PHOTOS / Art Workshop at The Chapel

Charles and all the workshop participants with their fresco pieces.

In August, as part of the finale of our art exhibition with The Art Shop & Chapel in Abergavenny, we led a group workshop teaching contemporary fresco at The Chapel; making frescoes surrounded by frescoes!

The group was absolutely brilliant - full of enthusiasm and creativity and hard work - and everyone created amazing little pieces of art, and got to grips with the tools and material really well. It was fun to share our process and teach - Charles loves it! - and to introduce everyone to the possibilities of painting with plaster. We’re hoping to launch some contemporary fresco kits at some point next year so students can carry on experimenting at home.

Here are some photos of the day taken by Samuel Callen. Enjoy!

Intro talk in full swing.

Moodboards which were starting points for ideas and colour palettes for the students.

Bird’s eye view of the fresh canvases.

A walk through on the material and tools.

Choosing colours.

Colour picking. Most people went for the brights.

Beginnings.

Work in progress: layering of colours and building a composition.

Talking about mark making and composition.

Everyone doing something different which is always fascinating.

Beautiful details.

More beautiful details.

Nearly finished.

Gathering around to look at all the completed frescoes together at the end of the day.

Finito!

Thanks everyone! You were brilliant.