UK and international award-winning artist
Teaching you techniques -
Art Holidays and short breaks
Robert is an experienced art tutor with an energetic style of teaching and encourages students to have as many first hand experiences as possible directly in the landscape. Connecting with and experiencing the landscape, really looking and engage with the this most compelling of subjects, students have an enriched learning experience.
Throughout all of Robert's art holidays and short breaks, students confidence grows to new heights. Exciting demonstrations, group and one to one tuition ensure students creative boundaries are extended through relaxed, patient, professional and informative tuition. Helping students move forward with their own artistic direction rather than dictating a particular style is what Robert's art holidays and short breaks are all about.
His wealth of creative experience and knowledge of different media in practice has been recognised by leading art brands. Robert is a highly acclaimed demonstrator and Associate Artist for ‘Derwent’ and ‘Nitram Charcoal’, a UK Ambassador for Canson and works closely with leading art brand Royal Talens from Holland. What is new, exciting and beneficial to creatively use, Robert’s students are the first to find out about and experience for themselves!
Future and current art holidays with renowned holiday and adult education organisations in The Lake District National Park, The Yorkshire Dales and North Yorkshire, Northumberland are featured below.
NEW COURSE! Expressive mixed media in The Lake District at Higham Hall
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Higham Hall, Cumbria
Venturing outdoors (weather permitting) to be amongst the Lakeland landscape, we will paint and sketch the stunning lakeside views and mountains from iconic and dramatic view points not far from Higham Hall. This will include the dramatic Honister Pass and Buttermere Lake with all the stunning colours carpeting the mountain sides - so inspirational whatever media we take!
Sorry, this art holiday is now fully booked.
Northumberland Expressive Seascape Pastel Art Holiday with HF Holidays
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Nether grange, Alnmouth
NEW FOR 2020!
A great 'get away from it all' art break with HF Holidys in September 2020 by the sea. Our relaxing art holiday in this beautiful part of Northumberland will explore 'Expressive seascapes' with the easy to use and versatile media of pastel and charcoal.
Sadly this fully booked art course has had to be cancelled due to a Coronavirus outbreak
Expressive Landscape Painting Mixed Media
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Higham Hall, Cumbria
Another very popular mixed media art holiday at Higham Hall. Not surprising - at this time of the year the Autumn colours in The Lake District are awe inspiring! This exciting art course will explore lots of creative and expressive techniques with mixed media to include, acrylic inks, watercolour/gouache, soft pastels - often in the same study to create really exciting paintings.
Limited places remaining!
Autumn Colours - Expressive Mixed Media
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Rydal Hall, Cumbria
This art hoilday/course is aimed at artists with some experience who are looking to develop their style to a much deeper level utilising the experience of painting in both beautiful and stunning locations in the heart of The Lake District and who are looking to develop their work in much looser contemporary style.
Sorry but this art holiday has been cancelled due to Coronavirus. New 2021 art holidays at Rydal Hall soon to be announced.
2021 - Bright colours in a dark month
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Higham Hall, Cumbria
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND this short break art holiday gives artists the ideal opportunity to explore Derwent's Inktense blocks on Canson's exceptional high quality 'Moulin du Roy' 1005 cotton watercolour paper, (all provided) using an expressive use of colour withan expressive direction with this versatile and unique contemporary painting media.
Very popular course. Bookings now being taken
MARCH 2021 - Expressive Lakeland Landscape with Acrylic Mixed Media
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Higham Hall, Cumbria
This very popular acrylic mixed media art holidays explores creative and expressive techniques with acrylic paint, acrylic inks and oil pastels - often in the same study to create really exciting paintings.