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Explore your Creativity on the Beautiful Cornish Coast

Unleash your Inner Artist with a Spring / Summer 2017 Weekend Course at St Ives School of Painting

Image: Plein air painting on the stunning West Cornwall coast

Get away from it all and unleash your inner artist with St Ives School of Painting's inspirational selection of Creative Weekender courses. Led by experienced artist tutors in the award winning surroundings of St Ives' Porthmeor Studios, our 2017 courses include Unlocking Your Creativity, Ocean and Abstraction, The Sensory Landscape, Developing Drawing Skills, Sea and Rocks, Where Sea Meets Land and Get Started with Acrylics.

With a maximum of just 8 students per course, you'll receive quality one-to-one tuition at our spacious, fully equipped studios in the spectacular location of St Ives' Porthmeor Beach. Ideal for complete beginners and intermediate artists, our 2 day courses cost £165 per person including all materials, and a variety of weekend accomodation is available in St Ives to suit all budgets. See www.visitstives.org.uk for further information.

And if you're looking for a swift and simple escape from the bustle of London, you can take the Saturday morning Riviera Express Sleeper to St Ives and catch the afternoon train back home on Sunday. What could be easier? See www.nationalrail.co.uk for further information.

Italian Escapes with St Ives School of Painting

If you fancy veturing further afield, St Ives School of Painting's week long creative courses at the Verrocchio Art Centre in the beautiful hill-top village of Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, take place this year from 20^th to 30^th May, and from 29^th August to 8^th September. Holiday includes six days of art tuition, self-study time in the studio, opportunities to visit San Gimignano and Sienna, and idle evenings of wonderful food and wine on the terrace with like-minded people.

For further enquiries andto book any of our courses contactinfo@schoolofpainting.co.uk|Tel: 01736 797180 | St Ives School of Painting, Porthmeor Studios, Back Road West, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1NG or seewww.schoolofpainting.co.uk

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 Editors Notes

2017 Creative Weekender Courses

Ocean and Abstraction 11/02/2017

Tutor: Amy Albright

The Sensory Landscape 04/03/2017

Tutor: Greg Humphries

Sea and Rocks 06/05/2017

Tutor: Ashley Hold

Developing Drawing Skills 27/05/2017

Tutor: Hilary Gibson

Where Sea Meets Land 17/06/2017

Tutor: Gary Long

Unlocking Your Creativity 01/07/2017

Tutor: Ilker Cinarel

The Sensory Landscape 15/07/2017

Tutor: Greg Humphries

Get Started with Acrylics 19/08/2017

Tutor: Ilker Cinarel

Sea and Rocks 23/09/2017

Tutor: Ashley Hold

COURSE TIMES:

Saturday 10-4.30 (1 hr lunch) and

Sunday 9-3 (30 min lunch)

Fes: 2 days £165 plus accommodation

Tuscany Courses

20 May - 30 May 2017 Painting the Tuscan Landscape with artist Gary Long.

29 August - 8 Sept 2017 The Spirit of Tuscany with Liz Hough.

Fees: £445 plus accommodation. Contact 0117 330 4973 to discuss all accommodation options

St Ives School of Painting

Situated on St Ives' spectacular Porthmeor Beach, the Grade II listed Porthmeor Studios building has been an inspiring workspace for artists for over a century. Today, the St Ives School of Painting operates out of two of the building's studios. The remaining studios are rented out to local and national artists while the Tate Gallery has historically run a residency programme in Studio 5. Meanwhile, twelve boats continue to work out of the fishermen's cellars beneath the studios.

From the late 19^thcentury onwards, Porthmeor Studios became an inspiring workplace and exhibition space for internationally acclaimed artists, including some of the big names of 20th Century British painting, such as Julius Olsson, Ben Nicholson, Francis Bacon, Patrick Heron and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Today their paint marks still decorate the studio walls where important pieces of work were created. The St Ives School of Painting has been running art classes in Porthmeor Studios since 1938. Class sizes are limited and tutors are all practising artists with many years teaching experience. The school provides quality tuition across a variety of artistic disciplines, suitable for all levels from complete beginners to those with more experience.

In 2010, The Borlase Smart John Wells Trust headed a £4 million renovation, supported with public funding by Arts Council England, to renovate and refurbish the building. Overseen by award-winning architects Long & Kentish, the sensitive renovations of the Grade II listed building have ensured that the features of its important heritage are not lost, while providing a facelift which enables the unique complex to move into the future as a successful and functioning workplace for both the artists and the fishermen.

St Ives School of Painting and the St Ives Art School are trading names of names of St Ives Art School, company no 7871063 registered in England, a company limited by guarantee, registered charity no 1146825. Registered office: St Ives School of Painting, Porthmeor Studios, Back Road West, St Ives. Cornwall. TR26 1NG |01736 797180| www.schoolofpainting.co.uk |info@schoolofpainting.co.uk.

Supported by the Regional Ideas Organisation, Rotary International, Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council.