Learn Drawing

Regular ONLINE drop-in drawing sessions

Monday mornings have now finished for the term.

Thursday evening sessions

Have also finished. Restarting on Sept 22nd.

VENUE: A suitable table in your own home, and ability to use Zoom on your computer, tablet or phone.

WHAT: a weekly, relaxed art session, exploring different media, drawing, and painting, and discussing art.

Practise your skills and enjoy some creative time with friendly and supportive help from Caroline, in company with others. we will continue to explore different themes and artists, often suggested by students. Small classes, to create a relaxed and sharing atmosphere.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: You’ll need: paper, pencil, pen, coloured pencils – anything you’ve got or want to try.

COST: £12 per session. No need to book the series. Concessions available, please ask. Pay via the link below, or bank transfer – I can send you the details.

CONTACT ABOUT DRAWING CLASSES:

1: Drawing for Beginners, Live online course

TO BE RESCHEDULED – dates to be announced.

A drawing class for absolute beginners. You don’t need any experience; it’s designed to take you through the foundations of drawing in simple steps with lots of encouragement, in a supportive, positive atmosphere. See below for a list of sugested media.

Mark making in Ink
Teasels in negative space
Using viewing windows
Mark-making, exploring negative space and using a clear pane – all in Drawing for Beginners.

New! 2: Developing in Drawing, Live Online Course

DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

This live online course will introduce you to the way light works in drawing. You’ll already know the basics: you can map out a drawing with basic shapes and proportions. This course will take you the next step: how to make it look real, the balance of tone in an image, playing with different ways of creating light and dark, and with different media.

Empty Pottery, Ruskin College. Graphite on paper, 2019
Looking at markmaking, light and tone
using charcoal

This course is delivered in 3 sessions on Zoom online platform.

You will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions, get feedback on your drawings and share your learning with a small (maximum class size 10) group.

SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT LIST, with links to buy.

Blizzard folding a doodle and then choosing part of it to start a new drawing from... Final drop-in drawing session of this term. I've run over 160 online sessions since 2020, not counting all the classes I run for the Royal School of Needlework. More online @royalneedlework drawing classes coming up in August as well as in-person summer drawing weekend in Surrey, UK; see my website - link in bio. Playing with pattern and colour Playing with pencil textures. How to Take Your Drawing Outdoors from the blog, & Drawing Weekend news - see link in bio. Inventing patterns from drawings of objects. Come and join us. Thursday evenings. See link in bio. Come and draw with me in August, for real! Small relaxed group and a lovely place , The Drawing Summer School weekend is now available to book. See link in bio. Join me for a weekend of drawing in August, in the lovely Puck's Oak Barn in the community orchard setting of Compton, Surrey. More details on my website, see link in bio. It's cheaper to book up until 1st July! It's going to be lovely to draw together in the real world, as well as in my zoom classes. Writing in my blog about drawing outdoors, I came across this...One of my more funny outdoor drawing moments from last year. An unexpected spot of rain neccessitated a quick covering to keep the paper dry - put another coat on your head! You could of course use an umbrella. See my blogpost about how to approach sketching outdoors on my website. Link in bio. Study of a #rose created to as a demonstration in my Monday online drawing session. I'm teaching flower drawing online tomorrow for the Royal School of Needlework. It's full! But other drawing classes are available.