Beginners' Drawing Course (B1)
Tutored by Alan Dedman BA, RAS, PGCE and Julie Douglas BA Hons
Course Overview
This introductory art course teaches students how to draw, covering: perspective, shapes and shadows, pencil, pen and ink drawing, use of charcoal, coloured pencils, pastels and chalk, how to draw people and how to sketch. This is an excellent starting point for people who simply want to draw well. If it is likely you will want to learn to paint as well; you should consider D1 our Beginners' Diploma Art Course which is the college’s foundation course for beginners. Students who are likely to take both the Beginners' Drawing course and the Beginners' Painting course should consider taking D1 our Drawing & Painting Diploma course. D1 covers the same areas as well as much more besides and offers very good value.
Course Prices
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Critiques
If you have scanning / photography facilities, students are able to upload their artwork to the Artwork Submission Area on our website. Each student is given a unique username and password on enrolment for their own private section in this area. Students can upload their artwork to this area for the tutor to collect and critique. The tutor will then upload feedback for the student to download or read.
Critiques via Regular Mail
If you do not have any facilities to upload your artwork, you can send your work in the normal way to the tutors centre and receive your artwork back with your critique. It is essential you label all packages/artwork your student number.
Support
All our courses are written to be complete in themselves. However we realise that students may appreciate being able to get clarification about various things as they work through their programme as well wanting reassurance that they are putting techniques into practice effectively. The tutors provide the technical support to deal with relevant queries.
Most courses have their own dedicated Tutor. The tutor keeps the course up to date and relevant to today's students. They are available to the individual student for advice and encouragement. Each course has regular exercises and assignments that are constructed in such a way as to give the student the opportunity to practice the techniques learnt on the course and to test themselves as they go along. The student is encouraged to submit the assignment work to the college for the tutor to critique. The student's work will be returned together with the tutor's personal critique. On many courses the assignment work may be suitable for inclusion in a student's Portfolio of Work that could be very useful later. The college will use the assignments submitted as the basis for any award of a letter, certificate or diploma.
Duration
The expected duration is three months although the college allows students up to a year to complete their studies.
Overview
This course is suitable for all students. The following is an overview of some of the areas that are covered in the course.
Media: Equipment used |
Subject: Areas covered |
Techniques: Skills developed |
Charcoal
Pen & Ink
Coloured Pencil
Pastel
Chalk |
Landscape
Figure Drawing
Illustration |
Using the mediums
Perspective
Texture
Enlarging
Sketching |
Samples pages from this course - click to enlarge
Samples images from this course
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