Art Photography Courses

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Photography for so many people is about capturing reality and recording memories. But did you know that photography is one of the most exciting mediums in art today?  Still, if you look deeper, you will also realise that a camera and the less than perfect photographic system itself is an incredible platform to create brilliant art.
 
In this course, the camera is seen as an instrument of the workbench to create art. Over many years, Martin Osner has developed mixed media and digital techniques that draw out an incredible artistic impression and deliver photographs into a beautiful creative space. Whether he uses the camera in the beginning, during, or at the end of the process does not matter. What matters is that the photographic process's characteristics, both good and poor, are used to deliver the art. The techniques taught are creative and unique.

This first set of workshops (Getting Started) and the second set of classes (Going Further) consists of five lessons each comprising of a two-hour class, taught once a week. Classes are presented live over Zoom, and video recordings are shown to demonstrate techniques. Classes are small in size, interactive and workshop orientated where you will learn to transform photography into art imagery fit for display and exhibition. Traditional art techniques like oil & acrylic painting, sketching, collaging, montaging, double exposure, and transfers are taught, both with and without digital photo editing. 

These comprehensive workshops do not require in-depth knowledge of photography; rather, it is more important that as a student, you have a desire to explore photography as an alternative creative medium within the framework of art.

GETTING STARTED - Course Overview

Lesson 1     
Understanding Fine Art Photography / Ethics of the medium / Hand painting of photographs
 
Lesson 2   
Black powder transfers - colour embellishing and distortion
 
Lesson 3     
Emulsion lifts and transfers
 
Lesson 4     
Image transfers
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Lesson 5  
The art of photomontage
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Evaluation
Coming up with ideas / Taking art photography further

GOING FURTHER - Course Overview

Lesson 6    
Abstract art
 
Lesson 7   
Pinhole photography / Abstract impressionism
 
Lesson 8     
Texture and crystal overlays
 
Lesson 9     
Paint overlays/mood with grundge
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Lesson 10  
Emulsion lift
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Evaluation
The art of printing / Moving into Fine art photography

STUDENT

SHOWCASE

" I have been enjoying photography for twenty years now and have been actively involved in clubs and salons. A while back I just started losing my excitement for the medium and felt like everything I shot was "same old ... same old"  I booked on the workshop after seeing some pictures that a friend of mine was submitting after she attended Martin Osner's fine art course. My Mojo is back...should have done this long time ago. Thanks, Martin!"

Janus Sinclair - Brighton UK