Short Courses May - October 2013 - West Dean College

First timebookers receive10% discountwhen bookingby phoneARTComics and graphic novelsJune 7–9WE3884 | £205 |Explore the use of text, images and soundeffects in comic art as you develop your own‘visual story’ leading to a fully realised comicpage. You warm-up with liberating drawingexercises and are then encouraged to developyour own style of communication.KAREN RUBINSDrawing for beginnersJuly 5–7WE3942 | £205 |Learn to draw in a weekend. This coursecovers the basics, including measuring forperspective, scale, tone and composition as youcreate several pencil sketches in the inspiringenvironment of West Dean.JOHN FREEMANWalking, talking and drawing– a creative experienceJune 7–9WE3885 | £214 |Find – or rekindle – your relationship withdrawing and mark making as you explore avariety of simple techniques for recording whatyou see and feel in nature in your own handmadesketchbooks.SARAH PALMER AND DENISE FRANKLINThe Drawing Theatre – life drawingworkshopJune 81W3888 | £93 | /Please see page 25 for further information.LONDON DRAWINGExploring drawing – with five tutorsJune 16–215D3910 | £502 | NEW | /Work with five established artists over fivedays to explore drawing processes and a broadrange of media. Each artist will teach for a dayoffering their own individual approach to thiscore subject. Daily structured exercises will beoffered in the following areas: OBSERVATION &COMPOSITION, CHANCE & SPONTANEITY,IMPROVISATION & INVENTION, FORM &SCALE, SPACE & SITUATION.DAVID STENT, FRANCES HATCH,EMILY BALL, CAROLYN GENDERSAND MARTIN WARDTaster days: See page 8Adventurous drawing – working withcolourJune 28–30WE3929 | £205 | /Investigate the potential for using colour tocreate light, space, mood and movement inlandscape. Re-establish drawing as a thinkingprocess as you record a colour response to theenvironment.MARK CAZALETPage 8Taster DaysSummer 2013For more informationplease see pages 8–10Life drawing – an intensive courseJuly 19–21WE3962 | £232 |Learn how to capture dynamic poses, createdepth, proportion and form. Advice onall drawing media and the developmentalpossibilities of various pose lengths is given,enabling a confident and inventive approachto figure drawing.VALERIE WIFFENCreating an illustrated children’s bookJuly 19–21WE3964 | £205 | NEW | /Develop your creative and narrative skills tocreate a children’s book or comic strip. Througha series of exercises learn a range of techniquesto explore character, voice, setting and plot.Along the way play with humour and narrativetwists.BRIDGET STREVENS-MARZO ANDSALLY KINDBERGDrawing animals – responding to theircharacter and movementJuly 22–253D3975 | £307 |Extend your drawing experience usingmixed media and draw farm animals in theirenvironment. You respond to their appearanceand movement and observe the space theylive in. Your work will vary in scale, pace andtechnique. Prepare to be flexible and risk newways of working.FRANCES HATCHCreative drawing with ink, pastel,charcoal and pencilAugust 3–9SS3991 | £643 (incl all dinners) | NEWSUMMER SCHOOL |Experiment and push the boundaries ofdrawing using traditional and contemporarymaterials. Inspired by the house and gardensat West Dean, explore a variety of techniquesusing different media and papers to create aunique sketchbook. Preliminary drawings arethen developed into larger work as you gainconfidence in recording your ideas.FREYA POCKLINGTONDynamic life drawingAugust 23–26LW4017 | £336 | /Life drawing is developed through a playful anddynamic approach with a series of fantastical setthemes and poses. You explore the dynamicsof the imagination, draw from life, and work inboth colour and black and white.CHRISTOPHER GILVAN-CARTWRIGHTLife drawing – space and gesturalresponseAugust 26–304D4024 | £431 | NEW | /Develop your life drawing using charcoal. Lookingat the key innovators in the 20th century classicaltradition of drawing, including Giacometti,Uglow and Bomberg, explore the dynamics ofthe human form in relationship to space andother objects. Gestural responses to the modelsposture and attitude are developed through theuse of a broken line and mark making.JOHN MEAKERPortrait drawingAugust 30–September 1WE4032 | £223 |Develop your drawing skills as the tutor guidesyou to achieving a likeness and improvingtechniques in ways tailored to your ownexperience. There is opportunity to experimentwith different media, styles and approaches.JOHN FREEMANDrawing perspectiveSeptember 6–8WE4054 | £205 | NEW | /Learn a variety of ways to increase the sense ofspatial depth to make drawings more dynamicand compelling. You gain an understanding oflinear perspective and investigate how light andshade, texture, focus, shape, size and colour canbe employed to dramatise a sense of space.MARTIN WARD0844 4994408 | bookingsoffice@westdean.org.uk | on-line booking at www.westdean.org.uk 13JOHN MEAKER