Painting 3: paint handling, scale and surface

City Lit

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In London

£ 319 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Build on your previous painting experience by re-examining the way in which you apply paint, select appropriate tools and materials and create a dynamic network of marks and gestures to convey your subject. The projects will be contextualised by examining some aspects of contemporary practice. You will be encouraged to respond to the work produced in the class; alongside receiving critical feedback to help you apply new knowledge and discoveries into the way you plan and execute paintings.

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Location

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- use more flexible and varied approaches to you paint handling
- appraise you use of scale, mark and gesture in painting
- develop your appreciation of the working practice of some contemporary painters
- create a basis for developing a personal approach to painting.

Paints and brushes etc. will be provided. If you wish to bring your own brushes, the tutor will encourage you to consider how best to use them to maximise their potential in your painting.

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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy. You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store to receive your discount

Project briefs, handouts, presentations, practical work, individual and group tutoring, and group discussion.

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Subjects

  • Painting

Course programme

The course will explore the following areas and set projects will act as staring points for discovery:
- composition, scale and surface dynamics
- paint handling methods and technique from short gestural studies to multiple layers
- developing an intuitive logic as a painting unfolds and learn to use chance and accident as part of a painting process
- read more clearly the paint handling and surfaces of your own work and that of some contemporary artists
- pre-plan paintings in terms of technique and colour.

Additional information

There will be individual advice available at the end of the course. You maybe able to progress onto the 'City Lit Fine Art course', 'Contemporary Painting Studio' or one of the other painting courses such as 'Ways into Abstraction' and 'Painting and Photography'. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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Painting 3: paint handling, scale and surface

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