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

Berkshire - Next course on 5th May 2020

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...

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Godalming

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Godalming

Surrey - Next course on 29th April 2020

Classes are held in the idyllic setting of Clock Barn Hall on the outskirts of Godalming on Wednesday's. 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...

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...

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Windsor

ColourWheel art classes for adults - Windsor

Berkshire - Next course on 7th May 2020

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,...

Drawing from life with Jake Spicer

Drawing from life with Jake Spicer

Oxfordshire - Next course on 9th May 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...

Portrait painting in oils

Portrait painting in oils

The workshop is about creating an emotive connection to your sitter, involving the technical side of oil painting through colour mixing, exploring form and colour theory. It is a figurative workshop using natural and expressive colours with the aim is to achieve a finished or near finished painting. We will look at how oil paints works and help you to develop a personal style and explore new approaches. This is not an atelier workshop but I will be referencing historical methods. We will be concentrating on painting but some drawing...

Portraiture with portrait artist Cat MacDiarmid at Cowshed Creative, Lake District

Portraiture with portrait artist Cat MacDiarmid at Cowshed Creative, Lake District

Cumbria - Next course on 19th September 2020

Check out our 2020 Cowshed Creative workshop programme on OUR website (purple tab above). A fantastic opportunity to create a portrait of some one special. During this workshop you will explore some different methods of using photographs as source material for portraits, culminating in a final portrait of a loved one or a fellow course member. Any media can be used for your final portrait and expert advice and individual guidance will be given throughout. Catherine MacDiarmid is a local artist who has exhibited widely, including exhibiting in the BP...

Life drawing in Leeds

Life drawing in Leeds

West Yorkshire - Next course on 18th April 2020

The Saturday People Life Drawing Group is a not-for-profit community drawing group. They meet on a fortnightly basis at Swarthmore College in Leeds and have been established for over 20 years. The group is for mixed ability drawers with beginner and experienced artists welcome. The sessions are three hours long and alternate between a male and female life model. The sessions are not formally tutored, however there are a variety of experienced artists happy to share their expertise in pencil, watercolours and oils. Sessions usually start with a selection of...

Tuesday evening life drawing classes with Jo Harris: beginners & intermediate level (a 10 week course), at the Henley School of Art

Tuesday evening life drawing classes with Jo Harris: beginners & intermediate level (a 10 week course), at the Henley School of Art

Tuesday Evening Life Drawing Classes with Jo Harris - Beginners & Intermediate Level Spring term - a 10 Week Course 7.00pm - 9.15pm These classes are designed to be a fun way to get into or even back into the practice of drawing from life - one of the fundamental cornerstones of all artistic practice. Jo incorporates exercises, techniques and methods that have been used for 100's of years but in an environment of fun and in classes designed to bring out the very best drawings in you. All levels...

Pet Portraits in Pastel

Pet Portraits in Pastel

Pastel pet portrait tuition, especially dogs! Would you like to make a portrait of your own or a friend's pet? Small groups of 3-6. Dates by arrangement. Portraits can be from your own photographs of your pet, or photos supplied by the tutor. In the first half of the day you will get the portrait started, in a full day you would get some way to putting in further detail. Gaynor has a Surrey Diploma in Art & Design (first class) and is an experienced and popular teacher.

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