Portrait Drawing - Mixed Ability

This course may lead to an improvers course or another course in drawing and painting with Oxfordshire Adult Learning.
For example take a look at:
Acrylic painting
Museum Drawing
Drawing and Watercolour

There are no entry requirements for this course. This course is structured to suit learners’ pace and prior abilities. This can accommodate complete beginners and those with some prior experience, including some who have completed a term of this course already.
Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2022 prior to starting the course

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 might cost you up to £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 Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.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.

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 ..
This is a practical course, and teaching methods will include lecture, demonstration, individual practice, pair work, group discussion, quiz, exhibition of completed art projects, peer evaluation and 1:1 guidance from the tutor. Your tutor gives you informal feedback. Optional homework between sessions will help you to progress. It is always beneficial for learners to practice outside of the classroom.