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Landscape Oil Painting Short Course

Course description

This Landscape Oil Painting Short Course will encourage you to connect with the raw and immediate experience of an image, taking inspiration from past and present painters and the environment around you.

You will explore colour, texture, and composition in order to develop your imagination and experimentation. Your own landscape drawings or photographs can be used as a starting point.

Who should attend this course?
The course is suitable to all levels, including students with some previous experience and who want to strengthen their skills and portfolio in order to apply for study at art colleges. Numbers are kept to a maximum of 15 (sometimes fewer), which gives time for the tutor to go round and give one-to-one advice according to individual needs.

Please note: this course is for students aged 18 and older

Course outcomes:
By the end of this course students should:
  • Have explored different methods of transferring images for painting, including squaring-up, photocopying, tracing etc.
  • Learned about the essentials of oil painting and mixing colours.
  • Have experimented creating tone and texture using oil paint.
  • Worked on a variety of scales and surfaces.

Clear, easy to understand lessons:

  • Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
  • New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way thats clear and easy to understand.

Experience life on campus

  • Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
  • Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
  • Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
  • Ask questions of your tutor in real time
  • Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
  • Experience the many sights of London on your down time

A certificate of completion:

  • You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
  • As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
  • We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
  • Certificates are great to complement your CV.

Available dates

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Make an enquiry or call us on 0207 514 7015.

Details

Topics covered

  • Choosing the right images that have the potential to become paintings
  • Considering possible compositions
  • Different methods of transferring the image: squaring-up, photocopying, tracing
  • The essentials of oil painting: colour mixing, tone, texture
  • Taking inspiration from past and present painters
  • Working on a variety of scales and surfaces
  • An open approach directed towards each student's needs

Materials

Materials list

Please bring to the first session:

  • a wide range of artists' oil paints: Titanium White, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Viridian Green, Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cadmium Red, Windsor Violet, Cadmium Yellow & Lemon Yellow, and Raw Umber
  • a stretched canvas 24 x 30 inches (approximately) and/or hardboard. 
  • palette ( wooden or plastic), and palette knife  ( around 2 inch long) purified linseed oil, brushes ( at least one size 12 flat, some round and one small round size 3), kitchen roll/rags.
  • A selection of landscape drawings or photographs of landscapes you want to paint.

For Health and Safety reasons students are not allowed to bring any solvents into the studio. We will provide low-odour mineral spirits for diluting paints and cleaning brushes.

Any kind of spray products, turpentine or white spirits are banned from the building and the internal courtyard.

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Gain an introduction to the techniques and methods involved in planning and producing landscape oil paintings with this practical short course.

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