Session 1 and Session 2: Ilga Leimanis MA and others

To meet the needs of our younger audience Central Saint Martins has created a range of short, residential courses, held in Buckinghamshire, England. Using the talents of our Foundation and Short course tutors the courses are all three weeks long and involve practical designing and making. The aim is to give you an experience of art school and help you to build skills and develop new work for your portfolio.

Whether you consider yourself a complete beginner or if you are studying art at school, this course will give you an experience of fine art as taught at Central Saint Martins. Developing your confidence in experimentation, idea generation and creativity will be important activities alongside building your technical skills.

During the three weeks you will explore the following subjects, all supported by the relevant talks and discussions:

• Observational Drawing
• Mark-Making and Still Life
• Drawing from the Model
• Paint, Colour and Collage
• Experimental Printmaking and Photography
• Sculpture, Structures and Installations

Towards the end of the course you will take these techniques and apply them to a personal project of your choosing, with guidance from your tutor. You will leave with sketchbooks full of ideas, a number of finished artworks and new technical abilities, all of which will help inspire you in the future.

This promises to be an exciting and unique experience for any 13-15 year-old who is:

• Interested in developing their own creativity
• Building a portfolio for future studies
• Confident in learning from their mistakes
• Keen to work with students of different nationalities
• Willing to work and collaborate with others during projects
• Wishing to develop their skills in communicating ideas

The School

All studies, accommodation and residential services take place at the International School for the Creative Arts (ISCA), Buckinghamshire - a short distance from Windsor and set in beautiful grounds. ISCA is affiliated to the University of the Arts London and has all the residential services and support that you will need, including shared-room en-suite accommodation, sports activities including tennis courts and an indoor swimming pool, internet access and catering for morning, lunch and evening meals.

Click here to download the ISCA Summer School Handbook 2012 [PDF, 448kb]

Click here to visit ther website: http://www.isca.uk.com/

Address: International School for the Creative Arts, Framewood Road, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4QS

Course Dates

• Session 1: 15 July - 4 August 2012 (3 weeks)
• Session 2: 5 August - 25 August 2012 (3 weeks)

10.30am - 4.30pm with optional evening and weekend activities. Examples of activities include organised trips to London, Windsor or Oxford, museum and gallery visits.

Estimated Group Size: 16 students per class

The course fees is inclusive of VAT and covers:

• Teaching including three course-based excursions
• Most course materials
• Shared accommodation
• Catering (breakfast, lunch and evening meal)
• Free access to launderette
• Communal kitchen
• Indoor swiming pool and gymnasium
• Sports ground and tennis courts
• Computer room
• Special evening activities and/or weekend excursions

Ilga Leimanis is a London-based artist who exhibits internationally. She has taught workshops on freehand sketching, townscape sketching and life drawing at the Bartlett School of Planning and contemporary architectural and engineering practices, including Adams Kara Taylor, Foster + Partners, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Make. See Ilga's websites http://www.ilgaleimanis.com/ and http://www.orteliusdrew.com/. Ilga is an experienced short course tutor at Central Saint Martins and has taught the successul Art Summer School for 13 to 15 Year Olds course that ran over the last two years.