Challenge and transform your drawing and painting skills and experiences by exploring dynamic and playful approaches. Work from the model using a variety of mediums and techniques that encourage intuitive responses to spontaneous mark-making to free up your drawing and painting. Make expressive work from both observation and imagination, with colour as well as black and white.
You will work through a series of theatrical set themes and poses. Each day will have a new theme with long and short poses.
The course includes the following projects:
- Playful sessions include concertina book drawing, three-dimensional collage and full scale ink drawings. Music will also be used to inform your mark-making.
2.Colour, dreams and symbolism. This session is designed for you to explore life drawing and painting of bold abstract colours.
On completing the course, you will have experienced a playful and alternative approach to life drawing and painting, and gained confidence in working intuitively. You will be able to incorporate figure drawing with aspects of your own imagination to make rich and expressive paintings.
Included
- The model who will sit for the course
- Some paper, paint and masking tape, shared amongst the group, to get you started - more available to purchase from the shop as required
What students need to bring
- Charcoal in a range of sizes, a range of pencils, a graphite stick, a putty rubber, black Indian ink, masking tape, Pritt stick glue
- A1 paper – white cartridge and black
- Coloured chalk pastels
- Acrylic paints – a variety of colours
- A range of brushes
- Optional: canvases in various sizes, card, boards primed
Available to buy
Available from shop:
A good variety of art materials are available to buy, including charcoal in various sizes, a range of pencils, graphite sticks, putty rubbers, black Indian ink, masking tape, Pritt stick glue, A1 paper – white cartridge and black, coloured chalk pastels, acrylic paints, brushes, canvases – ready-made in various sizes, card, boards primed (optional).
Additional information
Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).
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
