Art, Design & Media

(Women Only) This course is designed to build your sense of well-being and develop self-confidence through exploring your creativity. Over 2 weekend sessions you will focus on a variety of drawing, painting and craft techniques designed to stretch your creative ability and extend your technical skills. In addition to learning a variety of arts and crafts your course will help you to set your own manageable goals and recognise your own personal responses to social and emotional situations. Your course will include tips and strategies about how to manage stress and develop...

This intensive one-week course will give you a structured, five full days?, time to practice observational painting & drawing. Each day you will respond to a new, exciting and sometimes unusual still life in a relaxed studio atmosphere. You will explore and respond to still life re-creations inspired by artists of today, initially through drawing and then moving on to painting. The course will focus on important themes: composition and design through preliminary studies, colour theory /colour wheel, palette management, information on mixing complimentary, primary and...

The course will give you a general introduction to drawing. The emphasis will be on observational drawing and you will be taught how to observe and record line and tone using a range of materials. You will also be introduced to different mark-making techniques and elements of composition as well as exploring creative ways of using materials and techniques.

This short course is ideal if you are a complete beginner and would like to try drawing in a supportive environment. It will give you a general introduction to drawing and wou will be taught how to observe and record line and tone using a range of materials. You will also be introduced to different mark-making techniques and elements of composition.

Working from the life model you will explore a range of materials and approaches. You will be introduced to different ways of using line, tone and colour to make various drawings and paintings to help understand form and space. You will learn strategies to help you draw the figure more accurately from observation and/or expressively using a variety of drawing materials. Available as PAYG each week - Please note no concessions available on PAYG

Working from the life model you will explore a range of materials and approaches. You will be introduced to different ways of using line, tone and colour to make various drawings and paintings to help understand form and space. You will learn strategies to help you draw the figure more accurately from observation and/or expressively using a variety of drawing materials. Available as PAYG each week - Please note no concessions available on PAYG

Working from the life model you will explore a range of materials and approaches. You will be introduced to different ways of using line, tone and colour to make various drawings and paintings to help understand form and space. You will learn strategies to help you draw the figure more accurately from observation and/or expressively using a variety of drawing materials. Available as PAYG each week - Please note no concessions available on PAYG

This taster course is delivered on behalf of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (LBRuT) and is open to Richmond upon Thames residents only. Residents can enrol on one free LBRuT course per academic year. This is a taster session. Mindfulness is the ability to be present, to be fully engaged with whatever you are doing in the moment. This course combines mindfulness meditation with drawing techniques, bringing greater focus and enjoyment to your art. The class will begin with a short meditation or breathing exercise to help you focus, before progressing onto mindful...

This course will be delivered online. This oil painting class is aimed at developing your observational painting skills through a range of exercises from still life and studio setups. It will give you a structured approach to investigate the potential of using oil paint and how you perceive colour relationships.

This structured course aims to give you a basic knowledge of the language of painting and drawing through composed exercises. Themes vary a little each term so you can practice, improve and develop your skills whilst investigating new subjects. Subjects include mostly still life, some portraiture and some landscape (Summer term, weather permitting). See more below. You will practice drawing from observation - learning ?how to look? using simple measuring techniques aimed at developing your confidence, then applying these skills in your own individual interests and creativity....

This course is for absolute beginners or those with little experience in drawing and painting. It is aimed at giving you an introductory grounding in drawing and painting and providing the tools and techniques for you to continue practising independently or within one of our more advanced courses.

This masterclass does not mean you have to be a ‘master painter’! This class is for those who wish to learn to paint with style and confidence. There is always something new to learn and experience even if you are a pro. Discover the versatility of oil, water based and mixed media painting techniques that are available to help you explore the magic of painting approaches more fully. During this course you will explore painting techniques through a series of weekly challenges in the first half of the term as well as project work for the second part of the term, developing painting...