Art Techniques Course

Interested in an Art Techniques distance learning course? Are you keen to develop your latent artistic talent? Learn more about composition and painting strategies? Interested in learning how to draw figures?

Then the Art Techniques course from Start Learning is for you. You will learn how to turn drawings into paintings and how to tackle still life, figures and themes.

As with all distance learning courses from start learning you will have your tutor there for support every step of the way, and it comes in bite sized modules to make learning easy and convenient. So Start Learning now!

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Home Study Entry Requirements

This course is open entry. At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.     

Recommended hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Art Techniques Diploma. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but  if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Distance Learning Course Contents

Course Contents

Unit 1 - Introduction to the course: Preparing for the course - Relating painting to drawing

Unit 2 - Still Life and Natural Forms: Subjects and groupings - Drawing and painting what you see - Some painting strategies

Unit 3 - The Figure:  3: Introducing the figure - Drawing the figure - Painting the figure

Unit 4 - Themes: Working from a theme - Interpreting themes - Composition from a theme

Qualification

On successful completion of all of the assignments you will receive a Start Learning Diploma in Art Techniques

Language of Course

English

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.