C0499 - Explore: oil painting – develop personal direction

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Start Date: 21/04/2027      End Date: 23/06/2027        Start Time: 18:00      End Time: 21:00        Hours per Week: 3.00      No of Weeks: 9
Fees:      £216.00 (tuition)     £379.00 (overseas)     £90.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Mark Batley        No of Places: FULL - click to check
Shadwell Centre

Course Overview

Course Overview
You will make deliberate decisions about materials, scale, colour and composition, while continuing to refine your technical processes, including layering, surface control and finishing.
There is a focus on continued experimentation, critical reflection, and discussion, using results to refine and resolve work alongside refining and resolving work. You will be supported to understand how your work develops and how to move it forward.
Sustained, focused creative practice supports your wellbeing by giving you time to concentrate on activities, helping to reduce distractions and overload. As you practise regularly, you build confidence in your skills and begin to trust your own decisions. Working independently over time also helps you develop a sense of ownership and direction in your work. Together, this can increase your confidence, improve focus and give you a stronger sense of purpose and achievement.
What you might explore
• Sustained projects and series development in oil painting
• Advanced paint handling: layering, surface control, finishing
• Personal themes: still life, landscape, abstraction, conceptual approaches
• Colour as expression and communication
• Composition and visual structure
• Influences from historical and contemporary painters
• Refining technique and presentation of work

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Plan and sustain a personal line of enquiry in oil painting, developing work over time.
* Make deliberate decisions about materials, scale, composition and colour to communicate your intentions.
* Refine and resolve paintings through revision and reflection, recognising when work is complete and why.
* Work independently within a studio type environment, managing your process and development.
* Articulate your intentions and influences, discussing your work with clarity.
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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. Whilst not essential it would be preferable to have studied on the B term course or have some Oil Painting experience.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
You will need to provide most of your own materials. Materials required will be discussed in the first session.
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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
After completing this course, you can progress onto the Emerging Personal and Professional Practice: painting and drawing – establish direction, or a range of other Visual Arts courses. Please see our website Idea Store - Learning for further information 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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