Short Courses May - October 2013 - West Dean College

Frances HatchFirst timebookers receive10% discountwhen bookingby phoneARTChristine ForbesInventive self-portraits – drawand paintSeptember 8–124D4057 | £390 | /Using Sir Peter Blake’s ‘Self Portrait with Badges’and Holbein’s ‘The Ambassadors’ as sourcematerial, explore the introduction of objects,setting and dress into the medium of a selfportraiture.The course focuses on developingideas within a composition to produce acompelling image of a complete personality.MARTIN WARDTowards abstraction – paintingstill-lifesSeptember 15–194D4071 | £396 | /Many artists reach a stage in their developmentwhen mere representation is not sufficient forpersonal expression. Learn to respond directlyto the subject of still-life using mixed media toexplore line, form, colour and texture. Througha series of exercises you get to ‘know’ theobjects and develop confidence in stripping awaythe superfluous and capturing the core essence.JANE ARKWRIGHTTalkative colourSeptember 16–193D4074 | £312 |Play with colour through projects designed toexamine the ways in which they can expressemotions, influence each other, alter mood andcommunicate ideas. Develop a sound grasp ofcolour mixing, colour theory, and an awarenessof colour in all its contexts.MAXINE RELTONExpressive figure painting and drawingSeptember 19–22LW4077 | £336 | NEW | /Free up how you draw the human form on thisdynamic fast moving course. Working with amodel and through a series of exercises, youwill become more confident with your use ofmaterials and produce work that is a fusion ofobservation, expression and improvisation.EMILY BALLPainting animals in the landscape withthe Chinese brushSeptember 22–264D4091 | £390 | NEW |Learn how to depict fur and other features ofanimals in their natural habitat in the free andvibrant style typical of Chinese painting. Explorevarious brushstrokes as you paint a variety ofwild animals, as well as some domestic species iftime allows, completing several compositions.MAGGIE CROSSLand and sea – layer on layer acrylicpaintingSeptember 22–275D4093 | £486 | NEW | /Explore the versatility of working with acrylicpaints both in the studio and on location alongthe Sussex coast, in the Sussex countryside andat West Dean. You will draw, gather materialsfrom the landscape as inspiration, paint on siteand then develop your studies back in the studio.Optional dusk and dawn painting is offered.FRANCES HATCHTaster days: See page 8Oil painting for beginnersSeptember 27–29WE4101 | £205 | NEW |An introduction to the fundamental techniques,methods and theories of painting with oils.Gain confidence in using the medium and itsapplication through learning how to use brushesand knives to apply paint, colour and tonetheory and the use of paint mediums.JOHN FREEMANBeginning with acrylicsSeptember 27–29WE4102 | £209 |Experience the versatility and expressivenessof acrylic paint through a series of instructedpractical exercises and then make exploratorypaintings of still-life objects using a range oftechniques.FRANCES HATCHPage 8Taster DaysSummer 2013For more informationplease see pages 8–10Landscape painting – liquidity, pasteand pentimentiSeptember 29–October 34D4106 | £390 | NEW | /A course to encourage freedom, fluency anda painterly approach to landscape painting.Through a series of exercises you work froma liquid layer through pentimenti drawingscratched or drawn with brushes, balancingcolours and tones. Studying classical 20thcentury artists you consider the volumes of masswithin a composition. Aimed at oil painters butalso suitable for acrylic and watercolour painters.JOHN MEAKERAn introduction to portrait paintingand drawingOctober 4–6WE4119 | £227 | /Working from the model, explore methodsof producing a likeness and creating figurativeimages. You may choose a conventional or anadventurous approach and work in any paintingor drawing medium.VALERIE WIFFENWatercolours – exploring textureand patternOctober 6–104D4125 | £396 | NEW |Take new risks in your work as you try outnew approaches and experiment. Techniquesexplored include colour mixing with a limitedpalette and combining watercolours with othermedia – gouache, wax, pastel and ink, to createexciting textures and effects. You learn to plana composition, cover large areas with paint andhow to use resist techniques and combine newmethods with your existing practice.JULIE COLLINSByzantine icon paintingOctober 6–115D4127 | £528 | /Working in the Byzantine style, experience eachprocess involved in the production of a smallicon, starting with the basic principles of designand moving through water gilding, mixing eggyolk with pigment, applying egg tempera anddry brush modelling. The course includes anillustrated talk outlining the spiritual reasons forthe particular style found in the icon tradition.PETER MURPHYExciting surfaces and texturesfor paintersOctober 10–13LW4132 | £314 |Surface and texture can give a painting an intensephysical presence. On this course you exploreways of creating exciting grounds on which topaint and experiment with inventive ways ofapplying acrylics. A range of samples is producedwhich serve for a handy reference in future.JANE ARKWRIGHT0844 4994408 | bookingsoffice@westdean.org.uk | on-line booking at www.westdean.org.uk 17