Easter Courses
Easter courses are taught by practising artists, many of whom studied at the Slade and also teach on the Slade Summer School. They are designed to enable students to develop a set of criteria which will enable further possibilities and developments within the wider remit of their own practise after completing the course.
Life Painting: one week sustained pose (in person)
Summer School 2017
Monday - Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm
31 March – 4 April / 5 days
Fee: £405
Course Tutor: Andy Pankhurst
Course Description
This course runs over 5 consecutive days. This course will give you the opportunity to work directly from a sustained life-model pose for the duration of the week. You will also explore the nature of sustained observation and concepts connected to it.
The course will begin with an initial introductory slide talk and then working collaboratively together with the model through a creative process exploring varying possibilities of poses, compositions and colour environments while making initial drawings.
Alongside demonstrations for the group, one to one tuition will be offered on the experience of a sustained visual exchange: perceptual shifts taking place between the artist & subject, colour mixing, tone & temperature, form and the role of structure in terms of proportion and spatial relationships.The final session of the week will be devoted to feedback and support for continuing after the course finishes.
Who should take this course?: suitable for varying levels of experience. From beginners to painters with an independent practice, some previous experience in drawing will be helpful.
Materials
Students will be sent a full materials list to purchase what is needed before the start of the course.
You will need to have the following materials for the first session:
A mixed set of student brushes including stiff/soft, as well as a ‘drawing’ brush- long and pointed such as a ‘rigger’ no 2
A glass jar with lid
Wet wipes for hands
Rags or paper towels for brushes
Palette knife for mixing
Paints: Ivory Black, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue and Ultramarine Blue.
We recommend that each student has a sketchbook.
Please note you will need a retarding medium for acrylics in order to stop them drying too quickly when colour mixing.
Lightweight A1 portfolio case (optional)
Easter Art History: The Original Masterpiece: A guide to London's most innovative historical paintings (in person)
©Rose Davey
Monday - Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm
31 March - 4 April / 5 Days
Fee: £405
Course tutor: Rose Davey
Course Description
This course runs over 5 consecutive days. The course will equip students with a knowledge and understanding of historical European painting by exploring the evolution of ideas captured within the frame. Numerous trips to London's word class museums and galleries, groups seminars, practical workshops and in depth art historical lectures will combine to create a crash course in art history as seen through the art on display in the capital.
Who should take this course
Suitable for varying levels of experience.
Materials
All materials will be supplied. It is recommended you wear comfortable shoes and are equipped for travelling around London. A sketchbook is optional.
Observational Painting: Observation and Colour- Still Life Painting with Eye and Brain (in person)
Monday – Friday, 10:00am – 4:00pm
7 - 11 April / 5 days
Fee: £405
Course tutor: Kate Hopkins
Course Description
This course runs over 5 consecutive days. The course teaches strategies that inform observational painting. It is designed to help you set up and respond in more nuanced ways to a still-life practice, by offering further perceptual insights with the potential for inspiring new ideas.
You will learn: to carefully and effectively observe relationships between objects and the space they occupy; how to use colour to create illusions of light and form - a 'pictorial colour space'; and to consider colour relationships (perceived and on the palette), illusory edges and other phenomena.
In addition, you will develop your awareness of the surprising issues of our perception of size, shape and colour involved in still life painting. This practical course will reveal unexpected phenomena about how we perceive the world. Through daily practical painting exercises and talks, you will scrutinise scale, shape, tone and colour, and consider painting in the light shed by the psychology and neuroscience of vision.
Eye and Brain: This drawing and painting course is inspired by ‘Eye and Brain’ by Richard L. Gregory, explaining “how we see and what we see, including the strange phenomena of illusions” alongside more recent developments in cognitive neuroscience.
Who should take this course
This course is suitable for varying levels of experience. From beginners to painters with an independent practice. Some previous experience in drawing will be helpful.
Materials
Students will be sent a full materials list to purchase what is needed before the start of the course.
You will need to bring the following materials for the first session:
Masking tape
Paints (oils or acrylics)
Retarding medium (for acrylic paints)
Brushes (a range)
Palette knife for mixing
2 Screw top jars (one for clean, one dirty)
Rags or kitchen roll
Extra odourless thinners (for oil paints- recommended)
Sketchbook (recommended)
Paints (oils or acrylics): Ivory black, Titanium white, Yellow Ochre.
We will provide easels, palettes, oil painting paper, and Sansodor.
General Information
Applicants
Short Courses are open to anyone aged seventeen and over.
Students under the age of 18
Slade Short Courses are designed for adults and the students attending our courses usually span a wide range of ages. For those students interested in attending a short course who are below the age of 18 (17+), we ask you to provide the following documents in addition to the application form so that we may consider you:
A letter from the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Head of Year or art teacher at your school stating your suitability for the course and
A letter from your parent or guardian confirming that personal liability and contents insurance has been set up for you.
Booking and payment
To book a place, please go to the UCL Online Store by following the links to the UCL Shop above.
Course fee
The course fee covers tuition. The course fee does not include materials, you must supply all materials yourself.
Refunds and cancellations
Cancellations are permitted up to one month before the start of a course, subject to a £25 cancellation fee. Refunds will not be made for cancellations less than one calendar month before the start of a course. Students who do not attend due to illness, personal or professional commitments do not have the right to a refund. For this reason we recommend that students take out personal insurance against any unforeseeable circumstances before the start of their course.
Before you start
Further course details and a materials list will be sent to you before the course begins.
Location
In person short courses will take place at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, unless stated otherwise. Online courses will take place online (please make sure you have a suitable internet connection). Details will be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
Access
If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing sladeshortcourses@ucl.ac.uk or by phone on 020 7679 2317.
Safety
Short Course students are required to sign a Safety Compliance Form as part of UCL Health and Safety regulations.
Further information
Please contact the Slade by emailing sladeshortcourses@ucl.ac.uk .
Disclaimer
The information given above is accurate at the time of publication. However, the Slade School of Fine Art reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require it.
Easter related
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Short Courses
We offer short courses during the autumn and spring term, and during the Easter break. From July to August we run the Slade Summer School.