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A multi-disciplinary course that will help broaden your skills and experience. Record, imagine, visualise, transform,
narrate and develop through a series of practical projects. This exciting course is designed to help you place drawing at the centre of your chosen artistic discipline.
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The City Lit drawing year, Extended Drawing for artists and makers, is designed for the experienced drawing student or arts practitioner or designer who wants to develop their personal approach to drawing and enhance their art practice. Drawing in its widest sense will be explored, from drawing as communication of ideas, working drawings as preparation for creative art projects and drawing as a practice in it’s own right.
In the first 2 terms, tutors from different art disciplines will deliver short challenging projects and exercises to broaden your use of drawing as a vital and exploratory tool and as a reliable companion and starting point for understanding the world around you. You will look at the work of contemporary artists who use drawing as the main or essential component of their work and explore the possibilities of what is considered drawing in the art world today.
The final term will focus on personal project realisation, by selecting drawing methods and approaches, you will work towards the production of a final piece or a body of personal work.
Note: this course runs on Wednesdays throughout the year, with the addition of 2 Saturdays, which will be scheduled in consultation with students.
What will we cover?
- Drawing using a wide range of techniques and media.
- A variety of approaches to using drawing to record, imagine, visualise, transform, narrate and develop through a series of practical projects.
- Ways of developing your own, individual creative process through drawing using the anchor of a given project
- The process of visual research, research development, experimentation, idea development and final piece realisation.
- How contemporary practitioners use drawing as a medium for communication, giving form to ideas or expressing thoughts and feelings.
Recognising, presenting and celebrating students' achievements is an important part of our advanced courses. There will be an opportunity to exhibit your work during or at the end of this course, either within the college or at an external venue.
This course concerns contemporary practice and debate. As such you can expect to be stimulated and challenged by some of the ideas and images discussed.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Problem solve using different approaches to drawing via the projects set
- Work with a variety of sources and techniques to make more individual drawings.
- Understand how to use drawing as a tool with learned skills to feed and enhance your art practice
- Consider cross-disciplinary drawing practices in furthering your creative options
- Appreciate the emerging content of your drawings and evolve them accordingly
- Critically appraise your output and begin to define future areas of interest
- Understand the wide approach to drawing in the work of contemporary arts practitioners.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is for intermediate and advanced students, artists and makers in all the creative arts with some drawing experience. It is not a course for beginners. You should have already completed the City Lit drawing course modules 1 and 2 or similar.
Self-reflection is an important part of art education and practice. You will be encouraged and expected to evaluate and review your own learning, ways of working and progress. As a student on an advanced course, you should also be prepared to engage with concepts, debates and methods that may differ from those with which you are familiar.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
By practical projects, demonstration, handouts, one to one tutoring and group discussion and reviews. You will be expected to have an interest in the wider arts and crafts world and attend exhibitions outside of the class. Some independent home study will be encouraged such as personal ideas research and development in the form of sketchbook and/or note keeping.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Standard art materials are provided. You may be asked to provide your own sketchbook, ideas and reference materials such as sketches and photographs. Please note this course is exempt from our refunds and transfers policy.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
You may want to go on to further courses in the Centre for Advanced Practice, such as the City Lit fine art course (VM551/VM552), Developing art practice (VM563), Contemporary practice personal project (VM676).
General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00.
We’re sorry. We don’t have a bio ready for the tutor of this class at the moment, but we’re working on it! Watch this space.
Sue Baker-KentonSee moreSee less
We’re sorry. We don’t have a bio ready for the tutor of this class at the moment, but we’re working on it! Watch this space.
Clare Barton-HarveySee moreSee less
Clare Barton-Harvey is a full time artist and tutor/trainer living in London. In her teaching, she specialises in life drawing, drawing and mindfulness, working with colour, and painting from the imagination. She is an engaging and inspired tutor responsive to individual need and encouraging of individual growth/expression. In 2003, she studied at the Royal Drawing School, where she engaged in life drawing and the study of contemporary and historic artist’s drawings as part of the Drawing Year. In 2017 she engaged in post-graduate study with Bob and Roberta Smith (RA) and has exhibited solo and in a variety of group shows throughout the UK. You can see her work at www.cbarton-harvey.co.uk. Clare has been a practicing artist & mindfulness practitioner for over 25 years, and has taught drawing and painting for over 18 years, in a variety of locations currently including the National Gallery, British Museum, British Library, Pallant House and Hampton Court Palace. She is also co-founder of LIMINA collective (www.liminacollective.com) who specialise in mindful engagement with art in galleries and museums.
Ruth BrisonSee moreSee less
Ruth has taught drawing, painting and mixed media for more than 30 years, at many levels including Further, Higher and Adult Education, all over the country, including Manchester, Birmingham and London. She studied Fine Art at Liverpool and Birmingham Universities and has exhibited diversely, including the Royal Academy in London. As an artist and educator she has an eclectic mix of skills and interests. Drawing is pivotal. Mixed media has become a central focus over the years and her practice has developed towards the interface between Fine Art and Textiles where elements of painting, relief and experimental textiles meet. Coming from a background of accomplished artists and educators’ she has spent many years developing values in educational practice and enabling students to access their own creative potential.
I am an artist living and working in London, trained at Chelsea School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art (University College London). I have shown in solo and group exhibitions around the UK and in Europe (including the Whitechapel Open and Threadneedle Painting Prize) with work in numerous private collections and featured in Drawing and Painting by Kate Wilson (Thames and Hudson, 2015) For over 30 years I have taught in a wide variety of contexts, lecturing in many British art schools, including Manchester (MA), Cheltenham (BA), Central St Martins, UAL. I have run drawing workshops for Microsoft Seattle, Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, Electronic Arts UK, Vanguard Animation, Tell Me in Mountain View, CA and Kaos Studios (THQ) in New York amongst others. I have also taught renowned opera, television and film directors how to draw (NDAs duly signed) From 2021-22 I was the recipient of an Arts Council England Project Award to conduct research into drawing and the processing of trauma. I have tenure at City Lit where I deliver drawing and painting courses exploring how these activities alter visual perception, with a strong emphasis on thinking through doing.
Claire HyndsSee moreSee less
Claire Hynds is an artist specialising in printmaking, her work combines drawing and photography with traditional and digital print techniques to create hand printed, limited edition prints and books. Claire studied Fine Art at the University of Wales and was awarded an AHRB to study MA Multidisciplinary Printmaking at the University of the West of England. She has been teaching printmaking and drawing since 2002 and specialises in traditional etching, photomechanical intaglio processes (photoetching and polymer), screenprinting, bookmaking and artist books. She is a member of East London Printmakers and the Printmakers Council, dividing her time between teaching and her studio practice. Claire has exhibited throughout the UK and internationally and has work in permanent collections at the V&A, the Printmakers Council Archive and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales. Claire’s research investigates the urban environment. Visiting examples of modern architecture and new towns she examines what remains of the utopian vision of post war Britain, developing work through drawing, photography and print that explores how these spaces are experienced today.
Monika KitaSee moreSee less
Monika Kita is an artist and filmmaker. Video installation, sound and photography form her practice and works have been shown at festivals and exhibitions across the UK, Europe, and South America, including Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca, BBC Shorts, East End Film Festival and Venice Biennale. Teaching is an integral part of her practice. Her flexible approach encourages connection between conception, making and materials, recognising spontaneity and liberation to be at the ‘beating heart’ of practice and pedagogy.
Ute KreymanSee moreSee less
Ute works in sculpture, drawing, photography and print. She exhibits in the UK and abroad, including shows in Janus Avivson- Paris, Gallery Unwahr- Berlin, The Watermans Art Centre, National Trust, The Round Chapel- London, St Pancras Chambers and studio1.1.london. She is interested in 'Art and Landscape' and has collaborated with other artists in this area. Residencies and public art include ‘SelfScapes’ in Dalby Forest, an artistic research project with catalyst funding from York St John University; Hurlingham and Chelsea School - ACAVA;Winton School- The Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust. Publications: Kate Wilson, Drawing and Painting Materials and Techniques, 2015; The E list,Winter.No 55. Work reviews include: Time Out by Martin Herbert; Catalogue Essay by Tom Mc Carthy. Ute worked as Trustee member of Shoreditch Town Hall Trust and as gallery curator, Tram Depot Gallery. Ute has over 10 years of experience teaching in Further and Adult Education, on the Art and Design Foundation Diploma; Developing Art Practice; EDAM and The City Lit interior design course, specialising in sculpture - 3D, drawing and colour. Qualifications: MAFA and PGCE
Mario Lautier Vella is a cross-disciplinary, award-winning artist who began his art career at City Lit. After completing a number of short courses in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and textiles, Mario went on to do the two-year City Lit Fine Art course before going back to university to gain his Masters degree. Mario regularly exhibits in the UK and abroad and his work can be found in private collections around the world. Mario has enjoyed teaching at City Lit since 2011. For more info go to mariolautiervella.com
Faith Vincent is a practicing artist with a studio in North London. Her work has a strong affinity with touch, exploring an intimate engagement with the world through sculpture, installation and drawing. She studied Painting BA at Brighton and Post Grad at the Slade, UCL. She was a Wingate Scholar studying buon fresco under Prof Leonetto Tintori at Laboratorio per Affresco di Prato, Italy. Her work has been exhibited widely (including Palazzo Pretorio di Prato Italy, Eagle Gallery, Jagged Art, Whitworth Gallery, ICA, Barbican) and also used as a backdrop for dance on the BBC. She has featured in ID and AN magazine and has acted as a fresco consultant for Bodley Head Publishing House. She has been a visiting lecturer on Chelsea MA (now UAL), BA at Leeds Uni and Byam Shaw (now Central St Martins), as well as teaching part-time on BA at Hallam Uni, Sheffield and on various Foundation Courses. She is currently a tutor on Extended Drawing for Artists and Makers (EDAM) at City Lit. Her work is in collections in Europe and US.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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