This supportive and informal online course is an opportunity for Absolute Beginners to explore the visual world by developing basic drawing skills starting from scratch: How to use your materials. How to achieve a 3-D effect using light and shade. Exploring basic composition. How to vary your mark making techniques. So, if you think you cant draw or havent drawn for years, then this is the course for you!

This informal and supportive, course is for Absolute Beginners or Returners to Art, to explore the visual world by beginning to develop drawing & painting skills through a variety of quick fire and longer exercises. Using a variety of media including: Pencil, Biro, Charcoal and Paints, you will be encouraged to develop ideas within your sketchbook.

You will take inspiration from natural forms including flowers, fruit, bulbs and full plant specimens. You will develop technical skills in drawing, painting, colour mixing and tonal judgement and explore formal and informal ways to interpret the natural world thorough different media.Sessions may include activities using drawing, watercolour, acrylic painting, printmaking and ink as well as demonstrations and presentations by the tutor.

This course will allow you to explore painting and drawing to achieve pattern. It is an opportunity to be experimental with learnt techniques to make them your own. You will learn different printing and mark making techniques, such as block printing and stencilling, using mixed media, and will learn about colour theory and its application in creating patterns. You will also explore how to combine and develop ideas to create your own unique patterns

This course will give you an opportunity to learn a range of drawing skills and techniques. If you are a complete beginner or you have done some drawing before and want to improve your skills, then this is the course for you. Sessions will include techniques in perspective, observational still life, landscape composition, portraiture and landscape, using a range of drawing materials and media. There is also an opportunity to draw in a museum setting if this is possible.

On this course you will be introduced to a range of drawing skills and painting techniques. This course will give you an opportunity to explore a range of drawing and painting media. You will practice techniques in the studio and you will then explore ways to develop your drawings and paintings into personal projects, using a variety of approaches. You will also be shown examples of relevant artists work to inspire and support your learning.

This course is an opportunity to explore another side of your art and design practice, a move beyond the observational and into the expressive uses of art materials. This is a chance to investigate a range of approaches including abstract and imaginative imagery, as well as try varied techniques including collage, ink, frottage, wax relief, and print using found materials. The tutor will provide brief exercises and support you to develop different expressive outcomes from starting points.

This course is an opportunity to explore what drawing and painting are and how you can explore the visual world around you using them as a tool. As well as exploring techniques in the studio, you will draw out in the real world with a number of visits to interesting locations during the course, or alternatively use online resources to visit a range of locational virtually. You will then explore ways to develop your drawings and painting using a variety of approaches.

The aim for the course is to stimulate your imagination by exploring image making from a range of non-observational starting points. You will explore and experiment with various techniques and media, including painting, drawing, collage and some 3D construction. You will be introduced to a range of different artists, from the history of art and contemporary, in order to learn from their approaches and ideas.