Coloured Pencil and Drawing Course
Written and Illustrated and tutored by Melanie Phillips H.N.D
Course overview
With the exception of graphite pencil, coloured pencil is without doubt the most accessible, versatile medium...and everyone already has some experience with it. Not everyone realizes that this medium is capable of creating fantastic works of art – in every subject. Using the proper techniques, knowledge and patience you will call upon coloured pencils time and time again.
This is an intensive course in coloured pencil techniques, with added tuition in the fundamentals of drawing.
In fact, once you've completed the course and mastered the simple techniques of drawing and coloured pencil you'll have gained both the understanding and the confidence to really make the most of this very relaxing and creative skill.
Critiques
Melanie provides spoken word critiques on audio cd's playable on any cd based audio system - ie a stereo system, DVD player or personal computer. Alternitively she can provide the same audio crituqe via email in mp3 format.
Critiques via email
If you have scanning facilities, students are able to upload their artwork to the tutors’ centre, from our students administration area. Each student will need to obtain a username and password to this area, if you do not currently have the details please email us. The form consists of browse buttons to attach your work, and a comments box where you can type a letter to Melanie explaining how you got on with your artwork.
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 Admin Centre and receive your artwork back with an audio cd for your hifi or computer.
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 Administration Centre is available seven days a week and the Course Artist provides the technical support to deal with relevant queries.
Most courses have their own dedicated Course Artist. The Course Artist 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 Course Artist to critique. The student's work will be returned together with the Course Artist'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 Diploma or Certificate. The expected duration is six months although the college allows students up to two years to complete their studies.
