Experimental approaches to drawing, painting and printmaking. In this course students will learn how to think experimentally in their approach to art-making. Experimental still life, collaging, dry-point printing, collagraph-making, painting (gouache, acrylic and water colour), relief printing, toner transfer and avant-garde drawing practices will make up the course. We will look to a broad range of modernist and contemporary artists who utilise these techniques in their practices. This research will help inform our own making as a collective. Each student will collate the skills learnt in this class to complete a final collaged work of all their techniques. This collage will be a body of work - either one large print or a series of prints.
- Experimental drawing practices - contemporary approaches to still life drawing. Caricature drawing, drawing from found objects, exquisite corpse drawing. Looking to the work of modernist and contemporary artists and their drawing practices.
- Eucalyptus oil toner transfers of images
- Gouache, acrylic and watercolour techniques
- Collagraph making and printing
- Relief printing
- Drypoint printing
- Collaging collected works from the semester into larger works of art.
- Drawing back into collaged works, adding to them and applying more techniques used throughout the semester.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Think experimentally in terms of their art-making practices.
- Apply experimental drawing and painting approaches to their art-making.
- Apply experimental printmaking techniques to their art-making.
- Have the ability to collate all technical approaches learnt to complete a finished artwork.
- Printmaking materials: an etching needle, Dry Point Plastic Etching Plate, black etching ink, 100% eucalyptus oil, PVA Glue
- Painting: basic gouache paint kit, basic acrylic paint kit, basic watercolour paint kit, A4 watercolour paper notebook pack, Graphic India Ink or Calligraphy Ink, Basic set of paint brushes.
- Drawing: HB pencil, 2B pencil, 4B pencil, eraser, 0.4 Artline drawing pen, basic oil pastel pack.
- General materials: 1-2 sheets of Handmade etching paper (BFK Rives, Hahnemuhle, Stonehenge, Somerset, Fabriano, Arches are some well known brands) Cardboard, scissors.
IMPORTANT: Please arrive to the first class with all the relevant materials. A lack of materials is not just a handicap to you but to the ability to teach. Materials cost is not included in a course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled WEA cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any course materials. We therefore suggest you purchase your materials closer to the time of the course commencing.
The following stockists below are examples of places you can buy art materials from:
- Art on King: 199-201 King Street, Newtown. Ph: 9516 2342
- Eckersley's Art and Craft Store: 93 York Street, Sydney. Ph: 9299 4151. Also located in various locations throughout Greater Sydney.
- Parkers Art Supplies: 3 Cambridge Street, The Rocks. Ph: 9247 9979
- The Art Scene: 914 Victoria Road, West Ryde. Ph: 9807 6900
- The Sydney Art Store: 11 Salisbury Street, Botany. Ph: 9699 2162
You can also purchase materials from places such as Dymocks, Officeworks, Spotlight, Lincraft or online art suppliers such as Art Shed Online.
