Past Courses & Events
Goshun, Cherry Blossoms |
Drawing Plant Forms at Kew Gardens January 21, 2012 This class took advantage of the warm and amazing glass houses of Kew Gardens, including The Palm House, Temperate House, and Princess of Wales conservatories.
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specimen jar in the hunterian museum |
Friday Morning Sketchbook Class September 16 - November 18, 2011 The sketchbook class met each week at different museums, including the V&A Ceramics gallery, the Japanese Gallery in the British Museum, Pollock's Toy Museum, The Old Operating Theater & Herb Garrett, Kew Gardens, the Sir John Saone Museum, and the Hunterian Collection. |
van gogh, study of hands |
Drawing the Human Figure in Art: Four Saturday mornings at the V&A November 5 -26, 2011 In four weeks we covered the basics of drawing the human figure, working from the amazing sculptures and clothing of the Victoria & Albert Museum. |
grave rubbing in Abney Park |
Big Draw Stokey Abney Park Cemetery & Nature Reserve October 16, 2011 Around 300 participants made drawings, rubbings, and monoprints in Stoke Newington's fabulous victorian cemetery. Visit www.bigdrawstokey.com to see the geomapped artwork and other information, or visit the Big Draw Stokey page on Facebook. |
the great piece of turf, by albrecht durer (detail) |
Drawing Plant Forms at The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew May 28, 2011 From a clump of grass to the rarest orchid, plant forms are endlessly fascinating subject for drawing. The course took place outdoors and in the amazing Temperate House. |
Platypus by Camille van der Veld |
Drawing Specimens at the Hunterian Museum (Lincoln's Inn Fields) June 18, 2011 Drawing from the hundreds of medical, animal, and plant specimens at the elegant Hunterian Museum. |
Drawing of a Leg by Bronzino |
Drawing the Human Figure in Art January 28 - March 25, 2011 Learn about human proportion, gesture and movement, heads, and hands and feet, at the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Courtauld Collection, the Wellcome Collection and the Wallace Collection. |
Van Gogh, self-portrait with bandaged ear, courtauld gallery |
Colour Investigations at the National Gallery & the Courtauld Gallery February 12, 2011
Looked at how painters use colour in their compositions and what effects colour can have on us as viewers. |
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Drawing Interior Spaces at the Wallace Collection
December 11, 2010 & May 22, 2010 An all-day investigation into one-point perspective in the Wallace Collection's ornate period rooms. |
student drawing at the Hunterian Museum |
Focus on Specimens at The Hunterian Museum rom the hundreds of m Drawing from the hundreds of medical, animal, and plant specimens at the elegant Hunterian Museum. al, and plant specimens at the elegant Hunterian Museum. |
marble statue of Aphrodite, courtesy of the British Museum |
The Human Figure in Art at the National Museums November 5 - 26, 2010 Learning about gesture, human anatomy and proportion, heads, and hands and feet. Classes will take place at the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert and National
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glass eyes, courtesy of the Wellcome Collection |
Drawing Curiosities in and around Russell Square September 24 - October 15, 2010 Drawing strange and wonderful objects in collections near Russell Square, including the Hunterian Museum, the Enlightenment Galleries at the British Museum, the Sir John Soane Museum, and the Wellcome Collection. |
'Head of a Woman' by Verocchio - British Museum website |
Drawing the Human Figure & Renaissance Drawings at the British Museum June 26, 2010 Learning to create gesture and a sense of movement, as well as measurement and proportion of the human figure. |
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Drawing the Head at the V & A February 27, 2010 Learning the proportions of the human head and how to capture facial expression from scultpure in the newly renovated Medieval and Rennaisance galleries. |
Ancient egyptian vases at the Petrie |
Drawing from London's Hidden Museums October 16 - December 11, 2009 At the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeaology, the British Museum, the Grant museum of Zoology, the Wellcome Collection, the UCL GEological Collection, the Sir John Soane Museum, the Hunterian Collection, and Pollack's Toy Museum. Course covered foundations techniques of drawing. |
student at the british Museum |
Drawing from the British Museum June 12 - July 3, 2009 Four intensive Fridays. Course covered foundations of drawing, from how to get started to creating the illusion of three-dimensionality. Students drew from objects in quiet corners of the museum, such as the Korean, Mexican, African, Enlightenment and Ancient Roman collections.
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