Undergraduate Course: Plein Air Painting (intensive) (LLLA07095)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course enables students to make a series of studies and paintings made entirely from panoramic locations in and around Edinburgh. Students will learn a range of approaches to preparing grounds and painting surfaces, to plan and consider how they will record vast spaces within specific timeframes, and how to respond to the impact of the ever-changing elements. Through drawing and painting, with acrylics and/or oil paints, students will learn how to layer paint quickly to discover the light, mood and compositional framework of a particular viewpoint. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- On completion of this course through class hours, directed and independent study, students will be able to;
RESEARCH
use a visual sketchbook/journal to research, record and reflect on the process of planning and preparing a series of paintings made outdoors from direct observation
- PRACTICE
Prepare suitable painting surfaces and make a series of observed and ambitious paintings on location that consider the light, the elements, mood and character of the viewpoint.
- PRESENT
Select, edit and present a coherent body of visual studies, and paintings made entirely on location that show an informed and individual response to the subjects.
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Reading List
Recommended
Virtue, J., Schama, S., Moorhouse, P. and Wiggins, C., 2005, John Virtue: London paintings, London: National Gallery.
Yorke, M., 1988, The spirit of place: nine neo-romantic artists and their times, London: Constable
Cariou, A. and Tooby, M., 1997, Christopher Woo: a painter between two Cornwalls, London: Tate Publishing
Wiltshire, S., 1987, Drawings, London: Dent
Pearson, F., 2007 Joan Eardley, Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland
Fowle, F., 2008, Impressionism & Scotland Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland
McConkey, K., 2010, Sir John Lavery: a painter and his world, Edinburgh: Atelier Books
Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, 1996, Vincent Van Gogh drawings London: Lund Humphries
Lochnan, K.,2004, Turner Whistler Monet : impressionist visions, Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario
Constable, J., Morris, E. ed., 2000, Constable's clouds: paintings and cloud studies by John Constable , Edinburgh: Scottish National Galleries
Hockney, D., 2012, David Hockney : a bigger picture, London: Thames and Hudson
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
painting on location
using acrylic, ink and oil paint
composing from direct observation
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of plein air painting within visual culture
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 3003
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