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Contemporary Painting Practice for 16 to 18 Year Olds Short Course

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Ignite your creativity! Challenge your skills with innovative drawing and painting techniques.

Course description

Course overview

Designed to ignite your imagination, this course challenges and develops your existing drawing and painting skills through a series of innovative and creative approaches.

You'll explore familiar subjects, such as still life and the nude model, using modern practical methods and fresh perspectives, reimagining classical themes and environments to create new, original artworks. A strong technical foundation will form the basis of our approach.

The work you produce will be ideal for inclusion in portfolios for A-Level or similar courses in Fine Art, Graphics, or Design, helping you take the next step in your future studies.

Who this course is for

Key information

Topics covered

  • Still life and figure painting
  • Mixed media such as paint, collage, charcoal, inks, crayons and more
  • Introduction to new methodologies
  • Exploration of experimental approaches to adapt and take the next step in your making process
  • Live drawing from an unclothed life model

Learning outcomes

  • Strengthen your art portfolio for entry to A-level or similar courses in Graphics, Fine Art or Design
  • 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

  • 1 large, primed canvas board or small canvases for your final work
  • An A3 portfolio or tube to carry work home with you
  • A notepad and pen or/and a sketchbook
  • Source materials to create your work from (please consider this carefully; it's important to use imagery which is inspiring and meaningful to you. Anything you bring in can be photocopied, to ensure that the original is not damaged. You could include Sketches, Photographs, Magazine cuttings, Travel tickets, Letters, Books, Fabric, etc)
  • Pencils and/or any wet or dry drawing materials

Please do not bring oil paints

If possible, please bring a camera or camera phone to record the process of making the work, and the outcomes.

Suggested but not required:

  • A range of brushes of differing size and shapes
  • A range of acrylic paints (including Titanium white, Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson, Ultramarine blue, Cadmium yellow, Lemon yellow, Raw umber, Burnt umber)
  • Any of your favourite drawing/painting mediums (This can include Coloured crayons, Felt tip pens, Colouring Pencils, Pastels, Biros, Chalk pens, Ink Pens, Watercolour paints, Gouache, Palette Knives, etc)

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