The Fundamentals of Painting - The Materiality of Paint (C) DO NOT USE. KEEP CIS. (HE09X02D)
Course overview
This is Part 2 of a practical painting programme for students of all abilities.
The programme consists of 2 courses, each of which can be a stand-alone course but in conjunction may be used together to build a more substantive understanding of the fundamentals of painting.
Both course parts engage students in exercises designed to develop both theoretical and experiential knowledge of the fundamentals of painting. You will learn the effects achieved by using colour and contrast to produce both abstract and observational pieces of work with various subjects.
Part 1 Paint as Matter HE09F02B (NovFeb) - Initially appreciating that paint is colour pigment suspended in a medium, students will investigate how different paints interact when suspended within different mediums and the effects these create when painting.
Part 1 The Materiality of Paint HE09F02D (starting in February) Experiment with texture using a variety of painting techniques; wet into wet paint, glazes, scumbling, impasto, perhaps, even, encaustic.
Where Five Ashes Village Hall, Five Ashes, East Sussex, TN20 6JA.
When
Tuesday, 1:00pm - 3:30pm from 21st February 2023 until 16th May 2023 for 11 weeks.
No course 4th & 11th April 2023 (Easter Break)
Cost
The full fee is £200.00.
The concessionary fee is £105.00.
What you already need to know
This is a mixed ability course and focuses less on previous experience than mindset.
Not all artists want to be constrained by what is expected of them.
This course encourages you to be ambitious in what you want to achieve.
Whether you are a beginner or have some experience of painting, buy some big paper and come along to broaden your ideas and your painting skills.
What you will learn
This course is about building confidence in painting. You will learn about tone, colour theories and composition, but in addition you can expect the following:
- Diversity At the end of the course your portfolio will contain a range of diverse paintings; diverse subject matter in diverse modes and with diverse media.
- Perception You will recognise, process and appreciate the different aspects of your own perceptual activity that defines your work.
- Materials Become conscious of drawing as engagement with and manipulation of a range of materials, exploring effects and allowing materials to 'talk back'.
- Audience Understand that art, in the main, is made for another person to view and so is composed of signs, symbols and codes that will give meaning to the viewer.
A Day of Art - two Course Discount
In the morning Terry teaches
The Fundamentals of Drawing .
If you wish to make Tuesdays your Day of Art, we offer a 20% reduction on the 2nd course, to students attending The Fundamentals of Drawing & The Fundamentals of Painting on the same day.
How you will learn it
In a small, relaxed class you will learn through a variety of methods:
- Tutor led discussion and lectures
- Tutor demonstration as a group and individually
- Practical application and exercises
- Group and tutor feedback at the end of each session
Bring to the first session
- A1 drawing paper
- A1 drawing board
- Masking tape
- A range of brushes e.g. a round, a rigger, 2 x flats of different sizes, a filibert and an angle (see below for definitions
- A set of acrylic paints (some art stores offer paint and paintbrush starter kits which are good value)
- An easel - ACRES have a few available to loan for your lessons, please ask at enrolment.
- A portfolio or large bag to keep your work together
You can continue using acrylics but you may also wish to try using an oil paint set. This can be water or oil based (water is easier to clean). Your tutor will explain and demonstrate how to use oils and introduce you to different mediums for extending, thickening and increasing / decreasing drying times of paint.
If you are using oil paints you will need turpentine and linseed oil for mixing and white spirit for cleaning brushes.
As the course progresses you may need to bring in other materials but wait to be advised by the tutor.
To avoid unnecessary cost please do not purchase any materials or textbooks until you are certain that your course will run. Course decisions are normally made a week prior to the course start date.
As the course progresses you will need to bring in further materials such as a range of drawing pencils, black ink pens, white chalk and different drawing paper, but wait to be advised by the tutor.
To avoid unnecessary cost please do not purchase any materials or textbooks until you are certain that your course will run. Course decisions are normally made a week prior to the course start date.
Extra study or practice
It is recommended that you spend time at home practising skills and techniques from the classes. In addition, you may be asked to do light preparatory research for upcoming classes, but this won't be onerous.
How to enrol
This course will be open for new enrolments in December 2022.
Register your interest and a member of the ACRES team will be in touch when enrolments are open. (Please note a priority booking window will be offered to existing students).
Previous students say
Terry is a new tutor to ACRES
Tutor Bio: Terry Rosenberg did his undergraduate studies at Ruskin School of Fine Art in Oxford and followed this with a Masters in Painting at the Royal College of Art. Over the years, he has taught at different institutions including the RCA, the AA, Chelsea, Goldsmiths, the City Lit and numerous other FE and AE colleges. He has taught courses, both theoretical and practical, art and design, at all levels from Pre-foundation and BTec courses to Master's degrees and has also supervised PhDs. In the last 25 years Terry worked at Goldsmiths full time. Alongside the teaching, Terry did research that covered both theory and practice; writing and editing papers, articles, books and working with colleagues designing and making critical design objects and environments. Terry retired from academia in July 2020, determined to find space and time to reclaim his art practice. He has been producing artwork since, but discovering how much he missed teaching he is looking forward to delivering some adult classes through ACRES.
Additional Course Information
- Concessionary/reduced fees, are available to students in receipt of certain means-tested benefits on some courses.
- Course fees over £139, can be paid in one single payment at enrolment or in instalments by Standing Order where applicable.
- Fees and payment options: See the Financial Support page.
- Other course related information: See the Policies & Procedures page, or contact the ACRES office.
Definition of brush types
- Flat: for spreading paint quickly and evenly over a surface. They will have longer hairs than their Bright counterpart
- Bright: shorter than flats. Flat brushes with short stiff bristles, good for driving paint into the weave of a canvas in thinner paint applications, as well as thicker painting styles like impasto work
- Filbert: flat brushes with domed ends. They allow good coverage and the ability to perform some detail work.
- Fan: for blending broad areas of paint
- Angle: like the filbert, these are versatile and can be applied in both general painting application as well as some detail work
- Mop: a larger format brush with a rounded edge for broad soft paint application as well as for getting thinner glazes over existing drying layers of paint without damaging lower layers to protect the paintbrush
- Rigger: longer hair than other types of brush and is used for painting straight lines in oil, acrylic or watercolour
Next steps within this subject with ACRES
Terry will be teaching a Masterclass using Oils starting on 7th June. Speak to him or visit the website to find out more.
Future steps beyond ACRES
Find out about other courses with the
National Careers Service for opportunities to extend your skills and knowledge.
