Why join this workshop
Rethink the self portrait
Work in a structured, exploratory way
Create work that is personal and inventive
Small-group setting
Residential and non residential
Back to Life - Sarah Jane Moon
Schedule
Arrive from 4 pm Tuesday 4th August
Workshop 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 5th - Saturday 8th
With breaks at 11, 12:30 for lunch and 2:45
Depart 11am Sunday 9th August
Location
The workshop will be hosted at Cranmer Studio. Our location is far enough away to break with the familiarity of the status quo and encourage reflection. North Norfolk, on the east coast of England, is famous for its expansive skyline. Cranmer is a three-hour drive from London, or a 90-minute train journey and 40 minutes by car from the station.
The course
Sarah Jane Moon Self Portrait with Orchid
Your tutor - Sarah Jane Moon
Sarah Jane Moon is a New Zealand born British painter who specialises in portraiture and figurative painting. Her work explores identity, gender and connection to place. Working at scale, her paintings are suffused with bold gestural use of colour and dynamic surface.
Her work is in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Soho House and the James Wallace Trust. She has exhibited widely, including with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, New English Art Club and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. Her work has consistently been recognised for its ambition and singularity.
Sarah Jane is Chair of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters.
Explore alternative and imaginative ways of representing ourselves.
This course invites you to rethink the self-portrait, moving beyond likeness to explore imaginative ways of representing the self through narrative, symbolism, gesture and disguise. Using painting and drawing, you’ll investigate how identity is seen, constructed and performed. Through guided exercises, discussion and experimentation, we will question portrait conventions and create work that is personal and inventive.
You will learn:
How to visualise identity beyond likeness
Use narrative, symbolism, gesture and even disguise
Ways to direct experiments into resolved work
All levels of experience are welcome.
Sarah Jane Moon (photo credit Jason Ashwood)
Booking
Workshop at Cranmer Studio
Please use this form to register your interest. We will confirm if we have availability and ask you to pay a 20% deposit by bank transfer to secure your booking.
Non Residential
four day workshop (Wed-Sat)
light lunch
£560 per person
Residential
four day workshop
breakfast, light lunch and supper. Starting with supper on the 4th and ending with breakfast on the 9th
five nights accommodation
£1,135 per person for two artists sharing a room
£1,435 per person for sole occupancy of a room
Booking conditions
There are 12 places on the workshop and less accommodation on site - we will inform you when you register if onsite rooms are available
Bookings are provisional until confirmed by email
A 20% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place
The balance is due 30 days before the workshop start date
Payment must be made by bank transfer. Instructions will be provided upon confirmation
Non residents are welcome to pay a £35 supplement to join for supper
We do not charge VAT
Cancellations and Refunds
Cancel more than 30 days before the workshop: refund of payments (we retain the deposit).
Cancel 30 days or fewer before the workshop: no refunds.
You may request to transfer your booking to another person or a future workshop up to 7 days before the start date (subject to availability and approval).
No-shows: the full fee is retained.
If we cancel the workshop: you will receive a full refund including the deposit, but we are not liable for your travel or third party accommodation costs.
Your Responsibilities
Inform us of dietary, access, or medical needs when booking
Ensure you are physically able to participate
Travel insurance is recommended
Please ask permission from other participants before you include them in your photographs or videos
Other points
Parking is available
This is an 18 century property so please be aware of uneven surfaces
No dogs please
Thank you - we will confirm availability in the next 24 hours.
Have you seen our gallery?
Materials
Please bring
a sketch book with ideas and references that you wish to develop
Titanium White, Lemon Yellow, Cad Yellow, Cad Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine
stretched canvas or canvas board
brushes, palette knife, palette, dippers, rags
low odour solvent (no turps or white spirit)
We will supply
a radial easel to use on site
a mirror if you wish to paint from life
paper and drawing materials
we stock a small supply of oil paint, brushes and solvent for sale
Accommodation
We have limited onsite accommodation so please book early to secure your place. We offer sole occupancy and rooms for two artists to share.
