Draw, Paint, Draw for Contemporary Painting 2021-22 - Tuesdays 9.45am to 12.45pm

DRAW PAINT DRAW

This course returns to a 20 week format, starting in September, ending in March with half term and Christmas breaks.

Start date 21/9/21 - End date 15/3/22. (No class 26/10/2021, 7/12/21 - 28/12/2021, 15/2/2022)

Venue NOA Community Centre OX2

Book through Abingdon and Witney College QCXT613P

Overview

The energy and freshness of initial exploratory drawings can be hard to maintain when moving into paint. This in-depth course aims to enable you to find ‘ways in’ to achieving an equivalent quality in your painting. ‘Ways in’ or strategies will be discussed and demonstrated to help you begin and move on especially at those sticking points when binning it seems the only option.

This structured course is open to anyone with some experience of drawing and painting and who are up for a challenge!. Students who would like to follow their own independent projects with guidance or support from the tutor are welcome too. You may dip in and out of the structured activities as you work. Previous year students are also welcome. No session will be exactly the same, you progress from your own starting point.

Content

The main core for the course is a selection of structured activities in which you will use a variety of drawing and painting media and work on studies, exercises and activities useful for both representative and more abstracted contemporary painting. These will include drawing from observation and composition and colour work. There will be an introduction and demonstration followed by 1:1 support for both groups.

The main objective is that you learn to apply new skills and ideas to your own painting. The format will allow for this, gradually extending the time for working independently.
You will begin to assess your own work and that of your peers through 1:1 discussion with the tutor and group critique. Learners are encouraged to share ideas and experiences throughout the course.

You are expected to bring your own basic materials. Painting demonstrations will be in acrylics. During the term you’ll need drawing tools and media (inks, pencils, rubbers, charcoal, etc), paints, brushes, palettes, water containers etc, and drawing and painting paper board.
You do not need to buy everything before the course starts. The tutor holds some items to supplement your basic materials. We will discuss materials at the first session.

For the first session you will need large drawing paper, masking tape, both willow and compressed charcoal, a rubber, kitchen towel and a table covering.

Before the class starts, I will contact you with some preliminary drawing tasks to do and bring with you to the first session.

Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.

You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.