Reflective Art Practice: Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media and Art History: Surrealist Landscape

Reflective Art in Practice: The Surrealist Landscape - Tuesday, 7pm to 9pm

We very much look forward to welcoming both new and returning students to the University of Southampton. 

Unless otherwise stated, this Reflective Art in Practice course will be taught in person at our Highfield Campus, Building 34. Please click here to view a map of the Campus

Our courses include a half-term break. Please see our Book a course page for term dates, including half-term and seasonal holiday dates.

Reflective Art in Practice: The Surrealist Landscape

This 8-week course will take place on Tuesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm starting on 6th October 2026 and finishing on 1st December 2026. Please note that there will be no class during half-term week on 27th October 2026.

Please see our price list below:

• Standard price - £145.00
• Staff/student/alumni price - £125.00

Please note: if you select the staff/student/alumni price option, you must use an online store account that has been set up with your University email address and fill out your University staff, student or alumni ID number when prompted as part of the questionnaire data section.

When booking a course please consult our Terms and Conditions which set out our cancellation and refund policy.

Payment using the Online Store can only be completed via Visa and Mastercard Credit/Debit Card or PayPal.  AMEX is not accepted. If you have not previously created an account for the Online Store, you will need to create an account to make a booking.

For further details about this course, please click on Read More below.

Course Description

The Surrealist Landscape

This module will examine the birth of Surrealism and its relationship to landscape in art. 
 ‘A twentieth-century artistic movement that explored the workings of the mind, championing the irrational, the poetic and the revolutionary’
(Tate definition).
We will look at the changing social/ art historical context from late 19th Century to 21st Century and the impact on artists, each of whom bring their own agenda to the topic. 

Practical exercises will be undertaken in class using drawing materials, paint and collage, with personal references as a starting point. 

This module combines lectures, a seminar component (discussions and analysis of artworks) and a workshop element. The latter (one and a half hour per two hour session) will explore various artistic styles and practical techniques in drawing, painting and mixed media.