LEVEL 5 : EXPLORING GENRE
PART B : LANDSCAPE
Mediating the Landscape Image in Mosaic invites students to explore the rich genre of landscape through theory and practice, with a focus on mosaic interpretation. The course begins by examining how landscape has been represented across visual art traditions and the unique ways mosaic artists have engaged with place.
Students will gain a foundational understanding of linear and aerial perspective, exploring how viewpoint, value, and chroma influence spatial depth and mood. Emphasis is placed on the development of visual literacy and conceptual thinking through drawing, painting, collage, digital media, and watercolour.
Participants will learn to mediate source imagery, translating their ideas into mosaic through thoughtful material selection. Exploring a range of mixed media and found objects, students are encouraged to experiment with texture, surface, and layering.
The course supports individual expression while grounding practice in compositional principles, encouraging personal responses to landscape that are both grounded and imaginative.
Key Areas of Learning
- Understanding the Landscape Genre: Explore historical and contemporary landscape representation across visual and mosaic arts.
- Cultural Perspectives: Examine landscape and place in diverse cultural contexts.
- Perspective Techniques: Learn linear and aerial perspective to convey space and depth.
- Viewpoint & Composition: Investigate the impact of viewpoint on narrative and emotional tone.
- Colour Theory in Space: Use value and chroma to enhance depth, atmosphere, and spatial illusion.
- Image Mediation: Develop skills in interpreting source imagery through drawing, painting, collage, digital media, and watercolour.
- Material Exploration: Select and work with mixed media, including found objects, to enrich mosaic surfaces.
- Creative Translation: Translate visual ideas into mosaic form, balancing technical skill with personal expression.
Course Delivery
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Four live online lessons (2.5 hours each)
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Supporting study and resources provided through the Level 5 LearnDash Classroom
- Written feedback is supplied through the class Padlet and general feedback through the live lesson.
Intermediate Levels 4, 5, 6 & 7 are offerred Live Online based on expressions of interest from eligible and interested students.
