Drawing and Painting - Beginners Plus

About the Tutor: Helen Easter

Helen is an experienced tutor who has been teaching for 27 years. She delivers courses on painting and drawing, printmaking, papier mache, paper pots. Her main work entails images mixed with the abstract and she uses methods and techniques in all mediums. Helen has exhibited and sold her work in galleries in the UK and abroad. Her paintings have been used for book covers and greeting cards. She is involved with the British Fencing Association where her fencing images have been used for prizes; she also does commissions from fencers and was featured in The Sword magazine in January 2013. She has designed murals for Kent Children Libraries and has curated shows for Shepway council and Metropole Galleries which were featured in the Sunday Times as best shows outside London. Her website is www.helenbeeken.co.uk

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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.

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 bring 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.

For this course it would be useful to have:-
- A set of pencils
- Rubber
- Craft knife
- Masking tape

Later on, you may need:
- Paints (watercolours and acrylics)
- Soft pastels
- Wax candle
- Masking fluid

The tutor will ask you to try to sketch during the week, for only five minutes a day, and it will also be discussed at the first class the relevance of keeping a scrapbook.

We offer a wide variety of Art courses. Your tutor will be able to advise.

This course is for beginners and Improvers and those who have some experience of drawing and painting.

It is important to note that art courses are practical and require a degree of manual dexterity for you to participate fully and get the most out of the course