Classes/Workshops
Below is are details of our programme for the summer.
TO BOOK please contact the tutors directly, click on the link on the right.
Autumn Term 2010
Monday
Drawing from Life
20 Sep - 29 Nov; 10am - 1pm or 2 - 5pm
10 weeks £190
Intensive drawing classes for those keen to learn. The course is designed for people who are looking to establish a firm and intelligent foundation for a lifetime of creative practice. The subject is presented so that real benefit will be available to the least experienced whilst also extending the most gifted.
Half-term 25 Oct;
Tutor Saied Dai
Life Painting and Drawing
6 Sep - 6 Dec; 7 - 9:30pm
13 weeks £117 or £10 per session
Student concs £8 per session
Friendly, informal class with individual tuition available. The session opens
with quick poses followed by a single
pose held over two or three weeks.
All abilities welcome.
Half-term 25 Oct;
Tutor Charlotte Edge
Tuesday
Long Pose Class
14 Sep - 7 Dec; 10am - 1pm
12 weeks £108 or £10 per session
This is an untutored, informal and friendly class. The model holds one pose for the whole session and is heavily lit. Artists can work in any medium they prefer. All levels are welcome.
Half-term 26 Oct;
Tutor Sue Larner
Creative Garden Design -
Learn to design a garden with an artist's eye
7 Sep - 26 Oct; 2 - 4:30pm
8 weeks £128
An opportunity to engage in the creative process of designing your own garden; evolving an idea and working with form, shape, texture and colour in 3 dimensions.
The course will cover basic surveying to enable scaled drawing and key information on plants but will focus on the creative process of evolving a design based
on the principles of unity, proportion, scale, balance, simplicity, interest and functionality.
With Lucinda's background in both Fine Art and Garden Design, and with the botanic garden on our doorstep and drawing boards in our studios, this is a fantastic opportunity to be creative in your own outdoor space. Designing your garden can be as fun and accessible as picking up a paintbrush.
Tutor Lucinda Burgess
Life Drawing for all Levels
14 Sep - 14 Dec; 6:30 - 9pm
13 weeks £156
I work closely with each individual in the class to provide tuition to support their learning at whatever level of skill they have. Support and encouragement is given to absolute beginners and the class also offers creative challenges to those wanting to improve their drawing. Use of a wide range of different media is possible -
basic materials provided at a small cost.
Half-term 26 Oct;
Tutor Felicity Bowers
Wednesday
The Structure & Form of the
Human Body - Studies from the life model
22 Sep - 8 Dec; 10am - 1pm
11 weeks £140
This course progresses from studying
and drawing from the skeletal structure through the muscular structure to the surface form of the human figure.
Life drawing practice opens our eyes
and awareness, the development of one's drawing ability in relation to the figure
is an authentic basis and connection
with the creative experience.
Half-term 27 Oct;
Tutor Michael Chaitow
Life Modelling in Clay
15 Sep - 8 Dec; 2 - 5pm and 6:30 - 9:30pm
12 weeks £180 or £14 per session
+ £12 materials charge
A tutored course using clay as a means
of exploring the figure in three dimensions. The same pose is used
over several weeks. Beginners welcome! Materials charge applies.
Half-term 27 Oct;
Tutor Sue Larner
Thursday
Creativity through Watercolour
and Mixed Media
23 Sep - 9 Dec; 10am - 1pm
11 weeks £120
Natural forms echo our own psychological process and also provide a starting point for imaginative themes. This is a course
enabling people to develop in their
own unique way. Initially the craft and techniques of watercolours and then
of mixed media will be taught and demonstrated to show their descriptive and expressive potential.
Half-term 28 Oct;
Tutor Michael Chaitow
Friday
Drawing for Absolute Beginners
8 Oct - 19 Nov; 10am - 12:30pm
6 weeks £75
Anyone can learn to draw. In a friendly atmosphere, with plenty of support and one to one tuition, we'll focus on
the development of observational
skills, whilst introducing a wide variety
of media.
Half-term 29 Oct;
Tutor Lucinda Burgess
Saturday
Life Drawing for all Levels
23 Oct & 20 Nov; 10:30am - 4:30pm £35
A whole day of intensive life drawing for any level of skill. A chance to really get to grips with the subject and make real progress. Details as Tuesdays.
Tutor Felicity Bowers
Printmaking by hand
6 Nov; 10:30am - 4:30pm £40
Explore the art of printmaking with a minimum of equipment. You can make beautiful prints using just hand pressure, with no need for a press. We will work with lino, card and collage relief prints to produce limited editions in black and white and colour, also monoprint for painterly effects.
Tutor Felicity Bowers
Weekend Short Courses
Life Drawing
10 - 12 Sep; 10.30am - 4.30pm £95
Suitable for all abilities - see Tuesdays
for more details. A long weekend gives
a concentrated opportunity to make
real progress.
Tutor Felicity Bowers
Flexible Courses
Ceramics Classes
3 hour sessions; various dates
and times to suit from late Sep; £30
Other one to one options available
Classes taught in ceramicist's studio,
three students maximum.
Various techniques will be covered ranging from slab building, coiling, hand building, collaging with organic materials dipped in liquid clay, jewellery and working with paper clay.
Tutor Mary-Jane Evans