10:00 - 16:00

Level: Intermediate (some experience of painting with oils is useful)

An opportunity to experience painting ‘in the fresh air’ with an experienced plein air tutor in the gardens and environs of beautiful Micklems Farm. The aim of this workshop is to explore everything from the practicalities of painting in oils out of doors, to selecting a successful subject, taking into account composition, colour palette and tonal balance.

What to bring:

• Your usual oil painting kit

• 2 or 3 small canvas boards (10”x12” or 12”x14” is large enough)

• A pochade box and tripod, or a French style box easel (some field easels are available)

• A small sketchbook and soft pencil

• A packed lunch

• Some newspaper to put your wet painting on to transport it home

If you are buying oil paints for the first time, Daler Rowney’s Georgian range do a good value starter set of 10 colours. Oil paint can be provided if you’d like to try oils before the commitment of buying them yourselves, this will be an additional £5, payable to the tutor on the day (preferably in cash). There will also be canvas covered boards available to buy if needed.​

Shelagh’s basic palette includes titanium white, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson, cadmium red, cerulean blue, ultramarine, burnt sienna and blue black. She uses an odourless thinner such as Sansodor or Zest-it for both painting with and for cleaning her brushes. It can get chilly when you are sitting or standing for long periods, so warm layers are essential, and a cap or hat and sunscreen to protect against the sun is important on hot days.

Included on the day:

• Any other materials not specified for the 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: 10