Life Drawing for Absolute Beginners

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A comprehensive introductory one-day workshop for total Beginners to the life drawing genre. Participants will be shown fool proof, tried and tested methods of rendering the life model using a variety of drawing media. By the End of the day you will have the knowledge, confidence and ability to continue Your life drawing journey. Following a brief group discussion on the subject of why Life drawing is considered so difficult, you will begin drawing with a variety of short poses. Next, you’ll look at techniques such as gestural drawing Pivots, the picture plane, negative spaces, shape, shadow mapping, linkage and subtractive drawing...amongst others. By the end of the day you’ll know what all Of these are! You’ll discover that it’s not as difficult as you had Thought to render the human form in a convincing manner! After lunch you’ll work towards a more finished piece of Work from a longer, more sustained pose. About the tutor: Tutor Scott Bridgwood is a working artist with over 30 years’ experience after graduating from Chelsea School of Art in 1992. He worked and taught art in Rome (Italy) for 10 years before moving to Leicester. It was during his time in Rome that he developed hi

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Date

Saturday, 16 January 2027

Start time

10:30

Venue

Attenborough Arts Centre

University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA

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