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Peter has been invited to participate in next year's programme of creative holiday events at El Molino, Iznajar in Southern Spain. Run by an enthusiastic couple, Hilary and Mike Powell, from Vancouver, Canada, who are passionate about Andalucian culture, the holiday will include 8 nights full accommodation and meals and excursions to local painting spots, including Alhambra Palace and Ronda by private bus. Watercolour workshops will take place in the mornings and early evening, leaving plenty of time to explore the local area on foot or by bicycle, learn spanish, play golf, go swimming or horseriding. The cost of this fantasic spanish retreat will be £1700 inclusive (flights to Malaga not included - transit to & from the airport arranged), maximum number of participants; 12 (non-painters welcome). Full details and booking information still to follow, but if you want to make further enquiries, check out the website at www.flavourofspain.net or email Hilary Powell at hilarypowell1@shaw.ca. |
In case you haven't seen it, The Painting & Drawing Channel is a TV channel dedicated to the art of learning to paint, and features tons of videos by all your favourite artists, sponsored by The SAA.
It's free to all Sky viewers, and also available on broadband at www.thepaintinganddrawingchannel.com.
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the full list of starting dates are as follows:
Wednesday mornings: Mungrisedale Village Hall (10am - 12noon)
All classes will be starting on the 11th
of September 2008.
Applications are now being accepted.
For full details (dates / fees etc.) + secure online booking Click Here
Wednesday afternoons: Chantry Hall, Bedale (2:30pm - 4:30pm)
Thursday mornings: Darley Abbey Village Hall, Derby (10am - 12noon)
Thursday afternoons: Arkwright Hall, Holbrook, Belper, Derbys (7pm - 9pm)
The first will be held at Baslow Village Hall, near Bakewell, in The Peak District on Saturday/Sunday the 28th and 29th JUNE.
The second will be held at Kettlewell, in Upper Wharfedale on Saturday/Sunday the 12th and 13th JULY.
Applications are now being accepted.
For full details (dates / fees etc.) + secure online booking Click Here
Apologies to all other Registered Visitors who will have received the Newsletter twice this month. Hopefully everything will be back to normal next month.
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Peter's highly successful CD-Rom has been revised, extensively updated and upgraded and is now available as Version 4.
Official Release Date: 01/09/07
It's many features include: For Secure Online Ordering, more information, screenshots, downloadable Preview etc.Click Here |
![]() | Friday 7th December through til 21st December 2007: The Canary Islands - on board the Fred Olson Cruise liner BOUDICCA, visiting Cadiz, Casablanca, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Palma and Funchal. |
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| Thursday 3rd April through til 15th April 2008: The Western Caribbean - on board the Fred Olson cruise liner BALMORAL, visiting Miami, Nassau, Jamaica, Belize,Santo Tomas de Castilla, Roatan Island, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Key West. |
To keep up to date with developments, and follow his nautical experiences, log-on to Peter's Cruise Blog now!

Peter has been invited to run a two-day workshop at a prestigious 3-star hotel in The Lake District.
Rothay Garden Hotel is one of the finest hotels in Grasmere and one of the most highly regarded hotels in the Lake District, having received a variety of awards.
The Break will include 3-nights full-board accomodation, starting on Tuesday 3rd of July, and two full days workshops on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th.
Further details, including booking information, will shortly available from the hotel's website (above), or by telephoning 015394 35334.
Click Here to view an extract from Britain's Best Breaks travel programme, featuring the Rothay Garden Hotel.
Aimed at the expected visitors to Peter's Easter Exhibition at his gallery in Hawes, they depict scenes in and around the picturesque Dales village.
For full details, and secure on-line ordering information Click Here
Tailored to suit all levels of ability, from complete beginner upwards, Peter Woolley's On-line tutoring services can be customised by you, for you.
As an On-line Student, you will be given a unique ID-number, with which you will be entitled to receive personal one-to-one correspondence & access professional tutorial analysis of your own submitted projects.
Working at your own pace, and free to submit work-in-progress at any point you wish, on an unlimited number of projects, enables you to tailor the service to your own personal needs.
COST OPTIONS: £95 for 6 months or £175 for 12 months
Student numbers are strictly limited, so sign up today
for full details / terms & conditions, Click Here.
To access it, Click Here
Click Here for full list.
Peter will also be running his 3-day workshop again at Pear Tree Farm Art Centre, Lea Bridge, near Matlock in Derbyshire on the 5th - 7th September 2007. This is a residential course with 4-star accommodation! Costs are £395 for full board & tuition or £180 for day attendees (includes lunch).
For full details, please contact Sue or Alan Barber on 01629 534215, or visit the www.derbyshirearts.co.uk website
To view what is available Click here.
The course is Watercolour Landscape Techniques for Beginners and Improvers, and will include workshops on all the main watercolour painting techniques, Basic Washes, Tone & Composition, Trees, Skies, Buildings & Perspective, Water & Reflections.
This venue is a special purpose built centre surrounded by its own 76 acres of beautiful pasture and woodland overlooking Lea Brook. The area provides inspiring painting opportunities for both beginners and the more experienced artist. Pear Tree Farm was a former 17th Century corn mill, previously owned by Florence Nightingale. The farm is situated at Lea Bridge and is in close proximity to Matlock, Chatsworth, the Derbyshire Dales, Lea Rhododendron Gardens, Denby Pottery etc. Excellent cuisine and a warm welcome awaits you.
the cost is £165 non-residential (lunch included)
or £375 for full board (arrive the 5th September).
Although this is late notice, there are still spaces available. If you are interested, please contact Sue Barber on 01629 534215 ASAP or visit the Derbyshire Arts website here.
At last, the essential Correction and Special Effects tool for Watercolour Artists is finally here and available to order online now.
With Woolley’s Wonderbrush you can take control! Correct errors, lighten and remove unwanted objects - Make the corrections you never thought possible! Many special effects can be achieved with the Wonderbrush. Using thin cardboard as a mask to protect adjacent areas of your painting, highlights of any shape can be reclaimed. For example, rays of sunlight can be created by scrubbing between two straight edges narrowly placed together. Circular, or similar, highlights (the orb of the sun, stones and rocks etc.) can be created by cutting out the appropriate shape in card and lightening with the Wonderbrush in the same manner.
Packs contain two sizes of the brush; Large and Small, and cost only £4.99 (Carriage FREE on orders made within UK / Carriage £1 on orders outside UK).
For more inspiration and ideas on how the Wonderbrush can be used, click here
To order your Wonderbrush click here
It's features include high-quality, high-resolution previews of available originals and the ability to see each painting in any combination of double-mount colours and choice of frame styles. Buyers of original paintings take their choice-making seriously, and need the best quality on-line environment available in which to do it.
If you already own one or more Woolley originals or are looking to start your own private collection, then this is for you! Click Here for more information, and details on how to obtain your unique login-ID.
| American Express cards are now accepted for all on-line payments at this website. This is in addition to all Visa, Mastercard, Switch and Maestro cards currently accepted. |
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Drawing Towards Watercolour is now available in Europe, in the following languages:
Dutch (Pub: Librero www.librero.nl) - ISBN 90-5764-669-2
French (Pub: Taschen www.taschen.com) - ISBN 3-8228-4829-8
German (Pub: Taschen www.taschen.com) - ISBN 3-8228-4828-X
Spanish (Pub: Taschen www.taschen.com) - ISBN 3-8228-4830-1
Cool huh?
Please be assured that this is a genuine e-mail, and not a scam/virus/spam. Due to the ever increasing size of the mailing list, it is now being hosted by www.bravenet.com, and all entries on the existing list have to be verified before they can be added to the list.
It is important therefore, that, if you wish to continue receiving newsletters and having access to the online watercolour workshop, you must click on the link provided in the message to finalise the process. This must also be done within 7 days from receipt of the mail, or your details will be removed from the list (if you think this has happened, simply re-register and your details will be restored).
Transferring and setting up the new system may take a couple of days, meaning the newsletter will be a little late - hopefully you should be receiving it by the end of this week.
Many apologies for the inconvenience - thank you for your patience
Peter
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The latest addition to the SAA's 'Improve Your...' range is this video featuring Peter Woolley showing how creative and thoughtful lighting can improve any landscape. Contains 4 full demonstrations..
Length: 45 Mins approx. Click Here for full product and on-line ordering details. |
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In this, the first of a new series of DVD videos designed to teach the basic
techniques needed to create successful watercolours, Peter Woolley demonstrates
each of the four basic washes (Plain Wash, Graded Wash, Wet-in-wet Wash
and Transparent Wash) - The Building Blocks of
Watercolour.
Special Features includes a film on how to stretch paper, a gallery of work and full biography. Length: 40 Mins approx. Click Here for full product and on-line ordering details. |
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Peter has just opened his own gallery/studio in Hawes, North Yorkshire. As well as a permanent exhibition of his original work, the full range of Limited Edition Prints (framed and unframed) and Cards are also on display. His book, CD-Rom, DVD and Study Packs are also available to buy over the counter. He will also be running a series of single-session watercolour classes for beginners (Friday Nights) in the studio, starting in July - Book your place now.
Click Here for full information |
A transcript of the review can be viewed here.
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Signed copies of Peter's new book, Drawing Towards Watercolour, published by David
& Charles can now be ordered online from
this website.
A video to accompany the book, produced by Teaching Art Ltd (SAA) is now also be available to order. Click Here for full product and on-line ordering details. |
As well all major credit cards, items can now be ordered or places booked on courses on-line, using Switch or Maestro debit cards.
| This new screensaver has been specially created to celebrate the launch of Peter's book Drawing Towards Watercolour. Download it FREE , from the Downloads Page |
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Version 3 of Peter Woolley's Watercolour Studio CD-Rom is now available. Packed with lots of new and improved features, the CD-Rom includes a series of full-length Field Trip Diaries, from sketching out-in-the-field to painting up in the studio. The following independent software reviews have been prepared by www.artpromote.uk: Version 3 | Version 2 View a short advert Here For further details / specifications / ordering information, Click Here, or select CD-Rom from the main menu. |
The video is a two-and-a-half minute extract from a new high-quality 8-minute downloadable video demonstration available to Registered Visitors, of a snowscene featuring a stone wall, winter trees and several cold-looking sheep.
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today! for full, free access to Peter's On-line Watercolour Workshop pages
(via the form to the left of your
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A new wallpaper download, featuring work from the forthcoming Dawn & Dusk exhibition has been added to the Downloads section. Check it out now for some great new wallpaper for your desktop. 1024 x 768 | 800 x 600 |
He has also been invited to film a video in April of this year - no release date for that as yet.
Further details on both these projects will be released as soon as is appropriate.
Register your details today, to receive news and information as it happens
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The Online Workshop Pages now feature a new forum: Watercolour Cafe where you can post your comments, ideas, watercolour techniques and make contact with other painters.
Register today for your free images and access to the Online Watercolour Workshop!