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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 techniques and methods that are key elements in any successful piece of art and are essential in keeping the viewer engaged with your work.

There were a significant number of highly talented female artists active in Europe (and, later, in America) during the 15th to 19th centuries, so why is their work not more famous? This art history course investigates and redresses this gender inequality. On this course we will examine a group of immensely talented painters who won enormous international acclaim in their day, and included founder members of the Royal Academy and hugely sought-after portrait painters. We will look at highly esteemed artists who worked at the major European royal courts, others who were some of the greatest flower painters of the Dutch golden age (one of whose paintings sold for considerably more than Rembrandt?s), and painters of altarpieces and exquisite still lifes. The work of these artists hangs in Tate Britain, the National Gallery and other major collections around the world, yet most are not household names. The only thing these artists had in common was that they were all women.

We will discuss how these extraordinary artists achieved so much at times when the odds were so stacked against them. What qualities did these women have? Why was it so difficult to be an artist and a woman at the same time? Why were women artists often restricted to certain genres (subjects)? And why do we hear so little about their work today? The painters and sculptors whose work we will examine and discuss will include Sofonsiba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Clara Peeters, Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Mary Beale, Rachel Ruysch, Rosalba Carriera, Angelica Kauffmann, Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun, Rosa Bonheur, Lady Butler, Mary Cassatt, Camille Claudel, Eva Gonzales, Harriet Hosmer, Edmonia Lewis, Berthe Morisot and Emily Mary Osborn, among others.

This untutored workshop caters for the experienced printmaker who wishes to access the printmaking facilities at the college and who is able to print without tuition or guidance. There is a technician in the studio who can give advice on some techniques but is mainly there to facilitate and provide health and safety supervision.

You will have access to the various printmaking facilities at the college and the workshop fee includes printing inks.

The main printmaking techniques offered in the studio are:
Relief
Collagraph
Dry point
Mono printing
Screen printing

Due to legal Health & Safety requirements we have suspended our etching processes until we have safe alternatives in place.

Please also note that due to health and safety reasons white spirit is not allowed in the print studio.

In keeping with professional working practice, the last 15 minutes of each session will be used to clean up your work space.

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