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Drawing & Watercolour - Mixed Ability B

Course code: QCXU101P

Subject area: Art & Design

Study level: Part Time

Course level: U

Course details

3:30pm - 6:00pm

Wednesday

11th Jan 2023 - 29th Mar 2023

Seacourt Hall

Contact details

enquiries@abingdon-witney.ac.uk

01235 555 585

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You shall cover basic drawing skills such as construction drawing and moulding form with light and shade. We will look at the traditional ways of applying watercolour: wet into wet, layered washes, glazes etc. We will also make experimental paintings. You will observe still life objects and express space and atmosphere in landscapes. There will be demonstrations and ample time to experiment. Learners with some experience will be encouraged to take their work further and challenge themselves.
Please note there will be no class on 15/02/22

What the course will cover:

• Simple still life to establish learner’s level of experience
• Constructing a drawing: relating one form to another.
• Rule of thirds: learners to experiment with designing a series of compositions using this method
• Rule of thirds part two: Finished painting
• Negative space: learners to observe negative spaces in a still life then utilise strong negative shapes in designing a composition.
• Colour in composition: Learners to consider the effective juxta positioning of colours to lead the eye and balance the painting.
• Experimental painting: wax resist masking scratching etc
• Glazing and overlaying colours
• Figure composition part one: Simple perspective of townscape
• Figure composition part two: placing figures within paintings to give movement and scale.


What you need to bring to the first session:
A4 watercolour paper pad
Small white plate to mix colour on.
Jam jar for water
Kitchen paper
HB pencil and sharpener
Eraser

Your tutor will advise you of further art materials that you will need as the course progresses


Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.

You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.

You could move onto Watercolour improvers, or take on another medium such as oils or acrylics.
A course for beginners and those with some experience
Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2022

Courses can fill fast, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment. Decisions on whether a course is to run are made two weeks prior to the start date - an email will be sent to you should there be changes to your course or if it is cancelled. Please check your inbox leading up to your course, including the junk folders. For anyone without an email account, our Admissions team will phone you instead.

For the first week of the course you will need to bring a valid form of identification; this includes passport, driving licence, debit/credit card, Birth Certificate or National Insurance card.

Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2022 prior to starting the course.
You are expected to provide your own materials, which may cost approximately £20. Please do not buy any materials until your course is confirmed as running.

Courses offered by the college are fully or partly funded by the Government and the published fee takes account of this funding.

Before starting a course, the College is required to check you meet conditions relating to that funding, e.g. age, residency status within the UK/EEA, prior qualification level and employment status. In some circumstances (such as with online enrolments), these checks can only be completed after you have enrolled and paid.

If you are unable to pay in full for this course at the time of enrolment, and the course tuition fee is £300 or more, an instalment plan is available. If this is your preference, please do not enrol online but rather call the Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to enrol.

Once enrolled, Admissions will take the first instalment payment from you and pass on your details to the Finance team who will email you to set-up your payment plan. Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.

The rules on fee reduction are complicated, we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to discuss these options. You can find more information on our Fees and Bursaries page - search "Fees and Bursaries" at the top of the page.

16 - 18 Fee

19+ Fee

Tuition Fee: £151.25
Exam Fee: £0.00

Total Cost: £151.25

19+ Reduced Fee

Tuition Fee: £90.75
Exam Fee: £0.00

Total Cost: £90.75

As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. However, you will be asked to complete activities that demonstrate how you are progressing on your course.
As this is a non-accredited course, informal methods of assessment will be used. You will be required to complete a RARPA form which represents Recognising and Recording your Progress and Achievement .
Refer to learner’s initial assessment forms. Check learning by asking questions, observe practical work and give one to one tuition. Individual discussion and group discussion of outcomes of paintings produced and how they relate to the aims of the lesson.

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