Tutor: Matt Black
Dates: 2025 TBA
Time: TBA
Cost: TBA.


Learn how to draw the human form

Life drawing class aimed at beginners and intermediate and run by an experienced and qualified art teacher. Life drawing is well known to be the best discipline for truly improving your observational drawing skills. Through a variety of exercises students will learn the underestimated skill of looking properly and will also be provided with tips on measuring proportions of the figure. Alongside this, mark-making and tonal techniques will be taught enabling students to achieve effective three-dimensional form using a variety of drawing mediums.

Previous terms have proved that students come away with a lot more confidence in their ability to draw and a keenness to continue their practice.

All materials required are provided.

nb. parental consent will be required for under 18’s

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