Richard Bayliss

10th - 11th April

£325

The Abstracted Landscape

This two day workshop is all about exploration, creative risk-taking and discovery in a supportive, encouraging environment.

Join Richard Bayliss for an inspiring exploration of the expressive possibilities of paint and mixed media, using the landscape as inspiration. Through drawing, bold mark-making, collage, cropping, painted responses and playful experimentation, you’ll gather and develop source material, exploring ideas and possibilities that will gradually take shape as paintings on board.

Rather than working towards a predetermined outcome or simply copying what you see, the emphasis is on process, experimentation and responding to what emerges. Source material will provide ideas, energy, colour, composition and texture, becoming a springboard for developing new visual possibilities and expanding your personal visual language.

Throughout the workshop, you’ll build a rich collection of drawings, painted studies, collages, sketches and other source material. These will then be explored, edited and developed, allowing ideas to evolve naturally through the process.

Open to painters of all abilities, this is a welcoming space to try new processes, take creative risks and discover different ways of responding to the landscape. The focus is not on producing a finished masterpiece, but on generating ideas, exploring possibilities and finding practical ways to carry your discoveries forward into future work.

You’ll leave with a rich collection of source material, sketches and paintings, along with new ideas, processes and approaches to continue developing in your own practice.

Making the most of the beautiful surrounding landscape, we’ll work both outdoors and in the studio, weather permitting. You’ll explore plein air painting alongside studio-based responses to the environment, so come prepared for all weathers. Wear comfortable clothing suitable for the conditions, and something you don’t mind getting a little paint on!

Over the two days we will be working with Acrylic paint, mixed media & collage.

Lunch and refreshments included.
Days run from 10am to 4pm(ish)

About Richard

Richard Bayliss has been a professional designer since graduating from the Royal College of Art 30 years ago and worked in the creative industry designing and visualising 3D environments for large commercial projects.

In recent years, however, he has returned to his love of painting and now focuses on the landscape surrounding his studio on the South Cambridgeshire border. The ever-changing land, sky, and weather of the English countryside serve as a continuous source of inspiration through the seasons.

Richard’s process begins with quick, expressive sketch paintings on paper. These paintings capture the immediate essence of what he sees and feels, whether he’s working outside en plein air or in his studio. His initial paintings are often loose and energetic, full of instinctive mark-making. From these, he creates collages, tearing and reassembling the paper to introduce an element of abstraction and unpredictability, allowing for unexpected marks and compositions to emerge. These collages sometimes evolve into finished pieces, or they serve as references or inspiration for his final paintings.

Through his work, Richard Bayliss seeks to capture not just a visual representation of the landscape, but its emotional resonance - the raw, shifting beauty of the environment, and the way we experience and connect with the world around us.

web: www.richardbayliss.com
Insta: @richardbaylissart