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dennis parker april-july 2024 art classes
Harrow Arts Centre, 171 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Middx HA5 4EA
9.30 – 11.30 am 9 weekly classes £113
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For all levels from beginners to advanced with a mind open to exploring the wonder of the creative process
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For those painting for pleasure as well as those working towards GCSE, A-level or degree or beyond!
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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)
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A chance to have fun exploring all styles of interpretation from realism to abstraction, with demonstrations in all techniques
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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 inspiring and original work from their own references, such as observational drawings and photographs, rather than images from magazines or the internet!
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
To book your place please email: dennis_parker@hotmail.co.uk
Current students have priority until 16 March 2023
dennisart.co.uk/equipment needed for materials
0208 381 2392 or dennis_parker@ hotmail.co.uk for further information
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dennis parker shaping air - photoshoots with photographic model / ballerina
Within a small group, a unique opportunity to have a private photoshoot with an experienced photographic model/ballerina with the added dimension of professional photographic lighting. Artists wishing to explore the aesthetic of classical life poses, the fluidity of dance/movement and more unusual physically demanding short term photographic poses will be guided through the alchemy of photo composition using light, angle and shadow. Studio lighting, in tandem with filters and reflectors, enables us to explore ‘in-camera:’ framing a shot, perspective, subtleties and nuances of colour playing on the human form, plus the impact of angle and degree of light and shadow (chiaroscuro). Essential knowledge of your own camera, whether it is compact, bridge or DSLR, includes how to access: shutter priority, aperture priority, ISO and exposure compensation, to maximise the potential of the shoot. Price on application.
dennisart.co.uk
0208 381 2392 or dennis_parker@hotmail.co.uk for further information