Art and Design

Building Confidence with Art

Adult
Art and Design
Chippenham
Study Mode

Part Time

Start Date, Location

Apr 2027, Chippenham

Duration

8 weeks

Cost

£80.00

per academic year.
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Course Overview

This course will help spark your creativity and help you to gain confidence in your artwork though practical activities, looking at other artists’ work and sharing ideas with the group. We will explore together a range of drawing and painting processes and media. This will be inspired by a range of themes, such as still life, landscape, and portraits. You will also have the opportunity to develop your own interests in a range of exciting briefs. Each week we will set goals and celebrate your progress.

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You will engage in a variety of art activities such as:

– Exploring a variety of linear marks to express your emotions
– Developing tonal drawing responses to important objects
– Painting your ideal landscape
– Making a lino cut of your perfect day
– Drawing an expressive self portrait
– Making a self portrait in clay
– Expressing your inner landscape by painting to music
– Creating a mixed media collage vision board of your favourite memories, aspirations and qualities by reflecting on your feelings, hopes and strengths
There are no entry requirements associated with this course.
Assessment is informal, based on your personal targets and the learning outcomes and will be undertaken regularly with you by the course tutor.
Please bring an A4 sketchbook plus a HB, 2B and 4B pencil to the first class. The majority of materials will be provided. The tutor will let you know if you need to bring any additional equipment and materials for each session.

This course will run for one day per week at the Chippenham Campus, the details are:
30.01.26 – 27.03.26, Friday at 09:30-12:30

Free fundable programme for aged 19+ who are in receipt of benefit or on a low wage income and must have lived in the UK for the last three years. You must currently reside in England. Should you need any additional information before applying please contact us on busdev@wiltshire.ac.uk.

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