| Course Code | EC2302004 |
|---|---|
| Tutor | Gail Seres-Woolfson |
| Course Dates | Mondays, 8th January - 25th March 2024 |
| Days | 11 |
| Times | 6.30pm - 9.00pm |
| Experience Level | Beginner |
| Fee | £370 |
| Location | Art Academy London - Red Lion Court, Ground Floor, 46-48 Park St, SE1 9EQ |
| Recommend booking before | Monday 18th December 2023 |
Creative Painting for Beginners is an exciting course that will stimulate your creativity and teach you how to use acrylic paint through a variety of different techniques. It is an opportunity to develop your own personal painting style and create paintings with real meaning to you as well as exploring the medium of paint and understanding it’s potential.
The tutor will lead you to draw on inspiration from many other artists’ work and will guide you step by step through the stages of developing your own artwork. The course will cover exciting topics and exercises such as:
– Line and tone
– Colour and imagination
– Application of paint
– Painting from photographs
– Painting a still life
– Painting the figure using a life model
– Composition and abstraction
The tutor will lead a mind map exercise, to encourage students to create their own personal painting project. By exploring other artists’ works for inspiration, there will be time for discussion and trying out different techniques in your work. You will spend time in the last few weeks developing a finished painting, and building on the new skills you have acquired from the course. This course would be perfect for someone new to painting, or a beginner with some experience looking to explore different styles. There are several appropriate follow on courses including Painting the Figure, Abstract Painting and Painting Outdoors, depending on your area of interest.
What level is this course?
This course is suitable for students at our Beginner level.
Other course levels include:
All attendees must be aged 18 or over.
What should I bring?
You will need to bring your own painting materials to the class, which you can store at The Art Academy for the duration of the course. If you do not have your own materials, we recommend you order the Pack, below, at the time of booking, which will be available when you arrive for your first class. There is also a mini shop in the Academy that supplies the basics such as canvas boards, paints, Zest-it etc. (card purchases only).
Please also bring an apron or old clothing to wear.
The Acrylic Pack contains:
A set of acrylic brushes, both flat and round
One tear off palette (9”x12”)
One palette knife
One 10″ x 12″ canvas board
One 10″x14″ canvas board
Two 12″x16″ canvas boards
Eight Daler Rowney (system 3) tubes of Black, White, Cadmium Red, Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Yellow
Please be aware that depending on the course structure, you might need to purchase extra canvas boards on top of the ones provided in the pack.
Please note that pack contents are subject to change at the discretion of the Academy at any time.
About your tutor
GAIL SERES-WOOLFSON
Gail’s paintings reflect her fascination with the urban landscape, figures and stories around her, and an interplay between structure and spontaneity, observation and re-imagining. She has exhibited across the capital and her work has been shortlisted for the inaugural Evening Standard Contemporary Painting Prize and the prestigious Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize and is held in private collections in the UK and internationally. Gail enjoys teaching in a variety of settings, encouraging and supporting students to develop their skills and style with a range of approaches and artistic references.
WEBSITE
Location
Red Lion Court – ground floor, Please note: The entrance to Red Lion Court is accessible via Park Street Nearest Tube/ Rail: London BridgeRed Lion Court
46-48 Park Street,
London SE1 9EQ
tel: +44 (0) 207407 6969
Further details
- You will need to have paid in full before the first session of your class. Your place is not guaranteed until we have received full payment. Please book early in order to guarantee your place on the course.
- If you purchased a pack online this will be given to you on the first session of your course upon your arrival. Packs can be purchased on our Materials Page or on the individual course page when you make your booking.
- Please don’t wear your best clothes as there is always a chance you will get messy. If possible bring an apron or overalls.
- All artwork MUST be taken home at the end of the course or it will be disposed of. Paintings that need to dry should be collected within a week. For clay sculptures that need hollowing and firing, you will receive a separate email when they can be collected.
- Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off or is on silent during the class.
- Health and Safety Guidelines will be provided to you at the beginning of your class.
- Sometimes our photographer will pop in to get some images of our classes in progress. We will typically inform you beforehand if photography is taking place during your class; if you do not want to be photographed please let the photographer know!
- To find out more about what’s going on at the Academy follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. If you’d like to share images of your course, your progress or your finished work we’d love to see them! Please bear in mind you must have the permission of tutors, other students and models to photograph them.
- If you would like more information or advice on courses at the Academy please contact shortcourses@artacademy.ac.uk.
- For further details please see our Short Courses: Regulations & Policies page.
“Really well planned and structured classes with a good mix of theory and practical. The tutor was incredibly supportive and encouraging. Really made the course.”
