Date: Friday 4 August, 10.00–12.00

Venue: The Gallery at Green & Stone

Tickets: £45

Tabletop Landscape

In this class, we will consider the still life as a miniature terrain that we can explore through drawing.

The class will begin with some exercises that warm up our hand and eye, helping us to consider line, tone and form. We will explore techniques in charcoal and ink to consider mark making, and develop ideas around composition by working on horizontal and vertical formats.

As inspiration we will be looking at still life works by Cezanne as well as Song Dynasty landscape artists that help us consider ways to depict depth and space.

All art materials provided by Green & Stone.

Drinks provided by Nuisance.

About Rachel Mercer

Born in Cambridgeshire, Mercer studied at Cardiff School of Art and Design graduating in 2012 before being awarded the postgraduate programme at The Royal Drawing School. Since 2014 she has been a painter working in London. She has exhibited in the UK and China.

At the centre of her approach is an interest in human interaction and the importance of the observed world. There is a sense of movement, fluidity, and haptic beauty in the way the figures in her work move and dissolve across the canvas. At times the subject fades into the sensuality of the medium simultaneously creating a sense of disappearance and presence.