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Develop Your Drawing and Painting Skills - Improvers
- Price:
- £389.00
- Starts:
- 18/04/2024
- Day of week:
- THU
- Tutor:
- Caroline Clough
- Ends:
- 27/06/2024
- Location:
- Oakwood House, Maidstone
- Time:
- 09:30 - 15:30
- Duration:
- 10 weeks
This course has started, but it may still be possible to join it. Please call 03000 41 22 22* and ask to be put through to the Centre where the course is running
This full day course allows you to develop your skills and techniques in drawing and painting. The course takes a methodical, structured approach to teaching the elements of painting and drawing, through projects that explore a particular aspect of technique or genre, step by step. The longer sessions mean that you will have time to really focus on and develop your work, benefiting from expert tuition in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
By the end of the course, you should be able
• Demonstrate and understand relevant techniques .
• Demonstrate successful and safe use of relevant tools, equipment and resources
• Use appropriate methods to collect ideas, research and experiment, broadening, questioning and developing your approach and quest for an individual and effective artistic vocabulary.
• Successfully review and evaluate your own work
• Research and evaluate the work of others to inform your own work and development
There is no set ‘homework’, but you are encouraged, if your time allows, to practise, research and do further work at home.
To find out more about our drawing and painting courses, watch this short video: https://youtu.be/9IkfYLlhOMw
Who is the tutor?
About the Tutor: Caroline Clough
Caroline Clough has a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. She has exhibited and sold paintings in galleries in London and the South East and has taught painting and drawing with Kent Adult Education since 1986. She currently works mainly with watercolour, mixed media and acrylic and enjoys experimenting and working with a range of subject matter.
How will I be taught?
Tutors will use a variety of teaching methods including demonstrations, one to one guidance, group discussions and critiques. You will look at the work of contemporary and historical artists and you will keep a sketchbook/notebook and individual learning plan (ILP) to record goals, ideas, processes and progress. You will undertake critical reflection and evaluation and be motivated to develop creative skills and enhance/develop personal skills.
You will receive one to one feedback throughout the course.
What do I need to bring with me?
If you are a new student and have no materials please wait for your tutor's advice on what to buy. However, all students should have an A4 sketchbook of good quality cartridge paper, preferably with a hard cover and ring bound and a variety of pencils. You will need to provide your own materials and these will vary in cost according to the course requirements.
If you have any materials/equipment that might be appropriate please have them with you.
What can I do next?
The tutor will give advice on further progression.
What do I need to join the course
This course is for those with some experience and who would like to have the time to immerse themselves in the subject in a day long course. It is not for beginners.
Please speak to one of our team if you need advice as to whether this is the right course for you (03000 412222).
Getting to your course
Find us
Oakwood House
Oakwood Park
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 8AE
If you require any information about this location then please call 03000 41 22 22* and quote the Course Code MAI/132807/N/PF.
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