Draw London

Draw London's winter and spring course offerings include eight-week courses and one-day intensives. All levels are welcome in all courses; since classes are small (10 participants max) I am able to address each participant at his or her level of skill. To register, please contact me and I will email you a registration form and payment information (electronic transfers and cheques accepted).

davinci

da Vinci sketchbook page

January 20 - March 16, 2012

(8 weeks: no class on February 17th)

10am - 1pm

£160 fee includes instruction, hand-outs and supplementary materials*

In this class we explore many different museums and galleries in London, from the big 'Nationals' to more off-the-beaten track collections. Past museums we visited are the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert, Pollack's Toy Museum, the Hunterian Collection and the Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garrett, among others. I am constantly searching for new places to go, so even returning students get new surprises each term. This term we will concentrate on different aspects of the body, such as body ornamentation, clothing, and even the inside of the body (i.e. medical collections). While this is not strictly a figure drawing class, I will provide some instruction on drawing the figure as is appropriate.

*You will be required to bring a sketchbook & basic drawing kit. While most museums we go to our free, there will be a few entrance fees to pay as well. We will meet at collections all around London, so be prepared to travel a bit.

Itten's Colour Star

February 11, 2012

10am - 4:00pm

£40 fee includes

instruction, hand-outs

and materials*

Goethe Farbkreis

Goethe's Farbkreis

Come explore how artists use colour in two of London's amazing collections of paintings. We'll discuss some basic colour theory and then see how different painters from various periods investigate colour and create a variety of effects, such as atmosphere, feeling, and symbolic meanings. We'll make studies and practice colour mixing with using coloured pencils and collage. The morning will be spent at the National Gallery and, after an hour's break for lunch, the afternoon will be at the Courtauld.

Pisano figure

Figure by Pisano

March 17, 2012

10am - 4pm

£40 fee includes instruction, hand-outs and all materials (lunch not included)

We'll spend the day learning about many aspects of the human head. The morning will consist of an introduction/review of the proportions of the head and how these change depending on the angle of the head/foreshortening. In the afternoon, with a great deal of looking and studying. In the afternoon we'll work on longer drawings and attempting to capture individual likeness and character. We will find fabulous heads to draw from in the V&A's amazing galleries, such as the Cast Rooms, Renaissance galleries and Sculpture Hall.

Picasso Still-life with chair caning

Picasso, Still-life with Chair Caning

April 21 , 2012

10am - 4pm

£40 fee includes instruction, hand-outs and all materials (lunch not included)

Let's take a break pencils and chalk and see what materials we can get away with using in the museum! Try out drawing with unusual tools like burnt sticks, and drawing in combination with found materials such as found papers and other objects to bring texture into our drawings. We'll look at ways that artists use nontraditional materials throughout Modernism. This day of drawing will focus on materials exploration and process more than observational drawing, so be open to working in new and different ways.

Seurat sketchbook

April 20 - June 15, 2012

(8 weeks: no class on June 8th)

10am - 1pm

£160 fee includes instruction, hand-outs and supplementary materials*

In this class we explore many different museums and galleries in London, from the big attractions like the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert, and Kew Gardens, to more off-the-beaten track collections, such as Pollack's Toy Museum, the Grant Museum of Zoology, or the Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garrett. I am constantly searching for new places to go, so even returning students get new surprises each term. Spring term we will concentrate on natural forms and objects made with natural materials, from clothing to furniture, to actual plants.

*You will be required to bring a sketchbook & basic drawing kit. While most museums we go to our free, there will be a few entrance fees to pay as well. We will meet at collections all around London, so be prepared to travel a bit.