Tessa Spanton

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Tuition

Tessa is a qualified teacher with a Post Graduate Certificate of Education, City and Guilds Silk Painting and many years experience of teaching watercolour and silk painting classes.
Also available for workshops.(Surrey area) Tutor for Art Events, Reigate

WATERCOLOUR BEGINNERS (Sutton, Surrey)Short Taster course £40 for four 2 hour classes
starting soon probably on a Friday morning, please enquire about dates.

WATERCOLOUR CLASSES (Sutton,Surrey)
Intermediate full at the moment


NEW SILK PAINTING CLASSES Dorking Surrey,
Tutor Tessa Spanton
no experience or special skills needed.
Materials available or bring your own Sat 25th 10-1.00pm Feb
and/or for 3 weeks Mon 10-12 starting 12 March

http://www.esc.ac.uk/about-east-surrey-college/news-and-events/19-news/498-new-part-time-courses-launched-in-dorking-


SILK PAINTING Silk Painting lessons or workshops for groups by arrangement.

Private or shared lessons in watercolour, Brusho inks,mixed media, acrylic or silk painting or silk fusion.

 

Biography

In 2001 Tessa was elected member of the Society of Women Artists and the Society of Floral Painters and is a member of the Guild of Silk Painters.
She paints flowers, landscapes and seascapes and a common thread running through her work is an interest in the patterns within the composition as well as a love of colour.
She has exhibited at the Mall Galleries, Westminster Gallery, Mottisfont Abbey, local galleries and in France and Switzerland as well as being an exhibiting member of the Dorking Group of Artists.
She has contributed to several books and magazines including a series of 3 articles introducing painting flowers on silk with step by step demonstrations (09,10)and the most recent a lavender landscape in watercolour (July 10) all for the Leisure Painter magazine July 09 and Aug 09,
Exploring Oil Pastels in SAA NOV 08 Paint magazine, Peinture sur Soie, (a French silk painting magazine) April 07, Editions de SAXE and had work featured in Surrey Life magazine July 08.
Most years, though not this year she exhibits lavender paintings at the Carshalton Lavender Open Days, details www.carshaltonlavender.org

 

Exhibitions

PASHLEY MANOR GARDENS
April to September 2012

Gardens, Café and Gift Shop Open
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Bank Holiday Mondays and Special Event days – 11.00am to 5.00pm.
Except Bank Holiday Mondays and festival days (see Special Events For 2012) we are closed on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays.

Ticehurst
Near Wadhurst
East Sussex
TN5 7HE

CORNER GALLERY CARSHALTON BEECHES

11a Beeches Avenue,
Carshalton Beeches,
Surrey
SM5 3LB


FLORUM celebrating plantlife in a variety of media

September 2012 dates tba
Open daily 10 - 5
at the SEVENOAKS WILDLIFE RESERVE
Bradbourne Vale Road Sevenoaks TN13 3DH

 

Media

Acrylic Inks, Acrylics, Batik, Mixed Media, Oil pastel, Pen And Wash, Watercolour

 

Subjects

Colour Mixing, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Trees and Foliage, Wild Flowers