Exploration in Oils
A complete introduction and exploration in to painting with oils. This course is to inspire students and encourage lateral thinking and skills with professional experienced artist Laura Cooper. A workshop in oil paint exploration and oil painting as a genre and medium, Art history, criticism and talking about artwork with insight and ease. This Workshop specifically designed for ISB level students to gain confidence, skills, and art historical critical knowledge and vocabulary.
| Workshop Leader: |
Laura Cooper |
| Dates: |
April 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th
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| Location: |
Attic Studios, Sukhumvit Soi 31.
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| Time: |
1pm-4pm, each day will end with a critique of work and discussion of the work in relation to art history and contemporary practise.
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| Cost: |
10,000 baht per student (5days). All materials except canvases supplied
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| Minimum class size: |
5 students |
| Maximum Size: |
12 students
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| Items to bring along: |
Personal sketchbook, digital camera and previous examples of work, (photographs sketchbook or the ability to describe in words). |
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Laura Cooper is a contemporary artist based in the UK, Graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a first class BA hons in Fine art painting and historical and critical studies in 2006. Since then she has exhibited internationally in Europe, Japan, Iceland and Thailand, she was recently artist in resident a Shrewsbury International School 2008-9 and curated an exhibition at Chulalongkorn University Arts Centre with the British Arts Council 2009.
Structure - Each day will be structured as follows.
Begin with a 30minute lecture and discussion of art history (note taking encouraged). Studio time, we will learn practical methods and make several experiments studies and final art works. Concluding with 20minutes feedback and discussion of the techniques and artists studied that day.
| Monday: |
Introduction to expressive painting with oils, focus on art history impressionist painters use of oils, surface of the canvas, brushwork and the nature of oil paint.
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| Tuesday: |
We will work from a nontraditional still life with moving elements, light water and reflections. learn about oil washes painting in thin layers, removing areas of paint and applying paint impasto.
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| Wednesday: |
Learn basic colour theory, vibrating colours and colour layers.
With a particular focus on the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko and his colour field paintings. |
| Thursday: |
We will discuss the tradition of action painting, gesture and expressive mark making. We will take photographs of still life from different angles and collage together a final more abstract composition
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| Friday: |
In this session with more focus on each individual student and their preferred way of working, and personal ideas. Students will develop a piece of work that they will feel confident about critically discussing in relation to the artists and historical traditions we covered in the class. |
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Homework
Students will be require to actively research artists and art historical movements to contextualise their learning and become more critically aware of there own learning, as guided and discussed in the workshop. Such processes of exploring concepts and ideas is the cornerstone of any artists practice, I rarely leave the house without my sketch/notebook in hand.
Closing date for applications 4th April
For more details contact Elsie Evans
elsievans@gmail.com
tel 0833011314
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