Using tone decisively and creatively can give so much dimension and depth to your work. It is one of the key ingredients for creating the illusion of 3D, and can be an exciting part of your approach to drawing. For many of us though, we fall back into half-hearted approaches to mapping out tone, using…
Our last class for the year, and one that encourages a letting go of tentative strokes, floating figures, and guessing about how to anchor to the page. In this session I will encourage you to move away from the safety of the space between four corners and engage you in playful flipping of space and…
A session for recent beginners and intermediate life drawers to grow your palette of observation skills and expressive mark making. You can quickly spot the difference between the lines of someone who is focused on getting a drawing right, and the lines of someone who is fluent in their visual language. When you find your…
Here’s a chance to learn how to draw hands and feet with greater confidence. These detailed parts of our anatomy with their fine articulation are a challenge. Bananas, claws and paws…yes, we have all been there! In this class I will share tips and techniques for drawing them with greater clarity and step-by-step determination These…
Do you avoid drawing a face in your life drawings for fear of ‘spoiling’ the drawing? Would you like to learn how to draw faces and heads with greater confidence? Wherever you are in your drawing journey, I will support you to stretch some more. These sessions are always warm, engaging and rewarding. I provide…
Yes, life drawing is challenging, and it’s a fantastic challenge. Working on proportions, getting a sense of a likeness, translating all that confusing information onto your page…while creating a sense of your own style and finesse? Come along to this session! It’s a limbering up for those who’ve done some life drawing, and a great…
Dreaming & making session A gentle introspective process to listen carefully to the song the world sings to you. It’s a visual and movement based process, but I couldn’t resist the music metaphor. We walk around with so much in our heads most of the time that we can miss the obvious – a…
