Fine Art Painting and Drawing BA Welcome Pack

Welcome to Fine Art Painting and Drawing BA 2024.

Dear Students,

On behalf of our academic team, we look forward to welcoming you onto our painting and drawing degree programme at UON. The team have prepared a series of exciting projects in year 1, each designed to explore the exciting diversity of painting and drawing practice, and support your creative journey.

In the first teaching week you are given your own studio spaces and will begin working alongside others equally excited by art. You will be amazed by how far and how quickly your own work and the work of others will progress over the course of the degree.

The road of creativity is not always smooth but if a problem occurs no matter how small or how serious, remember you have a committed team of academic staff who will be there to support you.

We look forward to seeing you on 16th September, 10am in the Development Hub building, room DH030 (painting and drawing studio), for the start of our welcome week.

Staff will be on hand to welcome and direct you at the building entrance. If you are ill or late arriving, please contact us on michael.evans@northampton.ac.uk and stefan.gant@northampton.ac.uk.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Your Programme Leader

Stefan Gant

Programme Leader BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting and Drawing and Senior Lecturer in Drawing and Digital Practice

Stefan.Gant@northampton.ac.uk

Welcome and Induction Sessions

This is your induction timetable with sessions starting on Monday 16 September. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact induction organiser Stefan Gant, stefan.gant@northampton.ac.uk.

  • Monday 16 September 

    • Session: Welcome, Studio Space allocation & lockers, and Personal Tutor 1:1s. There will also be a group session in the morning.
    • Time: 10am-3.30pm
    • Location: Development Hub, Room, DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)

    Tuesday 17 September  

    • Session: Development Hub Orientation: Art Shop/Mac Suite/3D Workshop/Canvas Prep
    • Time: 10am
    • Location: Development Hub, Room, DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)

     

    • Session: Waterside Orientation: Library/Print/Kit Hire
    • Time: 10.30am-12pm
    • Location: Waterside campus

     

    • Session: NN Gallery and Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Visit
    • Time: 1pm onwards
    • Location: Meeting point: outside the front of the Creative Hub after lunch

    Wednesday 18 September 

    • Session: Introducing the year ahead: Modules/Timetables
    • Time: 10am-11am
    • Location: Development Hub, Room DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)

     

    • Session: 3D Workshop Induction/Brief 1 Prep boards
    • Time: 11am-1pm
    • Location: Development Hub, Room DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)

     

    • Session: Briefs and Materials List Overview
    • Time: 2pm-3pm
    • Location: Development Hub, Room DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)n.

    Thursday 19 September 

    • Session: Drop-in Session – this is optional, for questions and troubleshooting with Stefan and Michael. There will also be the chance to purchase materials, continue to bring kit into studio spaces and finish priming boards.
    • Time: 10am-11am
    • Location: Development Hub, Room DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)

    Friday 20 September

    • Session: The chance for students to bring in materials, bring boards into spaces, remaining kit into studio spaces/enrolments.
    • Time: morning only
    • Location: Development Hub, Room DH030 (Painting and Drawing Studio)

Equipment

Materials List (Drawing)
  • A1 Portfolio
  • Range of good quality drawing pencils (Brands include: Faber and Castell, Derwent and Staedtler 2B – 9B)
  • Mars Plastic Staedtler Rubber
  • Pencil Wrap (Derwent sold at UON art shop)
  • X2 Packs of Charcoal, various thicknesses Compressed charcoal
  • Black/ white chalk
  • Black ink
  • Masking tape x1 Roll
  • Sketchbook (A4 or square) Minimum of 3 for drawing module
  • Craft Knife
  • Tool Box for materials (Essential)
  • Combination lock (for tool box)
  • Pen Stick (4-8GB) or an external hard drive (not sold at UON Shop)
Materials List (Painting)

Daler Rowney, Titanium white (Georgian Oil Paint) can be bought from our art shop at UON on arrival. In the first year, the course provides a range of colours listed below for initial workshops and briefs.

Please bring what you already have (oil paint and painting kit) and a white or near white floor tile to use as a palette – Approximately 30cm x 30cm.

  • Daler Rowney, Georgian Oil Paint
  • Cadmium red
  • Cadmium red Deep
  • Alizarin crimson
  • Vermilion
  • Cadmium yellow
  • Cadmium yellow deep
  • Lemon yellow
  • Yellow ochre
  • Ultramarine blue
  • Coeruleum blue
  • Prussian blue
  • Viridian green
  • Sap green
  • Van dyke brown
  • Burnt sienna
  • Paynes grey

Please wait to speak to Michael Evans before purchasing:

  • Genuine Turpentine (Not turps substitute)
  • Purified Linseed Oil small (Daler Rowney)
  • Low Odour White Spirit

Paint Brushes

  • Brand: Graduate / 3 sizes of flat brushes (UON art shop)
  • Glass jars with a lid (curry jars/ pickled onions/ olive jars/ glass jar).
  • Wear clothes that are older that you don’t mind getting paint on. Bring in some rags (for turps and white spirit)

 

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