Life Drawing

Summer School Sessions

Charcoal

Thursday 7th August 10-3pm

We will be using charcoal on a range of surfaces, working on different scales and with complimentary mediums including oil, chalks, graphite and water.

Charcoal allows us the opportunity to make and remove marks, leaving a ghost impression of our attempts to capture our response to the human figure. We can be intuitive, expressive and playful but we can also use its properties to capture the essence of the body.

Ink & Watercolour

Saturday 16th August 10-3pm

A chance to use these fluid materials to respond to the human figure. We will begin with black Indian ink and brush, capturing the gestural figure with short dynamic poses. Colours will be introduced using watercolour, as we use a range of brushes and paper and introduce wax resist into our drawings.

Water and pigment will allow us to be playful, allowing the opportunity to find our personal response to the human figure guided by a series of short exercises, leading through to longer poses

Paint, Collage and Stencil

Tuesday 19th August 10-3pm

We will begin with producing a series of drawings and then explore ways of layering our drawings using stencil and collage. Charcoal, Paint, scissors and glue will be our tools as we develop different ways to capture the figure.

This will be a playful session as we cut and paste our drawings together to provide new surfaces for new drawings, bringing them towards a finished piece.