Foundation in Fine Art

Year 1


The one year foundation course is a proven means to improve your drawing skills. Whether you need to brush up your drawing before a degree course, hone your abilities after a degree, or improve a portfolio for industry, it is a suitable option for any starting level. LARA has welcomed mid-career artists, recent graduates and those developing portfolios for film, computer animation and concept art onto the one year course.

The drawing skills taught at LARA, and the ability to truly observe and understand how to see, will only improve your confidence and ability in whatever artistic discipline you pursue. Until relatively recently figure drawing has been the back bone of a western art training, whether fine art, graphic design or architecture. Our predecessors recognised the challenge of drawing the human form and how truly resolving the difficult drawing issues raised helped immeasurably in other aspects of their design training.

To achieve the LARA Drawing Certificate we expect students to meet our high standards when completing each assignment. The quality of the drawings you produce will determine how quickly you progress through the curriculum. Each assignment needs to be completed to the highest standard, with each of the fundamental elements of the exercise understood before moving on. In many cases you will be required to repeat an assignment, but we envisage students completing the assignments within a year. Depending on your speed of progress you may wish to stay longer to complete certain projects.