Art Techniques
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Class hours
90h
Whether you want to learn the basics of drawing and painting or build on your existing skills, this course will meet your needs. It covers all the techniques and skills you will need to be able to draw and paint successfully. Suitable for: No special talents are required for this course; though it is helpful if you have studied art at GCSE. The authors believe that anyone can learn to draw and paint.
About this course
Previous experience is useful but by no means essential.
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Subjects
- Art
Course programme
Support
As an UK Open Learning home learning student you will have access to your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have.
Key Topics
Module 1: Core module
Making a start; Drawing experiments; Using acrylics; Relating painting and drawing; Drawing two dimensions; Accuracy; Drawing depth; Drawing three dimensions; Rectangles seen from different viewpoints; Drawing comparisons; Boxes and books; Drawing circles; Cylinders and round objects; Accuracy; Basic three dimensional forms; Drawing composite objects; From line to tone; Getting the best from your drawing; Painting negative shapes.
Module 2: Still life and natural forms
Subjects and groupings; The range of possible subjects; The history of still-life painting; Finding a good subject; Selecting a subject; Drawing a cup and saucer; Drawing a larger still-life group; A natural forms drawing; Objects and associations; The inner life of objects; Objects and associations; Objects as symbols; Looking at other artists' work; Drawing and painting what you see; From practice to theory; Light and three-dimensional forms; Drawing an apple; Three more drawings; Painting an apple; Distant objects; Parallel perspective; The angle of vision; Slopes; Drawing a corner-on view; Perspective and what you see; Using colour; Primary colours; Adding black and white; Creating a colour circle; Some colour terms; Properties of colour; Tone values; Colour contrasts; How colours affect one another; Some painting strategies; Introduction; Approaches to painting; The importance of drawing; Colour studies; Drawing for painting; A colour study; A painting from drawings and a colour study; Composition; The dynamics of the rectangle; The three-dimensional composition; The importance of composition; Composition in practice; A detailed drawing; Straight into paint; Using and buying an easel.
Module 3: The figure
Introducing the figure; Introduction: from objects to figures; Similarities between objects and figures; Differences between objects and figures; Drawing a self-portrait; Painting a self-portrait; Back to basics; From experiment to practice; A Giacometti painting; Self-portrait in a room; A Monet portrait; Painting from a model; Drawing the figure; Introduction: from self to others; Looking for the essentials; Basic proportions; Short poses; Preparing to draw short poses; Drawing short poses; A longer pose; A reclining figure; Another seated pose; More of a picture; A short and a long pose; Painting the figure; Introduction: painting from long and short poses; The advantages of painting; Drawing in colour; Painting a short pose; Looking at Whistler; A composition of delicate patterns; Standing with a stick; Painting from a longer pose; Judging your own work; Matisse portraits; Another front view; How much detail?; Pattern and Toulouse-Lautrec; A profile view; Looking at Renoir; A freer approach.
Module 4: Themes
Working from a theme; Introduction: widening your choice; Variations on a theme; Making a theme your own; Your first theme; Working to a theme; Townscapes; Landscapes; Drawing the landscape; Transferring information from a drawing to a painting; Introducing figures; A choice of two themes; Departure; Interpreting themes; Introduction: more variations on themes; Definitions; Keeping references; Six new themes; First hand information; Making a painting; People and places; Figures in action; Composition from a theme; Introduction: Drawing from a theme; Drawing as an end in itself; A finished drawing; Drawing from a theme; A drawing or painting without figures; Abstraction; Abstract Art; Practising Abstraction; Expressionism; An expressionist painting.
Additional information
Art Techniques