The Scottish Colourists Revisited

Pre-requisites for enrolment

No experience required but some previous experience of painting desirable.

Special Information

Materials and equipment provided for students as part of the course and included in course fee:

• Access to studio easels, tables and chairs, drawing boards

Essentials Materials and equipment students will need to provide themselves:

(Estimated cost: £20 - £50 depending on usage and prices)

• A3 or A4 sketch pad (preferably with some coloured surfaces/washes).
• chalk pastels
• charcoal
• eraser
• craft knife
• pencils.
• Set of acrylic paints including Titanium white (large) red, yellow, blue, crimson, viridian, yellow ochre, black,
• some surfaces to paint on (one sided card, heavy paper)
• primer
• a range of brushes from size 2 to 12 (4 or 5 is ok)
• large household brush
• pva,
• small camera

Content of Course

The course teaching is typically delivered over weekly class sessions totalling 15 hours. Depending on the specific timetable of the occurrence of the course, this will either be delivered over five weeks of 3 hour class sessions, six weeks of 2.5 hour class sessions or three sessions of 5 hours. Over the weeks the course will cover:

• Introduction to the work of the Scottish Colourists. Colour theory and colour mixing exercises based on simple still life set ups.
• Students will set up their own still life and work on variations of a theme.
• Portraiture. Students will paint from a model in a setting.
• Depending on the weather students will gather information on Portobello Beach or the National Museum. A demonstration on how to gather enough information by thumbnail sketching will be given.
• Students will produce a painting based on research gathered the previous week.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• demonstrate an insight into the methods and practices of the Scottish Colourists,  and consider the  historical context to research  their own visual ideas;
• use a variety of techniques, materials and approaches to develop a series of resolved works that reflects the work of Scottish Colourists, but has a focus on a distinctive personal vision in a contemporary context;
• create a coherent body of work, including studies and finished pieces that underpin their research and practice.

Sources

Core Readings

Recommended:

• Peploe, Guy (2000), S.J.Peploe, Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd.
• Hewlett, Tom (1998), Cadell, the Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883- 1932, The Portland Gallery
• Morris, Margaret (1974), The Art of J.D. Fergusson, Blackie & Son Ltd.

Web Sources

http://www.nationalgalleries.org

http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/exhibition-review-the-scottish-colourist-series-sj-peploe-1-2619804

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/visual/the-scottish-colourists-sj-peploe-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art-edinburgh.1351911867

Class Handouts

Course information will be provided on enrolment and further hand-outs may be provided during the course.

Queries

If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.

Student support

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.