This taster course will offer learners a brief introduction to working with pencil as a drawing medium. You will have an opportunity to explore a variety of pencil grades and how they can be used to create tone (light and shade) within a practical drawing project over the 2 hr session. The intended outcome is to produce a completed pencil drawing by the end of the session.You may also be interested in other similar tasters; Drawing Workshop with Ink C3532268 and Drawing Workshop with Charcoal C3532269. If you would like to join a longer course you can sign up to: Drawing Workshop C3532274
Course aim
This taster course offers learners a brief introduction to using pencil as a drawing medium.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- You will need your own personal email address so that you’re able to login to the WEA’s digital learning platform: WEA Canvas. You will need to be able to understand how to follow URL links to pages on the internet. If you want to understand more about Canvas please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- You will need to be able to follow links to join our WEA live video learning platform: WEA Zoom. If you’d like to understand more about our video learning platform, Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline and http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- No skills or experience needed
- This course is suitable for beginners and improvers
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Produce at least one pencil drawing
- Be able to understand what soft and hard grades are within a pencil.
- Be able to use a variety of shading within a drawing.
- Reflect on own achievements.
How will I be taught?
- The WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas will be used to provide resources or to support lessons, enable assessment, provide learner feedback and for other activities for individuals away from the course. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- The WEA tutor will use a range of different teaching and learning methods and encourage you and the group to be actively involved in your learning
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- You will be able to keep a record of your progress and achievement using photos, audio, text or documents uploaded into the WEA’s digital learning platform, WEA Canvas.
- You will have opportunities to discuss your progress with your tutor
- You will be encouraged to share your work with the group and discuss your learning
What else do I need to know?
- What you need: You will need an internet connection, speakers, a microphone and a webcam so that you can use our video learning platform, Zoom. If you’d like to understand more Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- The following materials will be needed- A4 size cartridge pad,a selection of pencils if possible but at least 1 HB, 1 3or4B and one 2 or 3H, an erasure, pencil sharpener and one or two pieces of tracing paper.
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- No pre reading or pre course work is required
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
- You could progress to Higher Education courses. Follow link to the PEARL website for information http://pearl.open.ac.uk/
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