Art courses at the Malden Centre
Discover your creative side
Portrait Drawing and Painting
This course is for all levels, from beginner to experienced. The classes consist of building a portrait through keen observation, constructing the forms of the head, neck and shoulders within the disciplines of line, tone, shapes and colour.
There will be a small additional fee for the model - payable weekly
Oil and Acrylic Painting
This class is run as an open workshop and is suitable for students of all abilities. Usually, the less experienced student will follow the brief that the tutor introduces at the beginning of each term. The main emphasis is on drawing from observation to begin with, to enable the student to explore shape, form, space, pattern, tonal relationships and composition. The more experienced students can explore the possibilities of the brief introduced by the tutor or progress along their own lines and interests. In these cases, the tutor will give tuition and guidance when needed or asked for.
Art courses
Meaningful Art course
What is art? Why do we want to do it? Answering these two questions isn’t in any way easy, nor do they cover artistic expression.
Most people approach art through techniques applied to various subjects, yet never really have the opportunity or discuss what they are doing, what they would like to say, what it means to say something with art. There is vagueness around “art”, the creative process, its making and meaning.
The gap between the subject and the meaning is what the course is aiming to bridge. The creative process isn’t something that just happens; it has to go through a visual search, a personal research and a focus on how to better convey significance in the generated art work.
This course aims to build a roadmap through focused questions linked to sketching practice as a guide to visualize ideas and style.
Watercolour workshops
Beginner Workshop
This is a general class to give an introduction to the basic aspects of drawing and painting. Guidance is given on how to draw and where to start with watercolour painting. You will be taken step by step through the use of colour and the various effects that can be used to bring your painting alive! Different subject matters are looked at including landscape, portrait and still life.
All Levels Workshop
Using a variety of subjects (landscapes, still life, architecture and more), develop your drawing and watercolour techniques. You will experiment with colour washes, tone, colour combinations and other special techniques to create outstanding artwork. Suitable for all levels, but assumes some prior experience of painting.
Alternate Saturday sessions
Fortnightly, 6 week, Saturday courses to fill up for your Saturday mornings
Painting Surgery: Resolving problems & correcting them with demonstrations and tuition.
Brief description of the class:
This six week class is geared for students who have some experience with watercolours, but have come a cropper with a
painting and need advice and suggestions to resolve any compositional, technical or other problems with watercolour
painting.
What Students need to bring:
Their own painting materials, including a variety of water colour brushes, mixing pallet, full pan watercolour set or
watercolour tubes, sponge, watercolour paper (300gsm or above), Any painting that has gone art, notebook for making
notes, scrap watercolour paper. Green Frog tape.
Any skills, experience, or knowledge students should have before joining:
No previous skills, experience or knowledge are required before joining, but students should be receptive
to new approaches to painting and how to resolve any problems they have with the process of paintings.
These courses run throughout summer click the button below to view dates and times.
Acrylic & Oil Class
An introduction covering materials used, colours, a little history and common myths.
Learn how the two techniques can support each other, including intermediate methods.
Compare the possibilities of both techniques, with a live demo, to help you choose which one you would like to follow.
General Drawing & Painting
