Art Workshop

Learner hours: 12, 15 or 30

These fundamental skills will prepare you to develop as an artist, but will also aid the development of any kind of image-making or ‘art’ such as textiles or printmaking. These are the building blocks of all fine art work in the longer term and will be the tools which enable you to develop your creative ideas and put them into practice.

This 6 week short course will cover the following topics, working mainly from a life model:

• Skills in draughtsmanship, line, tone, form, and composition
• Drawing with accurate perspective and proportion
• How to use colour to create harmony, balance, and mood.
• How to create rhythms and movement in a composition.
• How to use a variety of 2D media, pen, pencil, pastel, paint and paper
• How to use less traditional materials and methods such as collage, sticks, sponges etc.
• How to work in 3D, with clay, plaster, wire or card (optional)

You will be encouraged to experiment and develop an individual style and approach to your work. Throughout the course there will be group discussions and references to relevant artists and exhibitions.

This workshop course is suitable for all levels of experience since a broad range of basic skills are taught. The same drawing skills can also be applied to design subjects, so this course is valuable for undertaking creative work in any medium or discipline, not just fine art. This course is suitable for all levels of experience.

Mode of delivery: Face to face

Our address is The School of Creative Arts, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB.

For Maps and Directions please visit our helpful  ‘Where to Find Us’  page. Further details are sent by email when you have booked.

Key Staff

Course Tutor(s)

• Jan Dowman
• Louise Lahive

Booking deadlines

Bookings for all Creative Arts Short Courses will be reviewed two weeks before the start date of each course. This will allow the Short Course team to determine whether a course has met the minimum number of students needed for the class to run. If a class has failed to recruit, the class will be re-scheduled and you will be informed. Where relevant you will be offered an alternative class. If the course has met minimum numbers, bookings will stay open to the course start date or until it has met maximum numbers.

We encourage you to book early before the deadline to avoid disappointment.

Bookings for all short courses need to be made online through our online booking system, before a course commences. You cannot enroll or attend a class on the day the course starts, without prior arrangement.

Cancellations

If for any reason you change your mind about joining us after you have accepted the offer, you have a legal right to cancel your contract to study with us within 14 days. This cancellation period therefore ends at the end of 14 days after the day on which you accepted our offer. Find further details of our cancellation terms here.