be hosted by one of the LilyBoo team with the very talented Andrew Barrowman leading the art workshop.  The day includes refreshments and lunch.

Our day will be spent focusing on landscape painting in oils.  We will use the ‘alla prima’ technique where the painting is done wet into wet in one session – ‘first time’.  We will cover the use of different
materials, techniques, composition and some colour mixing.

Course aims and skills/knowledge to be taught
-  We will discuss different surfaces to paint onto and their different properties.
-  Simplified composition.
-  How to layout your oil painting palette.
-  Which oil painting mediums to use – and when to use them (or not!).
-  Different types of oil painting brushes and their uses..
-  Split primary palette – warm and cool versions of the primary colours.
-  Alla prima painting techniques.
-  Cleaning up at the end of a painting session.

At the end of the day during the mini exhibition we will discuss what we have learnt and discovered and how we can apply those techniques in our own work."

For moe details, and to book, see Lillyboo website