What has Clare been doing during lockdown?

Clare Haward: A Year in Review

Self Portrait in Green, Oil on Linen, 65 x 50cm, 2020

Clare Haward, who some of us are lucky enough to have learnt from has a good article about her up on Artsy.com along with some rather brilliant paintings, like the one above. She is working with a stronger narrative and larger, her sense of colour harmony and the careful arrangements of shapes will be more familiar.

Clare Haward: a Year in Review

“A year since her inaugural solo exhibition at 155a Gallery, South London based artist, Clare Haward, has generously agreed to ‘open the doors’ to her studio and share with us some of her practice over the past year. The selection includes works in progress and drawings alongside finished works. Clare would like to thank Elizabeth Greenshield’s Foundation for their support. 155a Gallery looks forward to exhibiting Clare’s recent work in June 2021.” More here

Fresh off the Box Easel – St James Park by David Sawyer this week.

David Sawyer’s Architecture in the Landscape course is starting this week on Thursday Mornings 10.00am-1.00pm and there is still time to sign up – you can come to the studio or join in on Zoom. It runs for six weeks and will give you a good grounding in getting the architecture to work for you in your paintings.

Read more here

Monday Evening Bad Drawing Group 7.00pm-8.30pm on Zoom

Valeria

Daisy will be helping us to draw badly this week. Why not join us for some stimulating non-judgmental art making from the naked human figure? We will have model Valeria, young and lissom, making the shapes and Daisy will exercise your creative mind with left field visual activities to bring life to your work.

You can join us on Zoom from 6.45pm and get to know us and any other drawers before work commences at 7.00pm.

If you want to come to our Covid safe studio you may but please email us to make the booking – it’s not on the website yet!

The cost is £8 but if you can convince us you’re a student we’ll give you a code to get the session for £5: drop us an email
Studio attendance is £10 – please email us to book.

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Tuesday Evening Life Drawing with Freya 7.00pm-8.30pm on Zoom

Elettra

Freya will be giving you some exciting new things to do with your pencil. Her model is Italian Elettra, pictured above. This creative session usually has short poses and then longer ones, it’s fun and unconventional, drawing from the human figure; always keeping things fresh. This Tuesday Freya is going to be looking at how we perceive movement, is it a flow, a series of flash frames, do we get the whole figure or significant parts? and so on. The model will be moving for some of these poses, Elettra is a dancer so that makes things a bit easier.

You can join us on Zoom from 6.45pm and get to know us and any other drawers before work commences at 7.00pm.

The cost is £8 but if you can convince us you’re a student we’ll give you a code to get the session for £5: drop us an email

Click here to book

Wednesday Drop-in Portraiture 2.00pm-5.00pm on Zoom

Bela by Jane Lawrence

Bela

The second week with Bela, we started before the half-term break. The picture at the top is by Jane Lawrence. Looking at Jane’s recent paintings I think lock-down is suiting her!

This is a two camera setup with a portrait camera and a wide camera to get the figure in should you need it.

Please note that it is now possible to paint from life in the studio. Zoom fee is £15, in-studio fee varies.

Please book here

The session fee will be reduced to £12 if you use the discount code PESTE2 at final checkout.

Saturday Drop-in Long Pose Life Drawing 10.00am-1.00pm on Zoom

Valeria by Laurence Cutts

Valeria

This will be the second session with Valeria in a seated pose as illustrated by Laurence Cutts, above. We have two cameras so that you get a wider view of the figure, as painted by Laurence and a closer shot that crops in just below her boobs.

Please note that it is now possible to paint from life in the studio. Zoom fee is £15, in-studio fee varies.

Please book here

The Zoom session fee will be reduced to £12 if you use the discount code PESTE2 at final checkout.