What a fabulous time I had last weekend teaching my Creative Sketchbooks course. A group of adult students all attending creative courses with the Open College of the Arts (OCA) had received feedback from their course tutors that they needed to improve their creative sketchbook course and so they decided to do something about it – […]
What did the students learn?The Drawing techniques evening course allows students the opportunity to explore and learn ways of developing their drawing skills in a fine art approach to making art. The course questions creativity and why we often struggle to draw what we see in front of us – why is the simple […]
Mixed media Diary: 26-27 Nov 2016 The Mixed media: textures course this weekend was a really fun filled weekend of experimentation, exploration and a lot of interaction between the students comparing results, sharing ideas and techniques and learning from each other. I did lots of technique demonstrations for the students which them enabled them to go […]
The Art Elements Diary: Nov-Dec 2016 This course introduces students to all the Art Elements. It is based on my 20 years of teaching adults and realizing that there are certain things that are commonly overlooked or misunderstood about using line, tone, colour, shape, form, and pattern. This course tries to address the basics and ‘open the […]
Abstract Art Diary: 12-13 Nov 2016 The Abstract Art 2-day course this weekend was a vibrant, exciting and fun filled weekend of creativity and learning. I taught students the language of abstract art, understanding how all the art elements come together to create dynamic and exciting compositions. The Abstract Art weekend really is an exploration, a […]
Creative sketchbooks Diary: 29-30 Oct 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. The course enables students to learn how and why they need to keep an artists sketchbook. How it will help them develop creative ideas, develop techniques and discover new imagery to develop new […]
Cityscapes: urban sketching Diary: 22-23 Oct 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. This course gave students the opportunity learn from scrach, or re-inforce, their knowledge and understanding of using 2-point perspective. The course starts with perspective theory and then gives students the chance to put […]
Discover what the students got up to during this Experimental Drawing course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. This course helps students build up a wealth of mark making techniques which can then be applied to whatever their usual style of drawing is – abstract or representational. The course concentrates on abstract non-representational mark […]
Re-interpreting still life Diary: 11-12 June 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. A creative weekend of relaxed hard work with a small group of students. Students were challenged with different exercises to help free up their approach to image making. They all did amazingly well and I […]
Course Photo Diary: April-May 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. Each session explored one of the Art Elements of Line, Colour, Tone + Form, Texture, Shape + Pattern, and finally finishing off looking at Composition. See the photo albums below to get a […]
Course Photo Diary: 23-24 April 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings and paintings. I thoroughly enjoyed supporting a group of 10 beginners to take their first steps into the world of drawing and painting. I filled up the 2 days with as much […]
Course Photo Diary: 7-8 November 2015 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. A stunning weekend exploring how to make dynamic well composed abstract art. All our abstract art started off with well observed drawings made in and around the studio. We then developed them in […]
Course Photo Diary: 12-13 March 2016 Discover what the students got up to during this course. The exercises, the experimentation, the finished drawings. We all enjoyed a creative weekend learning how to structure and develop an artist’s sketchbook designed to help us develop new creative ideas. We explored new techniques, played with new materials and […]
The students on this beginner’s course were really looking forward to the weekend, hoping it would answer all their questions and fill in the missing gaps in their knowledge. They were looking to this course as the springboard to be able to continue their drawing and painting with renewed confidence, secure in the knowledge that […]
What a busy studio it has been this weekend on the Experimental Drawing course. We drew on easels, the floor and walls. We did so many drawing experiments over the 2 days we could barely move for drawings! The studio came to life with so much creativity, experimentation with different media, and the buzz of […]
