Duration:

17 JANUARY - 14 FEBRUARY 2026/ 5 SATURDAYS 

SATURDAY  10 – 4 PM 

Tutor(s): Ian Rowlands, Kate Hopkins, Sandra Smith

This course suits a cross-section of experiences from complete beginners to those who are more experienced but would like to re-engage with first principles in Painting. We recommend that students have a rudimentary knowledge of drawing in order to obtain maximum benefit from the course. If you have already taken our Painting course, this is an ideal follow-on.

Course Description

This course offers students the opportunity to explore the first principles of painting. Set in Studio 6 in the main Slade building, each week will be devoted to contemplating a particular set of formal issues, with special attention placed on colour and composition. The emphasis of the teaching is to look at painting as a means of articulating form and as a tool for expression and creative imagination. The course explores the idea of perception as the starting point for visual enquiry and includes working from objects and secondary sources. Students can work with oils or acrylic. The course concludes by addressing subjective colour and strategies for developing personal work. It is our aim that students leave the course with a set of criteria helping them to explore ways of representing perceived objects and supporting them in thinking about how they might use these methods of working in conjunction with their own ideas.

 

Please Read Slade’s Terms & Conditions: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/shortcourses/evening-courses#general-information