Riccardo Agostini Workshop

It is my pleasure to host Riccardo Agostini’s painting workshop at The Bustard, Salisbury, SP3 4DU. My whole thing as a creator and a hobbyist is enabling people to become a bigger part of this incredible hobby of ours. I want to share my passion with painting with as many people as possible and my way of doing that is to host these classes. Your experience is really important to me so if I can help with anything in the run up to or after your booking just get in touch either via my discord https://discord.gg/8hwDN6gawB or via email on rising.ape.minis@gmail.com  thanks James.

Course Information

May 24^th-25^th  + 26^th  2025 (for those attending the advanced extension day)

Saturday 10am until late

Sunday 10am until 6pm

Monday (Advanced day only) 10-5pm

Venue: The Bustard Tea Rooms, Shrewton, Salisbury, SP3 4DU

Ticket Cost: £260 per person for the two day workshop max 16 spaces

Advanced Day costs £260 per person OR £210 extra if you buy all 3 days BUT SPACES ARE EXTREMELY LMITED TO JUST 6 SPACES TO ALLOW FOR LOTS OF 1:1 TIME

NOTE: TO ACCESS THE DISCOUNT ON THE ADVANCED CLASS YOU NEED TO HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED THE MAIN WORKSHOP, AT WHICH POINT YOU WILL RECIEVE AN EMAIL WITH A DISCOUNT CODE TO USE, YOU CAN USE THIS CODE AT CHECK OUT TO PURCHASE THE ADVANCED CLASS.. APOLOGIES THIS IS THE BEST WAY i CAN THINK TO DO THIS.

IF YOU DO NOT RECIEVE A CODE, EMAIL ME OR MESSAGE ME ON DISCORD ASAP AND i WILL SORT IT OUT.

 To confirm your place payment must be made in Full via my website, www.rising-ape.co.uk

As these are limited and spccialist workshops there are no refunds on tickets HOWEVER I will do my best to resell the tickets and if I can do so you will recieve a refund in full, apologies for this but do be aware BEFORE booking

The briefing for the weekend is as follows

“Miniature painting masterclass”

In this workshop Riccardo will run through theory and techniques, working alongside each artist in the room to enable them to perfect their style and giving out all his secrets and thinking process in creating a competition quality miniature. The class is aimed at how to start a project, understanding volumes, painting lights and shadows, understanding different materials and placing them in the environment of your choice. All of this to create a cohesive result.

From army painting to high quality display models Riccardo will show you how he has achieved multiple awards at every major painting show around the world and how he uses his unique style to create the incredible box arts for Kimera and Pegaso Models.

Advanced day: in the advanced day the focus will be on how to finish a project and correct mistake to reach a higher level of perfection. The class will be limited only to 6 people to give each participant a lot of 1 on 1 time to be able to iron out any weakness they might have: from brush control to color mixing and anything in between. Participants could also bring a model they wish to finish and solve from home, instead of the one that was being worked on during the weekend.

-This is a “Brush Only” Workshop.

What you need to bring

We want you to have an incredible weekend and will be in touch before the date to confirm exact requirements but for now we are expecting you to bring the basics needed to paint your minis successfully, and comfortably. -This is a “Brush Only” Workshop.

Riccardo will supply a miniature to paint which will be primed and ready to go, I will provide a warm comfortable venue and logistics. Your painting area will be approximately 1.5m2 and there is free parking onsite.

Please bring extension 4 socket extension leads a painting lamp and any painting accessories that you wish to use through the day, paints / palettes etc. Whatever you are comfortable with is fine, but don’t worry if you don’t own/can’t bring them: we’ll have a shared pool during the course and part of the topic is precisely what to use as an alternative!  What to bring with you:

—Mandatory:

-Brushes.

-Wet palette.

-A small selection of your favourite acrylic paints and colours: we want basic, saturated hues that we can easily mix for the foundational work. Don’t worry you do not have to use Kimera paints!

—Recommended:

-Pen and paper for notes!

—Optional

-Specific strange colours/paints/handles/mediums/tools/accessories/snacks/talismans… Everything you need to be comfortable and functional!

– Your models for suggestions/review/tips/well deserved bragging!

We’ll have a dedicated Discord channel to break the ice before the event, stay in touch and organise all the little details.

Check the email (Spam folder too, just in case) you used to buy the ticket to find the link!