**Sunday 9th November**
**10.00am to 4.00pm**

No matter how great your painting is there are few occasions where it is not improved by a beautiful frame. High street framers will usually glue something together for you from off the shelf mouldings, good enough perhaps, but rarely outstanding. You may have seen that successful artists like [David Sawyer](https://www.instagram.com/djsawyerrba/) often use gessoed frames, which are painted up to suit the specific image.
As artists we have skills in abundance and time can be made available if we choose, so making our own frames is a no brainer.
David Sawyer, along with being one of Britain’s leading landscape painters, often frames his own work. As you would expect his frames are sensitive and beautiful. He is running a framing workshop which will get you going with the basics of producing hand made picture frames.
**What will you be learning?**

* Typical types of mouldings, what types of wood and profiles are available
* The use of slips, liners and fillets
* How to decide on your moulding
* Measuring the artwork
* Setting up and calibration of the Morso (guillotine)
* Cutting the moulding
* Getting to know the types of glues available
* Setting up the underpinner and joining
* Clamping and reinforcing the frame

We will provide one small frame to be gessoed and gilded, and each participant will also create a new frame of a bespoke size. Working with professional framing equipment, you’ll choose, measure, and cut your mouldings, then join and glue your frame to your own specifications. If you have any works on paper you’d like to frame instead, please drop us an email so we can bring the necessary equipment. Expect to pay a little more for materials, £15-£27 for an average frame. You don’t need to bring anything to this workshop other than a picture you’d like to frame and a notebook.  

We plan to eat together, we’ll optionally provide an indulgent but healthy lunch with vegetarian options for our usual modest charge. **Students who have been inducted, or who already know how to use the machines safely, will be able to use the equipment in the afternoon.**
Please get in touch to receive a discount for purchasing a half-day pass.

[Visit our website for more info and to sign up](https://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/product/picture-framing-workshop-with-david-sawyer/)

Dulwich Art Group - Life Drawing & Painting in South London

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Picture Framing Workshop with David Sawyer

Dulwich Art Group & School

Paint a clothed model with a focus on the portrait, we usually have the **same model for two weeks** so make sure to book the same position for both weeks if you plan on coming back. The model will at times be engaged in conversation in order to bring some animation to the face.

Our studio is purpose built and well equipped with easels, drawing boards, clips and so on. We sell materials at reasonable prices so if you forget anything we should be able to help you out. We have professional lighting for the models and and full spectrum lights for the studio to give you a good experience. We break for 5 minutes for the model every 25 minutes and then for twenty minutes at 3.30PM to have a cup of tea and a bit of cake (small charge).

Our studio has a light and friendly atmosphere. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter, come and paint with us! We have a wonderful community of artists who join us each week.

### **Zoom**

It is also possible to attend this session on Zoom, we give you a close up of the head and a wider view of the figure in context. [Have a look here](https://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/zoom-sessions/) if you are not familiar with Zoom and to understand our process.

£15 – £25 for a single three hour session.

[More info and bookings here](https://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/product/wednesday-afternoon-portraiture-life-painting-and-drawing/)

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