SS24HCP507 Exploring Drawing & Sources of Creative Inspiration
View map
£750.00 £675.00 *Special Price.
This class is part of the RSN International Summer School 2024
This is an in person class and takes place at Hampton Court Palace. The class runs over five days from Monday 19 -Friday 23 August 2024: 10am-4pm.
This five-day intensive drawing and design course will introduce you to the most fundamental skills of drawing and seeing as an artist, exploring traditional principles and experimenting in a playful way. If you have never considered yourself a drawer but want to learn how it supports making your own designs, or you want to refresh rusty skills this course is for you. You’ll gain the tools to see, understand and draw from a wide variety of subject
matter, both in the classroom and as time allows around Hampton Court Palace. We’ll explore as a group how different aspect of drawing can support your embroidery interests, and grow your confidence to move towards producing designs of your own. There will be lotsof positive encouragement and support from Caroline and Sonia, and the class will be run in a mutually supportive way.
Monday and Tuesday. Days 1 & 2: Drawing Basics
You will be introduced to basic media and materials. We’ll explore some fundamental techniques and have a play with the materials. You’ll then practise applying that to drawing what you see, with support. You’ll learn:
How to use graphite drawing pencils to explore and practise mark-making and basic shapes.
How to check proportions are right.
How to see and work with negative shapes – the spaces between things.
How to scale things up and down.
Simple perspective and how that relates to what you see.
On the second day we’ll concentrate on developing your drawing with tone: how light or dark something is -essential for making your drawings look three-dimensional, and for helping designs to ‘read’ clearly. We will explore:
Graphite, pen, and charcoal, to explore how to create a wide range of tones, and howto apply them.
How to use toned paper as a starting point.
Using white media to explore the reverse.
How tone works in images as part of composition or design.
How does all this apply to your embroidery? We’ll discuss that as we work through the different methods.
We’ll practise these skills with lots of observational drawing, both in the classroom and around the palace gardens.
We will also prepare you for a self-led day of drawing and exploring on Wednesday:
What media and equipment to use on a trip like this
How to manage with drawing and photographing around a collection in the presence of other visitors.
There will be demonstrations and discussions about what and how to gather images and information
We’ll look at different objects and how to reduce a lot of information to what matters, including taking notes and why, when and how to take photos.
Wednesday. Day 3: Inspiration Gathering.
This will be an untutored day for you to use as you wish.
Visit Hampton Court by yourself and spend time investigating the palace and
gardens.
Practise what you’ve learned so far.
Use the classroom to work in.
Have a rest!
Thursday, Day 4. Exploring Colour.
This day will help you see more colours, mix them, combine them and
learn how to blend coloured pencils and create your own colour wheel with tints and shades.
Learn the basic language of colour and some ways of choosing colour schemes, as well as considering your instinctive response.
Study some real objects closely, learning to see the subtlety of colours they present, and learn how to mix them.
Consider what effect background colours have in an image
Explore the effect of colour relationships.
Friday, Day 5. Pulling it all Together: Creating Designs.
This is the day which brings it all together: working from research materials you have gathered and observed, drawn, photographed or noted over the preceding days, you will explore how to use it to create a design. We will play with some processes to generate ideas and ways of putting things together, and consider the difference between design-led and technique-led approaches.
On this day you will:
Learn some principles of composition and design: divine proportion, lines of action, scale, repetition and harmony. Practise these in some drawing and paper cutting exercises.
Understand how to select and bring together mark making, tone and colour.
Consider how these operate within textiles: what properties do thread, fabric and stitch have?
Go through the design process to create a sample design from a brief provided by the tutor.
Outcome
By the end of the course you will have a sketchbook stuffed with drawings, a resource for the future with ideas and inspiration. You will have an understanding of fundamental art principles and ways to use them and play with them. You will also have more confidence in your own ideas and the enthusiasm to carry on exploring and developing your own style.
You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL BOOKINGS:
- If using a non-UK credit-card we very strongly recommend that you inform your bank or card provider of your intention to book with us in advance of booking to ensure a smooth international transaction.
- If you wish to book multiple places then please note that all places on one booking will be for the same session and classes. If you require places for different classes then separate a booking MUST be made.
- All bookings are non-refundable.
- All times given are UK BST. To check the class time in your local time zone please visit TimeAndDate.com.
- Please refer to the RSN International Summer School 2024 Important Information page for full details.
This class is part of the RSN International Summer School 2024
This is an in person class and takes place at Hampton Court Palace. The class runs over five days from Monday 19 -Friday 23 August 2024: 10am-4pm.
This five-day intensive drawing and design course will introduce you to the most fundamental skills of drawing and seeing as an artist, exploring traditional principles and experimenting in a playful way. If you have never considered yourself a drawer but want to learn how it supports making your own designs, or you want to refresh rusty skills this course is for you. You’ll gain the tools to see, understand and draw from a wide variety of subject
matter, both in the classroom and as time allows around Hampton Court Palace. We’ll explore as a group how different aspect of drawing can support your embroidery interests, and grow your confidence to move towards producing designs of your own. There will be lotsof positive encouragement and support from Caroline and Sonia, and the class will be run in a mutually supportive way.
Monday and Tuesday. Days 1 & 2: Drawing Basics
You will be introduced to basic media and materials. We’ll explore some fundamental techniques and have a play with the materials. You’ll then practise applying that to drawing what you see, with support. You’ll learn:
How to use graphite drawing pencils to explore and practise mark-making and basic shapes.
How to check proportions are right.
How to see and work with negative shapes – the spaces between things.
How to scale things up and down.
Simple perspective and how that relates to what you see.
On the second day we’ll concentrate on developing your drawing with tone: how light or dark something is -essential for making your drawings look three-dimensional, and for helping designs to ‘read’ clearly. We will explore:
Graphite, pen, and charcoal, to explore how to create a wide range of tones, and howto apply them.
How to use toned paper as a starting point.
Using white media to explore the reverse.
How tone works in images as part of composition or design.
How does all this apply to your embroidery? We’ll discuss that as we work through the different methods.
We’ll practise these skills with lots of observational drawing, both in the classroom and around the palace gardens.
We will also prepare you for a self-led day of drawing and exploring on Wednesday:
What media and equipment to use on a trip like this
How to manage with drawing and photographing around a collection in the presence of other visitors.
There will be demonstrations and discussions about what and how to gather images and information
We’ll look at different objects and how to reduce a lot of information to what matters, including taking notes and why, when and how to take photos.
Wednesday. Day 3: Inspiration Gathering.
This will be an untutored day for you to use as you wish.
Visit Hampton Court by yourself and spend time investigating the palace and
gardens.
Practise what you’ve learned so far.
Use the classroom to work in.
Have a rest!
Thursday, Day 4. Exploring Colour.
This day will help you see more colours, mix them, combine them and
learn how to blend coloured pencils and create your own colour wheel with tints and shades.
Learn the basic language of colour and some ways of choosing colour schemes, as well as considering your instinctive response.
Study some real objects closely, learning to see the subtlety of colours they present, and learn how to mix them.
Consider what effect background colours have in an image
Explore the effect of colour relationships.
Friday, Day 5. Pulling it all Together: Creating Designs.
This is the day which brings it all together: working from research materials you have gathered and observed, drawn, photographed or noted over the preceding days, you will explore how to use it to create a design. We will play with some processes to generate ideas and ways of putting things together, and consider the difference between design-led and technique-led approaches.
On this day you will:
Learn some principles of composition and design: divine proportion, lines of action, scale, repetition and harmony. Practise these in some drawing and paper cutting exercises.
Understand how to select and bring together mark making, tone and colour.
Consider how these operate within textiles: what properties do thread, fabric and stitch have?
Go through the design process to create a sample design from a brief provided by the tutor.
Outcome
By the end of the course you will have a sketchbook stuffed with drawings, a resource for the future with ideas and inspiration. You will have an understanding of fundamental art principles and ways to use them and play with them. You will also have more confidence in your own ideas and the enthusiasm to carry on exploring and developing your own style.
You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL BOOKINGS:
- If using a non-UK credit-card we very strongly recommend that you inform your bank or card provider of your intention to book with us in advance of booking to ensure a smooth international transaction.
- If you wish to book multiple places then please note that all places on one booking will be for the same session and classes. If you require places for different classes then separate a booking MUST be made.
- All bookings are non-refundable.
- All times given are UK BST. To check the class time in your local time zone please visit TimeAndDate.com.
- Please refer to the RSN International Summer School 2024 Important Information page for full details.
Booking
5 in stock