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James Budden oil portrait demonstration

FULLY BOOKED - please email to be put on the waiting list. 29th February 2024 1.30pm - 3pm

25 British pounds

Compton Studios

Description

Join us for James' demonstration of a portrait in oil. Refreshments included. (Please arrive by 1.15pm for a prompt start at 1.30pm) About the Artist "I was six when I knew my future would have something to do with art. My father was a keen artist and my grandfather worked in art and design, so I was very lucky to have access to their expertise and example. Making pictures was a perfectly normal thing to invest time and effort into, and although I never required encouragement or praise to draw and paint, commandeering the kitchen table for some messy and incomprehensible artistic whim was generally accepted without comment. In 1996, after graduating from Coventry Art School with some well-developed skills – and some completely absent ones – I went about the business of painting commercially. Ten years of paying the bills took me through a large number of copies, illustrations, murals and into graphics, 3d design and ultimately interior design. During this time I honed a number of techniques, and discovered a lot about what I was good at and what I should probably avoid; however, I hardly had the chance to do my own artwork, let alone the creative energy. Eventually I became completely dissatisfied with the world of commercial art and barely recognised my own work. I decided to sell my other ability – music – and pursue my art for its own sake. I now only work from life, hardly ever photographs. For subject matter, I had always been inclined towards the human form and face. More recently I have been rediscovering still life and plein air. Making art is my way of discovering myself. In painting and drawing I see my own nature; the confidences and inhibitions, the profound and the mundane. We all communicate on a sub-linguistic level. Painting gives me the opportunity to look at what we experience as human beings before it gets squeezed into words, and keep a little bit of it. When working I am at my most honest, and most alive" www.jamesbudden.co.uk Please note there is no parking* at Compton Studies. Please use on-road parking either in the roads opposite or in The Avenue where there is a footpath leading back up to the studios. A short walk along Coldharbour there is also Coldharbour long stay car park. *There are two blue badge places for anyone needing a disabled parking place. Please email admin@southwestartcourses.co.uk to reserve one of these.