Course Title :  Drawing in the Landscape Course Dates : 17th-18th July    9.30.am-4.30 p.m.                      Course Tutor : Susan Milne Who for?   Those interested in developing drawing and sketching skills in the landscape. Suitable for all abilities including beginners. Cost :£95 Bring packed lunch,or buy reasonably priced lunch at Llanthony Priory Hotel

DRAWING IN THE LANDSCAPE  Walking and working outside, in the atmospheric and dramatic landscape that surrounds the studio, advice will be given on making quick and useful drawings from which to develop   further work in the studio. The course will include practise and suggestions in the use of a variety of techniques and mediums, suitable for conveying the changing light, mood and structure of the landscape. The aim of the course is to encourage the use of sketchbooks as an essential tool in artistic practice, in which to make studies, drawings and  notes for your personal use. Practise in quick drawings develops  fluency and skills in drawing; it also  facilitates the capturing of the  fleeting moments  in the changing landscape which is particularly apparent in this mountain landscape. An exciting opportunity for  an intense visual and emotional  experience for those who love the landscape.

Susan Milne.

Artist  working in mixed media, printmaker and  illustrator, currently living in Hereford, with a studio in the Black Mountains.

Susan studied at St Martins School of Art, has illustrated many books for leading publishers and has exhibited widely; her work is in private and public collections in the UK, USA, France and the Netherlands. She has had over forty years teaching experience in higher and adult art education. She was senior lecturer in drawing at the University of Greenwich until 1991. Since then has been a visiting teacher at Hereford and Swansea Colleges of Art and at Larenstein Landscape Design College in the Netherlands.

She has a deep understanding of the landscape of the Black Mountains, where she has worked for over thirty years. Examples of her work, paintings, prints and drawings, relating to the landscape of the area are in the collections of The Contemporary Art Society for Wales and the Brecknock Museum.