Constructing an image: figures and perspective
Five-week online art making course
25 September 2024 6.30 - 9pm2 October 2024 6.30 - 9pm9 October 2024 6.30 - 9pm16 October 2024 6.30 - 9pm23 October 2024 6.30 - 9pm
Live-streamed online
£260
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Master the elements of composition in this five-week online course.
During this practical art-making course you will explore how artists from the academies of Europe built complex compositions by following a rigorous preparatory process. Working with artist Emyr Williams you will use a variety of media, including graphite, conte, charcoal and gouache to learn the fundamentals of building a composition. You will practise the aesthetic rules championed by the likes of Frederic, Lord Leighton PRA and explore how you can use, or break, these rules in your own contemporary practice.
Week one: Mapping perspective in landscape and architecture
Week two: Drawing figures
Week three: Depicting figures in costume
Week four: Objects and colour
Week five: Adding colour to composition
At the end of each class you will be given a learning task to expand on the lesson’s activities. Every session will include an interactive feedback session with Emyr using the online sharing platform, Padlet.
Materials are not provided, but participants will receive a recommended materials list prior to the start of the course.
Emyr Williams is an award-winning artist and writer, he has exhibited across the UK, Europe and North America. His work is held in many important collections worldwide. He has taught in the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia. Emyr has written about art for Abstract Critical, Abcrit, Instant Loveland, and the RA Magazine. His website is archived by the National Library of Wales.
If the course is sold out, please contact public.programmes@royalacademy.org.uk to join our waiting list.
Minimum age 18. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact public.programmes@royalacademy.org.uk.
£260
Friends of the RA book first
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