BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7129@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230305T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230319T163000 DTSTAMP:20230208T175759Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-dot-art-abstract-painti ng-3-x-sundays-6/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: dot-art: Abstract Painting (3 x Sundays) DESCRIPTION:Delve into the imaginative world of abstract painting with prof essional artist Madeleine Pires.\n\nBOOK HERE\n\n\n\nLearn how to create e xpressive and colourful abstract art. Suitable for newcomers and for more experienced painters wanting to try something new and exciting.\n\n***To a void a booking fee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-a rt Services directly on 0345 017 6660***\n\nSundays from 11:30am - 4:30pm starting 5th March\, (£135 for 3-day sessions)\n\nProgramme\n\nSuitable f or newcomers and for more experienced painters wanting to try something ne w and exciting.\n\nDay 1 will begin with an introduction to abstract art\, and a discussion about what art means today as a visual manifestation of human expression. Students will be invited to share (if they wish) the kin d of abstract art they find appealing and what they would like to develop themselves.\n\nFollowing this\, we will focus on colour. We will look at e xamples of artists who have magnified and celebrated colour in their work\ , and use acrylic paint to make our own experimental pieces that celebrate colour.\n\nWe will look at contrasting colour\, paint opacity/transparenc y and experiment layering lights over darks\, darks over lights\, bright o ver dull\, blending edges etc. We will have time for appraisal and feedbac k\, appreciating different people’s reactions and responses to our work. \n\nWe will experiment with different ways of applying colour: brushing\, sponging\, scraping\, using different tools and textured items to apply pa int with.\n\nDay 2 will focus on composition\, space and movement. This wi ll improve the ability to isolate visual information and notice the essent ial qualities of a painting\, which will in turn help us distinguish and e mploy differing abstract techniques.\n\nWe will practise locating a focal area in various examples\, and determining what kind of movement has been used to make a painting. We will do some intuitive exercises to discover o ur own unique “movement” – wavy lines\, straight lines\, splatters\, random\, controlled\, etc. We will look at shapes and use the shapes that appeal to us to create our own original pieces of art.\n\nWe will look at opposites: saturated and neutral\, dark and light\, busy and quiet\, text ured and flat.\n\nLooking into the arrangement of these elements and their relationship to one another we will learn how to put these together onto paper/canvas\, producing aesthetically pleasing arrangements and patterns. \n\nDay 3 will combine concepts from days 1 and 2\, plus experimentation w ith layering for depth\, self-exploring\, and how to be “confidently spo ntaneous and intuitive”.\n\nWe will be given the opportunity to choose f rom different loose “themes” which we will interpret with our own crea tivity and style.\n\n“Themes” exercises:– Scientific Exploration – Musical Energy – Peace and Simplicity – Softness – Clash and Disord er - Invisible Currents - Intersections\n\nEvery student will receive spec ific and individual feedback\, suggestions\, encouragement and advice from the tutor throughout\, with the freedom to be as vocal or as quiet as des ired during discussion times.\n\nThis course will give you opportunities f or improving practical skills\; practising both inward reflection and outw ard appreciation\; and developing your unique artistic voice.\n\nDates\n\n Sundays from 11:30am - 4:30pm\n\n5th\, 12th and 19th March\n\nVenue\n\nBlu ecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\n\nSituated in the centre of Live rpool\, just behind Church Street\, down Church Alley and in front of Live rpool ONE. You can enter the building via the front courtyard off School L ane\, or through the garden at the back off College Lane. Nearest train st ation- Liverpool Central.\n\nCost\n\n£135 for the 3-week course (full cou rse must be booked in advance)\n\nMaterials\n\n Plenty of acrylic paint i n lots of different colours (The Works and Art Discount do the cheapest ve rsions)\n Brushes of varying sizes and shapes\n 2-3 sponges (art sponges or domestic sponges will work)\n Small squeegee/scraper/palette knife/ev en a short ruler for the scraping technique\n 4-8 small to medium sized c anvasses (The Works and Home Bargains sell quite cheap ones)\n A4 or A3 s ketchpad\n Coloured pencils or pastels\n Water pot or jar for washing br ushes\n Kitchen roll\n Apron/painting shirt\n Pictures/scrap book of ab stract art/ideas that you find inspiring (Optional)\n\nNotes\n\nThere are a maximum of 15 places available on the course\, so early booking is essen tial. To avoid a booking fee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, please con tact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660.\n\nCancellations / Refund s\n\nOnce you have made your course booking you are committed to it. This is because our courses have very small student numbers\, and often sell-ou t and are unavailable to others. Therefore any cancellations may result in a place not being filled\, or a course not being able to run.\n\nCancella tions are permitted up to 30 days before the start of a course\, and a ful l refund will be issued. Refunds will not be made for cancellations less t han 30 days before the start of a course. If you are unable to attend due to illness\, personal or professional commitments you do not have the righ t to a refund.\n\nIf you wish to cancel your place on a course that has no t yet started and you have a friend or colleague who can take your place w e can accommodate this substitution.\n\ndot-art and Bluecoat may use your details to contact you about forthcoming events\, classes or developments that may be of interest. For full details of the the Bluecoat's privacy po licy\, please follow this link.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2022/01/Abstract-Art-Autumn-2020-1024x512-1.jpg LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR