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- Introduction to collage and mixed media
Course start date: Sun 9 Jun 2024 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rod JudkinsCollage 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 £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Digital video editingCourse start date: Tue 11 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczInterested in editing your own videos? You may have heard of Premiere Pro or Final Cut. DaVinci Resolve is free and arguably better then both. Come and learn how to use it. Hollywood already does.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Watercolour painting studio: urban landscapesCourse start date: Thu 13 Jun 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hilary RosenBuild your confidence and skills in outdoor watercolour painting in a variety of central London locations. You will be introduced to watercolour mixing and mark making in relation to painting the urban landscape. This course can be seen as a refresher or for students who have had a minimum amount of watercolour experience.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Textiles and surface pattern: colour and abstract designCourse start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Janie MurphyA creative exploration of colour and abstract design for textiles. Explore and develop your understanding of colour using using paper dyes to create your own abstract imagery.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Introduction to stone setting: raised grain setting Course start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanGrain setting, sometimes referred to as bead setting, is a technique where small faceted stones are held in place by small prongs called beads. These are raised from the metal in the band using an engraving tool. This specialist technique builds on the basic stone setting methods, introducing the use of a new set of tools and skills and is perfect for those wishing to take their stone-setting to a higher level. - City Lit Pro: Adobe Photoshop intensiveCourse start date: Mon 17 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christine RobertsonCity Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace. On this practical course you will develop your skills in Adobe Photoshop, with a focus on learning to input, create, manipulate and enhance images and photographs for use in print and on the Web. - Final Cut Pro X and digital editingCourse start date: Mon 17 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczFamiliarise yourself in this practical course with the language of editing, its essential conventions and common techniques using Apple’s flagship professional editing program Final Cut.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - User experience and interface (UX/UI) : introductionCourse start date: Sat 14 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Itai BercovierAn introduction to the fundamentals of user experience (UX). Learn about the theory and tools used in the industry to analyse a website/app interface and its interaction.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Experimental sculpture in plaster and clayCourse start date: Sat 22 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloExplore the possibilities of modelling in clay and plaster. Taking inspiration from contemporary sculpture, work from found objects to develop your imagination, explore techniques of modelling, casting and transform forms according to your imagination. All levels of experience welcome.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Life drawing into life painting Course start date: Thu 17 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: susan kentonLearn or develop life drawing skills and approaches to painting the nude figure. Including use of tone and colour selection, composition and paint handling to develop solidity, atmosphere and expression. Some experience of drawing is recommended.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Mixed-media printmakingCourse start date: Sat 22 Jun 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokThis course introduces you to new ways of combining printmaking with creative thinking by using multiple printmaking techniques and processes, layering them to produce compositions that can be made into artworks to take away with you.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Cut, stab and etch: printmaking with linocuts Course start date: Fri 27 Sep 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lisa CradduckCut, stab and etch your way to dynamic blocks and exciting prints. Practical instruction in both traditional and inventive linocut printmaking techniques, including the reduction method developed by Picasso, multiple block printing and Polish dot linocut.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Large-scale mixed mediaCourse start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda BrackenAn exciting short experimental course to explore and combine a variety of creative techniques including collage from found images, drawing, painting and paper to create unexpectedly beautiful or powerful images on a large scale.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Experimental filmmaking: stage 1Course start date: Sun 30 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczLearn about the differences between experimental film and conventional narrative. Begin to create digital films that challenge rather than cater to conventional expectations. Explore how to create original material in both form and content.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Collage and mixed media: expressive colour
Course start date: Wed 25 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ute KreymanUse mixed media and the expressive possibilities of colour to enrich your understanding of the creative language of collage. Engage with different approaches to material and processes with a short introduction to the colour wheel.
All levels welcome.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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