Peter Bowen Art Classes

I have always tried to encourage people I meet to take up drawing and painting and often hear the same comment “I can’t draw to save my life” often this is followed by “but some day I would like to learn how”.

I like to show people some basic concepts such as drawing with the side of a pencil instead of the point, and looking at the negative shapes of a subject instead of the subject itself.

When I returned to live in England I discovered the vast resources and help that the Society for All Artists (SAA) can provide to artists from materials and instructional video programmes to contact with other artists and professionals. This has enabled me to provide a valuable resource tool to the participants of the art classes that I host.

My art class philosophy is to get participants to look at the elements of the scene and break it down into smaller parts as this tends to be a less daunting task than tackling the complete picture in one go.

Peter Bowen Art Classes in Wells, Somerset

Discovering Form and Function

A drawing course aimed at showing participants how to look at the form and structure of buildings and architecture in the community and compose interesting compositions. The art class will look at drawing using pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour painting techniques.

Creating The Scene

A watercolour painting course aimed at showing participants how to draw with pen and inkto create a line drawing and combining elements to create the picture. The art class will look at drawing using pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour painting techniques.

Learn to draw and paint

Creative expression and watercolour painting techniques including the use of broad strokes and abstract variations to create paintings with life and movement.

Peter Bowen Art Classes

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PETER BOWEN

Peter Bowen R.G.D., BA, is an accomplished graphic designer and professional watercolour artist who lives in the beautiful Cathedral City of Wells in Somerset.

His unique style of painting architectural subjects with humorous situations has earned him an international reputation during the last 25 years with much of his work in private collections in Canada, the United States and Great Britain.

Ideas for pictures often start as a collection of ideas of things that I have seen and I create a composition in my mind that I think would work. "Often I start sketching directly on to watercolour paper with a fine pen, letting the lines do the work and form the framework of the picture". Colour elements follow and start to bring life to the work. Shading and tonal colour adds dimension to the framework of shapes.