dennis parker april-july 2023 art classes

Harrow Arts Centre, 171 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Middx HA5 4EA

9.30 – 11.30 am 9 weekly classes £113
* For all levels from beginners to advanced
* For those painting for pleasure as well as those working towards GCSE, A-level or degree or beyond!
* A choice of working in any media including drawing, painting in watercolour, pastel, acrylic, oil, mixed media, print making (students are encouraged to explore all media eventually, especially acrylic, to maximise scope of creativity)
* A chance to have fun exploring all styles of interpretation from realism to abstraction, with demonstrations in all techniques
* Opportunity to develop and gain guidance on your portfolio for art college, degree and postgraduate courses.

For all classes, themes are suggested – not obligatory – so if you have other concepts you would prefer to explore you can do so instead, with dennis’s help and guidance in navigating the creative process. Having explored essential techniques and styles students are encouraged to create original work from their own references, such as observational drawings and photographs, rather than images from magazines or the internet!

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>> MONDAY Monday 17 April --10 July excluding 1, 8, 29 May, 5 June

Rolling Textures and Rhythms in Hilly Landscapes

Drawing / Watercolour / Acrylic / Oil

The coloured patchwork of fields in tandem with rhythmic crop and drill lines undulating over hills offer exciting subjects for pictorial composition
>> TUESDAY Tuesday 25 April – 4 July excluding 30 May, 6 June

Atmospheric Summer Woodland Studies

Acrylic / Pastel

An ideal class for beginners with no previous painting experience. We start with controlled colour mixing via three primary colours, then progress to a variety of exciting colour applications and techniques to develop confidence and produce expressive and atmospheric studies
>> WEDNESDAY Wednesday 26 April - 5 July excluding 31 May, 7 June

Dappled Lit Bluebell Woodlands

Pencil / Pastel / Pen & Wash / Mixed Media

The alluring magic of these sites of pilgrimage, with dappled light filtering through trees in early yellow-green leaf and shadowing the bluebell carpeted woodland floor, creates an enticing subject to shoot from various angles and perspectives as a springboard for developing imaginative pictorial compositions
>> THURSDAY Thursday 27 April - 6 July excluding 1, 8 June

Summer Landscape and Flower Studies

Acrylic / Mixed Media

An ideal class for beginners with no previous painting experience. We start with controlled colour mixing via three primary colours, then progress to a variety of exciting colour applications and techniques to develop confidence and produce expressive and atmospheric studies
>> FRIDAY Friday 28 April - 7 July excluding 26 May, 2 June

Dissolving and Fragmented Watery Reflections

Drawing / Watercolour / Acrylic / Mixed Media

Why not focus on the reflection itself rather than on the actual image? Mercurial water lends itself to both slow and fast shutter-speed shooting, and to innumerable imaginative approaches in all media

See website for material list and contact via email to book your place.