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Expressive Drawing
- Price:
- £40.00
- Starts:
- 11/05/2024
- Day of week:
- SAT
- Tutor:
- Cas Holmes
- Ends:
- 11/05/2024
- Location:
- Oakwood House, Maidstone
- Time:
- 10:00 - 15:00
- Duration:
- 1 week
This is a blended learning course. You can attend this course in the classroom or from your home.
An exploratory and experimental approach to making a drawings based on the tutor's own practice. We will look at line,tone and texture skills involved in the creation of drawings. During the day we will discuss how we look at things and why, starting with drawing skills exploring ‘ways of seeing’. By employing a range of drawing materials and techniques in a series of engaging exercises develop an individual responses to thematically based work..This is a good introduction painting and drawing courses for those with some experience of drawing and improvers alike designed to encourage creative expression. This course is an ideal introduction to our drawing and painting courses.
This is a blended course - you can attend this course in the classroom or from your home. You can access the course from your computer equipped with a camera and a microphone, from a laptop (where the camera and microphone should be built-in), a tablet or a smartphone. The Tutor will send you you, by email, an invitation to join, which will be a simple weblink to click. The system is free and easy to use. Should you have questions about the required equipment, please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone (03000 412222). l. Instructions are also available on our website - www.kentadulteducation.co.uk
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- Work from a variety of subject matter.
- Select and use the appropriate drawing and painting media, materials and equipment.• Demonstrate and understand relevant drawing and mixed media techniques
- Identify and develop your creative ideas using research and experimentation.
- Successfully review and evaluate your own work
- Research and evaluate the work of others to inform your own work and development
- Be aware of and work to relevant Health and Safety guidelines
There is no qualification for this course.
Who is the tutor?
About the Tutor: Cas Holmes
Cas Holmes is an award-winning artist and writer with over thirty years' experience. She trained in the UK at UCA Maidstone and received research fellowships to study in Japan, India and Canada. She teaches internationally and has written 5 books for Batsford on the subject of mixed media/textiles. The most recent are Embroidering the Everyday (2021) and Textile Landscape (2018)
How will I be taught?
This course is a blended course taught by Cas Holmes, You will be able to join in person or online and be able to exchange and interact with other learners as you would in the classroom (speaking and listening).
There will be a combination of demonstrations and discussion in a workshop- based course where students will be encouraged to work individually in applying techniques and develop ideas in mixed media. For those with more experience, you will learn new techniques and improve your skills further. Learners will explore a variety of painting and drawing techniques and take inspiration from different artists and other sources to inform their work.
What do I need to bring with me?
For this course you will need the following (if you have them):-
- Drawing and painting materials you have to hand to work with, please feel free to include unusual things and favoured materials (for example charcoal, sticks, chunky wax crayons, things from the kitchen/home-forks, sponges)
- Scissors
- Masking tape
- Drawing cartridge or watercolour paper (collection of other papers to draw on such as brown wrapping paper)
- Sketchbook
- Selection of objects for reference (shells, feathers, plants etc)
Please note there are no canteen facilities at Oakwood House, we have vending machines for hot drinks and snacks. You may wish to bring your own packed lunch.
What can I do next?
During your course, your tutor will offer guidance in your personal progression route.
What do I need to join the course
This course is a good introduction to painting and drawing courses and for those with some experience of drawing and improvers alike. It is designed to encourage creative expression.
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/138791/N/PF.
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