Pastels Certificate Course
Written by Alan Dedman who is also the course artist
Course overview
When painting with pastels you use a technique whereby colours are mixed on the paper not on the palette. Overlaying and blending colours produces distinctive and very attractive paintings. This course appeals to artists who already have experience with other media and who want to try something new.
This Certificate course provides a flexible and enjoyable means of developing your artistic talent through the medium of Pastels. We cover all the practical issues related to drawing and painting with pastels.
There is clear advice about further avenues for study and development. This is a very good course for people interested in getting a solid introduction to the subject with plenty of opportunity for practice.
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 duration of this course is aproximatly 6 months.
