6 Week Drawing Course – Beginners 2 Evenings

Description

6 Week in-person drawing course to help you learn how to draw.  Suitable for complete beginners and improvers.  I’ll be teaching you the tricks of the trade I use myself to make drawing feel much more manageable, rather than expecting you to somehow magically know how to do it.

Here’s a summary of the course. We’ll mostly be drawing animals and everyday objects, but the skills you learn will help you draw almost anything you want.

Week 1
Mark making, pencil positions and arm movements that make drawing easier to learn and create a fun, mindful practice.
Week 2
3D objects using symmetry, peripheral vision and negative space – the tricks that really make drawing easier.
Week 3
Using your practice from Week 1 and 2 to break subjects into simple shapes and make them easier to draw.
Week 4
Simple ways to check your drawing and get things in the right place – using easy visual tricks to help you see when something is too big, too small, too high or too low.
Week 5
How to tackle more complicated subjects by breaking them down into manageable sections with a grid and learning how to adapt the grid to suit what you are drawing.
Week 6
Learning my minimalist custom grid method – a different way to use a grid when you want more freedom while still having some helpful reference points.

• Time: 6.15pm until 8.45pm (2.5 hours) Mondays for 6 weeks as follows:
  Jan 25th / Feb 1st / Feb 8th / Feb 15th / Feb 22nd / Mar 1st
• Who Is It for: Suitable for complete beginners and improvers
• Location: Marchwood VILLAGE Hall (N.B. This is a different hall to the usual hall by the church, The Village Hall is by Marchwood Junior School and it has it’s own car park.  Use this post code: SO40 4ZH)
• Supplies: Minimal supplies needed – just things like a sketchbook, pencils and a ruler. A full but short list will be available soon
• Early bird price £150 for the full course (normal price £245)

Terms: No refunds but you can transfer your fee to another workshop / course  if you cancel at least 48 hours before the workshop/course.  For courses, you cannot cancel individual weeks but there may be opportunity to join other courses for the week you miss.