About

Penwith Painting Holidays

A fun and inspiring time in the far West of Cornwall. Unique, outside painting courses in the beautiful and dramatic landscape of West Penwith. The ever changing landscape will be the focus of these painting holidays and how to respond to it in a painterly way. There will be the opportunity to try out different painting techniques and experiment with a variety of media.
You will be taken to some beautiful locations along the coastal path in which to discover breathtaking scenery and to capture the essence of this amazing coastline with it's rugged wildness.

We will be based mostly around the areas of Botallack and Pendeen and sometimes in St Ives.
These are courses with a difference combining walking with creativity, relaxing and painting 'plein air'. A way of exploring the amazing coastline of Penwith painting on top of clifftops.
All levels of experience are welcome and we aim to give you a relaxing time, as well as learning new skills.
This summer we will be having a combined collage and painting workshop with artist Susan Kinley.
Also, we have with us artist tutor Mary Fletcher who is based in St.Ives.

Your Artist Tutors

Fiona Athanassaki
Fiona studied at City and Guilds of London Art School. As a trained artist and restorer she has worked with paint and paint finishes for many years. More recently she has been a teacher of watercolour
and gilding.
Her own work encapsulates her skills as a decorative artist and she draws on her knowledge of artists techniques and different media for her own paintings and to inspire others
She has exhibited widely within the UK and abroad. Her work is in collections both here
and overseas.

''My paintings combine various approaches and are the exploration of colour and light and its interplay on surfaces.''

www.athana.co.uk

Mary Fletcher
Mary Fletcher has been an artist all her life and exhibited regularly. She has an MA from Falmouth University in Contemporary Visual Art. Mary has a studio in St. Ives, Porthmeor Rd, which is open for visits.
Her aim in teaching is to encourage confidence and individual expression, she has many years of teaching experience.

St Ives by Mary Fletcher

Collage workshops led by artist Susan Kinley
The emphasis being on enjoyment, having a good time, good company, something to take home, learning a new skill and advice from an expert !

Rosemary Schneider
Rosie studied for her BA in
Contemporary Creative Practise
at the University of Plymouth.
Formally working as a therapist
for the past twenty five years, her
art has been less prolific during
this period
However since graduating, she has
been able to explore a wide variety of
media which she incorporates
into her practise. She loves to empower
others and has been teaching many
successful art and therapeutic groups over the years.

'My work is a direct response to my emotions and the ever changing
landscape around me."

artforfuncornwall.wixsite.com/artforfun

Susan Kinley
Susan Kinley has led many collage
and mixed media workshops in
Cornwall, including Newlyn Gallery,
The Exchange, Penlee House, and
the Royal Cornwall Museum. She has
run workshops from her studio near Falmouth and in Community venues
and is used to working with a range of ability and age groups.

She has been a part time lecturer and Falmouth University & Bournemouth University and is a member of Newlyn Society of Artists.