Paint with Finn Campbell-Notman in Oils
in Exmoor and the stunning North
Devon Coast, where you will paint
cascading rivers, moorland valleys,
harbours and coastal scenes.
There are many stunning locations
including the River Barle and valley, the
harbour town of Lynmouth which was
called 'Little Switzerland' by the
Victorians, Porlock Weir, Valley of the
Rocks and the villages of Winsford,
Withypool and Malmsmead where there
is plenty to sketch and paint. There are
also other quaint villages for us to visit.
This landscape painting holiday will lead
the guests through the key practical and
theoretic elements of landscape
painting with a particular focus on how
each individuals life experience relates
to composing meaningful landscape
painting. You will have group tuition,
demonstrations as well as one-to-one
support throughout the course.The
course will include an in depth look at
the key components of composition;
both how and why we choose the
elements that underpin what is an often
overlooked aspect of successful
paintings whether the student's
preference is for loose and painterly or
realistic rendering or for bright colourful
or monochromatic work.
As a tutor Finn's approach is to always
be attentive to the unique attributes of
each individual and to draw these out by
showing that by the development of the
practical methods with which we make
paintings the individual's preference
shines through in a painting. He
demonstrates the distinction between
'making paintings' and 'taking pictures',
how a good landscape painting is as
much a reflection of our internal vision
of the landscape as of what we see
before us.
