B0511 - Explore: painting and drawing – extend and experiment

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Start Date: 16/01/2027      End Date: 20/03/2027        Start Time: 13:00      End Time: 15:00        Hours per Week: 2.00      No of Weeks: 9
Fees:      £144.00 (tuition)     £253.00 (overseas)     £60.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Mark Batley        No of Places: 9
Shadwell Centre

Course Overview

Course Overview
s and make more independent creative choices.
You’ll move beyond short exercises to stay with ideas for longer, developing work over several weeks. You might explore a theme, subject or question, allowing your ideas to grow, shift and evolve through experimentation and reflection.
Sketchbooks and testing ideas remain central to your practice, revisit, question and take risks. You’ll be encouraged to try unfamiliar approaches, learn from unexpected outcomes, and build confidence in your decision making.
Alongside making work, you’ll take part in group discussion and look at a range of artists (past and present) to support your thinking and expand your visual awareness.
This course remains open and supportive for newer learners, while offering returning learners the opportunity to push their work further

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Develop ideas through sustained experimentation, working on a theme, subject or approach across multiple sessions.
* Adapt materials and techniques to suit your intentions, for example by changing scale, colour palette or process.
* Revisit, revise and rework your drawings and paintings, using reflection and feedback to develop your work.
* Make more confident creative decisions using line, tone, colour, composition and mark making.
* Discuss your work with increasing clarity, describing your process, choices and outcomes.
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements except a commitment to attend each week on time and develop skills learnt outside of class time.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
Notebook or sketchbook.
Protective clothing or older clothing suitable for painting.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
You will have an ‘Individual Learning Plan’ where the course learning outcomes are shown and
where you can set individual learning goals and monitor your own progress against these.
You will need to evaluate your own progress and manage your time.
Your tutor will give ongoing feedback and will keep you informed of your progress.
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At the beginning of the course an initial assessment takes place to identify your level of
experience knowledge or current skills.
The tutor will carry out informal assessments to check your understanding, there is no exam.
You will complete a self-assessment at the beginning, middle and end of the course.
Your tutor will let you know how you are getting on throughout the course to you will help you
work to your full potential.
At the end of the course you will receive written feedback.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
You can progress to the Term C course, where you can refine your approach further, deepen your ideas, and develop greater independence in your practice. Please see our website 'Idea Store - Learning' for further information on a range of Visual Arts courses or speak with your tutor. Your tutor will support you in researching these and other courses outside of Idea Store Learning.
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Other info

Other info
We have high expectations regarding attendance and punctuality. We expect 100% attendance for all scheduled sessions and that you do so punctually and are ready to start learning at the start of the class.
We acknowledge the rare occasions when that will not be possible, please inform us before the class by emailing ideastoreadmin@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.
If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course. If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email. Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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