London Landscapes with Alastair Gordon

Lead Artist: Alastair Gordon
Start Date: 12 January 2027
Day: Tuesday
Duration: 6 weeks
Location: Online
Fee: £180
Capacity: 20
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Course Description

Following on from Wild Landscapes, Alastair Gordon brings his expressive watercolour practice to the city. The course runs in three two-week blocks. In the first session of each block, Alastair paints live on location in a London landscape, such as Battersea Park or Hampstead Heath, streamed to the group online. The second session is a studio follow-up, where participants will develop the work they started alongside Alastair in the outdoor session.

Alastair will show how to capture the light, atmosphere and energy of London’s green spaces quickly and responsively, balancing observation with instinct.

What’s included

Three live painting sessions on location in London, streamed online
Three studio sessions to develop work from each location
Development of watercolour techniques
Working quickly and responsively from observation
Exploration of composition, light and atmosphere in the urban landscape
Production of own watercolour paintings
Feedback from professional artist
Peer group chat forum

6-Week Timetable

Week	Date	Format	Topic
1	12 Jan	Live on location	First London landscape: entering the scene, materials and atmosphere
2	19 Jan	Studio	Developing the work: composition and motif
3	26 Jan	Live on location	Second London landscape: colour, light and surface
4	2 Feb	Studio	Developing the work: gesture and material play
5	9 Feb	Live on location	Third London landscape: working towards a body of work
6	16 Feb	Studio	Presentation, feedback and next steps

Times and locations to be confirmed.

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Technical Information

Padlet

We use Padlet as our course interface. Once you register you will receive a link to your course Padlet. Here you will find all relevant course documents including TIMETABLE which contains the Zoom session links. You will also find your own column where you can upload images and documents. Here is a course Padlet sample.

Zoom

We use the Zoom platform for live sessions. You will find the link to each session posted in your course TIMETABLE on Padlet. There are two ways to access the live session:

1. Via the Zoom app
Before joining a Zoom meeting on a computer or mobile device, you can download the Zoom app here or here or here. Otherwise, you will be prompted to download and install Zoom when you click the Zoom session link on TIMETABLE.

2. Via Google Chrome Browser
If you are using Google Chrome, you will see a dialogue box inviting you to launch the Zoom app.
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362593-Launching-Zoom-from-a-web-browser

Zoom System Requirements

For Windows, macOS, and Linux:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-requirements-for-Windows-macOS-and-Linux

For iOS, iPadOS, and Android:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201179966-System-requirements-for-iOS-iPadOS-and-Android