Watercolour and Mixed Media

This course is for those who want to explore the playful nature of Watercolours, Acrylics, Inks and Collage. You will experiment with a variety of materials and tools to stretch your creativity. Be inspired by surfaces and create imaginative imagery, using photos, collages, your sketchbook, and contemporary artists as sources of inspiration.

Student painting using various techniques
  • What you will study
    • Acrylic layering and scraping back resists and impasto
    • Automatic painting, music, visual improvisation and abstraction through memories, place and time
    • Knowledge and inspiration from abstract movements such as Bauhaus, Surrealists, and Abstract Expressionism
    • Learn from artists who use paint in an inspirational way: JMW Turner, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, Bridget Riley, Peter Lanyon and Kurt Jackson, among others
    • Develop your art practice with the sketchbook and collage

    You will need:

    • Either Sharp Pencil (HB, B, 2B), Rubber, charcoal or chalk pastels
    • A box of 12 watercolours in Tubes by Reeves (£12-15), Windsor and Newton, or a pan set of 12 colours
    • A palette – a Plate is suitable in either plastic or ceramic
    • Paper: ACID-Free Watercolour paper pad, either Medium Not textured in at least 300 GSM in A4 or A3 (£10-15)
    • Three containers of Water
    • Watercolour Brushes: Flat brushes 1inch and two inches (Hake, Synthetic or Sable)
    • Scissors
    • Pritt Stick
    • Round brush with tip: Goat hair (oriental if possible) Small round-headed brush in size 4 -6 not essential (Synthetic or Sable)
    • One sheet of Black emery paper or fine sandpaper
  • Moving Forward

    Develop a portfolio to access other visual arts courses, such as a Foundation Course in Art or a BA

  • Duration

    11 weeks