Arts Courses
Sep 2009 - Jan 2010
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Courses Index
Photography
Abstraction, Photography and Play: An Experimental Approach to Photography
Performance/Sonic Art
Vocal Improvisation/Sound Workshop
Video
Video Art from Found Footage: Recycling YouTube
Fine Art
Drawing
Portrait Drawing for Beginners
Intensive Untutored Life Drawing
Contemporary Craft
Puppetry for Artists: Simple and rod puppets one-day workshop
Puppetry for Artists: Life-sized puppets and performance
Puppetry for Artists: Exquisite small hand and rod puppets
Designing and Making Contemporary Jewellery
Artists Professional Development
Children's Book Illustration Taster for Artists
Illustration Taster for Artists
Photography
Abstraction, Photography and Play: An Experimental Approach to Photography
with Eva Kalpadaki
An experimental photography course dedicated to pushing the boundaries of the creative process of producing an image. Each week a different style of photographic abstraction will be covered and students will have the opportunity to explore the techniques themselves in a supportive and playful environment with plenty of group discussion.
Eva Kalpadaki is an emerging photographer with a strong interest in abstract photography. She recently completed her PhD entitled “The Empty Space in Abstract Photography: a Psychoanalytical Perspective” at the University College for The Creative Arts in Maidstone.
www.playingandreality.co.uk
8 Tuesdays 6 - 9pm
13/10/09 – 08/12/09
White Room
£100 Full/£90 Conc
Creative Digital Darkroom
with Denise Felkin
For anyone wanting to learn about digital photography techniques, the course covers how to use the camera and its advanced controls, composition, studio lighting, photo-editing techniques and presentation.
Projects will include natural light landscape photography and a professional studio lighting exercise. Students should provide own digital camera and may bring own laptops if available.
Denise Felkin studied Fine Art at University of Sunderland. She is a freelance creative photographic artist with extensive experience in public visual art installations. Her work has been exhibited at many art galleries and festivals in the UK including directing the installation of the horse sculptures outside the Phoenix Brighton Gallery during the Brighton Fringe Festival 2009. She also has recently exhibited, Glastonbury Festival, The Rocket Festival in Spain and Brighton Photo Fringe, her portfolio reflects her festival work and also her travels around the world. www.denisefelkin.com
6 Saturdays 2-5pm
10/10/09-21/11/09 (no sessions 24 Oct and 7 Nov)
White Room
£75 Full/£65 Conc
6 Saturdays 2-5pm
20/03/10-08/05/10 (no sessions 3 and 24 April 10)
White Room
£75 Full/£65 Conc
Performance/Sonic Art
Vocal Improvisation/Sound Workshop
with Bunty
Experiment with your voice and develop improvisation skills as a part of a group ensemble. We will explore sound, texture and rhythm using simple, fun techniques. The course will conclude with the option of performing at St. Andrews Church in Brighton, using the space in unconventional ways.
Bunty (AKA Kassia Zermon) received her BA (hons) in Music and Visual art from The University of Brighton in 2005.She has since become a successful solo artist, performing improvised experimental vocal looping sets; creating music live using only one mic and fx pedals. Bunty is an experienced improviser having collaborated with Carnival collective, Vole, Lyrikool Lipz (midlands beatbox champion) to name a few. She curates multimedia events throughout the country as part of the Beatabet collective and most recently produced a vocal looping show conducting a choir, dancers, film, and audience participation in a church setting. http://www.myspace.com/buntylooping
4 Mondays 6pm –8pm
11/01/10- 01/02/10
White Room
£60 Full/£50 Concession
4 Mondays 6pm –8pm
01/03/10 – 22/03/10
White Room
£60 Full/£50 Concession
Analogue Sound Workshop
with Ian Helliwell
A one-day practical session focussing on analogue electronic music techniques using hands on tools and equipment. Each student will make their own tape loops, draw sound onto 16mm film, build a Junior Theremin kit and creatively solder a walkie-talkie circuit. All materials provided.
Ian Helliwell has produced music, super-8 films, electronic instruments, cinema and music programmes and light-show projections for concerts and club nights. Since the early 1990s he has been building and modifying 9v circuitry, developing his unique series of Hellitron tone generators, which are used for live performance and for the soundtracks to his super-8 films. In 2007 he designed and built an analogue synth, the Hellisizer 2000, and during 2008/09 he has been making The Tone Generation, a radio series, which traces the early development of electronic music. www.ianhelliwell.co.uk
One Sunday 11am – 6pm
08/11/09
White Room
£90 Full/£80 Conc
One Sunday 11am – 6pm
21/03/10
White Room
£90 Full/£80 Conc
Performance Lab
with Victoria Melody
This course will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to make performance art. You will be guided through the fundamental techniques within an entertaining but challenging environment, and will be given the option of developing either several short or one long piece. The sessions cover the basic performance structure, documentation, site-specific work, performance for camera, working to a given theme, and ‘performance deconstruction’.
Victoria Melody is a curator, filmmaker and performer, showcasing Nationally and Internationally including Artsway, New Forest; Centre for Contemporary Art, Russia; Study Gallery, Poole and Arts Claims Impulse Gallery, Berlin. As part of a solo exhibition a publication entitled 'Ventilation’ was commissioned by and available from Millais Gallery, Southampton. Victoria has performed, curated and worked with Station House Opera, Billy Cowie and ‘Supper Club’, The Basement, Brighton. www.victoriamelody.co.uk
6 Wednesdays 6:30pm – 9:30pm
21/10/09-25/11/09
White Room
Price: £100/£90 concession
6 Wednesdays 6:30pm – 9:30pm
03/03/10-07/04/10
White Room
Price: £100/£90 concession
Noisemusic
with wil vole
A series of improvisation workshops, suitable for participants with or without any music theory but a desire to experiment with sound. You will be guided through a series of loose and spontaneously adaptive exercises on the borders between music and noise.
The course is an opportunity to have fun sonically whilst developing an ear for sound. So come with an open mind and anything you can use to make a sound (be it a rubber band, a Hoover, a French Horn or whatever you can lay your hands on!)
wil vole is an artistic/musical director with over twenty years experience. He is skilled in improvisation and composition techniques and his Brighton based group ’Vole’ are known for their experimental, abstract soundworks. Their new album ‘Sea Shells Listening’ was recently released and his improvised ‘Voleradio’ show is now in its seventh year. www.voleradio.com
3 Wednesdays 6pm – 7:30pm
03/02/10-17/02/10
Project Space
Price: £30/£25 concession
Video
Video Art
with Alvaro Collar
This workshop is a theoretical and practical approach to video art. You will learn about different trends and their critical context and the main artists working on video, encouraging a thoughtful critical review of the most representative video art pieces. Students will also develop a short piece of their own, learning the basic skills needed to plan and create a video. Please bring your own video camera or any video recording device and you may also bring your laptop.
Alvaro Collar received his BA in Media Studies from Complutense University of Madrid. A successful video artist, he is the creator of pieces such as Onirica (2008) and The Fifth Room (2005) which won the Minute Movie Cup and were selected to represent Spain at the UNICA World Minute Movie Cup 2009 and 2006 or Centrifuge (2007) which won the First MovilFilmFest Best Original Idea prize. He has been teaching on video art in both British and Spanish film schools, art galleries and art centres. www.alvarocollar.com
1 Sunday 10am-4pm
01/11/09
White Room
Price £50/40 concessions
Video Art from Found Footage: Recycling YouTube
with Alvaro Collar
This workshop takes a practical approach to the development of video-art pieces made by using videos available on YouTube and other online video sharing websites. You will learn how to use online shareware editing programs and will develop a video created from online found footage. Please bring your own wireless laptop if possible.
Alvaro Collar received his BA in Media Studies from Complutense University of Madrid. A successful video artist, he is the creator of pieces such as Onirica (2008) and The Fifth Room (2005) which won the Minute Movie Cup and were selected to represent Spain at the UNICA World Minute Movie Cup 2009 and 2006 or Centrifuge (2007) which won the First MovilFilmFest Best Original Idea prize. He has been teaching on video art in both British and Spanish film schools, art galleries and art centres. www.alvarocollar.com
1 Sunday 10am-4pm
16/05/10
White Room
Price: £50 Full/£40 Concession
Fine Art
Little Pieces: A Return to Collage
with Thea Willcocks
A one-day workshop which explores notions of fragmentation, memory and image through collage techniques, including masking, stitching, tracing, layering and cutting. Working from photographs, postcards, found imagery and text we will start to explore the connections between image, memory and identity. Please bring photographs, postcards, paper or card memorabilia to work from. A digital camera is useful but not necessary.
Thea Willcocks is a London based artist working with Drawing, Embroidery and Installation. She has a BA in Fine Art from Newcastle University and an MA in the Visual Language of Performance from Wimbledon College of Art. She has produced numerous installation projects throughout the UK. www.wooloo.org/thearae
One Sunday 11am-5pm
15/11/09
Green Room
Price: £50/£40 conc
One Sunday 11am-5pm
09/05/10
Green Room
Price: £50/£40 conc
The Art of Colour
with Theresa Sundt
This course, on the art of mixing and combining colours, will look at the perception of colour, how light effects colour and the psychological meanings of colour. Working on various compositions you will learn to use hue, value and colour intensity to create harmonies and increase the expressive qualities of your work and become a great colourist. Basic materials will be provided and a list of suggested materials for purchase will be given out on the first class.
Theresa Sundt has been professionally involved with colour through teaching and art, mainly textiles, painting and illustration. Her contagious enthusiasm for colour broadened with a Colour Therapy diploma and for the last ten years she has been lecturing internationally on Colour Awareness for the corporative world, schools and holistic practices. Her book ‘the Art of Colour Therapy’ was recently published.
www.color-discovery.com
Seven Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:30pm
9/03/10 - 20/04/10
White Room
Price: £70 Full/£60 conc
Acrylic Painting
with Chris Gilvan-Cartwright
You will experiment with acrylic painting and learn a wide range of acrylic techniques and mediums guided by a professional artist. This is a practical course for artists wishing to extend their knowledge of acrylic painting processes and further their creative possibilities. Each session will begin with a tutor led demonstration. Each week there will be a different theme, either abstract or representational, to work from in order for the student to discover for themselves the week's chosen technique. A brief constructive feedback crit will close the session. A materials list will be provided at first session.
Chris Gilvan-Cartwright studied painting and illustration at Central St Martins and has an MA in Fine Art from University of Brighton. He exhibits internationally and regularly with three London galleries. He is a well known illustrator, commissions include: Sunday Times, Penguin Books, over twenty children's books and the logo for BBC Proms.
www.gilvan.co.uk
Eight Mondays 7-9:30pm
12/04/10-14/06/10 (no sessions 03/05 and 31/05)
White Room
Price: £90/£80 conc
Introduction to Printmaking
with Rachel Cohen
This eight-week course begins with several types of monoprinting, then introduces intaglio and relief printing techniques using simple materials such as lino, card and plastic. You will learn to use a printing press but most of the techniques need no specialist equipment you can continue working with them outside the course. Suitable for all levels. Basic materials are provided.
Rachel Cohen studied Art History at Sussex University and Fine Art at Brighton. She works with drawing and painting, photography, animation and site-specific installation. She organises workshops and courses and residencies involving public participation. Local projects include Bookmarks at Jubilee Library, and Chinese Whispers, a drawing experiment in collaboration with scientists at The University of Sussex. www.rachelcohen.co.uk
Eight Fridays 10 - 1pm
02/10/09-27/11/09 (no session 30/10/09)
Green Room
Price: £90 Full/£80 conc
Eight Thursdays 2 - 5pm
04/02/10-25/03/10
Green Room
Price: £90 Full/£80 conc
Pre-foundation Studies Course
with Rachel Cohen and Dinah Kelly
A two-term ten-week course for students wishing to compile a portfolio for college applications or with some experience. Each term offers a project that enables students to develop their own interests and respond to a theme in a supportive environment. Sessions include practical work, group discussions and history of art.
Book and pay for each term individually (they can be combined or taken separately). Some materials are included and a materials list is provided at the first session. Fees shown are per term and students may join any term.
Rachel Cohen studied Art History at Sussex University and Fine Art at Brighton. She works with drawing and painting, photography, animation and site-specific installation. She organises workshops and courses and residencies involving public participation. Local projects include Bookmarks at Jubilee Library, and Chinese Whispers, a drawing experiment in collaboration with scientists at The University of Sussex. www.rachelcohen.co.uk
Dinah Kelly received her BA in fine art from Ruskin School of Drawing. A studio member of Phoenix, her work is influenced by Islamic art and architecture. She is an artist educator currently working with Victoria and Albert Museum, Courtauld Institute, Pallant House, and Orleans House Gallery.
www.phoenixarts.org/artists/artists_dinahkelly.htm
10 Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30pm
24/09/09 - 03/12/09 (no session 29/10/09)
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concessions
10 Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30pm
21/01/10 - 25/03/10
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concessions
Fine Art Course Daytime or Evening
with Rachel Cohen and Dinah Kelly
A two-term ten-week course introducing a range of fine art media and techniques, with an ongoing focus on drawing. Suitable for all levels, including beginners and is good preparation for a foundation course.
Each term uses observational drawing as a starting point for work in a range of media including: painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media. Book and pay for each term individually (they can be combined or taken separately).
Some materials are included and a materials list is provided at the first session. Fees shown are per term and students may join any term and choose either the daytime or evening session.
Rachel Cohen studied Art History at Sussex University and Fine Art at Brighton. She works with drawing and painting, photography, animation and site-specific installation. She organises workshops and courses and residencies involving public participation. Local projects include Bookmarks at Jubilee Library, and Chinese Whispers, a drawing experiment in collaboration with scientists at The University of Sussex. www.rachelcohen.co.uk
Dinah Kelly received her BA in fine art from Ruskin School of Drawing. A studio member of Phoenix, her work is influenced by Islamic art and architecture. She is an artist educator currently working with Victoria and Albert Museum, Courtauld Institute, Pallant House, and Orleans House Gallery.
www.phoenixarts.org/artists/artists_dinahkelly.htm
Daytime: 10 Thursdays 9:30 - 12:30pm
24/09/09-03/12/09 (no session 29/10/09)
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concession
Daytime: 10 Thursdays 9:30 - 12:30pm
21/01/10-25/03/10
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concession
Evening: 10 Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:30pm
23/09/09-02/12/09 (no session 28/10/09)
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concession
Evening: 10 Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:30pm
20/01/10-24/03/10
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concession
Drawing
Drawing Outside the Studio
with Rachel Cohen and Dinah Kelly
Working with a range of drawing media, mostly in sketchbooks this course takes students outside the studio to draw. The aim is to develop confidence and research skills.
Sites will include exterior and interior locations (within walking distance from Phoenix Brighton) such as parks or gardens, the beach and museums. Each session will focus on a particular skill. Meet at Phoenix Brighton at the start of each session to discuss the work of an artist to inspire us.
Rachel Cohen studied Art History at Sussex University and Fine Art at Brighton. She works with drawing and painting, photography, animation and site-specific installation. She organises workshops and courses and residencies involving public participation. Local projects include Bookmarks at Jubilee Library, and Chinese Whispers, a drawing experiment in collaboration with scientists at The University of Sussex. www.rachelcohen.co.uk
Dinah Kelly received her BA in fine art from Ruskin School of Drawing. A studio member of Phoenix, her work is influenced by Islamic art and architecture. She is an artist educator currently working with Victoria and Albert Museum, Courtauld Institute, Pallant House, and Orleans House Gallery.
www.phoenixarts.org/artists/artists_dinahkelly.htm
10 Thursdays 9:30 – 12:30pm
15/04/10-17/06/10
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concession
Experimental Drawing
with Rachel Cohen and Dinah Kelly
This course, focused on practical drawing for artists and open-minded beginners, will push the boundaries of what drawing can be. You will experiment with mark making on different surfaces using unusual and traditional materials using discussion and art history to explore ideas.
Rachel Cohen studied Art History at Sussex University and Fine Art at Brighton. She works with drawing and painting, photography, animation and site-specific installation. She organises workshops and courses and residencies involving public participation. Local projects include Bookmarks at Jubilee Library, and Chinese Whispers, a drawing experiment in collaboration with scientists at The University of Sussex. www.rachelcohen.co.uk
Dinah Kelly received her BA in fine art from Ruskin School of Drawing. A studio member of Phoenix, her work is influenced by Islamic art and architecture. She is an artist educator currently working with Victoria and Albert Museum, Courtauld Institute, Pallant House, and Orleans House Gallery.
www.phoenixarts.org/artists/artists_dinahkelly.htm
10 Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:30pm
14/04/10-16/06/10
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£100 Concessions
Portrait Drawing for Beginners
with Marion Charles
A supportive and inspirational course for absolute beginners or those in desperate need of refresher! This course introduces the essential concepts and techniques of drawing including: line, tone, shape, space, composition, volume and texture and students will learn to work in a variety of media. Basic materials provided.
Marion Charles trained at Goldsmiths and Wimbledon Schools of Art in sculpture, with intensive study from the model. She is currently working on wall-based 3D pieces that take their starting point from life drawing. www.marioncharles.net
8 Thursdays 6:30 – 8:30pm
24/09/09-12/11/09
White Room
Price: £75 Full/£65 Concession
8 Thursdays 6:30 – 8:30pm
21/01/10-11/03/10
White Room
Price: £75 Full/£65 Concession
8 Thursdays 6:30 – 8:30pm
15/04/10-03/06/10
White Room
Price: £75 Full/£65 Concession
Untutored Life Drawing
facilitated by Marion Charles
A friendly and professional environment in which to develop your work, using a range of models and poses. You should have some prior experience in working from life. Please bring your own materials.
Marion Charles trained at Goldsmiths and Wimbledon Schools of Art in sculpture, with intensive study from the model. She is currently working on wall-based 3D pieces that take their starting point from life drawing. www.marioncharles.net
Eight Saturdays 11am-1pm
26/09/09-21/11/09 (no session 24/10/09)
White Room
Price: £55 Full/£45 Concession
Eight Saturdays 11am-1pm
23/01/10-13/03/10
White Room
Price: £55 Full/£45 Concession
Eight Saturdays 11am-1pm
17/04/10-05/06/10
White Room
Price: £55 Full/£45 Concession
Intensive Untutored Life Drawing
with Juliet Kac
A three-day intensive life drawing session. This is an opportunity to rapidly develop your drawing skills and experiment with different approaches and media. Aimed at those with some experience in life drawing. Please bring your own preferred materials.
Juliet Kac is a professional portrait painter and works extensively from the model. With an MFA in Fine Art from Auckland University and a PhD from The University of Brighton on the relationship between music and painting, she currently teaches oil painting, life drawing and portraiture.
Wednesday – Friday, 10am – 4pm
10/03/10-12/03/10
White Room
Price: £60 Full/£50 Concession
Tutored Life Drawing
with Juliet Kac
Learn and develop key drawing skills such as proportion, tone, structure, gesture and colour, using a wide range of approaches and materials. With group and individual tuition for all levels. We will also look at and discuss life drawing in an art historical context. Students should provide their own materials and advice will be given. Please bring A2 paper and a range of pencils to the first session.
Juliet Kac is a professional portrait painter and works extensively from the model. With an MFA in Fine Art from Auckland University and a PhD from The University of Brighton on the relationship between music and painting, she currently teaches oil painting, life drawing and portraiture.
Eight Mondays 6:30-8:30pm
05/10/09-23/11/09 NB COURSE IS NOW FULL
White Room
Price: £75 Full/£65 Concession
Eight Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm
12/01/10-02/03/10
White Room
Price: £75 Full/£65 Concession
Eight Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm
04/05/10-22/06/10
White Room
Price: £75 Full/£65 Concession
Contemporary Craft
Puppetry for Artists: Simple and rod puppets one-day workshop
with Isobel Smith
A one-day course to make a simple hand and rod puppet using soft toys or dolls (you must be prepared to chop them up!), then learn basic puppeteering techniques to make it come alive. The course will cover ideas generation and design, through to completion of your puppet.
There will be a brief demonstration of puppeteering skills followed by the opportunity to animate your puppet and explore and develop its character to music. An eclectic selection of music will be provided, feel free to bring a special track of your choice. Some materials for making puppets will be provided, if you have a preferred toy or doll then please bring it along.
Isobel Smith is a puppet maker and puppeteer, she studied design at Central St Martin's and Fine Art at University of Brighton. Isobel is mentored by the prestigious Green Ginger puppet company in Bristol and performs regularly with her musicians Foster&Gilvan as Badstock Productions at Jane Bom-Banes in Brighton and various locations in London and Brighton. Her company, Gravy Boat Puppets was launched in 2007. She is a Creative Partnerships Practitioner in several Sussex schools. Isobel is currently converting a caravan into a touring puppet theatre.
One Sunday 10am – 4pm
27/09/09
Green Room
Price: £50/£40 conc
Puppetry for Artists: Life-sized puppets and performance
with Isobel Smith
Make a puppet based on your own drawing/painting, and learn the puppeteering techniques needed to explore its character and make it come alive. The course will cover ideas generation and design, through to completion of your puppet. Techniques we will explore are: stitching, modelling with stockinette and stuffing, armature making, glueing and painting. There will be a demonstration of puppeteering skills followed by the opportunity to animate your puppet and explore and develop its character to music. An eclectic selection of music will be provided, feel free to bring a special track of your choice.
Isobel Smith is a puppet maker and puppeteer, she studied design at Central St Martin's and Fine Art at University of Brighton. Isobel is mentored by the prestigious Green Ginger puppet company in Bristol and performs regularly with her musicians Foster&Gilvan as Badstock Productions at Jane Bom-Banes in Brighton and various locations in London and Brighton. Her company, Gravy Boat Puppets was launched in 2007. She is a Creative Partnerships Practitioner in several Sussex schools. Isobel is currently converting a caravan into a touring puppet theatre.
Eight Fridays 7 – 9pm
25/09/09-20/11/09 (no session 23/10/09)
Green Room
Price: £80 Full/£70 Concession
Puppetry for Artists: Exquisite small hand and rod puppets
with Isobel Smith
Make a puppet based on your own drawing/painting and learn the puppeteering techniques needed to explore its character and make it come alive. The course will cover ideas generation and design, through to completion of your puppet.
Techniques we will explore are: polymer clay modelling, wire armature making, stitching, glueing and painting. There will be a demonstration of puppeteering skills followed by the opportunity to animate your puppet and explore and develop its character to music. An eclectic selection of music will be provided, feel free to bring a special track of your choice.
Isobel Smith is a puppet maker and puppeteer, she studied design at Central St Martin's and Fine Art at University of Brighton. Isobel is mentored by the prestigious Green Ginger puppet company in Bristol and performs regularly with her musicians Foster&Gilvan as Badstock Productions at Jane Bom-Banes in Brighton and various locations in London and Brighton. Her company, Gravy Boat Puppets was launched in 2007. She is a Creative Partnerships Practitioner in several Sussex schools. Isobel is currently converting a caravan into a touring puppet theatre.
Eight Fridays 7 – 9pm
22/01/10 - 12/03/10
Green Room
Price: £80/£70 conc
Designing and Making Contemporary Jewellery
with Clara Vichi
For students of all abilities who are interested in making their own original contemporary jewellery designs in silver and base metals, with an emphasis on exploration, experimentation and innovation.
Beginners will learn the foundational skills of piercing,filing, soldering and polishing whilst more experienced students can develop and build on their skills with punch making, etching, roller pressing, inlaying and chain making.
Students will need to have a piercing saw with 3/0 blades and a sketchbook. Most standard tools will be available for use during the course however some specialist hand tools may need to be purchased for individual projects. Silver will be available to buy from the tutor or independently as needed.
Clara Vichi is a contemporary jewellery designer and maker, working in mixed metals using calligraphy and typography as her inspiration, and etching as a process. She holds a Masters Degree at the Royal College of Art.
10 Tuesdays 7 - 9:30pm
29/09/09 - 01/12/09 NB COURSE IS NOW FULL
Green Room
Price: £100 Full/£90 Concession
10 Tuesdays 7 - 9:30pm
12/01/10 - 16/03/10
Green Room
Price: £100 Full/£90 Concession
10 Tuesdays 7 - 9:30pm
13/04/10 - 15/06/10
Green Room
Price: £100 Full/£90 Concession
Artists Professional Development
Children's Book Illustration Taster for Artists
with Chris Gilvan-Cartwright
A practical and informative course run by an illustrator with twenty years experience. For artists and authors who would like to find out more about illustrating for Children’s Books. Through series of self-generated projects students receive practical feedback on their artwork. With guest speakers from the world of Children's Book illustration this course will be perfect for anyone who wants to illustrate for a children's story they have written or exists already. The course will also cover how to get commissions, put together a folio, find an agent and focus your work for freelance illustration. Please bring own preferred materials.
Chris Gilvan-Cartwright studied painting and illustration at Central St Martins and has an MA in Fine Art from University of Brighton. He exhibits internationally and regularly with three London galleries. He is a well known illustrator, commissions include: Sunday Times, Penguin Books, over twenty children's books and the logo for BBC Proms.
www.gilvan.co.uk
10 Mondays 7 - 9:30pm
21/09/09-30/11/09 (no session 26/10/09)
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£110 Concession
Illustration Taster for Artists
with Chris Gilvan-Cartwright
A practical and informative course run by an illustrator with twenty years experience. For artists who would like to find out more about the various fields of illustration such as magazine, poster, greetings card, Advertising and children's books. Through series of self-generated projects students receive practical feedback on their artwork. The course will cover how to get commissions, find an agent and focus your work for freelance illustration.
Chris Gilvan-Cartwright studied painting and illustration at Central St Martins and has an MA in Fine Art from University of Brighton. He exhibits internationally and regularly with three London galleries. He is a well known illustrator, commissions include: Sunday Times, Penguin Books, over twenty children's books and the logo for BBC Proms.
www.gilvan.co.uk
10 Mondays 7 - 9:30pm
18/01/10-29/03/10 (no session 22/02/10)
Green Room
Price: £120 Full/£110 Concession