This intensive one-week course will give you a structured, five full days', time to practice observational painting & drawing. Each day you will respond to a new, exciting and sometimes unusual still life in a relaxed studio atmosphere. You will explore and respond to still life re-creations inspired by artists of today, initially through drawing and then moving on to painting. The course will focus on important themes: composition and design through preliminary studies, colour theory /colour wheel, palette management, information on mixing complimentary, primary and secondary colours and a variety of painting techniques This will include group discussion and looking at examples of paintings to enable you to develop your own ideas and responses to the character of each still life set up. You will develop and interpret the different still life set ups in your own way. Your course tutor will guide you through each session and recommend strategies and approaches to achieve your aims. What will the course cover? DAY 1: Learn to Draw with Accuracy The first session is a practical introduction to drawing, covering basic observational methods giving you the opportunity to experiment with a range of exciting drawing materials. Depending on your personal preference you can either learn to become more disciplined in your approach to drawing (learn to recognise and apply measuring techniques) and spend more time looking and discovering your drawing skills at your own pace or if you prefer you may wish to refresh and develop your drawing style through expressive, bold and loose mark making for example. You will discover and experiment with the shapes, proportions, textures and tonal values of an array of simple everyday but visually exciting objects. DAY 2: Introduction to Colour - colour theory You will discover the colours in an array of objects and still life arrangements from the natural world. You will work through a series of exercises using colou
Name: Drawing & Painting - Intensive - All Levels Qualification title: Non regulated provision, Level 2, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment Assessment information not yet available Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20160519 13:59:04 Updated 20160519 13:59:04
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Richmond Adult Community College
Further Education
info@racc.ac.uk
020 8891 5907
http://www.racc.ac.uk
Parkshot Town: Richmond County:Surrey
Title: Non regulated provision, Level 2, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated provision, Level 2, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing