Date: Friday 10 October – Monday 13 October, 2025
Time: Friday – Sunday – 10am – 5pm. Monday – 9:30am – 12:30pm
Venue: artsmart Studio Beaconsfield & surrounding area
Tutor: Barry Herniman
Cost: £ 325
Includes a hard-bound sketchbook & lunch on 3 days
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
Enjoy 3-days travelling around the beautiful, picturesque Beaconsfield area, sketching as you go, tutored by the watercolour guru himself, Barry Herniman, an artist with a wealth of experience to guide you in painting and sketching ‘en plain air’.
Day 1 will be a visit to Burnham Beeches National Nature Reserve, one of the best examples of ancient woodland in Britain, celebrated for its beech and oak pollards – many of which are more than 400 years old. Day 2 you will head off to the pretty ‘chocolate box’ village of Turville, famed for it’s use in The Vicar of Dibley amongst other TV appearances. Overlooking the village is Cobstone Windmill, perched high on the hill, used in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, will add a challenge to your day of sketching. Day 3 will be a trip to the genteel River Thames town of Marlow, sketching and painting the waterways of the quaint Marlow lock, the energetic weir and significant landmark, Marlow Bridge. Day 4 will be spent back at the studio completing and compiling your sketches and artwork from the past 3 days.
This is sure to be a fun filled 4 day workshop, in beautiful surroundings of Buckinghamshire.
Please note, location schedule may vary, this is for guidance only.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Students should bring the sketching medium of their choice, watercolour, pastel, coloured pencils, acrylics, charcoal & graphite, in fact anything that makes a mark and is easily transportable plus a chair and easel if you use them as they are not provided. The workshop fee includes lunch for the 3 days ‘en plain air’, and an 8 x 8″ Hardbound Sketchbook with 95 pages of sized cartridge paper, just perfect for water mediums, and with that number of pages you can afford to sketch and doodle to your hearts content!
About the Tutor: Barry Herniman
