Drawing & Painting (All levels)

About this course

The course explores drawing and painting through landscape, figure and still-life compositions, using both observation and the imagination as starting points. Instruction covers composition, proportion, perspective, form, tone, line drawing, colour balance and organising a palette. Painting exercises examine how paint can be used transparently and opaquely, with a range of techniques applied to representations of space and form. The course is suitable for learners across the stated range of abilities.

What you'll learn

• Apply composition, proportion and perspective when developing drawings and paintings
• Use line, tone and form to construct representations of observed or imagined subjects
• Explore transparent and opaque applications of paint
• Organise a palette and consider colour balance
• Develop painted representations of space and form

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for learners at all levels of ability who want to work on both drawing and painting. Activities involve developing landscape, figure and still-life compositions from observation and the imagination.

• Suitable for learners working across drawing and painting rather than a single medium
• Includes both observed and imaginative starting points
• Covers landscape, figure and still-life composition

Before you go

• A full materials list will be provided at the start of the course.
• For the first session, bring soft drawing pencils from 2B to 6B, charcoal, a soft eraser, masking tape or bulldog clips, and kitchen towel.
• Paper can be purchased at the school shop.