Beginners Art Appreciation: - Colour and Light (KEN26T089)
Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts
- Start date: Thursday, 25 February 2027
- End date: Thursday, 25 March 2027
- Number of weeks: 5
- Time: 10:00 - 12:00
- Delivery type: Online
- Venue: Online Delivery
- Tutor: Amy Jane Hardy
- Full fee: £75.00 | Concessionary fee: £37.50 | Staff fee: £63.75
This offering is not yet available for enrolment, please return within three months of the start date to enrol. Contact your local centre using the details below for more information.
About the course
This engaging Art Appreciation course invites learners to explore the powerful role of colour and light in visual art across different periods, styles, and cultures. Through looking closely at paintings and other artworks, you will discover how artists use colour relationships, contrast, tone, and light to influence mood, focus attention, and convey atmosphere or emotion. Over the course, you will examine key ideas such as warm and cool colour, light and shadow, symbolism of colour, and the effects of natural versus artificial light. Artworks from a range of movements and artists will be used as discussion starters, helping you to see how approaches to colour and light have changed over time and how these choices affect the viewer’s experience. Sessions are discussion-based and accessible, with no prior art knowledge required. Learners are encouraged to share observations, ask questions, and build confidence in expressing personal responses to art. The course is suitable both for those with a general interest in art and for practising artists who wish to deepen their understanding and inform their own creative work.
How the course will be delivered
Online with our amazing art tutor Amy.
*Your class is delivered online using Zoom which means you can learn from the comfort of your own home. Your Tutor will send an invitation to join the class each week. This will be by email on a secure link. The class is delivered in real time. To get the most from your online lessons, we ask you to follow these ten guidelines: (1) If you are not working from home, use a location where it is safe to connect. (2) It is better to join your class using a laptop or a tablet. We may be able to help by loaning a laptop if you do not have one. Ask your centre for details. Mobile phone screens are not big enough to read shared documents and it is harder to move between the activities, so we do not recommend using one for a class. (3) Find a suitable quiet space, have access to a desk or table, have resources such as paper and pen to hand to support your learning. (4) Be prompt – we aim to start and finish on time. (5) Please be aware of what your tutor and peers can see. Ideally blur your background or use one of the standard, freely available, backgrounds on Zoom. If you require support with this, please don’t hesitate to speak to your Tutor. (6) Please dress appropriately and do not share inappropriate websites or materials. (7) Turn your camera on at all times. This is a safeguarding requirement and being able to see each other’s faces and reactions will help you to get to know each other and work as a group. It will also help your tutor see if anyone doesn’t understand. (8) Please try to minimise any background noise. Mute your microphone if it is noisy at your end of the connection and avoid interrupting other people. (9) Engage with the learning activities and your tutor and peers. You will enjoy the class more and increase your learning if you are fully involved and open to the challenge. If you do not understand something, please let your tutor know either by saying something or by private message on Zoom. (10) If you are completing a qualification that is assessed through a multiple-choice final assessment, please be aware that the assessment must be completed at one of our Cumbria Adult Learning Centres.
What you'll need to bring
You will need a pen and notebook to take notes. You will also need plasticine/play dough, and colouring pencils or watercolour paints to help understand some of the points when we discuss form, shape, texture, and colour.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements for this course.
Additional transferable skills:
Self confidence, critical thinking, self-expression, communication skills, team work and collaboration.
Contact us
Centre: Kendal Adult Learning
Contact number: 01539 713257
Email address: kendaladultlearning@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk