Life Drawing Course for Beginners

Life drawing is a great way to improve your drawing skills. It trains you to ‘see’ and react quickly to what’s in front of you, but there is also room for you to express your personal view of the subject. In Life Drawing Course for Beginners, you will practice drawing the nude from life in a series of quick and long poses that allow you to record quickly and efficiently what you see and longer poses that allow you to really study the subject.

You will use a range of media and techniques to explore line, form, and expression. In this series of classes, we will also draw the nude in space and set up props and change the lighting to create different moods and scenes. This way we will add to your understanding of composition, tone, and the study of light and dark.

You will also look at some artists who work with the human form and engage with it creatively using them as inspiration for your work. You will receive teaching and support from a practising artist, work with a professional life model and gain confidence in your own drawing abilities.

By the end of this life drawing course, you should have:

• An understanding of the proportions of the figure

• Skills in how to measure the proportion of the figure

• Experimented with a variety of approaches to the human form

• Developed expression through a variety of media and techniques.

• Experimented with drawing the model in space researching other artists for inspiration.n