This course ignites creativity and gets the creative juices flowing.
On this creative course, you will develop your ability to successfully explore a variety of artistic mediums and create exciting abstract artworks.
So you may want to attend this course if you are in need of inspiration or a creative reboot. Whatever your artistic experience, this course will surely help you to unleash your creative potential.
In summary, abstract art is produced intuitively and without a script. In other words, by creating abstractly, you will experience creating art by making creative decisions as your work develops.
Furthermore, when creating in a flow state, you will also experience being fully immersed and absorbed in your work. You will learn how to let go and make art purely for pleasure with no rights or wrongs.
In conclusion, this course is a must for anyone in need of inspiration and a willing to unleash their creative expression.
Overview of the abstract technique course:
Initially, you will develop a playful approach to using media by completing lots of experiments. Therefore, the focus will be on mark-making and abstraction rather than depicting accurate representations of a particular subject.
In addition, there will be lots of source material to use for inspiration. Whether this is the patterns of animal skins or even tree bark. Whatever your choice, you will surely be inspired to make great art.
During the course, you will be fully guided through step-by-step demonstrations in order for you to develop personal and creative art pieces.
Therefore, this course is suitable for all creative ability levels.
The techniques that we will cover during the course include…
- Working intuitively and making spontaneous creative decisions
- Being inventive with basic art materials such as wax crayons and oil pastels
- Building layers and textures with collage, paint and stencils
- Using resist methods such as wax resist
- How to use colour effectively
- How to create interesting and successful repeating motifs and patterns
An example itinerary of the abstract techniques course:
| Sat | We will meet at Backbury Studio at 10:30am for welcome introductions and morning refreshments. Afterwards, we will start the day by completing expressive experiments using mixed media. This will include exploring different paint, collage, print and resist methods. This will be a fully guided session with step-by-step demonstrations. The session will conclude at 3:30pm. |
| Sun | We will meet at Backbury Studio for morning refreshments at 10:30am. Following on, we will continue our creative experiments. The tutor will offer you a choice of imagery to be used as inspiration for more developed creative artworks. By the end of the course, you will have developed a range of experimental and creative artworks to help you in your future practice. The session will conclude at 3:30pm. |
Developing Abstract Technique Course
A 2-day course which includes professional tuition, refreshments and all course materials for just £189.
To discover the next scheduled course and to book your ticket, please visit our Events & Bookings Page.
We do not include accommodation for this course. So, please visit our accommodation page to explore places to stay within the area.
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