COURSE TIMETABLE
Term |
Course |
Date |
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1 |
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2 |
Painting People – Ideas and Photography |
2 Jan 2017 to 23 Mar 2017 Half term on 16 Feb 2017 |
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3 |
Portraits: A moment in time – the power of storytelling through paint |
27 Apr 2017 to 6 Jul 2017 Half term on 1 June 2017 |
Fees |
Per Term £540 |
Both Terms £1040 |
All requests to pay in installments please email applications@theesop.com please include your telephone contact.
THE COURSE IN DETAIL:
Term 1: (Term Completed)
Drawing and Painting from life: Strengthening your technical Toolbox – the path to creative freedom
Tutors: David Caldwell and Alison Harper
- Anatomy and structure of the head and face
- Understanding facial features.
- Body language nude and clothed; the art of composition.
- Materials and methods of oil painting
- Colour as tone and colour mixing
- Luminous flesh: techniques for painting skin
Term 2: (Limited Places)
Painting People: Ideas, photography and technology
Tutors: Alessandro Rajo and Alison Harper and Allan Ramsay
- Translating the photo into paint: how to ‘own’ the photo image
- Using Ipads and computers to manipulate images to aid composition, colour and development of ideas.
- Using photographs for group compositions
- Settings for portraits: using photographs for Interiors/exteriors
- Combining using photographs with working from the live model.
- Using film stills for inspiration
Term 3 (Limited Places)
Portraits and emotion: the power of storytelling through paint
Tutors: Rosemary Beaton, Alison Harper, Sandy Moffat and David Caldwell
- Expressive painting: the power of colour and mark-making
- Character, mood and atmosphere.
- How to read paintings and create meaning in paint.
- Bringing it all together: portraits with a human story
- Professional practise: websites, competitions, commissions, agents