Life Certificate Course
Written by Alan Dedman who is also the Course Artist
Course Overview
The human form is the basis of much art. Learn the basics of anatomy and proportions, experiment with foreshortening and movement, and develop your own style. Work with different media.
In fact, once you've completed the course and mastered the techniques needed, you'll have gained both the understanding and the confidence to really make the most of drawing and skethcing people from life.
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deally you will need to find a local model to pose for you on a few occasions at least to get the best out of this course. It is possible to do some of the work using your own image in the mirror or working from photographs. However many students find friends and family very co-operative when asked to sit.
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.
