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- Contemporary quilts: circles and curves
Course start date: Fri 9 Jun 2023Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellLearn how to design and make a contemporary quilt from start to finish. You will use a range of construction and embellishment techniques. The focus for design is on Circles and Curves working with cotton fabrics to create a personalised quilt. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Introduction to collage and mixed media Course start date: Fri 15 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth FranklinCollage is an exciting, accessible and creative medium. Experiment with a rich variety of materials and found images to make vibrant work experimenting with surface, form, colour and pattern, inspired by artists who make effective use of this way of working.Full fee £259.00 - Business skills for creative businessesCourse start date: Thu 15 Jun 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christine RobertsonThis course will equip you with all necessary skills needed in starting, growing and managing a small business in the creative industries.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £299.00 - Introduction to AutoCAD 2DCourse start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonAutoCAD is an essential part of the work process for engineers, designers, architects and visualisers. This course will teach you to create 2D technical drawings on Mac in one of the leading CAD design programmes.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £299.00 - Anatomical portrait drawing Course start date: Fri 23 Jun 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyEnhance your portraits by uncovering what lies beneath the surface. Through demonstration and direct observation of the model you will examine proportion, rotation and the key anatomical structures of the head and neck that denote likeness.Full fee £269.00 - Introduction to printmaking techniquesCourse start date: Wed 13 Sep 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This fast-paced course reveals some of the processes used to make fine art prints. You will try both relief and intaglio printmaking methods. This course is for beginners and those with limited experience who want to discover how printmaking techniques actually work. An ideal way to start printmaking.Full fee £269.00 - Excel for financial modellingCourse start date: Sun 16 Jul 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anis MokademFinancial modelling refers to the development of mathematical tools to simulate business scenarios as an aid to decision-making. Knowing lots of functions helps, but it is the application of these skills whilst also understanding the financial concepts that turns a glorified calculator into a valuable financial model.Full fee £279.00 - Stop motion animation: personal projectsCourse start date: Mon 24 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsAre you ready to develop your own stop motion animation project? Whether it’s experimental or narrative, to be shown in a gallery, on social media or in film festivals, this course offers you the expert guidance to help you realise your own individual animation project.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - 50 projects in graphic design: intensiveCourse start date: Tue 1 Aug 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsTake creative control on this fast, fun and varied course – complete the challenge of 50 projects over multiple sessions. This is an opportunity to begin exploring the key principles used in graphic design with ‘hands-on’ cut and paste techniques. The projects (exercises / short briefs) will cover: typography, layout design, illustration, signage and visual branding.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Contemporary quilts: log cabinCourse start date: Mon 7 Aug 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellLearn how to design and make a contemporary quilt from start to finish. You will use a range of construction and embellishment techniques. The emphasis for design is based on the traditional Log Cabin method of using fabric strips to create exciting Quilts. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Sketchup Pro intensive for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 7 Aug 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms on this fast track course. Skills in this user friendly and affordable software is invaluable for Interior designers, Garden designers and Set designers who wish to improve their presentations. The software works on both PC or Mac.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Picture framing and mounting for beginnersCourse start date: Thu 13 Jul 2023 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Esther HeyhoeLearn picture framing and mounting skills for the home or workplace. Using professional framing tools and equipment you'll be taught all the skills you need to work in a busy studio or alternatively how to set up your own small scale practice from home.Full fee £309.00 - Drawing into painting
Course start date: Thu 14 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullGain an understanding of the creative journey from drawing or sketch to finished painting. Use paint techniques or mixed media, and find out how the two activities contrast yet potentially support each other. Basic materials included.Full fee £339.00 - Working with the Arts in Counselling: an IntroductionCourse start date: Fri 15 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vyvian ShawAn opportunity for qualified counsellors and those in training to experience and learn about the power of using the creative arts in therapy.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £289.00 Concession £188.00 - Life painting for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This short course is a great introduction to painting directly from the nude model. Using simple projects, you will
explore different ways to represent the human form in paint, with encouraging, helpful guidance from an experienced tutor. Suitable for absolute beginners.Full fee £279.00
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