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Creative Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904004 Tutor: Lucy Smallbone Course Dates: Wednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This is an exciting course that will stimulate your creativity and teach you how to use 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 enjoying exploring the medium of paint’s full 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 covers basic painting techniques such as line, tone, understanding colour as well as the application of paint. It also explores more expressive methods through simple exercises focusing on composition, abstraction and working with the figure. You will spend time in the last few weeks developing a finished painting, using techniques you have developed over the duration of the course.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904314 Tutor: Rhiannon Salisbury Course Dates: Wednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904414 Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Thursdays, 16th July-17th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: SAT1904114 Tutor: Alice Clarke Course Dates: Saturdays, 18th July - 19th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am - 12.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904014 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 5.45pm – 7.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904114 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 7.45pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £225 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £225.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Drawing for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904214 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is an accessible, creative and relaxing introduction to the basic skills of drawing. Each session will focus on a different theme, providing a wide range of techniques to raise confidence and enhance visual awareness. Through various drawing approaches including still life, life drawing and portraiture, you will learn to explore and understand line, tone, measurement, texture and composition. There will be a life model in some sessions and students are encouraged to express themselves freely with guidance from the tutor.
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Etching: Aquatint, Sugarlift and Spit-bite
Course Code: EC1904PR13 Tutor: Katherine Jones Course Dates: Thursdays, 20th August - 17th September 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular five-week course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. You’ll concentrate on aquatint (tonal etching) in its various forms. You’ll develop a composition through line and tone by multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate.This course is flexible, allowing you to work at your own speed – and if you’ve attended this course before, you can work on your own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including two zink etching plates.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from Katherine Jones, acclaimed printmaker with over fifteen years printmaking experience.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Etching: Hard Ground and Soft Ground
Course Code: EC1904PR03 Tutor: Katherine Jones Course Dates: Thursdays, 16h July - 13th August 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00Etching Hardground and Softground. This popular five-week course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees.You’ll concentrate on hard-ground (fine line) combined with soft-ground (texture) in its various forms. You’ll develop a composition through multi-etching a zinc plate in a mordant of saline sulphate. This course is flexible, allowing you to work at your own speed – and if you’ve attended this course before, you can work on your own individual etching projects. The course fee covers materials including two polished zink etching plates.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from Katherine Jones, acclaimed printmaker with over fifteen years printmaking experience.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Figure and Portrait Sculpture
Course Code: EC1904005 Tutor: Anthony Waters, Margot Roulleau Gallais Course Dates: Thursdays, 16th July-17th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00If you are interested in learning to sculpt the human figure then this is an ideal class for you. You have the opportunity to explore both the full figure and a portrait head sculpture with a different model for each. You will model in clay for 10 weeks: 5 weeks of Figure Sculpture from a set pose and 5 weeks of Portrait Head Sculpture from a different model. You will get a flavour of the challenges and thrills of both of these disciplines.
We would recommend this course to students who want to concentrate on learning the basics of Portrait and Figure sculpting. As well as the practice and development of working in clay from a model, also covered are measuring skills, observational skills and preparation of a piece for firing. Optional hollowing and firing of the clay sculptures are an additional cost.
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Hand Built Ceramics
Course Code: EC1904047 Tutor: Annette Bugansky Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00A comprehensive introduction into the methods and variety of creative potential of sculptural ceramics. The course covers studio practice, clay types, basic core techniques of hand building for sculpture: coiling, pinching, slab building and surface decoration. These will be taught and put into practice to make finished ceramic forms. Through practical projects you will understand the material and, with emphasis on experimentation, how you can manipulate it to create a variety of forms. These can then be decorated with raw glazes and slips for a once fired finished piece.
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Intermediate Drawing
Course Code: EC1904036 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria Course Dates: Thursdays, 16th July-17th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This course is designed for students who have either completed our ‘Drawing for Beginners’ course or already have some experience of drawing, and want to take their skills to the next level. Over the course, students will explore drawing from observation, memory and imagination, thereby developing a deeper understanding of drawing and greatly enhancing drawing skills. Each week we focus on a particular aspect of drawing. Starting with measurement and explore this in different contexts, so that students will gain confidence in drawing a wide variety of subjects including still life, life models, and urban landscape. Through trying different approaches and materials, students will begin to develop a ‘visual vocabulary’ of drawing. There will be opportunities to work both, inside and outside the studio, and in museums and galleries.
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Intermediate Painting
Course Code: EC1904038 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Intermediate Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This is an exciting course, which aims to help you discover what it is about painting that really inspires you. It is a great follow-on course from our ‘Painting for Beginners’ or ‘Creative Painting for Beginners’ and will also suit you if you already have some basic experience of painting and want to take your skills to the next level. The course begins by developing your core painting skills, exploring line, tone, colour and mass, whilst continually pushing your creative expression. The tutor will lead you to draw inspiration from many other artist’s work and will guide you step by step through the stages of developing your own painting. They will help you engage with the subject matters and styles that excite you and assist you in bringing them into your own artworks. By looking at a broad variety of techniques, materials and styles, the course aims to broaden your ability to express yourself in paint.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1904237 Tutor: Carl Randall Course Dates: Thursdays, 16th July-17th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before and for those who want to reinforce their basic oil skills or to move on to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions with access to a life model. This course aims will nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: SAT1904237 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Saturdays, 18th July - 19th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 10.00am - 12.30pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before and for those who want to reinforce their basic oil skills or to move on to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions with access to a life model. This course aims will nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1904037 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before and for those who want to reinforce their basic oil skills or to move on to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions with access to a life model. This course aims will nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Introduction to Oil Painting
Course Code: EC1904137 Tutor: Kate Dunn Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00A structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before and for those who want to reinforce their basic oil skills or to move on to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions with access to a life model. This course aims will nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment. It is an ideal course for beginners as there is plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Introduction to Sculpture
Course Code: EC1904003 Tutor: Farnoush Amini, Marian Rowling Course Dates: Wednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00An ideal start point for those wishing to explore sculpture techniques and ideas. This course covers both foundation technical skills and a creative exploration of different materials and ways of working. Sculpture is wonderfully fun and creative and with some simple skills taught, great results can be achieved. The first half of the term comprises three weeks of figurative sculpture in clay with a life model and two weeks of portraiture with another life model, also in clay. The second half of the term is an introduction to plaster, wire and other materials, culminating in a personal project. Students leave the course with a strong foundation of sculpture skills as well as an individual approach to the practice.
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Maria ZuluetaKiln Formed Glass
Course Code: EC1904007 Tutor: Maria Zulueta Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00An exploration of the intriguing, magical world of kiln formed glass. This course allows you to learn a variety of techniques including fusing, slumping, hand cut stencils, sandblasting, inclusions, uv bonding and surface decoration. Course tutor Maria Zulueta is a well-respected glassmaker, producing work at vastly different scales from table pieces to installations, with a wealth of experience in supporting you in learning new skills. Under her expert guidance you will use the range of techniques to build a collection of samples and create a final piece. You are free to explore their preferred techniques and those of you who have already done the course can rejoin to continue building upon their previous work with tutored guidance.
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Life Drawing
Course Code: EC1904009 Tutor: Zoe Toolan Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £280.00Understanding the structure of the human figure and the way it is situated within a space is an essential skill for anyone keen to develop their drawing and observational skills. Each week you will have a different theme to explore, working from the life model with guidance from our highly experienced tutor. With an encouraging focus exploring your own approach to drawing, you will work through a series of exercises, using a wide range of materials including charcoal and graphite. This course teaches skills and expressive drawing in a unique way to develop your drawing most effectively, and is suitable for more advanced drawers as well as beginners.
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Monday Mix
Course Code: EC1904015 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria, Ellen Christiansen, Temsuyanger Longkumer Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This course is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learning new artistic skills, discovering what you enjoy most, and developing creative ideas. Over the ten weeks, students work across the different disciplines of painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Throughout the course, students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills, along with more expressive sculpture and painting. Students will also learn to approach the human figure through drawing, painting and sculpture, before rounding off the course with an introduction to printmaking. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, explore materials, and have fun.
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Monday Mix
Course Code: EC1904115 Tutor: Beñat Olaberria, Ellen Christiansen, Temsuyanger Longkumer Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £280 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £280.00This course is an ideal way to explore a wide variety of artistic methods and media, learning new artistic skills, discovering what you enjoy most, and developing creative ideas. Over the ten weeks, students work across the different disciplines of painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Throughout the course, students will have a chance to improve observational drawing skills, along with more expressive sculpture and painting. Students will also learn to approach the human figure through drawing, painting and sculpture, before rounding off the course with an introduction to printmaking. This is a great ‘taster’ course and an excellent opportunity to develop new skills, explore materials, and have fun.
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Outdoor Creative Painting
Course Code: EC1904024 Tutor: Gail Seres-Woolfson Course Dates: Wednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.00pm – 8.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00This is a fun course that offers the fantastic opportunity to paint in and around London’s urban landscape. The Art Academy is just a short stroll from the Thames, conveniently situated in the historic Southwark London Bridge area which will feature as the main focus of this course.Through quick drawing as well as paining sketches, students will practice how to efficiently and accurately capture tone and colour in the outdoors. Creating loose and vigorous works, we will look at how to capture a sense of light and atmosphere at different environments. Looking at the works of other artists we will discuss different ways of composing a painting in an urban setting. Basic painting techniques such as tone, colour and texture will be addressed, as well as creative expression in the application of paint. Painting outside of the studio is always an exciting experience and students of all levels are sure to enjoy painting outdoors.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904113 Tutor: Helen Stone Course Dates: Wednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This is a well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or want to reassess their approach to painting. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate all these elements together in compositions. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating environment. Working through a series of exercises you will gain experience and skills in painting still life, self portrait and the interior. Whilst also exploring a more creative approach to painting, helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience, offering plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Painting for Beginners
Course Code: EC1904013 Tutor: Alice Clarke Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 15th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner Fee: £270 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £270.00This is a well-structured and systematic course for those who have never painted before or want to reassess their approach to painting. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate all these elements together in compositions. This course aims to foster self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating environment. Working through a series of exercises you will gain experience and skills in painting still life, self portrait and the interior. Whilst also exploring a more creative approach to painting, helping you establish your own style and identity. This course is a fun and relaxing experience, offering plenty of guidance from the tutor.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC1904118 Tutor: Charlie Schaffer Course Dates: Thursdays, 16th July-17th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £295 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £295.00This is a well structured course giving students opportunity to understand how to paint a portrait. The emphasis will be on learning to see form and colour accurately and using these skills to better create loose, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
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Portrait Painting
Course Code: EC1904018 Tutor: Andrew Hitchcock Course Dates: Mondays, 13th July - 21st September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: Beginner+ Fee: £295 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR From: £295.00This is a well structured course giving students opportunity to understand how to paint a portrait. The emphasis will be on learning to see form and colour accurately and using these skills to better create loose, expressive portraits. Working with oil paints students will develop a series of artworks, from short expressive painting sketches, to longer more detailed pieces. The class has the benefit of 1:8 model to student ratio, as well as tuition from a talented professional artist.
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Relief Printing: Linoleum Reduction
Course Code: EC1904PR04 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Course Dates: Tuesdays, 14th July - 11th August 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. In Relief Printmaking Part 1, you will learn to carve a linoleum plate to develop a series of reduction relief prints in multiple colour combinations. Relief printing focuses on form and texture; you will learn to combine the tone, hue and saturation of multiple colours to achieve an edition of prints on archival Italian paper. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from experienced printmaker.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Relief Printing: Multiplate Woodcut
Course Code: EC1903PR14 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin Course Dates: Tuesdays, 18th August - 15th September 2020 Days: 5 Times: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £165 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £165.00This popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees. In Relief Printmaking Part 2, students will be carving Japanese plywood plates to create a multi-plate print edition. Relief printing focuses on form and texture; you will learn to combine the tone, hue and saturation of multiple colours to achieve an edition of prints on archival Italian paper. The course fee covers all materials needed. There is a maximum of ten students per course guided by one to one tutoring from an experienced printmaker.
Open Access runs on Wednesday evening and Saturday during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
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Stone Carving
Course Code: EC1904010 Tutor: Ben Newman Course Dates: Wednesdays, 15th July - 16th September 2020 Days: 10 Times: 6.30pm - 9.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £270 (without stone) Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £270.00Primarily a practical course, you will gain a structured understanding of stone as a material, learn basic carving techniques and discover ways of being creative with this wonderful medium. Through practising all of these aspects, they will come together in the creation of your finished piece of work. Using your initial sketches of what you would like to carve (plan view, front view and section) to help understand the form before modelling it in clay, followed by one-to-one discussion, you will then quickly move into carving to progress your ideas into stone.
Please note that there is an additional fee for initial purchase of stone, which varies depending on the type of stone you wish to use. Art Academy staff are able to advise ahead of booking.