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Expressive drawing L1
£145.00
Weekend course 2-days
Learn creative techniques and approaches in how to edit, re-imagine, and creatively re-interpret your subject. Explore ways of embracing an expressive semi-abstract style and create highly personal expressions of the still life arrangements. Move away from realism, take control of the creative process, and create drawings that freely express a unique artistic vision.
Projects use a variety of different drawing materials and techniques to enable students to radically transform the still life arrangements into contemporary-styled self-expressive drawings.
Suitable for: Adults, beginners, improvers, returners, intermediate
Course Structure
Working from still life arrangements, students will put objective reality to one side and work within a contemporary approach that puts the student’s personal creativity centre stage. Everything students learn on this course can equally be used to creatively re-imagine and interpret landscapes or figurative subjects.
Visualising Creative ideas
Session 1
Starting with some drawing games to help release students from the confines of realistic looking drawings, students will work with soft chalk and oil pastels to develop fast-paced approach to visualising ideas that will help free up their creativity and self-expressive vision.
Extracting the Art Elements
Session 2
Separating out the Art Elements (line, tone, colour, shape, texture, pattern) from within the still life objects helps students discover unique mark-making that creates drawings with a rich interesting surface texture. Students also learn how to pull the Art Elements together to create compositions full of a unique personal vision.
Embracing flow + change
Session 3
Students will learn a technique using oil pastels that enables them to draw with flexibility and intuition while adding layers of interest and depth to their drawings. Students will learn a second soft pastel and collage technique that will give them ultimate creative flexibility and control of their drawing.
Uncovering self-expression
Session 4
Students will learn more about composition to create dynamic drawings that more closely express their own style and artistic voice. The drawings completed this session represent the beginnings of a personal creative journey to express their own true vision.
By the end of the course…
Students will have developed the skills and creative confidence to create drawings in a style that is true to their own inner artist’s voice – no longer a slave to realism and naturalism.
Help + Guidance
Days: Sat + Sun
Times: 10-4pm, both days
Materials: Includes most materials, other than the materials students are asked to bring
Suitable for: Adults
Teaching Level: Beginners, Improvers, Returners, Intermediate
Group Size: Min 6 – Max 10
Your tutor: Brian Raymond biography >
Refreshments:
Course includes tea, coffee & biscuits. Please provide your own lunch on full day courses, workshops and classes.
Essential items to bring
Fine Grain heavy weight drawing pad
200gsm
Medium Surface cartridge pad
220gsm
Optional items to bring
Cloth for cleaning your hands
Rag (old cloth) for smudging charcoal or paint
Wear old clothes or bring an apron
Pen and notebook for taking notes
To help you answer the question,
“What level course is right for me?”
To help you decide what level course is most suited, you will see Teaching Levels explained within the Course Info tab.
Students will always benefit from clear instructions, lots of one-to-one tuition, guidance and supportive encouragement on all of my courses.
Level 0: Absolute-beginner
For absolute-beginners to start learning art for the first time. Teaching focuses on core skills with step-by-step instructions.
Level 1: Beginner
For beginners looking to establish, refresh and gain confidence in fundamental core techniques.
Level 2: Improver
For improvers who already have the basics and wish to develop and enhance their skills and techniques further.
Level 3: Intermediate
For those students with a growing, but limited, amount of art experience who feel confident in their art knowledge and skills yet recognise the need for further creative learning to take their art to the next level.
Level 4: Experienced
For those students with creative experience who feel confident in their abilities and techniques, who are looking to challenge themselves further, to create a coherent body of work, possibly to exhibit and sell.
To help you answer the question,
“What course should I do next?”
There are 2 approaches to deciding what to do next.
All my courses can be booked as single stand-alone courses on whichever topic takes your interest.
Just book whichever course you want when it suits you.
These courses are suggestions that will help you develop and progress your art in a more focused direction.
Whichever approach you choose, remember to check the Teaching Levels to decide if the course is appropriate for you. Contact me if you’re not sure and I’ll be happy to help.
Student Quotes
More reviews >
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Course Structure
Working from still life arrangements, students will put objective reality to one side and work within a contemporary approach that puts the student’s personal creativity centre stage. Everything students learn on this course can equally be used to creatively re-imagine and interpret landscapes or figurative subjects.
Visualising Creative ideas
Session 1
Starting with some drawing games to help release students from the confines of realistic looking drawings, students will work with soft chalk and oil pastels to develop fast-paced approach to visualising ideas that will help free up their creativity and self-expressive vision.
Extracting the Art Elements
Session 2
Separating out the Art Elements (line, tone, colour, shape, texture, pattern) from within the still life objects helps students discover unique mark-making that creates drawings with a rich interesting surface texture. Students also learn how to pull the Art Elements together to create compositions full of a unique personal vision.
Embracing flow + change
Session 3
Students will learn a technique using oil pastels that enables them to draw with flexibility and intuition while adding layers of interest and depth to their drawings. Students will learn a second soft pastel and collage technique that will give them ultimate creative flexibility and control of their drawing.
Uncovering self-expression
Session 4
Students will learn more about composition to create dynamic drawings that more closely express their own style and artistic voice. The drawings completed this session represent the beginnings of a personal creative journey to express their own true vision.
By the end of the course…
Students will have developed the skills and creative confidence to create drawings in a style that is true to their own inner artist’s voice – no longer a slave to realism and naturalism.
Help + Guidance
Days: Sat + Sun
Times: 10-4pm, both days
Materials: Includes most materials, other than the materials students are asked to bring
Suitable for: Adults
Teaching Level: Beginners, Improvers, Returners, Intermediate
Group Size: Min 6 – Max 10
Your tutor: Brian Raymond biography >
Refreshments:
Course includes tea, coffee & biscuits. Please provide your own lunch on full day courses, workshops and classes.
Essential items to bring
Fine Grain heavy weight drawing pad
200gsm
Medium Surface cartridge pad
220gsm
Optional items to bring
Cloth for cleaning your hands
Rag (old cloth) for smudging charcoal or paint
Wear old clothes or bring an apron
Pen and notebook for taking notes
To help you answer the question,
“What level course is right for me?”
To help you decide what level course is most suited, you will see Teaching Levels explained within the Course Info tab.
Students will always benefit from clear instructions, lots of one-to-one tuition, guidance and supportive encouragement on all of my courses.
Level 0: Absolute-beginner
For absolute-beginners to start learning art for the first time. Teaching focuses on core skills with step-by-step instructions.
Level 1: Beginner
For beginners looking to establish, refresh and gain confidence in fundamental core techniques.
Level 2: Improver
For improvers who already have the basics and wish to develop and enhance their skills and techniques further.
Level 3: Intermediate
For those students with a growing, but limited, amount of art experience who feel confident in their art knowledge and skills yet recognise the need for further creative learning to take their art to the next level.
Level 4: Experienced
For those students with creative experience who feel confident in their abilities and techniques, who are looking to challenge themselves further, to create a coherent body of work, possibly to exhibit and sell.
To help you answer the question,
“What course should I do next?”
There are 2 approaches to deciding what to do next.
All my courses can be booked as single stand-alone courses on whichever topic takes your interest.
Just book whichever course you want when it suits you.
These courses are suggestions that will help you develop and progress your art in a more focused direction.
Whichever approach you choose, remember to check the Teaching Levels to decide if the course is appropriate for you. Contact me if you’re not sure and I’ll be happy to help.
Student Quotes
More reviews >
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