BOBBY BRITNELL

TEXTILE and ART 
courses offering unique learning opportunities for all, delivered by highly renowned 
ARTISTS and TUTORS

Moor Hall Farmhouse,  Bettws-y-crwyn,
Newcastle on Clun, 
Shropshire, SY7 8PH
 
01547 510664
 
HAVE A REALLY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR






The recent snow
Images taken by my neighbour down our lane.

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COURSES 2018

To book on any of the following courses please go to  MY WEBSITE and place your booking there. Any problems then do  EMAIL me.
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Art courses offering insight into innovative art projects, exploring many ways of using techniques/media. Critique of work, artist research, lively discussion are essential parts of each session.  See WEBSITE for these dates. 

Moor Art 2 ~ Weekends: monthly           
24 Jan, 
7 Feb, 
21 Feb, 7
 March, 
21 March, 
4 April 2018
      
£70 per weekend payable 3 in advance for the course = £210
1 SPACE ONLY
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B. TWO, THREE AND FOUR DAY WORKSHOPS
 
BOBBY BRITNELLEveryone can draw       
6 /7 April
£130 for 2 days
SPACES

So you think you cannot draw? Come along to this course and be proved wrong. Be shown how to use basic dry drawing media in creating line, tone, space and composition in your work. Leave with the confidence to do more and a set of work you feel proud of.




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JENNIFER COLLIER  ~ Paper Lampshades                               
16/17 April       
£130 for 2 days
SPACES


Create your own beautiful recycled paper lampshade using lovely vintage papers and by up-cycling existing frames. You will be shown all steps of the process, from how to create a pattern to fit your frame, to how to stitch the papers together to form the shade. 


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RUTH ISSETT  Stitched surfaces to dye for                               1 1/12/13 May
£195 for 3 days
SPACES



Using white or neutral fabrics create variety of stitched surfaces using layers of non synthetic fabric and threads. Then dye paint them, to create rich glowing stitched surfaces.

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JAN BEANEY ~ Stitched a Landscape/ From Design to Finished Piece     
£130 for 2 days
19/20 June
1 PLACE

Students will be encouraged to design and create a panel depicting aspects of landscape. After experimentation, the main elements of composition will be drawn or printed on to a ground fabric and developed further with bonding, hand or machine stitching as appropriate.


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BOBBY BRITNELL Personal Development                            
30 June 1 July
£130 for 2 days
3 PLACES

   Work by Jackie Sneade

Two days for serious students wishing to explore their own personal themes within a creative environment of investigation, observation and discovery. Students will be expected to bring in their on-going work for discussion and development.





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JEAN LITTLEJOHN Pattern in Profusion              
5/6 July
£130 for 2 days
4 PLACES


On this course we will develop a joyous cloth and select from a range of techniques including hand, machine, appliqué and the embellishing machine. Our sources of inspiration could include inspiration from other cultures as well as traditional lace (but not as you know it).

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ROSE SHUTTLEWORTH Colour/Mood/Imagination/Interpretation     
19/20 July
£130 for 2 days
SPACES

The power of colour and its use in communicating your interpretation of responses to the beauty of local landscape or that of your inner world: your imagination. A new course to Moor Hall and one for those who enjoy working with paint and colour.

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AMANDA CLAYTON ~ Fragile Forms       
23/24/25 July
£195 for 3 days
4 SPACES


We shall use the qualities of natural objects to develop fragile forms in cloth and hand stitch. The local landscape will also play a part in their transformation. An inspirational course with plenty of opportunity for personal development.




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ALICE FOX ~ Land Marks                                            
30/31 Aug 1/2 Sept                                                   
£300 for 4 days
3 SPACES


Exploring the wonderful surroundings we will use a variety of ways to record the landscape around us. Using gathered materials in a range of techniques we will make marks that record our experience,  bringing these together into tactile book forms.
SO FINALLY

I wish you all once again a very happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. 

Moor Hall Farmhouse, Bettws-y-crwyn, Newcastle on Clun, 
Shropshire, SY7 8PH