Course summary

Challenge yourself and enhance your techniques in painting and drawing Painting and drawing encompasses a variety of skills and techniques enabling you to explore traditional, observational and experimental work to develop professional approaches to a range of making processes. Our BA (Hons) Painting and Drawing degree is built around the key areas of drawing and painting and will encourage you to experiment with other 2D media such as printmaking. You will specialise from the outset of your degree through the development of skills in one clear discipline area. To achieve the highest quality art production, you will be supported by specialist workshops introducing you to oil, acrylic and other paint media where you will be given demonstrations in techniques and processes. We will encourage you to develop an intellectual curiosity and a sense of adventure, with an ability to deal with the unpredictable. Studying at the University of Chichester, you will immerse yourself in your work by making use of our specialist studio and workshop facilities as well as having access to your very own dedicated studio space. You will study in a supportive and student focused environment enabling you to become a versatile, creative and confident artist. A key element to provision of the Fine Art programmes is our commitment to outward-facing application and exhibition of your artwork at the degree show. You will spend your final year consolidating your work to an expert standard which will then be exhibited in public spaces. There are several hundred visitors and much of the work is sold which will provide you with a professional showcase for your work. Main studio, workshop skills and activities include: Painting: oil, acrylic, construction, mixed media, collage. Printmaking: etching, screen-printing, relief printing, mono-print and combined media, block print and photo based processes Drawing: drawing is seen as an important element in the development and realization of ideas and is the basis of the initial studio work. Digital: using technology such as iPads to create art