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Overview
This Sketching and Watercolour - Expanding Skills (Stage 2) course at the Arts University Bournemouth will encourage you to develop your watercolour skills and in turn your confidence, bringing together painting techniques, observational drawing and watercolour theory. By the end of the course, you’ll have explored a variety of watercolour techniques and tapped into your own personal style.
Features
Throughout the course you’ll be encouraged to be both personal and expressive in your work. As well as working in the group setting, you’ll also be supported and encouraged by your tutor on an individual basis with feedback and suggestions to support and encourage your progress.
The course will consist of developing solid watercolour foundations, to prepare you for more complex projects by building your confidence with your materials. You’ll cover and reinforce basic techniques including loading your brush, mark making, and consistency of paint.
You’ll also explore how to use different washes and how the paint can be manipulated on different types of paper to ensure that you can render your subject in combination with a contemporary style.
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- Learn to see and paint the world around you
- Develop skills with watercolour to create lively images through expressive use of line and mark making
- Tone, contrast, textures, colour, and form
- Capturing movement and perspective
- Advanced techniques to approach more complex subject matter
- Experimentation with different painting styles and a variety of subject matter from which you can draw inspiration
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Visual Arts Fine Arts View 143 other Short Courses in Visual Arts in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Ideally, you’ll have some prior experience drawing or sketching and now want to broaden your skills to work in watercolour. No previous experience using watercolours is necessary. Suitable for creatives aged 18+.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents375 GBP / full≈ 375 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents375 GBP / full≈ 375 GBP / full
Living costs
Bournemouth
United Kingdom
700 - 1000 GBP / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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