NEW YEAR'S EVE WATERCOLOUR
Sea, café, beach - completely relaxed
on La Palma Canary Islands
Monday 30 December 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
Arrival Sunday, departure Sunday)
NEW YEAR'S EVE - WATERCOLOUR - PAINTING
Beach, sea, café - completely relaxed
5-day seminar totalling 25 hours
5 -day art seminar
One week intensive seminar with possibility of extension
on La Palma, Canary Islands
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Day 1: Introduction to painting materials and techniques, watercolour and mixed media, collages
- Materials, brushes, colours, paper
- wet-on-dry, wet-on-wet techniques, glazing technique, layering technique
- Applied colour theory, colour wheel, primary, secondary and tertiary colours, the art of colour mixing
- The motif and its realisation
- Approaches, motif finder and other aids
- Drawing techniques
- Daily work observations
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2nd day
- Painting and drawing in the café, situations, people, houses, concrete and abstract
- Painting and drawing on the beach, waves. Sea
- Object and nature studies
- The coloured drawing
- Possibility to take part in the "Art-Making-Course" 15:00-17:00 in Puntagorda
- The artistic New Year's Eve, possibility of a joint New Year's Eve celebration with dinner, e.g. in Tazacorte
3rd day
Perspective, very simple!
- One-point, two-point perspective, horizon, colour perspective, spatial illusion
- Further exercises
- Perspective of a picturesque row of houses in Palma
Day 4
free time
- e.g. excursion to the caldera nature reserve, hiking tour, rest day at the beach, city shopping in the capital, dolphin-watching tour etc.
- On this day you can collect earths and pigments to make colours for the following day
- Possibility to take part in the "art making course" 11:00-13:00 in Los Llanos
5th day
Colour production from found natural pigments
- Pigment, binder for the production of mainly watercolour paint
- Experiments
(Acrylic, oil, gouache, egg tempera or chalk colour production would also be possible)
6th day
Free work, documentation, preparation for the final presentation
and conclusion
- Create signposts, continue on your own path with exploration of your individual artistic expression.
expression
- Small final presentation of your work
- Motivation and appreciation session
- Conclusion
Followed by the possibility of an in-depth week with individual focus and personal support
Accommodation
You have to find a accommodation by Yourself.
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Flights
Flights are booked independently. Important: book to La Palma SPC (not to Las Palmas, Mallorca). Possible airlines for direct flights: easyjet, Condor, Iberia. From Switzerland: Edelweiss. Bargain hunters are sometimes lucky with single flights with a stopover in Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
Food
There are restaurants for lunch and dinner as well as supermarkets where we can eat together or individually as we wish.
Material
All material can be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own drawing/painting equipment, e.g. a sketchbook, your brushes, your coloursI also have drawing and painting sets available to borrow or buy, so you don't need to bring anything with you:
Personal items
don't forget good shoes (sturdy shoes are enough), sun hat, sun protection, small rucksack
Times for the art
approx. 5h per day
Language
the course language will be German and possibly English
Course size
6-12 persons
Locations
on La Palma, Canary Islands, mainly in the west of the island: Los Llanos, Tazacorte, Puntagorda, Las Tricias
mainly on the beach, by the sea, in cafés, in the pine forest, in picturesque places,
in seminar rooms in bad weather (which hardly ever happens)
Hire car
You probably can't do without a hire car. Theoretically, it would also work with a bus and carpooling with other participants.
Price
5 days seminar, 25 hours in total,
495,- seminar costs only (excl. accommodation, excl. flight)
Subsequent consolidation week approx. 20 hours 520,- (excl. accommodation, flight, hire car)
This week can also be booked independently of the basic course.
Enrolment
Please register using the registration form here. Afterwards you will receive all further steps including the payment modalities.
Terms of payment
Deposit of 10% upon enrolment.The remaining amount is due 4 weeks before the start of the course. You will receive the payment details with the enrolment confirmation
Discount
Registration up to 2 months before the start of the course 10%
Cancellation
The provider reserves the right to cancel the course up to 4 weeks before the start of the course, no recourse can be taken. All advance payments will be refunded within 5 days
Cancellation
If a course is cancelled by the participant up to 4 weeks before the start of the course, the course fee paid minus the deposit will be refunded within 5 days, in the event of cancellation 2-4 weeks before the start of the course, 50% of the course fee will be refunded, from 2 weeks the payment cannot be refunded.
Cancellation by the hotel is free of charge up to 4 weeks before the start of the course.
Insurance cover
Please provide yourself with all the insurance you need, e.g. travel insurance. There is no insurance cover from the provider.
Info
More information, background, inspiration, further offers: www.kunstlapalma.com
Please contact
Leon: - 0034 617 167 665 Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, SMS, phone calls by arrangement,
Mail: info@kunstlapalma.com
Pre-meeting (optional)
2 weeks before the start of the course via Zoom video conference.
Lecturer
Leon, artist, art therapist, course leader
