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Introduction
We offer a range of five-day intensive courses in art and design disciplines and approaches. Many can be taken for the assessment of university entry level credit.
Summer Courses pre-course projects
To get you started and thinking creatively before your course begins, each course has a short pre-course project. These can be viewed and downloaded below:
These include gathering visual information, researching some artists or doing some preliminary drawing - something you can do at home at your own pace. The projects are optional but we highly recommend them for students considering taking our courses for assessment.
Portfolio Preparation
Portfolio Preparation
These courses are specifically designed to support students thinking of applying to a course in Art or Design.
Art Courses
Drawing and Painting
Explore drawing and painting techniques, how to design and plan content and mood, whether working from the figure, locations or developing more personal ideas.
Printmaking and Paper
Explore the inherent and intimate qualities of paper using drawing, print, construction and technology.
Sculpture
Our sculpture courses provide an opportunity to use both traditional and non-traditional media and explore the creation of 3D art objects.
Photography and Video
Including both analogue and digital technologies, our courses are designed to introduce enough process and technique to explore photography and video.
Design Courses
Textiles
Gain insight and explore the nature of textiles and fabric manipulation as a creative and experimental process to create objects or garments.
Visual Communication
The role of graphic design, illustration and animation has never been more integrated in our everyday lives. These courses will introduce you to the principles of visual communication.
This article was published on Apr 30, 2013