Drawing Walks in Paphos, Cyprus
£35.00 GBP
What does it mean to capture the spirit of a place? Can quick drawings, rendered loosely, help us accurately record our perception of a space or moment?
Join UK based artist and drawing tutor Anuschka Barlas for an immersive drawing walk around Lempa. Located in the hills next to the ancient ruins of a Neolithic settlement and overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the village of Lempa is just 2 miles north of Paphos town and is home to the Cyprus College of Art.
Taking the beautiful landscape and the colours, forms, sounds and movement present within the surroundings as our starting point, we will focus on spontaneous mark-making to record our observations in a sketchbook, using a range of drawing materials. The walk will begin and end at the College studios, where we will spend the afternoon discussing sources of inspiration, art historical references and developing our sketches into semi-abstract landscapes from memory and imagination. All materials provided.
This course welcomes beginners, or those with some experience in drawing and painting - basically anyone curious about combining hiking and drawing outdoors and learning more about the art, culture and history of this unique area of Cyprus.
Dates: Selected Saturdays, 13th & 20th April 2024
Time: 10am - 3pm (inc. lunch break)
Location: Cyprus College of Art, Lempa Village, Paphos
Ticket Price: £35 / €41
Booking: https://www.anuschkabarlas.com/drawingwalkspaphos
Suitable for 18+. All materials provided.
Anuschka Barlas is an Edinburgh-based artist working across drawing, film, painting and tapestry weaving. As well as exhibiting in the UK and internationally, she teaches fine art on a regular basis in Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond. Recent exhibitions include the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Open at Bankside Gallery, London (forthcoming), They Had Four Years at Generator Projects, Dundee (2023), and Human Perspectives at Cambridge University (2021). She is a co-founder of The Paper Stage, an artist-run platform celebrating figurative drawing and painting, through organising drawing and painting classes, workshops and exhibitions. Anuschka holds a BA (Hons) in Painting & Printmaking from the Glasgow School of Art (2022).
Please email any questions or enquiries about the drawing walks to anuschka.barlas@gmail.com
For more information about the Cyprus College of Art, please contact margaretparaskos@yahoo.com (Margaret Paraskos) or visit https://www.cypruscollegeofart.com/