Local RAW Involvement (Into the Landscape)

Due to the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting effects upon freedom of movement we have decided to postpone ALL local RAW involvement sessions for the 2020 season. Bookings will be taken for 2021 and dates for next year will be confirmed at a later date. Thank you.

Local RAW Involvement

‘ideas, inspire, individual’

"We are now in the mountains and they are in us... making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our flesh-and-bone tabernacle seems transparent as glass to the beauty about us, as if truly an inseparable part of it, thrilling with the air and trees, streams and rocks, in the waves of the sun, - a part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal... In this newness of life we seem to have been so always" (John Muir 1911)

Local Landscapes

The Wirral Peninsula and the Cheshire Plain form a rich and diverse landscape. From cliffs to forests, rivers to plains we’ve created diverse experiences

Small Groups

At RAW-i we believe that in order to get the best from any student groups need to be kept small. That is why we only have a maximum of 6 students per experience.

Professional

Wendy is a practising artist with over 25 years experience in the ‘business’, teaching at university, colleges and schools. Robin is a qualified teacher with over 15 years experience of running field trips, DofE expeditions as well as leading and guiding walking groups.

Immersion & Involvement

Each particular landscape will focus on a particular artistic discipline (form, shadow, tone, shape, tint) whilst doing direct observation.

Self Esteem

Wendy nurtures each participant with care as to develop their individual skills. Participants are encouraged and gain in confidence when observing and representing the landscape that they are immersed in.

Before & After

Unlike many Art courses, our Local RAW Involvement programmes provide participants with pre and post session support, to make the most of each visited landscape.

Virtual Learning

At RAW-i Studios we have developed a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to allow participants to securely and safely communicate with Wendy and to access high quality bespoke learning materials.

Year Round

We aim to run the LRI sessions all year round. Our landscapes are forever changing throughout the year. From balmy summer days to flasks of hot chocolate in the late Autumn.

Into the Local Landscapes

Place and Space

Delamere Forest

Walking in the Canopy

Nestled within the stands of sitka spruce, larch and pine stand elegant beech and mighty oak. Shadows dance and the light plays games. Tones and tints, subtle patterns. Through crunching leaves, fallen acorns and pine cones we tread and watch.

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There be dragons in these hills!

In the Shadow Dragons

From a natural outcrop high above the extensive Cheshire plain the wind and rain has carved the shape and form of this jurassic bastion. Clambering up the slopes to where the Peregrine soar the colours and patterns of land and sky become obvious.

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Pebbles & Shells

Skies and Tides

With the ancient unprotected cliffs of boulder clay revealing their ice age secrets after each storm this place is a treasure trove for the budding artist. With every new tide – patterns and texture changes.

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Experience and Involvement

Language for Learning

Shape & Form
Shape is an enclosed space, the boundaries of which are defined by other elements (line, colour, texture).
Tone & Tint
Variations in the dimensions of hue and brightness – ‘warm’ or ‘cool’. Low degrees of saturation in lighter hues.
Texture
The surface quality and the resulting feel when touched and indeed the visual ‘feel’ of a two dimensional work.
Pattern
The repetition of an element(s) in a work – geometry and rhythm.
Colour
The three properties of colour – Hue (the name we give to the colour; Intensity (strength and vividness); Value (its lightness or darkness .

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