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Drawing & Painting

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Course Description

Learn How to Draw & Paint: Learn the fundamental basics of drawing, covering mark making, composition, shading and tonal value and understand how this can enhance a painting. You will develop your own artistic style as well as an approach to painting through colour mixing, theory and painting application. You will cover a broad range of subject matter including, still life, natural forms, figurative and landscapes. Suitable for all levers: Beginners to Established.


Drawing from Nature: Build upon your drawing and painting skills whilst exploring themes of nature ranging from natural forms to landscapes. You will cover the fundamental basics of drawing and painting, as well as new techniques for developing your own artistic style. You will produce a body of work and a sketchbook. Suitable for all levers: Beginners to Established.


Life Drawing for Beginners: Learn the fundamental basics for life drawing, covering proportion, tonal shading, line work and colour theory. Understand different approaches to capturing the figure and explore your own artistic style for figurative drawing. Suitable for absolute beginners.


Life Drawing Improvers: Improvers will build upon an existing foundation of life drawing skills to establish and develop an individual artistic style for figurative drawing. This course will take your life drawing to the next level, learning how to apply a range of technical approaches. Previous life drawing experience is needed.


Life Drawing & Painting: Understand how to paint the figure exploring tonal value, flesh tones and advanced colour theory. Find your artistic style of painting the figure in this short dynamic 5-week course. Previous experience life drawing is required.


Life Drawing: Improvers will build upon an existing foundation of life drawing skills to establish and develop an individual artistic style for figurative drawing. This course will take your life drawing to the next level, learning how to apply a range of technical approaches. Previous life drawing experience is needed.


Life Drawing with Colour Pencils: Master Class: Learn how to refine your figurative drawing using colour pencil work. This short course will cover pencil techniques, advanced colour theory and explore a specialised approach to life drawing through colour pencil medium. Previous experience life drawing is required.


Drawing Improvers: Suitable for those who have already some experience in drawing. In an informal workshop style environment, drawing skills will be developed further across a range of subject matter and drawing media.


Drawing & Painting Improvers Workshop: Develop your artistic skills, learn new styles and techniques and exchange ideas with like-minded people, all in an informal workshop environment. These workshops are designed for learners who may have completed an art course and who wish to develop their work further.  All drawing and painting media is welcome.


Free up your drawing and painting technique: Develop your artistic skills, learn new styles and techniques and exchange ideas with like-minded people increasing your confidence to work bigger and bolder, in this relaxed emancipatory class. These workshops are designed for learners who may have completed an art course and who wish to develop their work further as well as learners with no experience.  All drawing and painting media are welcome.


Mixed Media & Drawing: Learn the basics of mixed media and drawing covering a variety of subject matter and mixed media techniques. Try out different combinations of medium for a range of exciting effects, whilst developing your own artistic style. Suitable for all levers: Beginners to Established.


Mixed Media Landscapes: Explore dynamic ways of producing landscapes through drawing and painting with mixed media. Break the traditional mould of creating landscapes with techniques that you can use for all and any art works. Suitable for all levers: Beginners to Established.


Mixed Media & Painting: Continuing from drawing, learn the basics of mixed media and painting applied to a range of subject matter, including natural forms to still life and landscape. Try out different combinations of medium for a range of exciting effects, whilst developing your own artistic style. Suitable for all levers: Beginners to Established.



Course Group
AC

Entry 1-3 / Beginner

Course CodeCourse NameStart DateEnd DateStart TimeEnd TimeSiteDay  
2001S3Learn How To Draw & Paint22/04/202408/07/20241:15 PM4:15 PMSouthchurch CentreMondayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2001S4Learn How To Draw & Paint07/05/202402/07/20241:15 PM4:15 PMSouthchurch CentreTuesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2002S1Life Drawing for Beginners19/09/202328/11/20236:00 PM8:00 PMSouthchurch CentreTuesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2412S1Illustration Beginners01/11/202306/12/20235:00 PM6:30 PMSouthchurch CentreWednesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2412S3Illustration Beginners28/02/202427/03/20245:00 PM7:00 PMSouthchurch CentreWednesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries


Level 1 / Intermediate

Course CodeCourse NameStart DateEnd DateStart TimeEnd TimeSiteDay  
2002S2Life Drawing & Painting23/01/202427/02/20246:30 PM8:30 PMSouthchurch CentreTuesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2002S2EXTLife Drawing & Painting (EXTENSION)05/03/202426/03/20246:30 PM8:30 PMSouthchurch CentreTuesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2002S3Life Drawing & Painting16/04/202418/06/20246:30 PM8:30 PMSouthchurch CentreTuesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2002S3EXTLife Drawing & Painting Extension25/06/202402/07/20246:30 PM8:30 PMSouthchurch CentreTuesdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2003S1Life Drawing Improvers18/09/202327/11/20239:45 AM11:45 AMSouthchurch CentreMondayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2003S2Life Drawing Improvers22/01/202415/04/20249:45 AM11:45 AMSouthchurch CentreMondayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2003S3Life Drawing Improvers22/04/202408/07/20249:45 AM11:45 AMSouthchurch CentreMondayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2101S1Drawing & Painting Improvers Workshop21/09/202307/12/202312:45 PM3:45 PMSouthchurch CentreThursdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2101S2Drawing & Painting Improvers Workshop25/01/202418/04/202412:45 PM3:45 PMSouthchurch CentreThursdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2101S3Drawing & Painting Improvers Workshop25/04/202404/07/202412:45 PM3:45 PMSouthchurch CentreThursdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2201S1Drawing Improvers21/09/202330/11/20239:45 AM11:45 AMSouthchurch CentreThursdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2201S2Drawing Improvers11/01/202421/03/20249:45 AM11:45 AMSouthchurch CentreThursdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries
2201S3Drawing Improvers18/04/202427/06/20249:45 AM11:45 AMSouthchurch CentreThursdayAvailable but read onlyAvailable for Enquiries


Level 2 / Advanced

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