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Course Descriptions: Monday
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Morning

Printmaking and Etching
9:30am-12:30pm
(Morning Class) Theresa Pateman  £190
This course will explore the many ways in which a print can be produced using the techniques of etching, dry point, collograph and monoprint. 

Essential Skills in Painting and Drawing
9.30-12.30pm Nigel Caple
  £180
The skills of drawing, composition and colour will be taught from a variety of subject matter. Aspects of Japanese design and calligraphy will also be explored to broaden techniques and approaches to painting.
Level: Beginners and intermediate.

Pottery
9:30am-12:30pm Claire Bevacqua
 £180
Hand-build pottery, includes slab-building, coiling, press-moulding and tile-making. The work can be decorated with coloured slips, using the techniques of masking, wax-resist and slip-trailing.

Exploring Painting and Drawing
10am-1pm Eithne Healy
 £190
In this intensive course, the many aspects of drawing and painting will be explored through a series of projects, gallery visits, sketchbooks, using  still life and the figure. Students will be encouraged to develop a personal visual language.
Level: Advanced

Art History and Museum Visits
10:30pm-1:30pm Estelle Lovatt
  £170
Art criticism involves a specific way of looking at art and examining the characteristics of 'great' art. This course will enable you to understand why a work is considered important or a masterpiece. There will be several museum visits with the tutor.



Afternoon

Printmaking and Etching
2-5pm (Afternoon Class) Theresa Pateman  £190 
This class follows the same course as the morning class. It can be taken independently or with the morning class.

Drawing - The Absolute Beginner
2-5pm Eithne Healy
  £180
The course will cover many aspects of drawing, from mark making, to the more conventional/classic approaches of proportion and perspective. The aim of the course is to equip the student with basic skills and to encourage confidence.

Life Painting and Drawing
2.30pm-5.30pm Vincent Milne
  £195
Working from a life model, learn how to achieve a structured composition, and create the shape and contours of the model in oils or acrylics. Develop a confident and inventive approach to paint-handling and colour.


Evening

Beginners Please
6.30-9:30pm Ake Arnerdal
  £180
This class is designed for the beginner and will introduce you to a range of materials. You will be shown the basics of both drawing and painting. The course underlines the importance of observation, expression and creativity.

Life Drawing
6.30-9:30pm Vincent Milne
  £195
This course will explore both classical and expressive ways of drawing the figure. Classes will begin with a series of quick sketches, followed by a detailed study of the model using the skills of measuring, creating mass, tone and shape.

Printmaking and Etching
6.30-9:30pm
(Evening Class) Theresa Pateman  £190
This course will explore the many ways in which a print can be produced using the techniques of etching, dry point, collograph and monoprint. 



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