Challenge and transform your drawing skills and experiences by exploring dynamic and playful approaches to drawing. Draw from the model using a variety of mediums and techniques that encourage intuitive responses to spontaneous mark making to free up your drawing. Draw from both observation and imagination, with colour as well as black and white.
You will work through a series of fantastical set themes and poses each day will have a new theme and long and short poses will be set.
The course includes the following projects:
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Playful sessions include concertina book drawing, 3D collage and full scale ink drawings.
Music will also be used to inform mark making.
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Kahlo, colour, dreams and symbolism
True to the history of West Dean, this session is designed for you to explore Surrealism through life drawing and the works of Frida Kahlo.
The model will be set up in a mass of Mexican imagery and colourful fabrics, fruit and symbolic items, such as Kahlo might have used in her paintings.
On completing the course, you will have experienced a playful and alternative approach to life drawing and gained confidence in working intuitively. You will be able to incorporate figure drawing with aspects of your own imagination to make rich and expressive drawings.
Included
The model who will sit for the course
Some paper and ink shared amongst the group - more available to purchase from the shop as required
What students need to bring
- A range of charcoal sizes
- A range of pencils, graphite sticks
- Putty rubbers
- Coloured chalk pastels
- Acrylic paints
- A range of brushes
- Canvases, ready-made, various sizes, card, boards primed
- Pritt Stick glue
Available to buy
Available from shop:
- A good variety of art materials, including charcoal, pencils, graphite sticks, putty rubbers, A1 white cartridge paper and black paper, Indian black ink, masking tape, coloured chalk pastels, acrylic paints, a range of brushes, canvases, boards, card, Pritt Stick glue
Additional information
Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio. This includes stout covered footwear, i.e. no open-toes or sandals.
Arrival day
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm for registration
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included)
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential
Daily timetable
Course teaching 9.15am - 5pm (lunch included)
Dinner: from 6.30pm (included for residential students)
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed
Departure day
Course teaching: 9.15am - 3pm (lunch included)
Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am
Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required
