Evening Painting Short Course
Course description
Are you passionate about using colour as a medium of self-expression? Open to beginners and more experienced students, this course explores the multiple possibilities that painting can open up.
During the first weeks you will draw and paint from an unclothed life model. In the subsequent weeks you will be encouraged to explore and paint a range of different subjects and approaches, including more abstract ways of painting. You may want to experiment painting from digital or photographic images.
By the end of the course you will have explored a range of different approaches to painting, from figurative painting to more experimental painterly approaches.
You will be encouraged to develop independent lines of study and to produce several pieces of work.
Who should attend this course?
Anyone with an interest in painting and wanting to improve their skills. The course is specifically tailored for those unable to attend our more intensive daytime courses.
Level : Beginners as well as more experienced students. This is a long-established course catering for students with different levels of ability. Numbers are kept to a maximum of 15 (sometimes fewer), allowing time for the tutor to give individual advice to each student.
Entry requirements: None
Clear, easy to understand lessons:
- Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
- New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that’s crystal clear and easy to understand.
Experience life on campus
- Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
- Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
- Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
- Ask questions of your tutor in real time
- Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
- Experience the many sights of London on your down time
A certificate of completion
- You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
- As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
- We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
- Certificates are great to complement your cv.
Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older
IMPORTANT Information: There is currently no lift access at this site. Access to your classroom is only via stairs-
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Details
Topics covered
A series of structured exercises will explore:
• observational drawing and painting using line and tone - over the first 4/6 weeks we will look at 3 basic techniques in painting. Tonal painting, Alla Prima and painting in contrasting colours• Colours and how to get the best from the wide range available
• paint application and layering techniques
• composition
• developing your subject matter and individual style
• The remainder of the course will cover applying some of these techniques in a other subject matter. Using memory, photos and observation Guy will encourage each student to work on a single more ambitious painting of the students choice. However if a student would like to carry on with more structured exercises then Guy will provide these each week.
• Most sessions will be illustrated with a simple slide presentation to make clear the tasks to be tackled- Drawing from a life model (unclothed).
Materials
Materials
Please bring with you to the first session:
• A few sheets of A1 cartridge paper (250gsm) primed with acrylic primer or ready-primed painting paper
• Charcoal
• 500ml Acrylic Gesso Primer (if you have not brought ready primed painting paper)
For the following sessions you will need:
• 2 canvases approx 30 x 36 inches (approximately - but these can be brought after the course has started)
• Oil paints or acrylics: Titanium white, Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt blue,Viridian Green, Violet, Indian Yellow, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Yellow ochre.
• Oil painting brushes: short, flats, bristle - a sensible range of sizes, Please make sure you have a couple of large, medium and small ones
• Lots of rags and tissues
• Jars with lids
• Palette knife
• Liquin or cobalt dryers (speeds up drying time)
• A piece of flat white melamine about 14 x 12 inches or similar for a palette
For Health and Safety reasons students are not allowed to bring any solvents to the studio. We will provide low odor mineral spirits. Any kind of spray products, turpentine or white spirits are banned from the building and the internal courtyard.
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