Drawing Into Painting – Beginners

About this course

Participants develop observational drawing and painting skills using pencils, charcoal and paint. The course explores still life, landscape and figure or portrait work within compositional themes, alongside approaches to colour and personal methods.

What you'll learn

• Apply observational skills to drawing and painting
• Use pencils, charcoal and paint across different studies
• Explore colour and compositional techniques
• Relate personal work to ideas from historical and contemporary artists
• Develop individual approaches to drawing and painting

Is this course right for you?

The course is open to beginners as well as learners with some existing experience who want to develop their drawing and painting. Teaching combines demonstrations, presentations, individual guidance, group discussion and appraisals, with learners recording goals and processes in a sketchbook or notebook and individual learning plan.

• Ability to understand spoken English is stated as an entry requirement
• Available for onsite or online study

Before you go

• The onsite room is accessible only by stairs and has no lift access