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:500@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160202T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160202T210000 DTSTAMP:20160308T201622Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-dot-art-acrylic-paintin g-10-week-course-with-richard-meaghan/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Dot-Art: Acrylic Painting 10 Week Course with R ichard Meaghan DESCRIPTION:Acrylic Painting 10 Week Course - dot-art at Bluecoat\nTuesdays 18.45 - 21.00 starting Tuesday 2 February 2016 (£160 for 10 sessions)\n\ nExplore and investigate a broad range of traditional and contemporary pai nting processes and practices\, focusing on the use of acrylics\, with rek nowned artist and experienced teacher Richard Meaghan. Suitable for all le vels\, including beginners.\n\nProgram\nThis painting course will be open to all abilities from complete beginners who haven’t done art since scho ol\, to those who use art as a hobby\, as well as artists wanting help dev eloping their own work and practise.\n\nOver the course of 10 weeks\, you will develop your awareness of painting as a unique means of visual commun ication. Through practical work you will consolidate your knowledge of vis ual grammar and expand your visual literacy. You will consider how ideas\, information and feelings can be articulated\, transformed and conveyed th rough visual systems\, processes and conventions. As well as having the op portunity to reflect on historical precedents and draw upon your own exper iences\, you will be encouraged to explore your own aesthetic abilities an d visual judgements which will form a fundamental part of your practise.\n During the course you will be asked to explore and develop ideas relating to your own "Personal Environment". This will involve the processes of res earch\, development of ideas and the design and production of work relatin g to the brief.\n\nYou should focus on making work that relates to your ow n experience of being in the world. This may relate to home or work life\, landscape or nature as you see it\, remember or imagine it. It could also relate to hobbies or interests\, film\, media\, politics\, religion\, spo rt etc etc and can incorporate any number of differing experiences that ma ke reference to who you are.\n\nAs artists we have a whole array of intere sts and ideas but how do we make art with all this stuff?\n\nThis course w ill give you the opportunity to use your imagination and develop those inv entive processes alongside traditional and contemporary techniques. You wi ll make art as an artist does and develop your project from its conceptual beginning to its physical end. The course will help you develop a deeper understanding of art and how as practitioners we think and realise work.\n This course provides skill based learning in order to deepen the understan ding and applications of the visual language that surrounds us. During the 10 weeks you will build up to the creation of your own finished painting in acrylics as follows:\nWeek 1: The importance of drawing (gradation stud y).\nWeek 2: Colour theory.\nWeek 3: Underpainting (grisaille study).\nWee k 4: Chroma (still life study).\nWeek 5: Invention and composition.\nWeeks 6-10: Individual project.\n\nTutor: Richard Meaghan\nProfessional artist Richard is currently based in a studio at Metal in Liverpool. He studied F ine Art at Staffordshire university\, and on graduating\, was awarded a tr avel grant to study Renaissance Art in Italy. The resulting work was award ed first prize in the Sefton Open\, followed shortly with his first solo P ublic exhibition at the Atkinson Art gallery\, Southport.\nMeaghan was cho sen as one of three emerging artists to exhibit alongside Turner Prize win ners Chris Ofili and Keith Tyson in ‘Exposed- Art and Culture in England ’s North West’ and was shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize in 2009 . He has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally and has futu re exhibitions planned for Liverpool\, London\, Copenhagen\, Denmark\, Ber lin\, Germany and Brussels\, Belgium.\n\nDates\nWinter Session 2016\, Tues day evenings from 6.45-9pm\n2nd\, 9th\, 23rd February\,\n1st\, 8th\, 15th\ , 22nd March\,\n5th\, 12th 19th April.\n\nVenue\nBluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\nSituated in the centre of Liverpool\, just behind Chur ch Street\, down Church Alley and in front of Liverpool ONE. You can enter the building via the front courtyard off School Lane\, or through the gar den at the back off College Lane. Nearest train station- Liverpool Central .\n\nCost\n£160 for the 10 week course (full course must be booked in adv ance)\nIt is possible to split this cost into two payments of £80\, pleas e call 0345 017 6660 for more details.\n\nMaterials\nYou will need to prov ide your own materials - a full list will be provided at time of booking.\ nAlternatively\, we have put together a package of all the materials you w ill need for this course\, in partnership with Artymix\, which can also be delivered to the course venue for you to collect at the first session\, f ree of charge. Download full details and how to order here.\n\nNotes\nTher e are a maximum of 15 places available on the course\, so early booking is essential.\nTo avoid a booking fee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, ple ase contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660.\n\nDetails and Boo king via dot-art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2015/12/dotart-atelier.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:20151025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR