BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9727@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240929T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240929T160000 DTSTAMP:20240823T082727Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-dot-art-abstract-painti ng-2/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: dot-art: Abstract Painting DESCRIPTION:Delve into the imaginative world of abstract painting with prof essional artist Madeleine Pires.\n\n***To avoid a non-refundable booking f ee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-art Services dire ctly on 0345 017 6660***\n\nSundays from 12pm - 4pm starting 29th Septembe r (£135 for 3-day sessions)\n\n29th September\, 6th &\; 13th October\n \nBOOK HERE\n\nProgramme\n\nSuitable for newcomers and for more experience d painters wanting to try something new and exciting.\n\nThis course has n ew content\, updated from Madeleine’s popular abstract painting course.\ n\n Day 1 will begin with an updated introduction to abstract art\, and a discussion about the reasons for making art\, whether realistic or non-re presentational. Students will be invited to share (if they wish) the kind of abstract art they find appealing and what they would like to develop th emselves.\n\nFollowing this\, we will focus on colour and layering. We wi ll look at examples of artists who have magnified and celebrated colour in their work\, and use acrylic paint to make our own evocative pieces. We w ill learn how to blend colours in a way that uses depth and perspective  to mentally transport ourselves and viewers into a different place.\n\nW e will look at the different associations of colour\, including emotions\, and learn to use contrasting and complimenting colours. We will “learn by doing”\, learning how paint behaves\, opacity/transparency and experi ment layering lights over darks\, darks over lights\, bright over dull\, b lending edges etc. We will experiment with different ways of applying colo ur: brushing\, sponging\, masking out and using layers.\n\nWe will look at  “harmonious opposites”: e.g. bright and muted\, busy and quiet\, tex tured and flat.\n\nWe will have time for appraisal and feedback\, apprecia ting different people’s reactions and responses to our work.\n\n Day 2 will focus on composition\, space\, pattern and movement\, and the highly enjoyable “scrape painting” technique. This will improve the ability to isolate visual information and notice the essential qualities of a pain ting\, which will in turn help us distinguish and employ differing abstrac t techniques.\n\nWe will practise locating a focal area and evocation o f depth in various examples\, and determining what kind of movement has b een used to make a painting. Using various examples of shapes and patterns \, we will do some intuitive exercises to discover our own unique “movem ent” – wavy lines\, straight lines\, splatters\, random\, controlled\, etc.\n\nWe will create mood and atmosphere and discover our own unique style through this session. There will also be the opportunity to create p ieces to do with music and “expressing the invisible”.\n\n Day 3 wil l look at ways of making art using reduction\, simplification and geometr ic abstraction (removing something from context)\, as well as inspiration from natural forms such as “the sinuous line”. We will explore rece nt neurological discoveries about the functions of the left and right hemi spheres of the brain\, and discuss the relationship between the explicit a nd the implicit\, logic and intuition\, simplicity and complexity\, and th e interface art can be between the physical and the transcendent. We will create unique artworks using skills from Day 1 and Day 2 as well as the th emes of Day 3.\n\nEvery student will receive specific and individual feedb ack\, suggestions\, encouragement and advice from the tutor throughout\, w ith the freedom to be as vocal or as quiet as desired during discussion ti mes.\n\nThis course will give you opportunities for improving practical sk ills\; practising both inward reflection and outward appreciation\; and de veloping your unique artistic voice.\n\nDates\n\nSundays from 12pm - 4pm\n \n29th September\, 6th &\; 13th October\n\nVenue\n\nBluecoat\, School L ane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\n\nSituated in the centre of Liverpool\, just beh ind Church Street\, down Church Alley and in front of Liverpool ONE. You c an enter the building via the front courtyard off School Lane\, or through the garden at the back off College Lane. Nearest train station- Liverpool Central.\n\nCost\n\n£135 for the 3-week course (full course must be book ed in advance)\n\nMaterials\n\n Plenty of acrylic paint in lots of differ ent colours (The Works and Art Discount do the cheapest versions)\n Brush es of varying sizes and shapes\n 2-3 sponges (art sponges or domestic spo nges will work)\n Small squeegee/scraper/palette knife/even a short ruler for the scraping technique\n 4-8 small to medium sized canvasses (The Wo rks and Home Bargains sell quite cheap ones)\n A4 or A3 sketchpad\n Colo ured pencils or pastels\n Water pot or jar for washing brushes\n Kitchen roll\n Apron/painting shirt (acrylic paint stains as it is plastic based )\n Pictures/scrap book of abstract art/ideas that you find inspiring (Op tional)\n\nNotes\n\nThere are a maximum of 15 places available on the cour se\, so early booking is essential. To avoid a booking fee and pay by card \, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6 660.\n\nCancellations / Refunds\n\nOnce you have made your course booking you are committed to it. This is because our courses have very small stude nt numbers\, and often sell-out and are unavailable to others. Therefore a ny cancellations may result in a place not being filled\, or a course not being able to run.\n\nCancellations are permitted up to 30 days before the start of a course\, and a full refund will be issued. Refunds will not be made for cancellations less than 30 days before the start of a course. If you are unable to attend due to illness\, personal or professional commit ments you do not have the right to a refund.\n\nIf you wish to cancel your place on a course that has not yet started and you have a friend or colle ague who can take your place we can accommodate this substitution.\n\nIf w e are unable to deliver a course due to low bookings\, tutor illness or ve nue unavailability we will process the dot-art amount of the course ticket s. Please note the booking fee is non-refundable as this charge does not g o to the organiser. To avoid the booking fee please book over the phone wi th us on 0345 017 6660 and have your card details to hand. Or you can pay in person with cash\, card or cheque in dot-art Gallery\, Queen Avenue\, L iverpool.\n\ndot-art and Bluecoat may use your details to contact you abou t forthcoming events\, classes or developments that may be of interest. Fo r full details of the the Bluecoat's privacy policy\, please follow this  link. 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