Mandy Southan

Composition & Design

2007-03-01T18:06:00.001Z

This two-day course is designed to help silk painters to improve their composition and design skills. We will be looking at the elements of composition:- colour, shape, line, texture, tone and form and relating them to the principles of design:- balance, proportion, focal points, repetition, harmony, contrast, movement and rhythm. You will design a scarf or a painting using source material provided or you may bring your own.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Days: Any days of the week by arrangement.

Price: £350.00 for individual tuition for two days.

Silk Painting on Velvet

2007-03-01T18:05:00.001Z

Learn to paint richly coloured, sumptuous silk velvets using steam-fix dyes and learn blending, layering and resist techniques. On this two-day course you will paint experimental pieces; a cushion piece; and a plain or devoré silk/viscose scarf.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Days: Any days of the week - by arrangement.

Price: £350.00 for individual tuition for two days.

Shibori part 2

2007-03-01T18:04:00.001Z

On an optional second day, you will have the opportunity to extend your skills in shibori by learning further pole-wrapping techniques or binding and stitching methods on a variety of silks such as chiffon and velvet using discharge, illuminants and dip-dyeing methods using acid-dyes.

Time: 10.00 until 4.30pm.

Day: Any day by arrangement.

Price: £350.00 for the two days of individual tuition.

Shibori part 1

2007-03-01T18:03:00.000Z

Shibori is an ancient resist method of patterning cloth by compressing it in various ways before dyeing it. In this intrductory workshop, you will look at examples of traditional Japanese and African shibori textiles on silk and cotton. You will then learn an Arashi shibori technique on silk using pleating, twisting and pole-wrapping and then dyeing the silks by hand to produce intricately coloured and patterned scarf lengths.

Time: 10.00 until 4.30pm.

Day: Any day by arrangement.

Price: £195.00 for one day of individual tuition.

Japanese Rozome Techniques

2007-03-01T18:01:00.000Z

This course is an introduction to some of the fascinating Japanese silk painting techniques using wax resists and controlled brush-dyeing. On this three day course you will be introduced to Rö-gaki (wax drawing); Seki-dashi (barrier resist); Rö-kata (wax stencil); Rö-fubuki (wax snowstorm); Rö etching (scraffito - scratching); Shike-biki (coarse brush trailing); Hi-kizome (background dyeing) and Bö-kashi (graduated shading). You will be shown traditional Japanese materials, brushes and equipment and will work with steam-fix dyes.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Days: Three consecutive days by arrangement

Price: £695.00

Wax-resist on silk

2007-03-01T17:57:00.000Z

For students with some silk painting experience. Learn how to apply hot wax as a resist using tjantings, brushes and other mark-making tools along with overpainting and layering techniques using steam-fix dyes. The course starts with experimental work and moves on to painting a picture or scarf length.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm

Day(s): Any day(s) of the week - by arrangement.

Price: £195.00 for a one day course and £325.00 for two days for individual tuition
or
£150.00 each for 2 students on one day and £275.00 each for 2 students on 2 days.

Drawing for Improvers

2007-02-26T20:52:00.000Z

This two-day course is for those with some drawing experience who wish to develop their observational skills. You will use a range of drawing media such as pencil, pastels, conté, pen and ink, to create expressive linear and textural drawings and begin to use tone to create the illusion of form.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day(s): Any day(s) - by arrangement.

Price: £175.00 per day for personal tuition.

Drawing for Beginners

2007-02-26T20:51:00.000Z

Many people feel that they would love to be able to draw either for pleasure or to help with their design work. This course introduces the right-side of the brain method (described by Betty Edwards in her book "Drawing on the right side of the brain') which rapidly improves your drawing skills. We cover pure and modified contour drawing; upside-down drawing; working with negative shapes to aid observation. Ideally more than one day is necessary to cover the ground fully.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day(s): Any day(s) - by arrangement.

Price: £150.00 per day for personal tuition or £275.00 for two students.

Colour-mixing in practice

2007-02-26T19:40:00.000Z

This one-day course continues from the basic colour-mixing course. Explore the use of complementary colours; learn how to produce darker shades of a colour without using black and 'killing' the colour; produce a wonderful range of greys and generally feel much more in control of your colours. No more muddy colours and lifeless paintings.

Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day: Any day - by arrangement.

Price: £225.00 for individual tuition or £180.00 per person for two students.

Painting: 'Peaches on a Blue Plate' © Mandy Southan 2003

Colour Mixing

2007-02-25T22:37:00.000Z

Colour-mixing made easy, avoiding frustration and wasted paints. A one-day course working with six carefully selected basic colours from which you will be able to accurately mix a range of greens, violets and oranges. You will also receive an introduction to mixing complementary colours. After this course, you will never look back as far as colour-mixing is concerned nor will you have to spend money on buying a huge range of colours.

Times: from 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day: Any day of the week - by arrangement.

Price: £225.00 for individual tuition or £180.00 per person for two students.

Painting Flowers on Silk

2007-02-25T16:43:00.000Z

Learn to capture the beauty of flowers on silk. This course can be held on one or two (consecutive) days. The course is for painters who already have some silk painting experience.

You will cover observational and contour drawing; composition; shading and blending; use of colour and texture in petals and leaves; concealed gutta lines; overpainting techniques. You will be painting a flower composition using fresh flowers for inspiration and learning to capture their colours and forms.

Times: from 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day(s): Any day(s) of the week - by arrangement.

Price: £225.00 for a one day course and £350.00 for two days for individual tuition
or
£180.00 each for 2 students on one-day or £300.00 each for 2 students on 2 days.

Silk Painting - Advanced

2007-02-25T16:37:00.000Z

Advanced silk-painting techniques and consultation for experienced silk painters. The time and content of this course can be negotiated.

As painters we often find ourselves reaching a plateau in our work, when we can feel we are stuck. These one-to-one workshops are tailor-made to meet your needs and give you the opportunity to discuss and evaluate your work with Mandy. They are designed to help you identify your strengths and areas for development. Mandy offers practical help with areas of difficulty and new techniques and approaches.

Advanced techniques include: achieving realism through use of tone; using complementary colours to make your paintings 'sing'; working on new silks (chiffons, georgette, satins, velvets etc.); working with discharge and illuminants.

Time: Full day - 10.00am until 4.30pm.
Half day - 10.00am until 1.00pm or 1.30pm until 4.30pm.

Day: Any day of the week - by arrangement.

Price: Personal consultation for full day £250.00
Personal consultation for half day £125.00

Painting: 'Leaves after rain' © Mandy Southan 2006

Silk Painting for Improvers

2007-02-25T16:28:00.000Z

This course can be held on one or two (consecutive) days. It is for those painters with some experience and offers help with design and composition; refining techniques including shading, water & alcohol technique and concealed gutta. Working from source material, you will paint pictures or scarves.

Times: from 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day(s): Any day(s) of the week - by arrangement.

Price: £195.00 for a one day course and £325.00 for two days for individual tuition
or
£150.00 each for 2 students on one day and £275.00 each for 2 students on 2 days.

Photo: Michelle from New South Wales, Australia

Silk Painting for Beginners

2007-02-25T16:22:00.000Z

This course offers an introduction to silk painting covering: materials and equipment; working with steam fix dyes; gutta resist; metallic resists; salt techniques; learning to apply resists correctly; learning colour blending; transferring simple linear designs onto the silk and finally, steam fixing and finishing.

This is a one day course where you paint an experimental piece and produce a finished design.

Times: from 10.00am until 4.30pm.

Day: Any day of the week - by arrangement.

Price: £195.00 for individual tuition or £150.00 per person for two students.

Photo: Mandy with Cindy from Virginia Beach, USA