Celf a Dylunio / Art and DesignCelf a Dylunio / Art and DesignCA101 Museum, Gallery Education, and Interpretation (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at the School of Art, Aberystwyth. 20 credits
This vocational style course gives the student an insight into what gallery educators do and the basic teaching skills required for this role.
CA102 Landscapes of Belonging (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at the School of Art, Aberystwyth. 10 credits
Do you experience a sense of belonging when viewing particular landscapes? How does landscape art help us form such personal and social identities?
CA103 Abstracting the Figure 3D (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at the 3D Studio, Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 10 credits
This course will be explored through the medium of clay. It will use the figure as a starting point to develop abstract 3D work developed from existing figure studies.
CA104 Botanical Illustration One (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Blended learning/Face to face in Elystan Morgan, Llanbadarn. 10 credits
This is a face to face/blended learning 10 credit module introducing students to the techniques and skills of depicting plant-life accurately and with detail from observation.
CA105 Fur, Feathers, Scales (2023/2024)DescriptionFace to face at IBERS, (Edward Llwyd) 2.02, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth; 5 credits A five-credit practical painting course suitable for those students who are undertaking field studies as well as students who wish to broaden their skills in Fine Art.
CA106 Watercolour for Everyone (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face in Elystan Morgan, Llanbadarn. 10 credits
This is a beginner’s watercolour module introducing students to the basic techniques of watercolour over the course of 7 weeks in Aberystwyth but 4 sessions in Cardigan.
CA108 Drawing and Painting the Landscape (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face in the Village Hall, Llanilar. 10 credits
This module will assist students to develop skills in picture making using landscape as a fo-cus and to apply drawing and painting skills to gather information from different sources and process them into a resolved work of art
CA200 Mosses, Lichens and Liverworts (2023/2024)DescriptionFace to face at IBERS (Edward Llwyd) 2.02, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth; 5 credits A fascinating new course which will cover a variety of specialist drawing and watercolour techniques and materials for depicting a wide variety of Mosses, Lichens and Liverworts, their colours, forms and unique characteristics.
CA201 Woodland Landscapes (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face in Elystan Morgan, Llanbadarn. 10 credits
This course which will cover a variety of specialist drawing, painting and printmaking tech-niques and materials for capturing the characteristics of different tree species and woodland habitats including structure, colour, light and texture.
CA202 Introduction to Printmaking (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to Face in the School of Art, Aberystwyth. 10 credits. (intensive)
This is an introduction to simple printmaking techniques to enable artists to understand the techniques and processes of printmaking.
CA300 Natural History illustration: Seaweed (2023/2024)DescriptionFace to face at IBERS, (Edward Llwyd) 2.02, Penglais Campus Aberystwyth; 5 credits An exciting new course which will cover a variety of specialist watercolour and drawing techniques and materials for capturing a wide variety of seaweed types, their colours, forms and unique characteristics.
CA301 Animalia (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 10 credits This course, Animalia, is not about making a pottery model of your pet! You will explore the history of constructed animals in ceramics and look at the work of contemporary ceramicists who work in clay and paper-clay to inspire.
CA302 Abstracting the Landscape (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at the School of Art, Aberystwyth. 10 credits
This module will enable students to develop skills in picture-making by means of studies made out of doors, on location, on a landscape theme.
CA303 Working with Trees (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face in The Village Hall, Llanilar. 5 credits The two-day course is designed to explore the full process of charcoal burning through creating willow charcoal and learn the techniques of drawing with the medium ‘en plein air’ within the woodland.
CB100 Colour Exploration (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at The Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 10 credits
This is a core module in the Certificate of Higher Education: Art and Design This course offers an introduction to and gives experience of working with colour in your painting.
CB101 Narratives in Art (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at The Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 10 credits
This course will be taught using a tutorial approach, the sessions are spread out throughout the year to allow time to develop your work in response to this course.
CB200 Wax Wire Paper (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at The Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 10 Credits
This module is designed to give an introduction to the practical elements of working in three dimensions using wire, wax, and papier mache.
CB201 Drawing with Scissors: Collage (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face at The Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 10 Credits
Since its emergence in the Art world in the early part of the twentieth century collage has continued to serve not only as a primary form of expression but also as a principle means of evaluation and developing creative strategies.
CF100 Natural History Illustration Fungi (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Face to face in the Centre for Alternative Technology, Corris. 5 credits
This 5-credit, face to face module takes place over the weekend of the 7th of October at the CAT centre, near Machynlleth.
CL101 The Strandline- Where the Sea Meets the Shore(2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits
The Strand Line is a fascinating area of discovery, where waves carry objects, plants, and creatures on to the shore.
CL102 Natural History Illustration: Succulents (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits
Succulents often have a beautiful chalky blue bloom.
CL103 Botanical Illustration one (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
This is an online/self-paced 10 credit module introducing students to the techniques and skills of depicting plant-life accurately and with detail from observation, by means of 8 units, and a final composition task at the end of the module.
CL104 Drawing for Wellbeing (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits
This module has been created to address learning and well-being issues related work life balance.
CL105 Digital Drawing and Painting (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits
Have you wanted to try drawing or painting with a drawing tablet? Or were you wanting to try out applying your Natural History Illustration skills or drawing skills in a new and exciting way?
CL106 Natural History Illustration: The Kitchen Garden (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits
This 5-credit module is suitable for beginners in watercolour techniques within Natural His-tory Illustration and students who wish to hone their observational and painting skills and depict accurate paintings with fine detail.
CL107 Botanical Illustration Two (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
This inspiring self-paced, online art course is ideal for those who wish to capture the colours, forms and textures of a variety of plant forms following their growth and development throughout the seasons including Autumn foliage, seeds, fruits & flowers.
CL108 Art in Wales: The Welsh Depicted (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
Art in Wales: The Welsh Depicted is a topical art history module that explores ideas of por-traiture and Welsh identity.
CL109 The Tutorial Module (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
Students who register on the Art and Design Certificate are required to enrol on a tutorial module to complement the other classes they attend throughout the year.
CL110 Colour Choices (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
The module gives further techniques and research into the effects of colour on artworks for the artist and the viewer.
CL111 Drawn from Observation (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
The quickest way to accelerate drawing skills is to learn to draw from observation. This mod-ule will teach you the art of looking.
CL200 Natural History Illustration: Birds in Flight (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits In this module we will be looking at the beauty of birds in flight, you will be creating your own Visual Diary showing your research and observations from the field.
CL201 Natural History Illustration: Feathers (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits
This five-credit, self-paced online module is suitable for students who are undertaking field studies as well as students who wish to broaden their observational illustration skills.
CL202 Illustrating the Effects of Climate Change (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits As a Natural History Illustrator there will be jobs that come up that you have real passion for, for example climate change and its effect on the natural world.
CL203 Nocturnes (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
CL204 The Early Illustrators (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits What is the origin of the study of Natural History Illustration? Who were the early illustrators and what motivated them to record the natural world? What can we learn today from these early illustrators?
CL205 Creating Light- The Still Life (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits This module is designed to develop your experience of working from life by introducing you to a broad range of painting, drawing and colour theory skills whilst developing your individual strengths.
CL206 Towards Abstraction (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits
This practical module deals with the debate to define the boundaries between figurative and abstraction.
CL207 Further Digital Drawing and Painting (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 10 credits This course is for more experienced students who wish to further develop digital drawing and painting skills they may already have or for those who have completed the first Digital Drawing and Painting course with Lifelong Learning.
CL300 Natural History illustration: Intriguing Insects(2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits A five-credit practical painting course, ideal for anyone undertaking field studies as well as students who wish to broaden their skills in Fine Art.
CL301 Natural History Illustration: Invertebrates (2023/2024)DescriptionDelivery method: Self-paced online learning. 5 credits Gain the skills to create your own field study book whilst exploring a variety of drawing and painting media and methods including tonal and linear drawing and fun mixed media and watercolour wash techniques for depicting form, volume, colour, texture and pattern.
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