What will I learn?
Give your drawing and painting skills the opportunity to grow in this inspiring intermediate course. Designed for learners who have already completed a beginner-level class, this 10-week course will help you develop greater confidence, refine your techniques, and explore a wider range of artistic approaches.

Working with a variety of drawing and painting materials, you will build on existing skills through guided projects, observational studies, and life drawing sessions. Develop your understanding of tone, colour, composition, and proportion while working towards creating more accomplished and expressive artwork in a supportive and encouraging environment.

What will I need to take part?
Your tutor will contact you by email with a resources list before the start of the course

What to expect
The course will be taught by demonstration, step by step exercises, 1-1 encouragement pair work and self-evaluation.

Tutors use Google Classroom to help make course resources available both during and between sessions. Please take advantage of joining your Classroom when invited to do so. For IT help please visit https://learners.northantsadultlearning.ac.uk/it-tips

Where can it lead to?
Apply a range of intermediate drawing and painting techniques to create observational and expressive artwork.

Demonstrate an understanding of proportion, perspective, tone and colour when working from life and reference materials.

Produce finished drawings and paintings that show improved composition, accuracy and creative decision-making.

Evaluate your own work and the work of others, identifying strengths and areas for development to support continued artistic progress.

Course eligibility and fees
This adult learning course is available to residents of Northamptonshire who are:
- aged 19 or over on 31st August in the funding year
- living in England, outside a devolved adult skills funding area.
- ordinarily resident in England on the first day of learning.
- Resident in England for the duration of your learning.

If you don't meet the above requirements, including some international students or people not ordinarily resident in the UK, you will not be able attend this course.

Asylum seekers may be eligible to attend in some circumstances, including where they have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered, or where they receive certain types of local authority support.

Fees are payable on enrolment as published on the booking page.

If you are in receipt of certain benefits or in employment and earning below £25,750 a year, you may be eligible for reduced fees.

Under certain circumstances you may be asked to provide evidence of your identity, residency, prior qualifications and where relevant, benefits or income.

If you are not sure what support, you are eligible for please phone our office between 10-4 on weekdays 0300 303 1058 or email adultlearning@northnorthants.gov.uk.