Expressive Drawing & Experimental Techniques

This is an exciting NEW course, covering various aspects of drawing, gesture and mark-making to strengthen your drawing and/ or painting skills. Students will learn by experimentation and sense of play to unlock your creativity.

What The Course is About:

The course will cover various aspects of drawing, gesture and mark-making to strengthen your drawing and/ or painting skills.

Gesture and mark-making are the foundation to transforming ordinary-well observed drawing into dynamic and engaging self-expressive works of art.

The first half of the course you will cover the exploration of drawing and mark-making using a range of medium and the second half of the term through experimenting with different techniques, including printmaking, you will have a better understanding of how drawing interacts with other 2D & 3D disciplines.

The aim of this course is to help guide you to expand your artistic vocabulary and to give you the opportunity to develop your own contemporary practice.

Materials Required:

For the first few sessions we will explore drawing, using charcoal and pencils. If you have drawing materials, pencils, charcoal, eraser, paper, please bring them. Paper for charcoal and pencil. Kitchen Towel. You can obtain materials as you go along. You can buy most of the materials in the well-stocked onsite shop at Putney School of Art & Design

Previous Experience:

This course is for students with some experience and/ or an interest in trying different processes and materials.

End of course:

This class offers students the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and approaches to the use of different traditional and non-traditional drawing media. The course will guide students through the practice and principles of essential formal drawing qualities: line, tone, texture, composition and colour. Some sessions will involve paint, printing, collage, and more, allowing you to expand your artistic vocabulary.