B0531 - Creative Essentials: painting and drawing – build creative skills, experiment and discover

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Start Date: 12/01/2027      End Date: 16/03/2027        Start Time: 19:00      End Time: 21:00        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
This course helps you develop your confidence and improve your creative skills in drawing and painting through regular, focused creative practice. As you practise key techniques, you’ll begin to experience how making art can help you slow down, concentrate and feel more confident in your abilities.
You’ll explore different materials, subjects and approaches, working from observation and imagination. Topics may include plants, architecture, found objects, simple perspective and composition. As your skills develop, you’ll start to trust your decisions and feel more comfortable experimenting without fear of getting things wrong.
You’ll also discover how artists use line, colour and movement, and how art connects to different cultures and ways of seeing the world.
There is still plenty of guidance, but you’ll be encouraged to try things out for yourself, helping you build independence, resilience and a sense of achievement.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Develop control of drawing and painting techniques, including line, tone and colour
* Represent simple forms more accurately, including objects and basic structures
* Explore composition and movement in your work
* Experiment with different materials and processes to develop your ideas
* Complete more developed pieces, showing improvement in skills and confidence
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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 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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