VISUAL ARTS - Andrew Tyzack - Painting & Drawing, Lockington - East Riding, Yorkshire

Course: 2-5 Day

This visual arts course starts with tuition in basic drawing and painting techniques in the studio of Andrew Tyzack, based in the picturesque village of Lockington, at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds:

CHARCOAL DRAWING
Working in charcoal from an ancient charcoal kiln in nearby Millington Woods, participants have the chance to draw at night-time--an extremely rare experience. The changes from twilight to dark will produce idiosyncratic drawings, which will be hung and developed in the studio the next day.

PAINTING IN WATERCOLOURS
The village of Lockington is favoured by many artists as subject for painting and drawing. With its flowing "beck" (stream), surrounded by fields, and with the focus of its Saxon/Norman church, the village location offers participants the chance to discover "outside" techniques of watercolour painting.

DRAWING AND PAINTING
Immersed in the tactile experience of the sounds, smells and sights of British farming, (and free from weather restraints), participants will choose a barnyard animal as subject for drawing and painting.
     


 
Artist: Andrew Tyzack

Andrew Tyzack studied Fine Art at the Royal College of Art, and paints portraits and animals. He says, "Fine Art is a rigorous training that produces analytical artists. Animal Painting seems to me to be about getting under the skin of the animals and discovering something about their poetry."

Andrew grew up surrounded by countryside and farms. As a child, he spent much time with his grandfather, who kept a sheep flock and small beef herd in Northumberland. His fascination with the animals started at an early age.

His portrait work has been commissioned by the National Theatre, and is represented in the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Theatre Museum.