Course curriculum

  • 1

    Let's Begin

    • Get Inspired!

    • Table of Contents

    • Welcome Letter - How to Get the Most Out of this Course

    • Complete Tools and Materials List

    • About this Course

    • Meet your Tutor

    • Recommended Reading

    • Artists That Inspire

    • Sharing Your Artwork

    • Visual Narratives - Introduction
  • 2

    Module 1 - Setting the Scene

    • Module 1 - Resource Guide

    • Setting the Scene - Introduction

    • Beginning a Project

    • Active Reading

    • Sketchbooks and Capturing Ideas

    • Productive Studio Spaces

    • On Location Praticalities

    • Setting the Scene - Summary

    • Module 1 - Action Tasks and Ideas
  • 3

    Module 2 - Field Research

    • Module 2 - Resource Guide

    • Field Research - Introduction

    • On Location Photography

    • Collecting Objects

    • Urban Photography

    • Drawing from Nature

    • Field Research - Summary

    • Module 2 - Action Tasks and Ideas
  • 4

    Module 3 - Review, Edit and Examine

    • Module 3 - Resource Guide

    • Review, Edit and Examine - Introduction

    • Organising Digitial Images

    • Simple Editing - MS Word

    • Photoshop - Black & White

    • Photoshop - Colour and Cropping

    • Photoshop - Saving and Image Size

    • Creating a Contact Sheet - MS Word

    • Printing Images

    • Analog Image Examples

    • Cutting up Images

    • Painterly Methods of Editing

    • Exploring Painterly Methods

    • Creating Layers & Depth

    • Re-examining Active Reading

    • Acetate Image Transfer

    • Review, Edit and Examine - Summary

    • Module 3 - Action Tasks and Ideas

  • 5

    Module 4 - Visual Reactions and Explorations

    • Module 4 - Resource Guide

    • Visual Reactions and Explorations - Introduction

    • Gel Plate Printing - Quick Ink Drawings

    • Gel Plate Printing - Adding Acrylic

    • Gel Plate Printing - Obscuring and Revealing

    • Gel Plate Printing - Mono Printing

    • Gel Plate Printing - Book Example

    • Monoprinting - Preparing Paper & Tools

    • Monoprinting - Mixing Printing Inks

    • Monoprinting - Responding with a Painterly Approach

    • Monoprinting - Creating Multiple Layers

    • Monoprinting - Ideas and Examples

    • Visual Reactions and Explorations - Summary

    • Module 4 - Action Tasks and Ideas
  • 6

    Module 5 - Printmaking with Photos

    • Module 5 - Resource Guide

    • Printmaking with Photos - Introduction

    • Photo Litho - Inspiration

    • Photo Litho - Preparing Papers

    • Photo Litho - Inks and Printing

    • Photo Litho - Layering with Fine Papers

    • Evaluation

    • Printmaking with Photos - Summary

    • Module 5 - Action Tasks and Ideas

    • BONUS - Photo Litho Process
  • 7

    Module 6 - Collography - Without a Press

    • Module 6 - Resource Guide

    • Collography - Introduction

    • Tools Equipment and Media

    • Making Collagraph Plate

    • Gluing Elements

    • Varnishing

    • Mixing Inks and Colours

    • Inking a Collagraph Plate

    • Basic Collagraph Printing

    • Printing onto Fabric

    • Multi Layered Prints

    • Cleaning the Plate

    • Collography - Summary

    • Module 6 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 8

    Module 7 - Print Studio Bonus

    • Module 7 - Resource Guide

    • Print Studio - Introduction

    • Dampening Paper

    • Mixing the Ink

    • Inking Up

    • Photo Litho with a Printing Press

    • Working with Collagraph Plate

    • Inking up Collagraph Plate

    • Printing Collagraph Plate

    • Tools

    • Print Studio - Summary
  • 9

    Module 8 - Reflections & Considerations

    • Module 8 - Resource Guide

    • Reflections & Considerations - Introduction

    • Analyzing your Work

    • Abstracting - Making a Slit Book

    • Abstracting - Stitching and Photographing Slit Book

    • Collage - Exploring Juxtapositions

    • Collage - Layering with Acetate

    • Quiet Reflection

    • An Invitation for Critique

    • Module 8 - Action Tasks and Ideas

  • 10

    Module 9 - Building a Body of Work

    • Module 9 - Resource Guide

    • Building a Body of Work - Introduction

    • Resolving Your Work

    • Display Options

    • Using Machine Stitch - Demonstration

    • Stitching through Harder Materials - Demonstration

    • Containers

    • Tray Frame Demonstration - Part 1

    • Tray Frame Demonstration - Part 2

    • Building a Body of Work - Summary

    • Module 9 - Action Tasks and Ideas
  • 11

    Module 10 - Bookmaking Bonus

    • BONUS Bookmaking - Resource Guide

    • Bookmaking Bonus - Introduction

    • Preparing Book Pages

    • Components of the Book

    • Glueing Pages Together

    • Constructing the Spine Part 1

    • Constructing the Spine Part 2

    • Applying the Cover

    • Gluing End Pages

    • Gluing Pages

    • Finishing
  • 12

    Conclusion

    • Visual Narratives - Print, Paint, Stitch Conclusion

    • Before You Go...

    • Bloopers
  • 13

    Live Q&A sessions

    • Live Q&A Session # 1 - 19th November 2022

    • Live Q&A Session # 2 - 15th December 2022

    • Live Q&A Session #1 - 28th September 2023

    • Live Q&A Session # 2 - 12th October 2023 (With special guest: Helen Terry)

    • Live Q&A Session #1 - 3 December 2024

    • Live Q&A Session #2 - 9 January 2024
  • 14

    Weekly Additions

    • Sally's Additions 2022 - Updates from Facebook

    • Sally's Additions 2024 - 2025- Updates from Facebook
  • 15

    Online Exhibitions

    • InRetrospect - 2024 Online Exhibition

    • Reveal & Conceal - 2023 Online Exhibition

    • Realigned - Student Online Exhibition 2025
  • 16

    Exhibition Invitation: Realigned

    • Exhibition Invitation January 2025 - Realigned