The Glasgow School of Art

This is a course consisting of figurative and abstract art with a music-based theme. Synaesthesia is an experience some people have where they have unusual sensory experiences, for example ‘seeing’ sounds.  Students will explore the connection between senses in art, using music as a starting point and developing a response to this through drawing and painting. Using different exercises such as working with a metronome, working from a musician model and working from musical narrative such as opera. Observational skills and personalised responses within varied mark making will be developed. This course is suitable for beginners who wish to cover the fundamentals of painting and drawing, as well as more advanced artists.

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Discounted Fee Information
If you are a senior citizen in receipt of a state pension, unemployed or a full time FE or HE student, the discounted fee as stated in the course description is applicable - use Promotion code SS_23.  You will be required to email a scanned copy of your evidence to  open-studio@gsa.ac.uk. For customers booking two or more courses over the Summer, a discounted rate is also available -use Promotion Code Multi_23. To benefit from the Discounted Fees, you need to select the course(s) you want to attend and enter the relevant code in the ‘Promotion Code’ box.  Discounts given at time of booking only.  No discounts for Portfolio or Children’s courses.

Please note we cannot add discount codes retrospectively, the discount code must be added during the booking process to receive the discounted price.