ZOOM Art Classes.

Using Henri Matisse’s Goldfish as our inspiration. You will be provided with photos of several different angles of a still life similar to Matisse’s. The aim of this 2-week project is to develop a response to this.

You’ll need drawing materials and paints.  A visual diary could be useful for experimenting. You’ll need a sturdy base, either A3 thick paper (eg watercolour paper, canvas paper, mixed media paper), or a canvas approx 30 by 40cm or larger.

You will need a basic knowledge of colour and some experience with drawing and painting. It’s all about being encouraged to create.

Students will be exploring art through drawing and watercolour. We aim to foster creativity in the visual arts while covering essential skills and techniques. Some projects will be worked on over several lessons.

Setting up space for your child to participate just requires a desk or a table. How to go about this simply, is outlined on the attached document “Art Club Materials and Set Up.pdf”.

Note that by enrolling a child, parents/carers accept responsibility for supervising the student’s safety. In the “Art Club Materials and Set Up.pdf” file, as well as materials required important safety points are outlined.

Theme: We will be continuing on with the “Living Skies” theme, to explore the impact of skies on the mood and meaning.

You will be lead through exercises in colour mixing and technique and then be encouraged to extend into your own unique piece of art. Drawing will be with charcoal as well as in the context of planning and working up compositions.

In particular we’ll be looking at the inherent patterns and rhythms in the landscape. There will be tutor lead discussions and demonstrations about a media/artist/technique.
Students will be encouraged to explore concepts and techniques discussed, or to work on their own project and to actively interact with the tutor and the class as they work.

The Adults Beginner Art Class caters for the absolute beginner as well as those who feel there are gaps in their understanding of basics. No experience is needed.

The course cycles through different units over one year. At any time a student may decide to move into the Intermediate to Advanced group. The emphasis is hands-on. To facilitate this, there will be demonstrations, discussions and viewing of relevant selected artworks.
We aim to introduce you to the basics of painting and drawing in a supportive and flexible environment. Flexibility is important. Every class, and every student, is unique. Where necessary and applicable, the course will be adapted and tailored to the on-going interests and developing expertise of the class and the individual members of the group.

Over a year we cover the folowing:

Colour

The wonder of colour mixing and colour harmonies through colour mixing exercise, viewing works by selected artists and applying this to projects on canvas. We will be looking at ways to apply acrylic paint. Watercolour will be introduced in term 3. Ways of applying paint will be demonstrated and you will have the opportunity to experiment, observe and apply.

Composition

The basic elements of composition and design will be introduced along the way. These are built into everything we do when creating an artwork.

Drawing

We will cover structural and observational drawing, the versatility of charcoal and graphite.