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Overview
With an inspiring mix of en plein air sessions and studio-based work, you’ll develop essential techniques to create stunning and atmospheric landscapes. Under the guidance of a professional landscape artist, you’ll explore composition, tone, colour, and mark-making.
You’ll paint in locations within Nottingham experiencing the light, movement, and grandeur of the natural landscape firsthand. When the weather takes a turn, you’ll return to the studio to hone your skills further using photographs you’ve taken.
Designed for those with basic painting experience, this Landscape Painting course at Nottingham Trent University will push your artistic practice to new heights as you learn to paint landscapes that are expressive, evocative, and uniquely yours.
Careers and employability
The course is designed to give you the compositional tools and techniques in your chosen medium, to have the confidence to go out on your own and paint in the landscape, one of the most meditative and awe-inspiring ways to create art, within and responding to the natural landscape.
Programme Structure
During this course, you will:- enjoy the unique experience of working in the rural landscape , in a variety of settings in and around Nottinghamshire
- work from a range of source material; from photographs and sketches to direct observation of the landscape (weather permitting)
- loosen up with line drawings and gain the confidence to put colours straight onto the canvas without a guide line
- learn how to maintain a level of expressive freedom in mark-making when working from photograph in the studio
- learn how to choose your palette to achieve distance and panorama
- apply and appropriately use tone, warm and cold colours in both skies and landscape
- study the rules of landscape composition such as point of focus and depth of field in order to create a beautiful artwork that flows
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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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
- Level: Open to all
- Entry requirement: To make the most of this course, some familiarity with basic painting techniques would be beneficial.
- If you’re completely new to oil painting, we’d recommend completing the Oil Painting course at NTU or a similar introductory course elsewhere before attending.
- If you are bringing mediums aside from oil paints, you should already have some basic experience and be ready to push your artistic practice further.
- Good outdoor clothes and footwear are a must as you will be walking to some locations over rural terrain whilst carrying your equipment.
- You must be over the age of 18 in order to attend this course.
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-residents695 GBP / full≈ 695 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents695 GBP / full≈ 695 GBP / full
Living costs
Nottingham
United Kingdom
583 - 978 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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