Duration

11 - 15 August / 1 week

Monday-Friday 10am – 4.30pm

Course leader 

Caroline de Lannoy

Level - Varying levels of experience 

Course Description

This five-day course offers students the opportunity to develop both a critical and practical understanding of colour theory. The emphasis of the course is to examine the science of colour and light with a view to its practical application. The teaching method is structured around a series of lectures, demonstrations and creative projects. Lectures include an exploration into the history and theory of colour, colour systems and terminology, meaning and concepts. The theory is complemented with practical sessions through a series of structured exercises that elucidate the expressive, symbolic, scientific and cultural aspects of colour perception. Using a range of materials and techniques from paint to collage, we will explore how colour behaves, the relationship of one colour to another and the way that colour generates light and form to create a colour space. All work will be made by hand with low cost materials. Note that we will not be working digitally, but will address the role colour plays in these fields in the lectures and discussions. We will develop methods to find a personal approach to subject and the dynamic articulation of colour. Students will be encouraged to consider the role of colour in historical and contemporary (predominantly Western) art practices and in relation to their own artistic development. It is our aim that students leave the course with a better understanding of the role of colour plays in their work, which will contribute to the development of a body of personal work within their own time.

 

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