Dates: 1-5 July 2024
Time: 10:00-17:00
Fee: £560
Level: Beginners (18+ years)
Tutors: Dr Charley Peters and Shiori Clark
SHORT COURSE OVERVIEW
Join illustrator Shiori Clark and artist Charley Peters on an active 5-day programme to make contemporary images that communicate your ideas and express your creativity. Develop new visual skills or level up your existing approaches to illustration through a series of practical activities and discussions, and create your own unique visual language through which to bring messages to life.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
During this week of visual research and development, you will explore different approaches to drawing, mark making and visual communication. We will start by developing a ‘character’ through different ways of constructing images using traditional and experimental drawing and image making. You’ll start to discover your relationship with different visual styles, materials, colour and texts through a series of studio-based activities and group discussions with support from your two tutors. You will be encouraged to develop images that express your illustrative ‘voice’ to explain, challenge or disrupt ideas from different textual sources, and to consider ways to use your illustrations to communicate to a diverse range of audiences. At the end of the week you will have the opportunity to work on a self-initiated piece of work that interprets an idea or issue of your choice through the creation of dynamic, original imagery.
What is included: all teaching, and most materials including drawing materials.
What is not included: your meals, and please bring a notebook and pen from home if you like to make notes.
10% discount available for City & Guilds of London Art School students, alumni and staff. Contact summerschool@cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk to receive the discount code.