Outreach Skills Programme 2025
APPLY NOW to Bellina Mokoqama (bmokoqama@ruthprowse.co.za) or 021 4472492
The Outreach Skills Programme 2025 teaches unemployed adults from previously disadvantaged communities to develop art and craft skills.
The programme supports the youth from ages 18 to 35 years.
Enrol for Drawing; Painting and Printmaking
You will be taught:
- Making marketable products
- Packaging and pricing work
- Set up your own small micro businesses to generate an income
- Develop your creative skills
- Generate a portfolio for applications to study formally
Course Content
| Basic Contour Drawing and Line drawing |
| Contour drawing and tone- a landscape from source imagery |
| Contour drawing and tone- drawing from life- an object |
| Contour drawing and tone- drawing from life- an object |
| Contour drawing and tone- mark making and abstraction |
| Exploration of drawing media and mark-making |
| Labels and Branding and Pricing |
| Skills in setting up a display and hanging an exhibition |
| The exploration of colour and mixing |
| Priming surfaces |
| Painting a landscape |
| Painting an abstract painting |
| Painting of a 3-dimensional form |
| Undertanding linocut tools- veiners and gouges |
| Use of a roller, Ink viscocity; water based ink |
| Scale; mark- making |
| Making Linocuts |
| Linocuts- Making and Printing Artworks |
| Linocuts- Making and Printing Cards |
| Linocuts- Making and Printing Stamps |
| Mounting and Framing prints |
| Understanding kinds of paper for printing; gsm; grain |
Classes
Classes run as per the module schedule.
Tuition, course materials and transport are provided at no cost to learners.
Application and Admission Requirements
- Applicants are required to commit to the full program and achieve a minimum of 80% attendance.
- Applicants are required to be punctual. Classes are from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Tuesday to Friday for 24 Lessons
- Applicants are required to bring their ID Document so that we can make a copy.
- Applicants must apply
Support
As this is a skills development programme, no salaries or stipends are paid to learners. However:
- Learners will be provided with transport support.
- Learners will be provided with subsistence for the day.
- Learners will be provided with all materials.
- Learners will be provided with tuition at no cost.