Course Structure
Drawing skills
Course option 1
Banish your creative worries and learn to draw with enjoyment and confidence.
Suitable for: Beginners, Returners, Improvers
Learn technical skills and creative use of materials
You will learn techniques required to draw, sketch, and improve your observation. Learn and develop skills to help with accurate proportions, understand perspective in easy steps, use shading and tone for added depth and structure, and how to create exciting compositions. Take your first steps to learning a range of materials including graphite, charcoal, pastels, and acrylic paint.
Supportive teaching
You will benefit from an encouraging, patient and inclusive approach to teaching with lots of one-to-one support from the tutor and friendly peer encouragement in the studio. No need to worry as every student will be supported every step of the way.
Term dates
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Material Techniques
Course option 2
Enjoy experimenting and exploring a wide range of materials. Learn techniques to get the most from a range of art materials and discover your exciting journey to greater self-expression.
Suitable for: Beginners, Returners, Improvers
Learn expressive material techniques and creative confidence
Allow yourself time to explore the personality and qualities of different art materials and discover how they nurture your imagination. Learn to trust your artistic intuition, and the value of creative play. Gaining confidence in the fundamentals of using different art materials will re-energise your art-making beyond your expectations.
Personal creative development
Lots of one-to-one tutor support will enable you to explore and experiment with new directions and styles in your art and start the journey to developing a personal individual style.
Course dates
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Self-expression
Course option 3
Unleash your creative ideas working on art-school style projects designed to encourage creative thinking, experimentation, and self-expression. You will be guided step-by-step in how to use your sketchbook as your safe creative space within which to experiment and develop creative thinking. Take steps towards uncovering your personal artistic style.
Ideal, but not essential, to attend as your 3rd course in the series.
Suitable for: Improvers, Intermediate
The key to an artist’s sketchbook
You will learn techniques and methods to develop your own unique artist’s sketchbook that will help drive your creativity forward. Discover a new level of creative-confidence in generating new ideas and freedom for experimentation. Discover the secret to creating art you’ve never imagined before.
Creative self-confidence
Supportive teaching along with plenty of encouragement from fellow students will encourage you to try out ideas, take creative chances and push your creative limits. You will begin to believe you can be the independent creative artist you want to be.
Course dates
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Student Quotes
“A wonderful opportunity to explore the Art Elements + Art principles by learning about drawing methodology, measuring, depth, perspective, composition and focal points. I feel I have grown in confidence.” My course highlights have been that “the course has helped build on the skills learned so far, with Brian‘s help and support. Wonderful;!” Sue M
“I was surprised at how hard I had to think at times, we experimented with lots of materials that affected how we drew. There was a lot to think about – Art Elements, Principles of Art – all things to take into account. Really enjoyed having a go with new materials.” My course highlight was “the day we looked at colour – understanding analogous and complimentary colours and then having a go at home. Also really liked Notan.”
Anna C
Sarah Alcock –
Enjoyed every minute,I learnt so much – in a welcoming ,encouraging atmosphere. Brian is the best at getting so much out of your time and teaching in a very accessible interesting way. Can’t recommend enough.
Caroline Isherwood (verified owner) –
This course does what it says on the tin ! Don’t hesitate to join whether you already have some established skills and experience, or whether you are someone who just doodled in the margins of your maths book at school. By far and away the best Art education I have experienced, and all within a supportive and inspiring group. Brian is passionate about Art and teaching and every class was an adventure in learning, with everyones varied learning styles accomodated and encouraged. I can only repeat what others have said – highly recommend and just do it – you won’t regret it !