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Week 3 / July 19 - 23
Head and Hands: Painting the half length Portrait
Ivy Smith
Shoreditch Studios 1 & 2, 10am - 5pm
The head is the most particular and revealing indicator of
individuality, but the hands come a close second. This course will focus on the half-length clothed portrait, exploring its rich potential for composition and colour relationships in paint. Students will have a choice of models and a final three day pose which will allow an in-depth response to the figure. Suitable for all levels.
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Etching and Intaglio Processes
Maggie Jennings
Shoreditch Printroom, 10am - 5pm
This week will introduce and develop intaglio techniques with an emphasis on etching- hard and soft ground, aquatint, sugar lift, white ground. There will be demonstrations of other intaglio techniques that students may wish to experiment with including drypoint, mezzotint, collagraph, carborundum prints as well as extras such as chine colle. We may have time for 2 plate colour printing. Teaching will be tailored to the individual. Please bring visual ideas, a workbook, pencils, pens, and don’t forget brushes. Suitable for both beginners and the more advanced printmaker.
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Methods and Materials of the Old Masters: Renaissance Oil Painting
David Cranswick
Kensington Palace Studios, 10am - 5pm
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of thepainting materials and techniques developed by master painters of the Renaissance. The range of skills exhibited in old master paintings reveals a profound understanding, not just of their materials but also of a wide range of painting techniques which are as relevant today as in the renaissance. These workshops are not about returning to the past but about learning the lessons from the past and integrating them into
a modern approach.
During this course students will learn about the traditional pigments, their origin and, in the light of alchemical wisdom, their relationship to the metals and the planets from which they are derived. Students will be
taught how to make their own oil paints and the nature of the different oils. One will then be taken step by step through the various stages of classical painting techniques, from the method of underpainting, development of a grisailles, tonal composition, glazing practices and chiaroscuro methods. Students will also be taught about the use of glazing mediums, waxes, glues and resin. These workshops are appropriate for students of all levels of experience.
Week 4 / July 26 - 30
Thinking about Art School/Portfolio Preparation
Harriet Miller
Shoreditch Studio 1, 10am - 5pm
Five days of intensively working from the life model including some experimental techniques. If you are in the process of building a portfolio for A-levels/Foundation Art course or looking to generally improve your drawing and painting, this intensive week course is designed to guide you. It is open to all ages from 16+. The experienced tutor is there to support
and advise you through the week to achieve finished works and/or works in progress that contribute toward your portfolio application. All levels including beginners are welcome.
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Drawing the Human Anatomy
George Donald
Shoreditch Studio 2, 10am - 5pm
The study of human anatomy is imperative to drawing – it helps us to understand the strength and structure of the human form. This course will cover the muscular and skeletal systems of the body as well as the torso, eyes, limbs, hands and feet. Students will work from life models and skeletons. George Donald is passionately interested in the study of anatomy and is considered a leading authority on the subject
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Fresh Paint: Keeping the Picture Alive
Susan Wilson
Kensington Palace Studios, 10am - 5pm
This intensive short course, open to all, will set a scene, describe amood and create a sense of poetic time and place. When Van Gogh paints the postman, Dr Gachet and his friends and acquaintances he gets to the heart of the matter quickly. You feel his presence and the personality, story and identity of the sitter. We get a clear idea of what it felt like to be alive then for he tells us so much about the people he paints. The paint is always radiant and fresh, sparkling with liveliness. Goya is another who captures the potency and freshness of the moment. In the spirit of Van Gogh, Kossoff and Auerbach we will make
fast, lively paintings from our two clothed models.
