Easter Courses
We are now booking for our Easter 2024 courses in Life Painting: Sustained Pose and Observation and Colour- Still Life Painting with Eye and Brain. Both courses will be in person, at the Slade School of Fine Art.
Easter courses are taught by practising artists, many of whom studied at the Slade and also teach on the Slade Summer School. They are designed to enable students to develop a set of criteria which will enable further possibilities and developments within the wider remit of their own practise after completing the course.
Easter Life Painting: Sustained Pose (in person)
08 - 12 April 2024 / 5 Days
Monday-Friday
10.00am – 4.00pm
Fee: £405
Course leader: Andy Pankhurst
In person
COURSE FULL
Level: suitable for varying levels of experience. From beginners to painters with an independent practice, some previous experience in drawing will be helpful.
Course Description:
This course runs over 5 consecutive days.
It will give you the opportunity to work directly from a sustained life-model pose for the duration of the week. You will also explore the nature of sustained observation and concepts connected to it.
The course will begin with an initial introductory slide talk and then working collaboratively together with the model through a creative process exploring varying possibilities of poses, compositions and colour environments while making initial drawings.
Alongside demonstrations for the group, one to one tuition will be offered on the experience of a sustained visual exchange: perceptual shifts taking place between the artist & subject, colour mixing, tone & temperature, form and the role of structure in terms of proportion and spatial relationships.The final session of the week will be devoted to feedback and support for continuing after the course finishes.
Easter Observation and Colour- Still Life Painting with Eye and Brain (in person)
08 April - 11 April 2024 / 4 days
10.00am – 4.00pm
Fee: £324.00
Course leader: Kate Hopkins
In person
Level: This course is suitable for varying levels of experience. From beginners to painters with an independent practice. Some previous experience in drawing will be helpful.
Course Description:
This 4-day course teaches strategies that inform observational painting. It is designed to help you set up and respond in more nuanced ways to a still-life practice, by offering further perceptual insights with the potential for inspiring new ideas.
You will learn: to carefully and effectively observe relationships between objects and the space they occupy; how to use colour to create illusions of light and form - a 'pictorial colour space'; and to consider colour relationships (perceived and on the palette), illusory edges and other phenomena.
In addition, you will develop your awareness of the surprising issues of our perception of size, shape and colour involved in still life painting. This practical course will reveal unexpected phenomena about how we perceive the world. Through daily practical painting exercises and talks, you will scrutinise scale, shape, tone and colour, and consider painting in the light shed by the psychology and neuroscience of vision.
Eye and Brain: This drawing and painting course is inspired by ‘Eye and Brain’ by Richard L. Gregory, explaining “how we see and what we see, including the strange phenomena of illusions” alongside more recent developments in cognitive neuroscience.
General Information
Applicants
Short Courses are open to anyone aged seventeen and over.
Students under the age of 18
Slade Short Courses are designed for adults and the students attending our courses usually span a wide range of ages. For those students interested in attending a short course who are below the age of 18 (17+), we ask you to provide the following documents in addition to the application form so that we may consider you:
A letter from the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Head of Year or art teacher at your school stating your suitability for the course and
A letter from your parent or guardian confirming that personal liability and contents insurance has been set up for you.
Booking and payment
To book a place, please go to the UCL Online Store by following the links to the UCL Shop above.
Course fee
The course fee covers tuition. The course fee does not include materials, you must supply all materials yourself.
Refunds and cancellations
Cancellations are permitted up to one month before the start of a course, subject to a £25 cancellation fee. Refunds will not be made for cancellations less than one calendar month before the start of a course. Students who do not attend due to illness, personal or professional commitments do not have the right to a refund. For this reason we recommend that students take out personal insurance against any unforeseeable circumstances before the start of their course.
Before you start
Further course details and a materials list will be sent to you before the course begins.
Location
In person short courses will take place at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, unless stated otherwise. Online courses will take place online (please make sure you have a suitable internet connection). Details will be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
Access
If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing sladeshortcourses@ucl.ac.uk or by phone on 020 7679 2317.
Safety
Short Course students are required to sign a Safety Compliance Form as part of UCL Health and Safety regulations.
Further information
Please contact the Slade by emailing sladeshortcourses@ucl.ac.uk .
Disclaimer
The information given above is accurate at the time of publication. However, the Slade School of Fine Art reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require it.
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Short Courses & Summer School
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