Line & Light

Creative Spaces for Learning and Artistic Discovery.

CREATE / INSPIRE / UNLEASH

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Explore an art & design facilitated workshop, set up and ready to use - in a specially selected venue, private garden or event. This is a fun and explorative way to share a small journey and make a memory.

See below for the latest course dates.

Or even for your own venue - hire out the equipment to be set up, or/and have a lesson in the space by myself.
The current creative processes can be watercolour, gouache, charcoal or drawing with mixed media.
Please email via the contact page with your requirements.

Draw and paint beyond the surface.
Art is a path to clarity
and creative freedom.

Watercolour and ink courses & workshops

Gweithdai lliw dŵr ac inc

My workshops are tailored to let you gain knowledge of ink & watercolour blending illustration & fine art - Tap into your artistic vision, self expression, and perhaps tell a story with the medium. Alongside the fun element, there is an opportunity to gain exploration, and have a sense of own agency & control - Emphasizing new skills in combining ink linework with watercolour washes, a sought-after technique.

All workshops are set up ready to use, with experimental pieces and a final piece to take home.

Mae fy ngweithdai wedi’u teilwra i’ch galluogi i feistroli darlunio a chelf gain gan ddefnyddio inc a lliw dŵr – Cyfle i ddatgloi eich gweledigaeth artistig, hunanfynegiant, ac i helpu adrodd stori.

Yn ogystal â’r elfen hwyliog, mae’r gweithdai’n cynnig cyfle i archwilio dulliau newydd, ac i deimlo synnwyr o reolaeth bersonol – gan roi pwyslais ar ddatblygu sgiliau newydd wrth gyfuno gwaith llinell inc gyda golchiadau lliw dŵr, techneg boblogaidd a gwerthfawr.

Mae’r holl weithdai’n barod i’w defnyddio, gyda gwaith arbrofol a darn terfynol i fynd ag ef adref.

Currently bookable through / Ar gael i’w archebu trwy:

Chepstow Art Space -

September course - Mondays 14, 21, 28, & Oct 5th from 7pm-9pm. 8ppl per course, £120. 18yrs+ (Course is 8hrs :2hrs on each date)

Link - Booking a place discoverable through here: https://chepstow-artspace.com/workshops/

Chepstow Drill Hall -

November course - Thursdays 5,12,19,25 from 7pm-9pm. 8ppl per course, £95. 18yrs+ (Course is 8hrs :2hrs on each date)

Link - Booking a place discoverable through here:

https://www.craftcourses.com/courses/pen-ink-watercolour-with-jim-steele-line-light:

and https://drillhallchepstow.co.uk/event/pen-ink-watercolour-with-jim-steele/2026-11-05/

Course Lessons Summary:

Mark making skills, finding a comfortable use of ink whilst experimenting with line and shape.
Watercolour wet on wet/dry experiments then to combine a small spot illustration ink drawn structure with basic watercolour layers and techniques.
Using all of the techniques, and from gained confidence, create an A3 full bleed ink/painting from a selected template challenge piece of art to work from.
Further final effects on the final piece with reflection, and a short session of self expression using ink/water & brush ( if there's time!)

Crynodeb Gwersi cwrs:

Sgiliau gwneud marciau a dod o hyd i ffordd gyfforddus o ddefnyddio inc wrth arbrofi gyda llinell a siâp.
Arbrofion lliwdy dŵr gwlyb ar wlyb/sych, ac yna cyfuno strwythur darluniad man bach wedi’i dynnu gydag inc gyda haenau a thechnegau sylfaenol lliwdy dŵr.
Gan ddefnyddio’r holl dechnegau, ac o ganlyniad i’r hyder a enillwyd, creu paentiad/llun inc llawn A3 (llawn tudalen) naill ai o ddarn celf templed a ddewiswyd, neu gyfansoddiad eich hun sy’n golygu rhywbeth i chi.
Effeithiau terfynol pellach ar y darn gorffenedig gyda myfyrdod, ac sesiwn fyr o hunan-fynegiant gan ddefnyddio inc/dŵr a brwsh (os oes amser!).

CREATE. INSPIRE. UNLEASH.