Art: life drawing & portraiture courses

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Develop a keen focus on structure, line, features and expression in traditional still-life drawing, observational painting or exploring the beauty of still-life in new mediums such as moulding and sculpting.

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ColourWheel art classes for adults - Maidenhead

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Maidenhead

Classes are held in lovely venues - Norden Farm in Maidenhead on Tuesdays. Classes are fun and friendly, a place to learn and make new friends. There are 3 hour morning and afternoon classes to fit in with student’s schedules. You receive tuition and guidance from our excellent tutors allowing you to produce beautiful art using a variety of mediums over a 14 week period. We start with pencil drawing, setting the building blocks of skills for the course. We then work with charcoal, coloured inks, pastels both soft and...

Domestic Animals in Charcoal

Domestic Animals in Charcoal

Buckinghamshire - Next course on 2nd March 2020

Bex Gouverneur returns to the studio in 2020 to teach this ever popular 2 day course. Our beloved pets are a source of inspiration to us all and during this two day course, Bex will guide you through the process of capturing their personality and character in a detailed charcoal study, whilst teaching you a variety of unusual charcoal techniques. The course will be broken into 2 parts over the 2 days, leading to the completion of a detailed charcoal study of your chosen domestic animal (both dogs and cats...

Photography course to take better photographs

Photography course to take better photographs

A twice-monthly tuition course in London and further afield by arrangement. On the course, we will simply explain what all the dials, buttons and controls on your equipment mean so that technical problems don't get in the way of your creativity. Learn shutter speed and f stop control. How to get off auto onto manual. Try your hand at children, dogs and other animals, portraiture, landscapes, street photography, interiors and food. How to do event photography, product shots, fashion, hair and beauty and jewellery in colour and black and white....

Animated life drawing with Aaron Jacob Jones

Animated life drawing with Aaron Jacob Jones

And now for something completely different! Meet Aaron Jacob Jones, a London based artist, tutor, animator and live illustrator who has developed an innovative way of drawing for the digital age! Animated life drawing to be precise – they really take your breath away when you see them for the first time! (Just to clarify - His creations are animated but will not show on Craft Courses gallery! Have a look on our website or social media to see the moving images!) Aaron developed the technique himself to combine his...

Colour theory day course

Colour theory day course

Berkshire - Next course on 16th February 2020

Colour theory workshop In a relaxing atmosphere, this therapeutic experience will teach you how to mix and use colour in your artwork. Suitable for all abilities. This is a practical course using two different paints. The intention is to come away with reference charts to help you remember various processes so that you can then expand within your own practice. The day will include the making of a theory chart with Gouache, understanding how important complimentary colours are to make colours sing together or create subtle soft shades. We will...

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Windsor

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Windsor

Classes are held in lovely venues - Windsor Race Course on Thursdays. Classes are fun and friendly, a place to learn and make new friends. There are 3 hour morning and afternoon classes to fit in with student’s schedules. You receive tuition and guidance from our excellent tutors allowing you to produce beautiful art using a variety of mediums over a 14 week period. We start with pencil drawing, setting the building blocks of skills for the course. We then work with charcoal, coloured inks, pastels both soft and oil,...

Introduction to life drawing

Introduction to life drawing

Staffordshire - Next course on 25th February 2020

A one-day life drawing class covering the fundamentals of drawing from a life model. Drawings are created as quick sketches or longer studies using a range of mediums -eg. pencil; charcoal & pastel. Topics covered include proportion, setting out, relationship of form and using tone. Classes are suitable for beginners as step-by-step guidance and individual attention will be given throughout. Please book through our website

Drawing from life with Jake Spicer

Drawing from life with Jake Spicer

Oxfordshire - Next course on 15th February 2020

Immense satisfaction, joy and fulfilment can come from drawing. Even if it isn’t your artistic medium of choice, the act of regularly putting pencil to paper can enhance many aspects of your creative pursuits. And yet, many people don’t draw because self-doubt tells them they can’t. This is such a waste! It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jake Spicer to the studio for a courses that are dedicated to drawing the human form. So come, be taken under the wing of one of the UK’s most accomplished drawing...

Introduction to portrait sculpture

Introduction to portrait sculpture

Staffordshire - Next course on 11th February 2020

This one day courses introduces the key aspects of sculpting a portrait from life giving you the basic skills needed to create a portrait in clay. We will cover the practicalities of working with clay, the principles of proportion and anatomy plus the fundamental skills of transferring what you see into clay using a variety of techniques. The course is taught by Miranda, a professional sculptor and trained tutor with over 20 years experience. You may take your sculpture home at the end of the course or leave it to...

The clay portrait room

The clay portrait room

‘The art of portraiture is about looking, through observation we record form and detail’. Learn to model a head in clay directly from life in Anthony’s purpose built studio workshop. These classes are designed for complete beginners and for anyone with some experience to further develop your observational skills. Working in clay from life - captures the likeness and character of the model. Tuition is as a group and individually, which will help you understand and interpret what you see before you. 7.00 - 9.00pm

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