Booking via PSTA website. 

Design and paint an original geometric composition. In this course, you will be introduced to techniques of how large and complex geometric compositions can be built using smaller repeating units.

Learn the fundamentals of tiling and tessellation using the non-repeating patterns of 5- and 10-fold geometries. Participants will be shown how tesselating techniques were applied in Ottoman and Mamluk contexts and apply these principles in creating an original composition of their own.

In addition, three different approaches to achieving beautiful and harmonious colour will be introduced via a visual presentation and each class member will then select one of these approaches to apply in painting their own design. By the end of the week, each participant will have completed a large, painted geometric design suitable for framing.

Booking via PSTA website. Design and paint an original geometric composition.

In this course, you will be introduced to techniques of how large and complex geometric compositions can be built using smaller repeating units.

Explore the fundamentals of tiling and tessellation using 12-fold geometries. Participants will be shown how tesselating techniques can be applied in various decorative contexts and apply these principles in creating an original composition of their own.

In addition, different approaches to achieving beautiful and harmonious colour will be introduced and each class member will then select one of these approaches to apply in painting their own design. By the end of the week, each participant will have completed a large, painted geometric design suitable for framing.

This course is suitable both for beginners and advanced geometry students.

Students will be asked to bring their own brushes; all other materials will be provided.

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Booking via PSTA website. This education programme for Key Stages 1- 3 explores fascinating connections between art, maths and science - too commonly treated as separate subjects in our schools. Discovering the resonances between them ignites delight and curiosity in each. When a subject-specific fact is seen to be clearly relevant in another context, learning becomes really fun and interesting.

All teachers participating our Harmony programme receive a resource pack. This includes inspiring, richly illustrated guides and resources they can use to show learners how to make connections between many of the subjects they are studying: mathematics, science, art & design, biology, chemistry and geography. The pack also maps activities and learning to National Curriculum requirements.

This programme is based on themes inspired by Harmony: A New Way of Looking at our World, by HRH The Prince of Wales.

Inspirational Teaching Resources

Our resource guides outline how this cross-curricular learning can happen in an arts-based framework.

They contain

• Over 200 pages of richly illustrated teacher resources – information, lesson plans, activities and projects
• Lesson plans, seasonally themed, for use across the year 
• Collaborative learning projects 
• Creative art-based activities 
• Relevance of subject-specific knowledge in cross-curricular contexts 
• Mapping the learning to Maths, Science and Foundation Subjects at Key Stages 1-3

Themed according to our seasons, these resources explore the order of nature, principles of sustainability and the qualities of harmony as well as integrating different subject areas.

• Autumn: harvest; cycles and sustainability; the sources and science of pigments, dyes and paint 
• Winter: crystals, snowflakes, geometry, pattern recognition and development, tiling and tessellation 
• Spring: principles of growth, life cycles, seeds, botanical investigation, light and colour 
• Summer: structural geometry, collaborative building, kites, bubbles, flowers and fruit

All materials are included in the course fee. Each participant will receive a full set of the Four Seasons workbooks and a certificate of course attendance.

This course is open to all. A small bursary fund has been made available for teachers; please email us to apply for the bursary.

Dates of attendance:

• July 22, 23, 29 and 30