Course Overview
Do you want to think like a painter, and learn to create order out of chaos with your set of acrylics? Join us for a fun ten-week course where we will go on a journey into the wonderful world of acrylics, learning about mixing colours, preparing surfaces and a range of painting techniques.
What will I learn?
The following topics will be covered during the course: Painting Materials, Tools and Supports - essential materials and tools and their application, painting and priming surfaces, how to stretch canvas and paper; Preliminary Studies - using windows, viewfinders, sketching techniques and squaring up the drawing; Composition - keeping it clear and simple; what to keep and what to reject; cropping, deep space, planes and structure; Alla Prima - making quick studies, using wet into wet, a fully loaded brush, washes and linear sketches; Qualities of Colour - hue, chroma and value; creating your own colour wheel; the science, symbolic and psychological meaning of colour; Colour Mixing 1 - how to mix black and make a grey scale; Colour Mixing 2 - how to mix tints, tones and shades; Tonal Painting - considerations in using a restricted palette and simplifying forms, planes, tones and temperatures; Painting the Figure - exploring different approaches to mixing flesh tones; Resolving Figure Painting - completing your figure study; course and personal review.
Study, Assessment and Qualifications
Assessment is informal, based on your personal targets and the learning outcomes and will be undertaken regularly with you by the course lecturer. There are no final qualifications associated with the course.
Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements associated with this course.
Additional Costs and Information
You should bring with you an A4/A3 sketchbook and an A1 portfolio for transporting your work
You may wish to bring some small change for tea/coffee refreshments.
Please note that there is no parking at the Methuen Centre. The closest car park is in the High Street, adjacent to The Methuen Arms, where there is a charge for parking.
This course runs on one day per week at the Methuen Centre, Corsham and the dates are:
11.09.23 - 20.11.23 Monday 09:00-12:00
15.01.24 - 25.03.24 Monday 09:00-12:00
22.04.24 - 08.07.24 Monday 09:00-12:00
