MAGNA CARTA
ART DISCOVERY WORKSHOP CRUISE
Hampton Court Palace to Henley-on-Thames
Drawing
and painting are adsorbing skills, which can be learnt in this stress
free luxury holiday. Although this short course will take a beginner
through the process of watercolour painting there will be plenty of
ideas for the more experienced artist.
It is
advisable to bring some equipment of your own to gain confidence and
build on what you already use. We will be happy to advise pre-cruise
the best items to bring. We will have a variety of materials available
on board.
Artist, Julie Hyde, will be your tutor for
this week. She works in a range of media, pastels, oils, watercolours,
ink, acrylic etc. and a wide variety of subjects, from life to
landscape. Her passion for art is infectious and her fun loving,
easygoing personality makes everyone feel capable of producing
presentable art works.
She has inspired many people to carry on to do successful works of their own.
Day 1, Sunday : Kingston-Hampton Court Palace Meet
Julie for afternoon tea at the Stafford Hotel at 3pm before being
escorted to Magna Carta via an art gallery of your choice. Once aboard,
meet the crew, settle in and enjoy a Champagne reception and evening
cruise to Hampton-Court-Palace.
Day 2, Monday : Hampton Court Palace - Shepperton
 A
picture can say more than a thousand words. Drawing is one of our
oldest forms of communication and expression, but with our busy lives
our brains have learnt to take short cuts so that we now don't really
see and take in the world around us. Julie will explain and demonstrate
the simple rules of proportion, perspective, shading and tonal values,
which will allow anyone to sketch and draw.
After
practising and getting confidence with these skills using a range of
pencils we will experiment with other media such as charcoal, pen and
pen and wash to find a media you can have fun using.
We
will then head out into the wonderful surroundings of Hampton court and
gardens. Here there will be plenty to inspire and intrigue so that you
will produce some wonderful paintings.
Day 3, Tuesday : Shepperton - Runnymeade
Julie will demonstrate the different ways that watercolours can be
applied and how to plan and build up, stage by stage your own
watercolour pictures. We will play with wet on wet, basic washes and
dry brush techniques giving you confidence to use these for your own
pictures. Julie will explain the mysteries of paper stretching and will
advise you on the vast rage of selection of equipment that is available
in the art shops.
We
will have spent the morning cruising up to the historic site of
Runnymede and we may decide to capture the dignity of the Magna Carta
Memorial or the Commonwealth Air Force Memorial high on Coopers Hill.
 Day 4, Wednesday : Runnymeade - Windsor
Although today we will look at skies, water and foliage, with all the
fabulous colours that we can see in them. Julie will show some simple
ways to portray these.
After a spectacular morning cruise we can explore Windsor Castle, Home Park or Eton College to put the theory into practice.
Julie will show you how to get different affects to depict the ever-changing British weather.
We will also look at light and shade and ways of tackling buildings.
Day 5, Thursday : Windsor - Cookham
This
morning, we enjoy the most magnificent of scenery as we cruise through
Dorney, Bray and Maidenhead. The stunning Clivedon reach is truly
awesome and we may tie up to an island for some more art.
We
continue on to Cookham where we can visit the Stanley Spencer gallery.
Spencer, (a most eccentric painter) would transpose biblical scenes
onto his surroundings and believed that his beloved Cookham was a
village 'made in heaven'.
We can wander around the village, which is still much loved by artists today.
Julie
will show you some of the 'fun' techniques that can be used with
watercolours. We will play with salt, toothbrushes and cling film to
produce some interesting effects.
 Day 6, Friday : Cookham - Hurley - Henley
We will cruise today to Hurley where Peter Freebody's boat yard gives
some interesting subjects for drawing and painting. We can try and
depict the craftsmen at work and the little nooks and crannies make
superb subjects for paintings. We will then travel on to Henley, which
is another beautifully British town, with its bridge, church, boats and
riverfront, all of which are wonderful to paint.
Later
in the day we will have an exhibition of the work we have done over the
week and Julie will talk about framing and mounting your work. For our
final evening Julie will join Dominic in hosting the Captain's gala
dinner.
Day 7, Saturday : Henley to London
Depart Magna Carta at 10am for return to London.
Note: On alternate weeks, cruise will be in reverse direction. This is a sample itinerary and is subject to change.
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