This course focuses on photomechanical techniques in printmaking; combining photosensitive emulsion and plates with intaglio printing. You will learn to expose and develop autographic (drawn and painted) and digitally generated/photographic images with both different types of plates. Guided by one to one tutoring you will expand your knowledge and develop a self-led project.

The purpose of this course is to give you the opportunity to explore a wide range of sculptural forms, language, materials and processes. Throughout the class the tutor supports each of you individually to develop your own approach and visual language through the exploration of materials and techniques. Some may also wish to focus on a particular area of interest or line of enquiry. For those wishing to explore materials or who are unsure about which materials to use for their ideas, there is a core course to follow. This core course follows a number of structured exercises that enables you to experiment with the different materials and processes introduced. When working from the model, the emphasis of the exercises is to create sculpture using the life model as reference, rather than doing a technical study. Those who do not wish to follow the core course can work on their own projects in this class. The availability of a life-model for part of the course allows students to use the human form to express emotion, energy or character and question what the human form/body means to them as a source of artistic inspiration. This in turn leads to a more developed understanding of how to use all sculptural form (figurative or abstract) and to understand the subtlety needed when choosing the appropriate formal language, materials and processes to best express their sculptural ideas. All of these aspects will equally be covered as structural/compositional principles to suit their needs should you not wish to use the model as reference. The tutor will carefully take you through a creative process, with structured guidance in the creative and technical processes. Students are free to create sculptures at any scale and in the material of their choice. This programme is an important opportunity to develop the skills to create sculptures that have expression as well as being technically accomplished.

This course will give students an understanding of how various types of animation can be created and incorporated into moving image work. Practical workshops will teach the basic principles and methods of animating drawings, sculptures and digital material with accessible and non-specialist equipment and software. Starting with Stop Motion we will move gradually through 2D and 3D animation as well as exploring how sound can be used to enhance their effect. The remaining sessions will be devoted to students developing their own work through these methods and with individual tutor support gain an understanding of how to translate their ideas through the creation and animation of physical and digital objects.

This course will help you discover what it is about painting that motivates and inspires you. The aim of this course is to make you more aware of the possibilities that lie within painting as a contemporary practice, to develop your painting practice and relevant technical knowledge and to progress your vision as an artist. You will be encouraged to adopt a rigorous approach to painting that involves a dialogue between thinking creatively and laterally. You will approach the development of your work with a sharp critical eye, developing skills and techniques relevant to your individual practice, whilst becoming more aware of relevant influences. The course is for all levels and is suitable for beginners whilst also being structured for more advanced students who have a clearer vision of what they want to achieve.

This course focuses on employing intaglio and relief techniques to print onto, and using textiles. The course combines traditional and contemporary methods of printed textile and the use of repeat pattern as a means of communication and dissemination of ideas. The course will also introduce the use of finer textiles such as silk to rethink and reformulate the traditional two dimensional printed image. Looking at Artists from the Bauhaus such as Anni Albers, we will explore print as a means of creating a ‘total’ artwork. Uncovering the tradition of printing onto textile to create a holistic artwork that aspires to work with Architecture and interrupt the flow of our perception through it.

This course explores approaches to making work using ourselves as subject matter, be it from direct observation, photography or other mediums. The aim is to discover ways of generating images by examining different aspects of ourselves; through ideas of identity, gender, social and familial connections, memories, aspirations, through use of costume and allusion, or simply our own bodies. We will start with the technical aspects of painting, looking at the complications that arise and possible solutions, from which you can begin to adopt approaches that best suit you.

'Wood and Metal for Sculpture’ gives you an opportunity to explore the processes involved with these materials over a ten week period. The course is designed for both students who have no experience of metal or wood work and those who wish to hone their skills in these areas. This course is a fantastic opportunity to work on a project in a workshop with expert guidance. This course will give you the required information, technical know-how and Health and Safety knowledge to use tools and machinery with confidence in a workshop environment. Starting with practical skills, you will also have the opportunity to work creatively using the acquired skills to develop a sculpture(s) in steel or wood.

This course is about creating compositions featuring portraits and figures, with an emphasis on the placement of the figure within space. Providing an opportunity to develop skills in figure painting, this versatile course is designed to give a broad and varied understanding of figurative painting, portraiture, design and composition, monotone & colour painting techniques, and the use of acrylic & oil paint. As well as developing figure-painting skills, it will focus on understanding the tools of image making, design process, the formal elements of constructing figurative artworks, and a variety of approaches to creating pictures that combine people and places with interest and substance.

This course is an opportunity to work with two experienced tutors, and aims to teach skills in two main areas: 1. Spacial installation with video projection - encompassing different approaches to the exploration of space and site through immersive and site-specific installation, and the development of digital media for projection. In the first half of this course, you will develop your own project using video installation, honing and building on new skills, understanding and developing creative ideas, and culminating in finished installations. 2. Kinetic Art - working with wood and plastic to build kinetic sculptures and installations. Using DC and digital motors to create motion and learning how to use the Arduino, LEDs, sensors and other digital components and integrate them into your art practice. In the second half of this course, you will develop a second project using movement, learning new skills such as; working with Arduino, sculpture building, electronics, soldering and the integration of circuitry into sculpture.

This course focuses on experimenting with a combination of techniques including simple block-print, etching, collagraph and mono-print to develop a print or series of prints. The course will bring a new perspective to printmaking working in a process-led way to embrace and develop both the intentional and surprise elements of intaglio and relief printmaking. This course is ideal for painting and drawing practitioners who would like to recalibrate their practice, gain a perspective of print techniques and re engage with the drawn mark. Print both compliments and brings perspective to other areas of creative practice and enables one to reconsider and refresh an established routine.

This course will use interior and exterior locations as a means of exploring all kinds of pictorial possibilities, both narrative and formal. The first part of the course will focus on creating work in response to interior settings. Starting in the studio, we will consider issues of perspective such as establishing the eye level, key vanishing points and receding lines. We will consider how to interpret light in terms of tone, colour, reflection and shadow, in order to create interesting paintings that capture a sense of atmosphere, working with a series of oil sketches. We will then look at gathering information through photography, sketching and taking notes in different off-site interior locations, with the aim to create a more developed painting in the studio, relating the choice of composition and focus of the painting to the individual student’s practice. We will also discuss how other artists, historical and contemporary, interpret and make use of spaciality, atmosphere and location in their work. For the second five weeks, we will explore exterior spaces, working both from the urban architectural environment and the greenery of the London parks. We will start with a recap on perspective and understanding light, considering the challenges unique to working in the exterior. We will then start to develop painted sketches in locations such as Borough Market and down by the River, creating compositions that generate a sense of place and feed off the energy of the city. Quick “alla prima” paintings done on site will be used as starting points for more considered paintings in the studio that resonate more with the individual student’s attitude to painting. Finally, we will draw inspiration from one of the London parks, working initially “en plein air” as a means of making exciting paintings of the landscape in a short space of time. Returning to the studio we will consider landscape painting in a contemporary context, before developing a painting based on the individual student’s interest in the subject.

This course is designed to help you have the vision, skills and confidence to produce large-scale sculptures and installations which will make a real contribution to public realm. By Site specific sculpture we mean: The addition of a three-dimensional artwork that responds to an existing space or site. The inspiration of the content/concept of the sculpture, should arise from non-formal aspects of the site i.e. history, social demographic, etc. You will respond to three different sites and make proposals and models for those sites.

This course offers an opportunity to work from a life model in clay. It is suitable for beginners to advanced students. The experienced tutor will show beginners a step by step approach to figure modelling and work with more advanced students to push their work forward in their own way. Working from a seated, standing and reclining poses through the course, you will strengthen your understanding of a range of sculptural language. This is an opportunity to explore different styles of sculpture; we will be looking at painters and sculptors from modernist era, renaissance and archaic art practises. There will be a focus on the understanding of the structural framework of the body to allow you to stylise your work through looking at various approaches and distortion within the boundary of the figurative craft. You will begin with a series of smaller one day poses, followed by the production of one/two larger pieces in clay without an armature from a life model pose based on artists of your choice. This is an opportunity to work fast and freely without armatures developing a loose structure to making. You will complete a minimum of 3 sculptures that do not have the large expense of moulding and casting to get a finished piece.