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Creative life drawing course
£290.00
Priced per course
Creative life drawing course:
This fully taught life drawing course teaches students core drawing techniques to help improve observation skills and drawing accuracy while developing a deeper clarity of vision. Learn techniques to establish the structure and proportions of the human form within 3-dimensional space. Gain insights into why drawers make common perceptive errors and techniques to avoid them. Students will be guided through a series of experiential exercises while drawing directly from a variety of life models capturing movement and dynamism of the human form.
The 4-day course runs either over 4 consecutive days (Thurs-Sun), or over 2 weekends (Sat-Sun).
Suitable for: Adults
Teaching Level: Beginners, Improvers, Intermediate, Experienced
Course options: Thursday-Sunday or 2 x weekends
Course Structure
This 4-day fully taught life drawing course will lay important foundations to the practice of life drawing for beginners and more experienced drawers.
Beginners will benefit from learning a host of techniques to help them draw more accurately and avoid many common drawing errors.
For more experienced drawers, the course will offer an opportunity to reconnect with new ways of thinking about creativity, perception, and what it means to create life drawings that capture the essential life-force and movement of the human form.
This is an expressive and creative life drawing course – not a traditional ‘academic-realist’ course.
DAY 1
Session 1
The course begins with exercises to help us get to the root of creative mark-making and understanding the human figure within 3 dimensional space. Understand space as dynamic and interactive, not flat and ‘negative’ as is so often taught. We will also focus on improving hand-eye co-ordination which helps to improve our drawing accuracy.
Session 2
Explore the dynamics of the human form as it interacts with 3 dimensional space using tone to push and pull the visual space within our drawings.
DAY 2
Session 1
Learn a technique to measure the figure with both eyes open. Many artists close one eye to measure proportions by seeing the figure as a flat shape. Techniques taught this session will give students a more intuitive and dynamic approach to measuring, establishing scale, weight, and accurate proportions.
Session 2
Break free from an over-reliance of using line. Learn to draw with sensitive, self-expressive and dynamic lines that seek to describe the sculptural qualities of the 3-dimensional figure. Learn how to use line discerningly – when to rely on tone to describe the figure and when to rely on line.
DAY 3
Session 1
Learn to draw the human figure in motion capturing movement and energy. Learn to draw with longer expressive lines that capture the flow and connectedness that runs through the human form. Drawings will begin to express the elegance of the human form and move away from the habit of using stop-start/broken lines.
Session 2
Our knowledge and expectations can limit what we see. This session explores ways to hep students break through sight-limiting attitudes and enable them to observe ever more information and details when drawing, helping them to create engaging drawings that move beyond the ordinary and mundane.
DAY 4
Session 1
This session helps students understand why so many beginners tend to make exactly the same common drawing mistakes. Understanding brings awareness and exercises during this session will help students avoid these common errors and create drawings of personal integrity and honesty.
Session 2
A final long pose will allow students time to practice all the drawing techniques, new approaches, and attitudes to looking at the human form they have learnt over the course.
Is this course for me?
This course is suitable for students of all abilities, from beginners to more experienced drawers. Everyone will be encouraged to stretch themselves and develop their artistic abilities and attitudes towards drawing and creativity, while being offered lots of creative support, 1:1 guidance and group critiques within a friendly, supportive and welcoming studio environment.
The course is inspired by the book The Creative Eye, by Heather Spears.
Read my review> of The Creative Eye book and check it out on Amazon>>
By the end of the course
Students will have created close to 100 drawings each, learning to observe and draw the life model ever more keenly and accurately capturing the flow and movement of the human form. Students will have created drawings of sensitivity and understanding and will leave with a toolbox of techniques, deeper understanding of the creative drawing process and inspiration to propel their practice of life drawing forward.
Helpful info + Guidance
IMPORTANT INFO
Days: 4 days
Options: Either 2 x weekends (Sat+Sun x 2), or 4 consecutive days (Thurs-Sun)
Times: 10-4pm, all days
Materials: Includes all materials
Suitable for: Adults
Teaching Level: Beginners, Improvers, Intermediate
Attendance: Each exercise builds carefully on the next, so it is important to attend every session to avoid gaps in knowledge, although I will do my best to fill in the gaps if students do miss a session.
Group Size: Min 8 – Max 10
Your tutor: Brian Raymond biography >
Refreshments:
Course includes tea, coffee & biscuits. Please provide your own lunch on full day courses, workshops and classes.
All materials included
Optional items to bring
Cloth for cleaning your hands
Rag (old cloth) for smudging charcoal or paint
Wear old clothes or bring an apron
Pen and notebook for taking notes
To help you answer the question,
“What level course is right for me?”
To help you decide what level course is best, you will see Teaching Levels on each of the course pages above the ‘Add to cart’ button.
Students will always benefit from clear instructions and lots of one-to-one tuition on all of my courses.
Level 0: Absolute-beginner
For those students who have never done any art as an adult or perhaps may have dabbled a little many years ago. Teaching focuses on fundamental core skills, leading students step by step, with loads of 1:1 support and guidance.
Level 1: Beginner
For those students who have done very little art or are returning to art after a long break and feel they need to gain a foundation in the basic techniques.
Teaching focuses on core skills with tutor-led exercises on use of materials and techniques
Level 2: Improver
For those students who have done some art learning, draw or paint occasionally at home or attend an art group, and feel they need to improve beyond their grasp of the basic techniques.
Teaching focuses on core skills, understanding and use of the Art Elements + Principles, materials + techniques, with tutor-led exercises and mini projects.
Level 3: Intermediate
For those students who have learnt the basic techniques, have gained some level of artistic confidence and are seeking to develop their skills further to create more complex or larger-scale artwork.
Teaching focuses on developing art skills, creative techniques and individual styles, students’ ability to self-assess their work, encouraging experimentation, with tutor-led exercises and time for extended projects with the benefit of group critiques.
Level 4: Experienced
For those students confident in their abilities and techniques, who are looking to challenge themselves further, to create a coherent body of work, possibly to exhibit and sell.
Teaching focuses on guiding students in developing their own ideas and self-directed practice, through enhancing personal skills and techniques and encouraging a deeper contextual awareness with the benefit of one-to-one tutorials.
To help you answer the question,
“What course should I do next?”
There are 2 approaches to deciding what to do next.
Whichever approach you choose, remember to check the Teaching Levels (eg: Level 1, Level 2, or mixed ability).
Student Quotes
More reviews >
Waiting list
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Course Structure
This 4-day fully taught life drawing course will lay important foundations to the practice of life drawing for beginners and more experienced drawers.
Beginners will benefit from learning a host of techniques to help them draw more accurately and avoid many common drawing errors.
For more experienced drawers, the course will offer an opportunity to reconnect with new ways of thinking about creativity, perception, and what it means to create life drawings that capture the essential life-force and movement of the human form.
This is an expressive and creative life drawing course – not a traditional ‘academic-realist’ course.
DAY 1
Session 1
The course begins with exercises to help us get to the root of creative mark-making and understanding the human figure within 3 dimensional space. Understand space as dynamic and interactive, not flat and ‘negative’ as is so often taught. We will also focus on improving hand-eye co-ordination which helps to improve our drawing accuracy.
Session 2
Explore the dynamics of the human form as it interacts with 3 dimensional space using tone to push and pull the visual space within our drawings.
DAY 2
Session 1
Learn a technique to measure the figure with both eyes open. Many artists close one eye to measure proportions by seeing the figure as a flat shape. Techniques taught this session will give students a more intuitive and dynamic approach to measuring, establishing scale, weight, and accurate proportions.
Session 2
Break free from an over-reliance of using line. Learn to draw with sensitive, self-expressive and dynamic lines that seek to describe the sculptural qualities of the 3-dimensional figure. Learn how to use line discerningly – when to rely on tone to describe the figure and when to rely on line.
DAY 3
Session 1
Learn to draw the human figure in motion capturing movement and energy. Learn to draw with longer expressive lines that capture the flow and connectedness that runs through the human form. Drawings will begin to express the elegance of the human form and move away from the habit of using stop-start/broken lines.
Session 2
Our knowledge and expectations can limit what we see. This session explores ways to hep students break through sight-limiting attitudes and enable them to observe ever more information and details when drawing, helping them to create engaging drawings that move beyond the ordinary and mundane.
DAY 4
Session 1
This session helps students understand why so many beginners tend to make exactly the same common drawing mistakes. Understanding brings awareness and exercises during this session will help students avoid these common errors and create drawings of personal integrity and honesty.
Session 2
A final long pose will allow students time to practice all the drawing techniques, new approaches, and attitudes to looking at the human form they have learnt over the course.
Is this course for me?
This course is suitable for students of all abilities, from beginners to more experienced drawers. Everyone will be encouraged to stretch themselves and develop their artistic abilities and attitudes towards drawing and creativity, while being offered lots of creative support, 1:1 guidance and group critiques within a friendly, supportive and welcoming studio environment.
The course is inspired by the book The Creative Eye, by Heather Spears.
Read my review> of The Creative Eye book and check it out on Amazon>>
By the end of the course
Students will have created close to 100 drawings each, learning to observe and draw the life model ever more keenly and accurately capturing the flow and movement of the human form. Students will have created drawings of sensitivity and understanding and will leave with a toolbox of techniques, deeper understanding of the creative drawing process and inspiration to propel their practice of life drawing forward.
Helpful info + Guidance
IMPORTANT INFO
Days: 4 days
Options: Either 2 x weekends (Sat+Sun x 2), or 4 consecutive days (Thurs-Sun)
Times: 10-4pm, all days
Materials: Includes all materials
Suitable for: Adults
Teaching Level: Beginners, Improvers, Intermediate
Attendance: Each exercise builds carefully on the next, so it is important to attend every session to avoid gaps in knowledge, although I will do my best to fill in the gaps if students do miss a session.
Group Size: Min 8 – Max 10
Your tutor: Brian Raymond biography >
Refreshments:
Course includes tea, coffee & biscuits. Please provide your own lunch on full day courses, workshops and classes.
All materials included
Optional items to bring
Cloth for cleaning your hands
Rag (old cloth) for smudging charcoal or paint
Wear old clothes or bring an apron
Pen and notebook for taking notes
To help you answer the question,
“What level course is right for me?”
To help you decide what level course is best, you will see Teaching Levels on each of the course pages above the ‘Add to cart’ button.
Students will always benefit from clear instructions and lots of one-to-one tuition on all of my courses.
Level 0: Absolute-beginner
For those students who have never done any art as an adult or perhaps may have dabbled a little many years ago. Teaching focuses on fundamental core skills, leading students step by step, with loads of 1:1 support and guidance.
Level 1: Beginner
For those students who have done very little art or are returning to art after a long break and feel they need to gain a foundation in the basic techniques.
Teaching focuses on core skills with tutor-led exercises on use of materials and techniques
Level 2: Improver
For those students who have done some art learning, draw or paint occasionally at home or attend an art group, and feel they need to improve beyond their grasp of the basic techniques.
Teaching focuses on core skills, understanding and use of the Art Elements + Principles, materials + techniques, with tutor-led exercises and mini projects.
Level 3: Intermediate
For those students who have learnt the basic techniques, have gained some level of artistic confidence and are seeking to develop their skills further to create more complex or larger-scale artwork.
Teaching focuses on developing art skills, creative techniques and individual styles, students’ ability to self-assess their work, encouraging experimentation, with tutor-led exercises and time for extended projects with the benefit of group critiques.
Level 4: Experienced
For those students confident in their abilities and techniques, who are looking to challenge themselves further, to create a coherent body of work, possibly to exhibit and sell.
Teaching focuses on guiding students in developing their own ideas and self-directed practice, through enhancing personal skills and techniques and encouraging a deeper contextual awareness with the benefit of one-to-one tutorials.
To help you answer the question,
“What course should I do next?”
There are 2 approaches to deciding what to do next.
Whichever approach you choose, remember to check the Teaching Levels (eg: Level 1, Level 2, or mixed ability).
Student Quotes
More reviews >
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