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 BOBBY BRITNELL
Textile Artist and Tutor
Newsletter 24 ~ February 2011
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Featuring: GWEN HEDLEY
Gwen Hedley at Moor Hall Studio
'Spontaneous Stitch'
Friday and Saturday, March 4th and 5th ~ 2011
£100 ~ weekend
An exciting and freer approach to work, for those with a sense of adventure and an eye for something different, involving both machine and hand stitch. Working with fabrics, papers and mixed media, by stitching, cutting, shifting and trapping, we will create lively pieces with interesting surface enclosures, pockets and windows.
 
Gwen Hedley studied embroidery at East Berkshire College, was a National Medallist, and holds the Diploma in Stitched Textiles. Her embroidered buttons have been used by Zandra Rhodes, and the Tri-centennial hanging in Windsor's Guildhall was worked to her design. She exhibits regularly, and her work has featured in several publications and is in private collections. She has written for a variety of magazines, and is the author of 'Surfaces for Stitch'. She has taught a range of course at home and overseas. Memberships have included The Society of Designer-Craftsmen, and she is an active member of The Textile Study Group.
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Featuring: Marysia Milewski
'Crumpled Paper with Marysia'
Tuesday 29th March 2011 ~ £50 the day
I am thrilled to be able to invite Marysia from France to teach at Moor Hall Studio. Her own work is highly imaginative and she is able to draw her students into this fantasy world through her own gentle way of teaching. Marysia has always painted. She likes to compare the act of painting to a dance.........a "dance" that is spontaneous, a dance of improvisation and very rich in colour. She likes paper: she tears it, crumples it, folds it, colours it, scrapes it and assembles it. The works reveal images and characters which detain both a strange wisdom and lots of joy.
 
She was an apprentice lithographer in the Gallery Chave in Vence and studied in the school of applied arts in Czestochowa and Warsaw, Poland. She also learnt a great deal being an assistant for a year, to the artist Cecily Sash in the "Granary Painting School" in Herefordshire. From 1984 to 1990, she worked for the Maeght Foundation bookstore in Saint Paul de Vence, then for the Maeght Gallery in Paris where she participates in the classification of Adrien Maeght's collection.
She is today a painter and an illustrator of books for children and her work as a multidisciplinary artist, is present in many collective and personal exhibitions in France and abroad.
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Featuring: PAUL PRIESTLEY
Paul has taught several courses at Moor Hall Studio and I am delighted that he is returning to teach here again. He was born in Bradford, initially trained as an art teacher and ran a very successful Art Department for many years in Southend before moving to Herefordshire. He has been teaching art courses now for over 8 years at venues in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Worcestershire and for institutions including HSBC, Land Rover, Thames Water, Appletizer, the Farncombe Estate as well as abroad.
Paul is a firm believer in the fact that anyone can draw and paint, no matter what that art teacher said many years ago. Building confidence is one of the main aims of his courses, as well as having fun and learning a lot.
'Painting inspires me, from the moment an idea is born through the process of development, until the moment I sense the journey has come to an end. I enjoy the feel of the paint, even the spring of a hog's hair brush as it spreads its load on canvas, is a wonderful feeling. Inspiration can come from the colour of an object - I do love colour - a situation, a turn of a head, the interaction between two people or the wonderful landscape here in Herefordshire. Drawing is an integral part of what I do, I love the boldness of graphite contrasted with the subtlety of watercolour pencils. I love experimenting and am currently working on a series of paintings which explore the qualities of watercolour and acrylic through the vehicle of landscape.'
I got ambition ~ Paul Priestley
EXPLORING DRAWING~ 4 sessions on Saturdays
 Each course is distinct, but related to the others, therefore, it would be possible for individuals to take one or two courses or all four.
26 March: How to Draw Anything: this course looks at how to construct drawings, simple ways to create complex drawings and essentially shows that it is possible, even for complete beginners to draw anything.
02 April: Exploring Line and Tone: this course looks at how we can use line and tone in a variety of ways to create wonderful drawings. There will be the opportunity to explore very imaginative and bold approaches to combining line and tonal drawing.
23 April: Imaginative Drawing: we explore abstracting drawings and mark making with all sorts of graphic media including pen and ink. Amazing combinations of both techniques and media.
14 May: Finding Your Style: How do you want to draw? Bold, loose, dramatic, academic, imaginative? This course explores a number of approaches to help you find your own vision.
£50 for 1, £90 for 2, £130 for 3 £160 for 4
PAINTING COURSES WITH PAUL
 March 7/8:
Imaginative Still Life Painting:
This is not about bunches of flowers in pots, but about looking and creating a very individual approach to a still life starting point. We shall learn how to abstract, use bold colour combinations and explore creative ways apply paint. A fantastic course to experience if your painting is in a rut. Acrylic/oil paint. Beginners and those with more experience.
£95 for the two days
May 30/31: Contemporary Self Portraits:
£95 for the two days
Details to follow in future newsletter
August 15/16/17:Summer School with Paul
£150 for the full 3-day course
Details to follow in future newsletter
Link to Paul's website
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EXHIBITIONS
24-27 March 2011, NEC Birmingham
Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch with Madeira
Open 9.30 - 17.30 (Sun 17.00)
I shall be having an exhibition of mainly new work at this event in March. It is an amazing show to attend with what is referred to as very best in textile art with inspiring displays, expert demonstrations, exciting catwalk shows and the latest suppliers eager to sell you their wares. There will be FREE workshops and talks to give you a taste of how individual artist work.
Other exhibitors will include: Linda Kemshall, Laura Kemshall, Angie Hughes, Helen Stevens, Wendy Nolan, Maggie Smith, Rachel Powell. Lorna Bateman, Kim Thittichai, Linda Rudkin, Sue Munday, Wendy Cotterill and many more.
A number of Textile Groups will also have a showcase of their work and amongst these will be the group that I mentor 'Moor Threads' . So please come along and visit our stands.
ZM01~ Bobby Britnell and ZN01 ~ Moor Threads
  
Margaret Biggs Margaret Guy Sylvia Laws
 
Sue Daborn Mary Williams
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COMING SOON:
As if the above wasn't enough just check out what is else is happening this year.
- TUTORS: I look forward to welcoming Dorothy Tucker in July and Jean Littlejohn in September both who will be teaching at Moor Hall Studio for the first time. I will be featuring them in a future newsletter with course details etc, so do make sure that you keep reading them so that you do not miss out.
- UGANDA: I am planning a second trip out there at Easter, with Martin my husband and hopefully both my sons. We are eager to be more involved over there, so will be keeping you in touch with Ugandan news. If anyone would like to receive my Ugandan newsletter for news and updates, please let me know, as I am planning several fundraising events in the future.
- WESTHOPE CRAFT COLLEGE: Westhope will be celebrating its thirtieth Anniversary this summer from 19-21 August , by having exhibitions, competitions, workshops and much more. To find out more visit their website.
link to Westhope website
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Once again thank you for reading my newsletter. I am always delighted to recieve feedback. Please encourage others to subscribe. Best Wishes Bobby
Moor Hall Farmhouse, Bettws-y-crwyn, Newcastle on Clun, Shropshire, SY7 8PH
01547 510664
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