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Course Descriptions: Tuesday
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Morning

Drawing and Open Painting
9:30am-12:30pm Ake Arnerdal
  £180
With the support and advice of the tutor you can  begin by exploring your own individual subject with drawings which can then be developed into paintings.
Materials: acrylics, watercolours, oils.

Sculpture-Life and Portraiture
9:30am-12:30pm Briony Marshall
  £195*
Using a model you will be shown how to produce a head in clay which can be either fired or cast. Handouts of all techniques and shortcuts used, some basic anatomy and pictorial references for styles and ideas.

Beginners Drawings & Painting
10am–1pm Valerie Wiffen
  £180
A progressive approach with step by step instruction will be used to cover all the basic skills which will increase your observation, showing you how to measure proportions, mix colours and create compositions.

Life Painting and Drawing in Oils
10am-1pm
(Morning Class) Desmond Healy  £195
With quick studies from the model as well as five week poses. You will gain expertise in drawing and painting as well as increasing your awareness and perception of form, light and space. We will explore the use of tone and colour.  


Afternoon

The Art of Silk Painting
2:30-5:30pm Tony Wigg
  £180
The classes will cover all aspects of silk painting techniques, design, colour and surface texture; with students learning to create the almost magical quality that can be achieved in this ancient oriental craft. The transparency of silk gives work a unique versatility.


Life Painting and Drawing in Oils
2-5pm (Afternoon Class) Desmond Healy  £195
With quick studies from the model as well as five week poses. You will gain expertise in drawing and painting as well as increasing your awareness and perception of form, light and space. We will explore the use of tone and colour.

Oil Painting Intensive Course: Beginners and Improvers
2-5pm Val Wiffen  £170
This intensive course in oil painting is suitable for beginners who wish to learn the basic techniques of this most durable and adaptable media. The course will cover materials, tools and the use of different painting surfaces. For the experienced oil painter, the practice and use of coloured glazes and grounds will be explored.

Evening

Sculpture From Life
6:30-9:30pm David Waller
  £195*
We will work from a long pose with a life model. Demonstrations will be given to show the various techniques used in sculpture, which will enable you to complete a study suitable for firing in the kiln.
All levels welcome.

Introduction to Drawing and Painting
6.30-9:30pm
Nigel Caple  £180
A step-by-step approach will be used to develop your confidence.  Learn how to measure proportion, to mix colours to create harmonies and contrasts. Materials: acrylics, brushes, palette, 2B pencils.

Life Drawing
6.30-9:30pm Derek Ogbourne
  £195
We are pleased to welcome back this popular class with it's lively and informal style. Different materials and experimental approaches to drawing the nude will be used.
Level: Beginners and advanced students.

Open Painting with Mixed Media
6.30-9:30pm Mary Treherne
  £180
Professional artists are quite aware of the exciting possibilities of combining  mediums. Watercolours, gouache, acrylics, crayons, pastels etc. can be used together creatively simulating your imagination and enthusiasm.


* Includes extra £5 for clay and firing.

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