Painting 3: reading a paint surface

- Objectively assess the performance of your painting's surface to identify pictorial need
- Make strategic decisions about how to advance your painting based on this assessment in relation to mark, technique and palette
- Apply an appreciation of visual rhythm and dynamic composition to your decicion-making
- Work on several paintings concurrently and reach wide ranging stylistic interpretations of your subject.

There are no additional costs, all materials are provided for the course.

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- You will be taught mainly through group teaching, with increasing amounts of one-to-one tuition as the course progresses
- Crits and group seminars will have an important role on this course
- All projects are designed to be completed in class, although you may wish to continue in your own time.