The Colour Courses

Understanding and Applying Colour (online, National Art School, Sydney)

Understanding and Applying Colour (in person, not currently available)

COURSE CONTENT:

The course includes eight sections of fully illustrated lecture content. The lectures are conducted in real time in the virtual online studio with time for questions and discussion

Topics covered include:

Each session also includes descriptions of optional practical exercises that progress from basic exercises illustrating the theory to still life painting studies. These exercises are completed out of class hours and reviewed with feedback at the following session. 

Students also receive a set of approximately 550 slides from the lecture course, a mailout of a Munsell greyscale and hue circle, and exclusive access to  a new online Illustrated Glossary of Colour containing illustrated definitions of about 200 terms related to colour and painting.

NAS Public Programs courses are NESA registered for professional development of teachers in NSW. Classes  are limited to 12 students per term.

COMING SESSIONS

Enrollments  for the Term One and Two of 2024 are now open on the NAS website. 

Students planning to join the course from North or South America had best enroll in Term 3, while students planning to join from the UK, Europe, Africa or much of Asia will probably find it best to wait until Term 4. To avoid missing out, you can use the form at the bottom of this page to be placed on a mailing list be notified of future sessions as soon as they are offered on the NAS website.

Please note that it's important to book all NAS Short Courses at least TWO WEEKS in advance of the starting date if possible. Short courses at NAS are sometimes sold out many weeks in advance, and conversely can be cancelled up to two weeks before the start date if they have not reached the minimum required enrollments at that time. Leaving bookings to the last minute can lead to disappointment for everyone!

LINKS, MATERIALS LIST AND ZIP FILES OF SLIDES (password protected):


SAMPLE SLIDES

Selected slides from each of the eight theory sessions plus the practical exercises. Participants receive the full set of about 550 slides.

SAMPLE VIDEOS

My other classes at NAS

Oil Painting with Colour and Light (on campus, Wednesday evenings and some Summer Schools)

This is my on-campus, practical oil painting class at NAS. It is often done by students who have previously done the Understanding and Applying Colour online course (or vice versa, the classes can be done in any order). New students work through a structured series of painting exercises progressing from tonal painting to full colour, but previous students (of either course) can choose among the exercises and work at their own pace. 

Painting and Drawing the Life Model (on campus, Wednesday evenings)

Make sustained drawings and paintings from a life model holding the same pose over several sessions. This course provides a concise overview of approaches and techniques that will improve your life drawing and painting. Generally offered in Terms 1 and 4, alternating with Oil Painting with Colour and Light in Terms 2 and 3. 

Drawing for Beginners (on campus, Saturdays)

In this course I cover the fundamentals of seeing and drawing your subject in an integrated way. We cover the use of different materials (pencil, chalk, and pen), proportions, perspective, composition, light and shade, and the expressive effects of the abstract visual elements of a drawing.  Subjects include the still life, the life model and the historic NAS campus. 

Anatomy for Life Drawing (Summer and Winter Schools)

Anatomy for Life Drawing is a five-day workshop held in the magnificent top floor studio in the Chapel at the National Art School in the Summer and Winter School for the last ten years. For beginning anatomists the focus is on the skeleton, but content is flexible for those with prior knowledge. 

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