The Term 4 Curriculum 2026 for the Adult Master Studio offers a comprehensive 10-week journey for adults who are passionate about advancing their artistic skills. Each week focuses on a new art form or technique, ensuring a diverse and inspiring learning experience.
Program Highlights:
- Sculpture in the Round: Form and Volume: Learn to work with clay, wire, and other materials to create three-dimensional sculptures. This class explores balance, proportion, and the interplay of form versus void in design.
- Human Architecture – Colour: Develop observational skills by working with reference images and live models to master proportion, shading, and colour expression.
- The Human Form: Gesture Drawing and Anatomy: Practice the fluidity of movement through gesture drawing while focusing on anatomy, posture, and proportion.
- Colour Theory Through Abstract Painting: Explore colour relationships, including primary, secondary, and complementary colours, to create abstract compositions.
- Art and Emotion: Creating Expressive Artworks: Experiment with colour, line, and form to convey feelings and ideas through abstract or representational imagery.
- Capturing Nature’s Beauty: Discover the basics of acrylic painting, including techniques such as dry brushing, glazing, and impasto, to depict natural landscapes.
- Mastering Watercolour: Advanced Techniques: Explore advanced watercolour methods like wet-on-wet, glazing, and working with textured papers to create complex works.
- Expressing Ideas Through Mixed Media: Use non-traditional materials and mixed media to develop a personal artistic voice and explore unconventional ideas.
- Portraiture: Features & Expression: Refine facial features, capture emotion, and explore the complexities of anatomy in portrait drawing and painting.
- Print Media for Your Home: Learn printmaking techniques such as linocut, monoprint, and screen printing to create personalised editions and explore creative possibilities.
- Create a Pet Portrait with Watercolour: Master soft watercolour techniques to depict animals with texture and depth.
- Art History in Action: Recreating Famous Works: Study and recreate famous artworks from Renaissance, Baroque, and Modernism periods in a fun, hands-on format.
Class Details:
- Duration: 10 sessions (one session per week for Term 4, 2026).
- Session Length: 2 hours per class.
- Learning Outcomes: Advance your technical skills, explore various media, and build confidence in your creative expression.
