Drawing 1: Start Drawing

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Level:: 1
Credits:: 40
Length:: 12 months approx.
8hrs per week
Cost:: £595
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Course Overview

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Seeing and being able to reproduce what you can see is the foundation of visual communication, which is why drawing skills underpin most work in art and design. Our drawing course will help practitioners from all disciplines to draw what they can see and what they can imagine. Anyone can learn to draw and the course is aimed at beginners, but many experienced artists and designers take the course to improve their drawing skills.

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Mark making and tone
The human figure
Observation in nature
Drawing outdoors
Draw and experiment (choose one of four options related to the preceding assignments)

To view a sample of this course online, click HERE or to download a PDF of the sample, click HERE.

The course aims to provide a structured introduction to the skills of drawing; introduce a wide range of media and methods; help students see in a selective way and become more aware visually and artistically.

Distance tuition

You are allocated a tutor and receive their details in your course pack. You work from the course materials and send regular assignments to your tutor. These are returned to you with comment and advice. The course fee includes tutor feedback on your set assignments, but you can purchase feedback and comment on additional pieces of work if you wish.

Face to face tuition is not available for this course.

25 projects and five assignments. Students also maintain a learning log.

For more information on assessment, click here - Assessment and how to get qualified booklet - to download the booklet PDF.