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The figure and still life around a table has been a staple of painting for many artists. From religious scenes to the everyday, painters from Leondardo Da Vinci, Pierre Bonnard and John Singer Sargent have made pictures expressing this relationship. For your tutor, this too is a fascinating subject, and one featured frequently in his practice.
Over the course, you will move from drawing to painting, working in charcoal and ink before progressing into oils. Painting a scene where the model adopts several poses around a table of still life, under different lighting, you will try a variety of approaches to help discern a way forward.
Your tutor will guide you through the fundamentals of oil painting, studying colour mixing, application and materials knowledge. By looking to artists both past and contemporary, you will be encouraged to nurture your own idiosyncrasies, looking at aspects of depth, light, narrative, composition and space in relation to the figure.
With an emphasis on responding with earnestness and observation, by looking at this scene that is so much a part of our lives, it is hoped you will leave the course with fresh eyes to encounter subjects within your own life.
Any materials from the list below that you may have:
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Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes). Possible equipment restrictions in tutor absence.
Arrival day
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 7.15pm for registration. Students arriving earlier are welcome to purchase dinner in the College Dining Room from 6pm.
Students meet their tutor in the Bar at 7.30pm prompt to go to studios.
First Teaching session: 7.30pm - 9pm (attendance is essential)
Daily timetable
Course teaching: 9.15am - 5pm
Morning session: 9.15am - 12.45pm including coffee/tea break
Lunch break: 12.45pm - 2pm*
Afternoon session: 2pm - 5pm including coffee/tea break
Teaching finishes: 5pm
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Departure day
Course teaching: 9.15am - 3pm
Teaching finishes: 3pm
Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am. Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required.
*Lunch can be purchased on campus, view options
Tim Patrick (b.1988) is an artist based in London and the South West. Having initially trained in traditional portrait painting in Florence, Italy, Tim subsequently studied in Brighton and the Royal Drawing School in London. His work was recently exhibited in the 2018 Threadneedle Prize and various exhibitions in London.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
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