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Drawing for Beginners

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Start date: 16th Sep 2024

Time: 14:45 - 16:45

Cost: £87

Day: Monday

Duration: 6 weeks

Tutor: Martin Kerrison

Course code: 24AU003

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This course, suitable for beginners and open for all, looks at the building blocks of drawing, investigating pencil and charcoal.

The course explores still-life through the theme of ‘Rough and Smooth, Old and New’.

Through this theme, the course will look at line, tone, texture, mark-making, pattern, form, perspective.

Learn the fundamentals of drawing from tutor-led tasks and a range of historical and contemporary artists. Focus on sections of objects to explore details, patterns and textures.

Learn how to create realistic objects in a variety of materials. This course would suit beginners and those with art experience who wish to focus on drawing.

All materials provided

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Martin Kerrison

Martin Kerrison

I am an artist and educator, having extensive experience as a senior school and adult education teacher. I teach drawing, painting, life and portraiture classes to all ages and abilities, exploring a wide range of materials and approaches. I believe art benefits all and everyone has creative potential.
My art practice focusses on figurative and magical realist painting and I have exhibited widely, most notably at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions in 2022, 2020 and 2015.
Graduating from Northumbria University with a degree in Fine Art, I took a PGCE at Oxford and an MA in History of Art at the University of London. I taught art for many years in the London area, working as a Teacher of Art and Art History, Adult Education Tutor and Head of Art and Photography, before relocating to Yorkshire in 2021.
When not at the easel or in the classroom, I can often be found enjoying countryside walks, historic buildings, singing in local groups or playing cricket.

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