This fun, 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 can’t draw or haven’t drawn for years, then this is the course for you!

This fun, 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.

On this course you will learn how to develop your own art projects in response to those set by the teacher, or your own project idea. Using the sketchbook provided, you will collect visual references and ideas, develop projects from these and find ways of working with guidance from the teacher and in discussion with peers. We will discuss how to use galleries and museums to inform your work and how to resolve, select, present and document your work for progression or for your own development.

Have fun and learn drawing techniques exploring line, tone, form, and the versatility of a range of materials including charcoal, pencils, ink & pastels. Learn about artists and their process, still life, portraits and landscapes. You will learn about perspective, composition and colour while creating a fabulous sketchbook. With artist and lecturer, Alison Kusner.

A contemporary approach to making art from plants and flowers using different mixed media drawing methods and techniques. Learners will practice a different drawing method each week, including observational drawing, using acrylic paints, oil pastels, paper collage techniques and printing to create their own unique outcomes. Practical colour theory tips will be incorporated into each session as well as drawing inspiration from artists and illustrators. This course is good for stepping out of your comfort zone, expanding creativity, and conceptualising nature in your own way.

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 is ideal for anyone with a developing creative practice in any area. We will cover a range of subjects that will support your development as a creative, including research idea development and meaningful reflection. As well as weekly classrooms sessions, you will also get a one-hour personal tutorial with a specialist in your area and a dedicated yearly exhibition. You may also want to take one or more of the promoting creative practice courses to support your development.

This informal and supportive Online (Zoom) course is for absolute beginners or returners to art to explore the visual world by developing drawing & painting skills through a variety of fun and accessible both quick fire and longer exercises. Once enrolled, your tutor will send the Zoom link to your email address 24 hours before the start of the course.

This course offers you the opportunity to explore different drawing and painting techniques in a relaxed environment. You will develop personal ideas through short themed projects. You will be introduced to a range of painting and drawing techniques and explore different processes and approaches. You will also be shown examples of relevant artists work to inspire and support your learning.

This course will introduce you to painting and drawing techniques to create patterns and designs for surfaces, or act as a springboard for digital design projects. You will explore how rotation and reflection can create an effective pattern. We will look at different sources of inspiration, from nature, geometry, abstract forms, flora, fauna, as well as designers and artists that create patterns.