Visual arts. Open to everyone.

This art basics course will allow you to put theory into practice and develop your artistic competency by learning the ‘rules’ to art.

Working with the elements and principles of design, you will learn perspective, how to draw illusions, create powerful designs, utilise value and imply texture, understand colour schemes and the colour wheel and practice drawing the face. This course will allow you to develop techniques through a variety of mediums including ink, colour pencil, pastels and paint. It is suitable for all skill levels but tailored to the needs of beginners.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• synthesise the elements and principles of design into practice
• draw in perspective
• understand how light affects form
• discuss colour theory
• draw the human face in proportion.

Content

Introduction

• Theoretical underpinnings and stages of artistic development
• Elements and principles of design are defined and practiced
• Master artworks are analysed in relation to the elements and principles of design
• Colour theory packets are distributed
• Visual Diaries and course materials

Line

• The aesthetics of line are defined and analysed
• One-point perspective (horizon line, vanishing point, orthogonal) and various other methods are practiced in order to achieve a three dimensional appearance on a two dimensional surface
• Participants develop a line design