Weekend Workshop

Can’t Draw, Won’t Draw
Whether you are a total beginner who lacks confidence or you are rediscovering your creative ability, this course will provide you with new ways of expressing your innate potential. How to begin: in the initial stages the emphasis is both own and value the process and outcome of drawing and painting. Students will encourage letting go for all their preconceived ideas of art. You have made your mark gaining confidence in working with color, tone, light and shade is at the core of effective art practice. Students will be encouraged to work in their chosen medium and will receive individual art practice, considering composition, form and perspective with a more imaginative approach to drawing and painting.

Total Drawing
If you can scribble you can draw! This course will suit you if you could enjoy drawing but are unsure of how or what to draw, or if you already have some skills but need help to apply them creatively. The course offers a thorough introduction to a variety of drawing materials including charcoal, chalks, ink wash and mixed media. At the beginning of the week we will work through simple drawing projects to help you to overcome uncertainty in handling materials, while developing new ways of looking at individual object, still life and the model. To strengthen the abstract qualities in your work and help overcome literal-mindness, time will be given over to analyzing form in space, studying light and shade and considering composition and pictorial design.

Color Mixing Workshop
This is a three-day workshop about practical color mixing for artists and designers. There will be an initial introductory discussion about basic principles of color and color mixing, with examples. Practical color work will be the main emphasis and the course will examine the quickest route to mixing and matching color in paint from a limited range of starting pigments. Color-related issues such as contrast and harmony will also be part of the practical work. The aim of course is to develop theory into direct and practical ways of working with and thinking about color and color mixing .Some standard assumptions and approaches will be questioned and pragmatic, testable working methods will be developed. This course could be of use to both beginners and those who are more experienced.