AUTUMN 2019: Drawing and Painting for Beginners at NHC, Hitchin

Teaching artist, Gim, will deliver another series of Drawing and Painting workshops for Beginners at NHC, Hitchin. Please enrol directly through the college.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

You will be introduced to a variety of techniques and the formal elements of painting and drawing. This will include, line, colour, texture, form, perspective and many more. You will also experiment with a wide range of mediums, ranging from pencil, charcoal, acrylics and oil and water-based mediums.

The aim of the course is to develop your own creative pathway through fundamental painting and drawing techniques. You will learn to employ the following:

Line
Shape
Form
Composition
Negative space
Chiaroscuro
Tone
Mark making
Colour theory (learn to mix paints from a limited palette)

This course will challenge you to break down preconceptions and to develop your own ideas using traditional and experimental approaches, in both historical and contemporary context.

Thursday 26/09/2019 until 21/11/2019 (8 weeks); excluding half term; 1830 to 2100.

For more information visit https://www.nhc.ac.uk/adults/art-and-design/drawing-and-painting/