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Drawing and Open Painting (watercolours, acrylics, oils)
9:30am-12:30pm Ake Arnerdal £185
With the support and advice of the tutor you can explore your own individual subject with drawings or other source material which can then be developed into abstract or figurative paintings.
Master Techniques in Portraiture (Oils) - please note: limited numbers
9:30am -1pm Douglas Druce £245
A special Masterclass in traditional techniques of portraiture designed for experienced students.
Sculpture-Life and Portraiture
9:30am-12:30pm Briony Marshall £205*
Our tutor has just returned from studies in Italy. She will use Italian sculpture as the inspiration for this course. The model’s poses and the materials will try to follow the masters’ techniques and styles.
Beginners Drawings and Painting
10am–1pm Trudie Stephenson £185
This is a beginner’s course and all you need is an interest in art and a willingness to learn. The aim is to give you the confidence and skills to pursue further courses in drawing and painting. You will develop a range of skills that will build into a visual language enabling you to tackle areas such as colour theory, observational drawing, life drawing, composition, experimenting with different media.
Life Painting and Drawing in Oils
10am-1pm (Morning Class) Desmond Healy £205
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 in oils or other media.
Afternoon
The Art of Silk Painting
2:30-5:30pm Tony Wigg £185
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.
General Painting for Beginners
2-5pm Val Wiffen £185
The course will lay a firm foundation in painting skills, including colour mixing and application, devising design, depicting form, light and space and the use of pattern and texture, how to choose and develop your subject and how to work in a personal style.
Life Painting and Drawing in Oils
2-5pm (Afternoon Class) Desmond Healy £205
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 in oils and other media.
Evening
Sculpture
From Life
6:30-9:30pm David Waller £205
(materials and firing £5)
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 £185
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 and Painting
6.30-9:30pm Desmond Healy £205
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 in oils and other media.
The
Art of Silk Painting
6:30 -9pm Tony Wigg £175
The classes will cover all aspects of silk painting , using the transparency
of the silk. With their own designs and colours they will be able to achieve
the magical quality in this ancient oriental craft.
* Includes extra £5 for clay and firing.
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