
LECTURE & STUDY DAY TITLES
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1 hour Powerpoint lectures (45/35 minute versions also possible). Synopses available on request:
How Did He/She/They Paint that? An Introduction to Technical Art History
"My scrambling affair”: How Constable’s Late Paintings changed the face of Modern Art
"Spotty & Specky”: Late Constable and how not to paint in the early 19th century!
Fakes & Fortunes (or, have I discovered a Constable in my attic?!)
What’s in a crack? The Materials & Techniques of Stanhope Forbes and the Newlyn School Painters
The Arte of Makinge a Likenesse: Painting Techniques of the Artists & Studios of the Tudor & Jacobean Courts
Method or Madness? John Constable’s Painting Techniques, c.1802–1837
From Chocolate Box to Jackson Pollock: The Materials & Techniques of Constable’s Great Landscapes of the 1820s-30s
A Bit of Slap and Tickle: Constable’s Brighton Paintings, 1824-28
The Father of Modern Painting? A closer look at Constable’s Great Landscapes
Face Painting: The materials, techniques and conservation of British portraits, c.1530-1960
A Day in the Life of a Picture Restorer: The conservation and restoration of easel paintings
Conserving the English Icon: The cleaning and conservation of Long Gallery Portraits
The Crack’d Visage: The Conservation and Restoration of British Portraits, c.1530-1960
A Tale of a Million Brushstrokes: The Conservation and Restoration of Tudor and Jacobean Portraits
Restoring the Arte of Kent: The Conservation of Paintings from Kentish Collections
Restoring the Bridge: The Conservation of Paintings of Rochester Bridge and the River Medway
From Cimabue to Marks & Spencer: A Short History of Painting Materials and Techniques
Creating the English Icon: The materials and techniques of Tudor and Jacobean portraiture
English Face? English Artist? The Materials and Techniques of British Portrait Painting, c.1500-1900
‘All that glisters..’, The painting techniques & conservation of portraits by Jacobean painter William Larkin (c.1610-19)
The English Face Unmask’d: Five Centuries of British Portrait Painting Techniques
The Suffolk Collection Reveal’d: The Conservation & Restoration of Tudor & Jacobean Portraits at Kenwood House
Study Days (3 lectures)/ Half Study Days (2 lectures):
"A scrambling affair”: Constable's radical 'late' technique, his legacy and influence on Modern Art and 20th c. landscape
English Face? English Artist? A closer look at Five Centuries of British Portrait painting techniques
Fit for Purpose: Constable’s Oil Painting Materials & Techniques (or any combination of 2/3 Constable titles)
The Paintings Conservation Roadshow (usually 2 morning lectures with a hands-on session in the afternoon with an 'Antiques Roadshow' style condition assessment and advice on members' paintings; Half Study Day = one 1hr lecture + 1-1.5hr approx. hands-on session)
Face Painting: The materials, techniques and conservation of British portraits, c.1530-1960