Drawing and Painting
£148
4-week painting project £148
4 weeks x 2 hours
Starts 11 August 2025
All levels
All materials included
Choose your days and times
Monday 11.00 – 13.00
Monday 19.00 – 21.00
Tuesday 19.00 – 21.00
Thursday 11.00 – 13.00
Thursday 19.00 – 21.00
Mondays
Start 11 Aug
11.00 – 13.00
Mondays
Start 11 Aug
19.00 – 21.00
Tuesdays
Start 12 Aug
11.00 – 13.00
Thursdays
Start 14 Aug
11.00 – 13.00
Thursdays
Start 14 Aug
18.00 – 21.00
Course Description
Explore traditional and less traditional methods of drawing and painting. Using structured activities, in your first 2 lessons you will be introduced to key concepts such as line, tone, composition and mark-making.
Lessons 3 and 4 are about experiencing the joy of painting. Through simple exercises you will explore colour, painting techniques and the expressive qualities of painting using acrylic paints.
The course starts with experimentation into mark-making and its effects. You will move on to explore the representation of basic forms and the effect of light on them, considering basic tone and composition in the process.
The second half of the course introduces colour mixing, paint handling, selecting and using a variety of tools. Discovering paint media and their characteristics. Producing a simple painting from observation.
By the end of this course, you should be able to…
- Show a basic understanding of the use and effects of a variety of drawing materials.
- Show a basic understanding of tone and composition.
- Be able to use drawing to investigate varied subject matter.
- Identify the characteristics of acrylic paint media
- Set up a simple workspace for easel painting and handle the related tools and equipment
- Gain an insight into colour mixing
- Recognise and experiment with a variety of methods for applying paint
- Start to paint from observation
The Course offers:
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Short demonstrations
- Free Materials
- Practical exercises
- Practical work in the studio
- Group and individual advice and feedback
- Short group discussion
- Coffee, Tea, BiscuitsGreat atmosphere in a well-equipped studio
- The course will enable you to embark on the next level drawing courses such as ‘Drawing and Painting 1’ or ‘Drawing and Painting 2”