News & Information
20/4/08 : Painting Holiday in Southern Spain (2009)
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.


28/3/08 : Peter on TV
Peter's Improve Your Light in Watercolour will be featured on The Painting & Drawing Channel on Sky Digital Channel 167 on Thursday 10th of April at 7:30pm (repeated on Friday 11th at 4pm and Sunday 13th at 5pm).

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.


16/3/08 : NEW ART CARDS added to On-Line Catalogue
With the Peter's Easter Exhibition approaching, 4 new ART CARDS have been added to the online catalogue.

Check out the full range of cards here


16/2/08 : Beginners Course dates (Sept 08) - NEW VENUES
The Watercolour for Beginners Courses run by Peter Woolley, and starting in September, have been now been extended to include 2 new venues in the North of England.
Classes will now also be run at Mungrisdale Village Hall, near both Penrith and Keswick, and at Chantry Hall in Bedale, near Richmond, Leyburn and Northallerton.

the full list of starting dates are as follows:

Wednesday mornings: Mungrisedale Village Hall (10am - 12noon)
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)

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


29/1/08 : Two New Weekend Workshops Added - KETTLEWELL & BASLOW
Two New 2-day workshops have been added to this year's watercolour workshops itinerary.

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


1/10/07 : AOL users - Monthly Newsletter Delivery problems
If you are a Registered Visitor whose ISP is AOL, you may not have received the October newsletter. This is due to some unknown glitch in the system which appears to be bouncing back newsletters from that particular provider. Please access your October newsletter via the Registered Pages (select Newsletters from the main menu).

Apologies to all other Registered Visitors who will have received the Newsletter twice this month. Hopefully everything will be back to normal next month.


31/8/07 : Peter Woolley's Watercolour Studio CD-Rom - VERSION 4 RELEASED
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:
22 Exercises with Step-by-step instruction
34 Videos with full sound commentary
15 Projects including Step-by-step demonstrations
Fully printable notes
Complete Guide to Sketching
Tutorials on all the techniques needed to succeed at watercolour
Advice & Information
Techniques & Hints
Extensive painting galleries
Suitable for complete beginners

For Secure Online Ordering, more information, screenshots, downloadable Preview etc.Click Here


22/7/07 : Two-day Courses 2008
The dates for Peter's Two-day (Weekend & Mid-week) Courses in 2008 are now available.
Click Here for further details including Secure On-line Booking Form
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20/6/07 : Forthcoming Cruise Work
Following his successful series of watercolour workshops on board the Saga Ruby over Christmas and the New Year, Peter has been asked to work on the following forthcoming cruises:


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.

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!


14/3/07 : Two-Day Residential Painting Break in the Lake District

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.


12/3/07 : New Limited Edition Prints published
A whole stack of new Limited Edition Prints have been published today.

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


10/11/06 : Private On-line Watercolour Tuition
Need help? Struggling with those washes? Looking for personal tuition at an affordable price?
Why not sign-up now as a Private On-line Student?

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.


10/10/06 : Peter Starts a Blog
Peter has started a blog (Web Log, for those who are wondering just what a 'blog' is). With his up-coming cruise work looming ever closer, this will be his prime method of communicating over Christmas and New Year.

To access it, Click Here


07/10/06 : Extra Workshops added for 2007
An extra two-day workshop at the Courtyard Studio in Hawes has been added to the list of courses for 2007 (maximum number for this venue has been reduced to 7).

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


20/9/06 : Order Art Materials on-line
A small amount of competitively-priced high-quality art materials can now be ordered online, including the SAA Silver Range brushes and Artist quality paints that Peter uses.

To view what is available Click here.


25/8/06 : 3-day Workshop in Matlock - BOOK NOW!!
A last minute addition to Peter's Workshop calendar has just been confirmed.
He will be running a 3-day course at Derbyshire Arts - Pear Tree Farm, at Lea Bridge, Matlock in Derbyshire on the 6th - 8th of September.

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.


23/8/06 : The Woolley Wonderbrush has landed!

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).
To order your Wonderbrush click here

For more inspiration and ideas on how the Wonderbrush can be used, click here


23/6/06 : Saga Cruise Workshops - Christmas 2006
Peter has been invited to run a series of on-board watercolour workshops for Saga at the end of the year. It's a 25-night cruise in the Mediterranean and Northern Africa, entitled Christmas in the Holy Land on board the Saga Ruby. Further details nearer the time.


29/3/06 : Collectors Gallery Launched
A new gallery, aimed at prospective buyers and serious collectors of Peter Woolley original watercolours has been launched. To celebrate the new facility, an exclusive Buy-one-get-one-free is currently available to all subscribers.

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.


17/2/06 : We now accept American Express
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.


13/1/06 : July A&I Show confirmed
Peter will be demonstrating for the SAA at this year's A&I Show at the Business Design Centre, Islington.
The show runs from Thursday the 20th until Sunday the 23rd of July.


5/1/06 : Drawing Towards Watercolour goes European
Dutch edition French edition German edition Spanish edition

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?


2/1/06 : Important Information for Registered Visitors
If you have registered your details with the Peter Woolley website, and normally receive the monthly newsletter, you will be receiving an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription, if you haven't already done so.

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


6/10/05 : Where's the guestbook?
The guestbook started developing technical problems and has had to be temporarily removed for tests to be run on it. I hope to have it re-installed sometime soon; in the meantime - apologies, but many thanks to all of you who kindly contributed.


4/7/05 : Improve Your Light in Watercolour - New DVD from The SAA
Watercolour for Beginners part 1 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.


31/5/05 : Watercolour for Beginners: Part 1 - New DVD
Watercolour for Beginners part 1 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.


16/5/05 : Peter's new Gallery & Studio in The Dales
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


5/5/05 : Guestbook added
A new guestbook has been added to the site. It's a bit experimental (ie. I don't know if it's actually going to work properly), but hey! Let's give it a go shall we?


13/4/05 : Book Extract and Review by LEISURE PAINTER MAGAZINE
The May Edition of Leisure Painter Magazine features an extract from Peter's new book Drawing Towards Watercolour on painting trees in watercolour, and a review by Theodora Philcox.

A transcript of the review can be viewed here.


13/3/05 : Drawing Towards Watercolour - BOOK & VIDEO
Drawing Towards Watercolour

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.


11/2/05 : Switch / Maestro Cards now supported

As well all major credit cards, items can now be ordered or places booked on courses on-line, using Switch or Maestro debit cards.


24/1/05 : New Screensaver Download
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

31/8/04 : New Watercolour CD-Rom (Version 3) now available
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.


8/5/04 : New Video Demonstration Download
A new video is now available to view in the Downloads section. Click here or select Downloads 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.

Register today! for full, free access to Peter's On-line Watercolour Workshop pages
(via the form to the left of your screen).


14/1/04 : New 'Dawn & Dusk' Wallpaper download
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


30/12/03 : Book and Video Projects
It can now be confirmed that Peter has been commissioned by publishers David & Charles to produce a book on watercolour. Production has already started and will continue throughout 2004 for a planned publishing date in early 2005 (Spring).

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


31/3/03 : New Study Packs now available
A Complete Guide to Sketching has been added to Peter Woolley's range of high-quality, laminated Study Packs which now includes the new, fully updated and revised 2003 Edition of Watercolour for Beginners packs (Stages 1 and 2).

(All packs £12 + carriage each).

Click Here to order your Study Packs NOW!


20/3/03 : New Artists' Forum & free print downloads
Registered Visitors can now download two Free full-size, high quality prints based on pen & ink drawings by Peter Woolley of Hawes, Wensleydale and High Force, Teesdale.

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!