Life drawing and painting courses have always been a
core part of the Continuing Education programme. While
incorporating a variety of mediums and techniques the
following courses keep working from the figure as a crucial part of
any drawing and painting practice, whether for the beginner or the
more experienced artist.
Evening Courses
Twilight Life Drawing
To make the most of your evenings, this Twilight Course allows
you to attend class straight from work, school or college. Working
directly from the life model, the course will introduce you to a
variety of materials, techniques and drawing approaches and aims to
challenge and develop your drawing and observational skills.
Twilight Life Drawing for 5th &
6th Years
Our Twilight Life Drawing course specifically run for
5th & 6th year pupils.
Life Drawing
You will work directly from the life model, with your tutor on
hand to provide one-to-one guidance. This course will equip you
with the technical and perceptual skills to competently render the
human form and is suitable for beginners and those with previous
experience.
Portrait Painting in Oils
Through an exploration of the human portrait, this course is
designed to encourage students to question their understanding of
what they think they see when viewing the subject.
Advancing Figure Drawing
This course aims to harness and extend the skills required to
progress beyond basic figure construction. Although the
favoured media will be charcoal and chalk, demonstrations of
technique with more diverse media will support the student's hand
to encourage a fluid and intuitive approach.
Life Drawing & Painting Workshop
Initially focusing on investigative and analytical studies and
progressing to more expressive approaches, this course is an in
depth exploration of figure drawing and painting.
Portrait Drawing & Painting
Working directly from the model, the basis of this study will be
founded in drawing. You will go on to examine the relationship
between colour and form, painting and compositional techniques and
work with a range of media.
Foundation for Life Painting
This course will provide you with a thorough understanding of
figure drawing with an introduction to the underlying anatomy that
will lead into painting the human form.
Day Courses
Exploring Colour
Focuses on developing and exploring colour and composition,
producing finished paintings based on life painting. This course is
aimed at the more advanced student. Individual tuition will be
given.
Portrait Drawing & Painting
This course will take you through the techniques of drawing and
painting with the opportunity to work directly from the life model
and learn about the art of portraiture. A variety of
materials and experimentation will be encouraged.
