Monday Evenings – An Introduction to Life Drawing

Mondays ~ 7.00pm-9.00pm

Autumn Term 2024

Monday evenings, 7pm-9pm – 12 weeks or 6 weeks / Drop-ins available
9th September – 9th December 2024.
Half Term 21st & 28th October (two weeks).

Course tutor: Audrey Fattouche

This course is for complete beginners or those wanting to get back to basics with their drawing.

Drawing is the starting point for so many visual artists because it trains the eye and the hand and teaches us not only to look but also to see. We work from the nude model because, thanks to evolution, we are highly visually attuned to the human body, which gives us a head start when it comes to looking, describing, or judging feeling, balance and proportion.

How we teach

We don’t think there is only one way of drawing so we introduce several different approaches to capturing the figure including contour, gestural and schematic drawing, and provide the tools for proportional drawing. It seems that most of us find one approach suits us better than the others and we encourage people to notice what works best for them and go with it.

We demonstrate so you can see an artist tackling a problem and so that you can learn visually. We also engage with you individually to support you as you assimilate what has been shown and discussed.

We learn to draw mostly through practice, after participating in this course you will have the understanding to be able to practise with purpose, to make sure that your efforts are directed effectively towards mastery.

Whilst this course is progressive many artists enjoy repeating the terms to embed their learning.

 

Audrey is an enthusiastic tutor and strong communicator who sees teaching as a part of her own art practice. She studied at the Royal Drawing School and teaches life drawing at the Dulwich Art Group. Her practice focuses on careful observation and is deeply rooted in realism, seeking to depict human experiences and real people with truth and honesty. You can see here Instagram here

To book

This is now primarily a studio based course.

Autumn term
1st half, 6 weeks: 9th September – 14th October
2nd half, 6 weeks: 4th November – 9th December

Summer Term 2024
Monday evenings, 7pm-9pm – 12 weeks or 6 weeks
15th April – 15th July 2024.
BH 6th May. Half Term 27th May.