Description

• Target audience?

This course addresses individuals of all levels.

• Term-Holidays:

Life drawing sessions will run yearly on Saturdays from September until July 31st. There will be two weeks of Christmas holidays and one week of Easter holidays.

• Duration-details:

A weekly session lasts three hours, split into 45 minutes of poses and 15 minutes of breaks. Each pose or composition can last from one session to one month.

• Attendance capacity:

Classes are limited to a maximum attendance of 8-10.

• Timetable: 

Every Saturday at 2-5 pm

• Structure of the classes:

Please note that this is an untutored session. However, the lead tutor will be present and provide constructive feedback if you request it. These sessions offer a welcoming and warming space to explore your artistic potential and the challenges of drawing a human body composition at your own pace.

For poses lasting a month, you have ample time to explore a more comprehensive approach to your artwork or to experiment with different angles and mediums. However, if you prefer to create multiple drawings, you are welcome to do so. The last 15 minutes will be reserved for cleaning your materials and assisting with the schedule.

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• Materials:

You are welcome to bring your preferred materials except oil paints and solvents. You are responsible for your materials and must take them home. We will keep your drawings or paintings for the duration needed to complete them, depending on how many weeks the pose lasts.

Paper: We provide mounting boards of 50×70 cm in size.

Additionally, we offer a list of essential materials for drawing and painting, especially for inexperienced students unsure where to start.

DRAWING MATERIALS

• Willow charcoal -Talens (thick): 1 Box of 12 x Thick Sticks (7-9mm)(the mm refers to the diameter of the stick).
• Paper: Fabriano 4 Cartridge 200 gsm 50 x 70cm NOT SMOOTH (SKU FA4C02193)
• Auto Lock Retractable Blade –  Sharpening of the charcoal stick – you can find them in any  DIY SHOP
• Putty rubber: Faber-Castell’s Kneadable Eraser
• Hard eraser white STAEDTLER Mars Plastic Eraser
• Charcoal fixative spray (fixing charcoal on paper)

 

 

PAINTING MATERIALS

Essential  Acrylics colour list.

• Titanium white,
• Ivory black,
• lemon yellow, cadmium yellow,
• cadmium red, carmine red, red vermilion,
• cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue,
• yellow ochre
• Burnt Sienna, raw umber
• Viridian green.

Brushes:

Generally divided into two categories:

• • synthetic (fine stroke, precision, increased control) and
  • natural bristle brushes( bristle hogs, which create less precise strokes and carry more colour load).

You will need a bit of both “worlds”(synthetic and bristle hogs). These come in various sizes, numbers, and shapes. You will need 8-10 flats. You will need 2 round synthetic brushes. Add a couple of white bristle spalter brushes for priming paper or canvas and varnishing.

• Paper: Specially designed to sustain wet medium, 50×70 cm size. (Cartridge paper more than 300 gsm, Canson, Montval, Strathmore, etc).
• Gesso primer
• Palette knifes
• Aluminium foil
• Masking tape
• Kitchen roll: Helps wipe out residual colour from your brushes and remove excess colour from your painting
• Soap: To clean your brushes thoroughly

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General notes:

For those new to drawing and painting, we recommend starting with only the essential drawing materials. As you gain experience, you’ll become more confident and find it easier to explore painting.

Some materials mentioned above are linked to give you an image of what you need and a rough price estimate. The websites listed will also guide you to various places to purchase art supplies. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and Drawing Values has no affiliation or profit from any of the store links provided.

Great Art, Jackson’s Art, Atlantis Art, CassArt, London Graphics, Cornelissen, Rkburt, Art Discount