Colour in Practice: Understanding Colour (Summer School Short Course)

University College London

Short course

In London

£ 740 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    60h

  • Duration

    2 Weeks

This two-week course will help you better understand the many aspects of colour and develop colour skills within your own artistic practice.
The course weaves aspects of colour science together with colour practice. This will give you an in-depth knowledge of colour theory and its practical application.
The course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm each day. You'll also have the option of attending extra-curricular events such as talks and exhibitions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

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Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

The course is open to anyone interested in developing skills in relation to colour and their own artistic practice. It's suitable for all abilities.

You can request an attendance certificate after completing the course. These can only be supplied during the year you take the course and can't be produced retrospectively.

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2018

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Subjects

  • Colour in Practice
  • Short Course
  • Aspects of colour
  • Develop colour skills
  • Workshops
  • History of colour in art
  • History of colour
  • Physics and chemistry
  • Chemistry of colour
  • Psychology

Course programme

This course explores the subject of colour through lectures and seminars, practice and critiques.

There will also be workshops hosted by invited artists whose use of colour plays a key role in their work.

A series of morning lectures will examine the:

  • physics and chemistry of colour
  • history of colour in art
  • role of our culture and language in colour concepts
  • psychology and emotion of colour

Through practical projects you'll explore the interaction of colour, colour mixing, the relationship between form and colour, and the spatial effects of colours.

In the second week you'll develop your personal work, with support through individual tutorials. The emphasis will be on developing ideas, preparation and process, and using a variety of approaches and techniques.

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Colour in Practice: Understanding Colour (Summer School Short Course)

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