Art and Design for 11 to 15 Year Olds Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Guided by a practising artist, this short course explores the creative processes involved in making artwork and developing ideas using methods similar to those taught at art college.
Throughout the week, you'll learn about modern and contemporary artists and designers, experiment with a wide range of materials and media (outside of a sketchbook) and create work in various sizes and formats.
In the second half of the course, you will develop your own project with support from your tutor, and finish by presenting and celebrating your work with the group.
This course is available on campus or online.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 11 to 15 with a passion for art and design, including beginners
- Students wanting to learn about the artistic process
- Students aiming to strength their art and design portfolio
Key information
Topics covered
- Learn how to make and present artwork
- Research modern and contemporary artists and designers
- Develop ideas and talk about your work
- Document your work
Learning outcomes
- Kickstart your portfolio for future studies
- Create new work and explore some contemporary art techniques and processes
- Enrich your sketchbook and research with the artists you explored
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
- Develop an open-minded approach to art and design
- Experience art school teaching
For practical information about our kids and teens courses, take a look at our kids and teens information hub. This includes details of our policies on safeguarding, food allergies, learning requirements and online study.
Materials
On campus
If possible, please bring a camera or camera phone to record the process of making work, and the outcomes.
Everything else needed to complete the course is provided, but please feel free to bring any current sketchbooks or materials you enjoy using.
Online
- Sketchbook
- Selection of acrylic paints
- Felt tip pens
- Coloured pencils
- Collection of magazines and newspapers for collaging
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Pen
- Paint brushes
- Drawing pencils
- Pencil sharpener
- Sellotape
- Glue stick
- Eraser
- Digital camera or camera phone to document the process of making work
Please have available any other drawing or painting materials you are comfortable using.
Please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
Roger Healey-Dilkes
Working as an artist and teacher across the UK for the last 25 years, Roger has taught many creative disciplines such as fine art, textiles, graphic design and fashion. Roger is currently the course team leader for the UAL Foundation Diploma Art & Design at North Hertfordshire College.Roger is passionate about the idea of getting young people to work creatively and encourages the pursuit and awareness of careers in all areas of art & design. He pushes his students to experiment and make things, to explore further their creativity.
With an MA in Fine Art from UAL's Central Saint Martins, Roger's own work has often been exhibited nationally, most recently he was included in the 'Discerning Eye' exhibition at the Mall Galleries London. You can view his work on Roger's website and Instagram.
Katie Bellinger
Since 2014, Katie has been teaching art, textiles, and photography to students of varying abilities in secondary schools across South-East London. She holds an educational background in Fine Art and Philosophy, complemented by a self-taught expertise in analogue photography. Her current artistic practice encompasses the use of 2D media to portray the human form through textiles, printing, painting, and drawing. In her photography practice, she explores the interplay between harsh light and the environments inhabited by human forms, blending documentary techniques with her artistic vision.
Dominika Lipniewska
Dominika Lipniewska is an independent illustrator and designer and a graduate of Central Saint Martins (BA Graphic Design 2010) and Cambridge School of Art (MA Children's Book Illustration 2014). Her day to day practice includes visual identity, editorial illustration, children's book design and illustration, murals, printing and collaboration with various brands. Dominika has experience running creative children's workshops in UK, Europe as well as India and Sri Lanka and has published children's books in many languages. Her illustration and design clients include Tate Publishing, Financial Times, Pepsi, Munch Museum in Oslo, Wallpaper Magazine and Uniqlo.
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