Drawing – An exploration of materials and mark-making
This is an inspiring course which aims to explore and experiment with a variety of materials and processes. The course aims to free up predetermined ideas of drawing and sets out to investigate the relationship between materials and mark-making through an open and imaginative exploration, both hands-on and through discussion about drawing. The use of materials will include large scale paper and card, charcoal, pencil, ink and paint.
Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Clementine Neild
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Painting – An exploration of techniques and materials
A wonderful discovery of surface, colour and abstraction. This course delivers a lively approach to the examination of painting and colour through dialogue and the exchange of ideas. Decorative patterns, musicality of colours, abstraction and personal consideration will contribute to a rich and stimulating time. Working in an enjoyable atmosphere with support and guidance, we will explore colour, shapes, ideas, feelings and personal interest to develop a body of work.
Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Marie-Claire Hamon
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Printmaking – An exploration of mono printing, collograph and drypoint
This dynamic course offers spontaneous and inspiring methods to transform sketchbook ideas or photos into personal imagery. With simple but highly effective techniques we will create plates from which we can produce a range of colour prints. All themes from abstraction, landscape and figure can be explored and it will suit those new to print as well as the experienced printer. It benefits from sharing ideas and will result in a large body of work suggesting a wealth of new directions for your artwork. We will also look at artists’ prints in Cornwall and beyond.
Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11st July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Jesse Leroy-Smith
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Photography – Black and white photography and darkroom printing
Throughout this course you will learn how to shoot negatives, process them and create black and white photographs in a traditional darkroom setting.
We will be using a 35mm film camera applying a variety of techniques and using the full range of camera settings to produce a set of black and white negatives. You will learn how to process your negatives and make contact sheets to assess their quality developing a critical awareness to evaluate your images for further use. In the darkroom you will learn the basics of darkroom printing involving traditional dish processing and enlarging negatives into final prints.
Date: Monday 15th July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Martin Jackson
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £ 190
Textiles – A creative and inspiring response to machine embroidery
This course will cover creative free-machine embroidery for all levels of experience, from the basics of setting up a machine, to confident and experimental stitching based on your own designs and sources of inspiration. You will learn design skills based on colour, line, texture, and you will explore a variety of materials and techniques. By the end of the course you will have a portfolio of samples, notes, research and designs.
Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Hazel McGregor
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Fashion Design – Illustration techniques
Throughout this course you will learn how to develop your own original figure templates, using them to create fashion illustrations that show garment detail and fabric, mood and style. We will explore mixed media techniques, traditional drawing and computer aided design to allow you to develop your illustrations and story boards in exciting and creative ways.
Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4pm (5-hour session with 1 hour lunch break)
Tutor: Natalie Bennett
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Graphic Design: Working with Design Software Photoshop
In this workshop you will learn about design processes and how to develop and manipulate artwork and ideas using the design software Photoshop, the course will teach you about layers, filters and effects that will enhance art work and photography.
These skills can be used for many applications, such as designing your own promotional material, posters, game covers, T-shirt, book covers or just to earn these skills for personal development and have fun.
Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4pm (5-hour session with 1 hour lunch break)
Tutor: Ali Hoswell
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Mixed Media – An exploration of materials and techniques
This course will allow you to work creatively with a range of mixed media materials; these will include different types of paper, card and tissue as well as a range of media such as graphite, ink, charcoal, paint, wax, glue, plaster and latex. The course aims to develop ideas through a spontaneous response to imagery taken from photographs or sketchbooks into new interpretations. Throughout the course there will be the opportunity to review the work that is created and share ideas. If you have any images of current work that you would like to use please bring these with you.
Date: Monday 15th July to Thursday 18st July 2012
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Lisa Downing
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Constructing Textiles- A variety of approaches to felt-making
This hands-on course will teach the creative processes needed to make 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional felt from both colourful and natural sheep fleece. It will also include the use of a variety other fibres for surface decoration and for the construction of silk paper, which can then be incorporated into your felt pieces as part of a design. As well as the practical exploration of felt making techniques, we will cover design work, colour mixing, line and surface texture.
This course would combine well with the stitch course below, as the samples made could then be worked into using free machine embroidery.
Date: Monday 15th July to Tuesday 16th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Hazel McGregor
Duration of course: 2 days
Cost: £95
Textiles – A creative and inspiring response to machine embroidery
This course will cover creative free-machine embroidery for all levels of experience, from the basics of setting up a machine, to confident and experimental stitching based on your own designs and sources of inspiration. You will learn design skills based on colour, line, texture, and you will explore a variety of materials and techniques. By the end of the course you will have a portfolio of samples, notes, research and designs.
Date: Wednesday 17th July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Hazel McGregor
Duration of course: 2 days
Cost: £95
Beginning chair restoration and upholstery
During this course you will be able to bring in your own dining chair (or similar) with a drop-in seat. We will strip the existing finish back to bare wood and refinish with layers of shellac and wax. We will then remove the upholstery from the seat frame and learn the traditional methods of reupholstering a drop-in seat to a high standard. You will be able to work at your own pace in a safe and relaxed environment and at the end of the course you will be able to take home a restored piece of interior.
Date: Monday 15nd July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Kym Accleton
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Fashion Design – Garment construction techniques
This course will give you an insight into a range of techniques involved in garment construction, including how to create different types of boning, inserting zips and sleeves for different purposes. You will gain technical skills that will enable you to construct garments.
Date: Monday 15nd July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Natalie Bennett
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Printmaking – An exploration of mono printing, block printing and screen printing on textiles.
During this course you will learn how to work creatively using textile print in a free and exploratory manner. This course will cover the basics of working in a textile studio from studio safety and how to mix printing dyes and follow through a range of techniques and materials. These include block printing, stencil printing, mono printing and drawing onto an open screen to print. We will also look at artists and designers who use stencil printing both old and new. By the end of the course you will have built a technical sketchbook of inspirational ideas and processes, designs and samples.
Date: Monday 15nd July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Clementine Neild
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
An Introduction to Polymer Photogravure (Non-toxic Intaglio Printmaking)
Develop your drawings and digital photographs into polymer photogravure intaglio prints. The course includes image preparation, plate making, inking and intaglio printing. This is an acid free intaglio printmaking method with many creative possibilities.
Starting with drawing and photography from your own portfolio or sketchbook you will develop your ideas onto photo-polymer plates through to inking and printing the etching in the studio. Weather depending we will also experiment exposing plates using the sun. This process produces etchings for both photography and drawing with deep tonal qualities.
The photo-polymer gravure process uses light sensitive plates, using drawings and positive imagery. The intaglio plate is usually printed as with etching but can also be printed as a relief plate too. It is an acid free process.
Date: Monday 22nd July to 24th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Jacqui Knight
Duration of course: 3 days
Cost: £ 190
Web Design
This course will teach you how to use web design; the course is designed for beginners and will outline the basics of web development from the idea to the screen. The course will also teach you how to use Photoshop and Dreamweaver to create the pages of a website, how to edit photos and optimize images for the web and social media sites. The course will help beginners as a stepping stone to more advanced courses, while helping business owners to get more control and insight into their websites or simply to build their own and be able to maintain it for themselves.
Date: Monday 22nd July to 25th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Quiche Smith
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £ 190
For further information and booking onto a course please contact:
Shana Price on 01209 616369 or email:
Shana.price@cornwall.ac.uk