Painting Holiday in Northern Cyprus

Surf, shore and sea on Branscombe Beach

For information about future workshops contact me HERE

Colour Coast and Texture Workshop 16th and 17th July 2015

Exeter Open Studios 20th -22nd March 2015

Venue 13 Brook Gallery, Exeter
1 Barnfield Crescent

Visit Sara Bor and Sally Baldwin during  Exeter Open Studios next week

Don't miss the Big Colytion Art Show!

The Big Colyton Art Show 21st and 22nd March 2015

The Big Colyton Art Show is next week!  Over 50 artists taking part, view and purchase work online before the Show.  Already £6,000 worth of online sales!

 http://www.thebigcolytonartshow.co.uk/

The big Colyton Art Show

Exeter Open Studios 2015  20th - 22nd March

Visit Sally and I at the Brook Gallery, Exeter and preview some of our new work.

The Big Colyton Art Show 21st and 22nd March 2015

Over 50 artists taking part view and purchase work online before the Show

 http://www.thebigcolytonartshow.co.uk/

3 Day Art Workshop in Cornwall with Sara Bor

13th -17th April 2015

Enjoy a fantastic luxury stay at Costislost House in North Cornwall whilst learning some new painting skills.   This 3 day art course is set at the beautiful Costislost House near Wadebridge a short drive  from  the stunning North Cornish Coast.

The course is aimed at both beginners and artists who wish to explore new methods of working.  It  is about a response to coast and landscape through colour, marks and textures. The course is location and studio based. You will be drawing directly from the landscape, exploring how to create a unique colour palette;  experimenting with mark making  using a range of different tools to create individual textures and  building up layers of colour, then applying the new skills you have learnt to develop your ideas on canvas with one to one tuition available.

http://www.costislosthouse.co.uk/Wadebridge_B&B_special.html

EOS and Workshop Review

Review of my 2 day Colour and Texture in the Landscape Workshop  

Alison

Rebecca

Day 1. We were lucky with the weather on the first day of the Colour and Texture  in the Landscape Workshop and the Artists who participated were able to spend the morning drawing in the beautiful mid Devon landscape attempting to capture the breathtaking panoramic views.  In the afternoon I carried out some demonstrations on how to create a unique colour palette  from just a few tubes of paint.  The group explored creating different textures and marks from a variety tools and by the end of the first afternoon

Jane

Jane, Ruth and Frannie

they had 2 canvases covered in a variety marks and a personally created colour range.

Ruths painting

Jane H;s painting

Day 2. The day started with time spent reflecting on and developing ideas from the first days drawings and finding links between them and the intuitive marks made on their canvases.
 I demonstrated how I build up my paintings in layers with a range of dfferent marks, leaving some areas of bare canvas and exposing previous layers by scraping back paint and scratching through.  

Alison's painting

The group explored these techniques in their paintings learning  that time spent in thinking and reflecting on the next stage is as important as the painting process. 

Rebecca's painting

Frannie's painting

 Here are some of the outcomes.

 I will be carrying out a Colour Coast and Texture 2 day Workshop in May which will be one day on location and a day in the Studio. 

Jane No2's painting

 I will also be repeating the Colour and Texture in the Landscape 2 day Workshop in June. For information about workshops and short courses including residential Courses 

Contact me  HERE

Exciting work from Colour and Texture workshop

Sally Baldwin

My Working with oils - Colour and Texture Workshop on Friday 18th October

 included a group of both professional and amateur artists who were keen to learn new skills to enhance their own practice.  Several of the students hadn't worked in oils before and  they enjoyed the experience of exploring the qualities of the medium and investigating different techniques of applying the paint to the canvas and creating a varied range of marks.

Hilary Barclay

After experimenting with colour mixing exercises in the morning, the students choose a limited colour palette for each of the 2 paintings they worked on. The paintings drew reference from drawings of the landscape produced during the day and also from their own drawings and photographs.

Sarah Acock

The objective was for students to have a new approach to painting by exploring how to mix a unique range of colours and building up layers of paint using a variety of tools with which to make different marks, including palette knives, rollers, rags, sticks, hands as well as a range of different types of brushes.

Gill Mitchell

The results at the end of this very full on day were stunning and individual with each students pushing the boundaries of their comfort zones to create new and exciting work.

I will be repeating this workshop early in the new year. for more information
contact Sara Bor  HERE

Porthleven Pop Up Exhibition Friday 11th October 2013

Half term student workshops October 2013

On Tuesday 29th October we are running 2 half term workshops for students, a hand drawn animation workshop and a painting workshop focusing on colour and texture. 9.30am-5pm. to book a place contact  HERE

Introduction to traditional hand drawn animation - Tutor Simon Bor

Another opportunity to participate in a one day animation workshop at Honeycomb Studios, looking at the techniques of  hand drawn animation. You will be covering some traditional animation sequences like squash and stretch, walk and run cycles, plus designing and drawing character model sheets. We will be looking at visual humour and how to portray emotions, plus filming your work.  Its a full on informative day.  

 £35 materials  included.

Maximum 6 people

Colour and texture - Tutor Sara Bor

This workshop is about an exploration of colour, marks and textures, focusing on building up layers of colour using a variety of techniques. We will be going  back to basics with colour mixing and exploring how to create a unique colour palette;  experimenting with mark making  using a range of different tools to create individual textures. 

£35 materials included
Maximum 8 people

DOS 2013 starts this Saturday

Devon Open Studios Saturday 7th Sept - 22nd Sept 2013

My studio will be open during DOS on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays with exception of 22nd September.  Late night opening drinks and nibbles and Artist talk both Thursdays.  Come and see my new body of work and work in progress.  

This is Tighnabruaich 01 part of my scottish series

Make a day of it and do the Exe Valley Artist trail here is a link  map.

Devon Open Studios 7th - 22nd September 2013

 Devon Open Studios 2013 

I am taking part in this years DOS event and look forward to welcoming you to my studio where I will be exhibiting some of my latest paintings. On Thursday 12th and Thursday 19th I will be holding Open Evenings when I will be talking about my work. Opening times listed below. 

Sara at The Lantic Gallery

In addition to The Marine House Gallery in Beer, Sara's is exhibiting at The Lantic Gallery in Tiverton and The Gloss Gallery in Exeter. Hope you manage to see the Shows.  If you would like to see more examples of my work follow the link to my website
sarabor.co.uk

More news to follow about the Christmas Group Exhibition at Honeycomb Studios.

Life Drawing and Workshop News for Autumnn

Join our regular untutored Life Drawing Workshop on Monday 17th September, registration and coffee 10am, session runs between 10.30am and 12.30pm. Please bring your own materials and equipment. £15.00
The workshop normally begins with 30 minutes of very short warm poses based on sequences of movement, followed by slightly longer poses.  The second half of the session consists of 3 or 4 longer poses. 
We look forward to welcoming new artists to this group, its a great opportunity to network and share information.

We have 3 exciting workshops planned for the Autumn.  I am delighted to announce that Louise Watkins will be back to do another Drawing from the Heart Workshop.  I am also pleased to welcome back Ashley Hanson with his popular Colour and Coast workshop.  Laurie Steen will also be carrying another Intuitive Drawing workshop.

Dates to be announced soon!

Sara Bor Art New website

Thanks to my very talented daughter I now have a new website for Sara Bor Art which includes examples of  my most recent body of work and past work.  Please do take a look. www.sarabor.co.uk