Roger Gill BA (Hons)

This course is about learning how to use colour in drawing and painting, having the figure as a source, both clothed and nude. We will begin by using dry colour pastels and pencils, then move rapidly on to fluid materials, watercolour, acrylics and oils. The emphasis is on combining colour with drawing in these mediums, together with the mixing, control and personal use of colour. There will be a variety of structured exercises that will encourage the making of fluid, intuitive drawings that have simple colour combinations, and more complex mood variations, that will be seen as harmonious, intense and striking. Experimentation will be encouraged at all times! The course would suit artists, illustration and fashion students, and anyone wishing to have the complexities of colour demystified.

Roger Gill is an artist and freelance tutor who works in London and who has exhibited in the UK and Europ.e See www.rogergill.org.