There are courses for beginners and improvers on offer for those looking to get creative with drawing techniques, landscapes or life..
NEW Drawing Outdoors With Mixed Media-Intermediates
Two enjoyable mornings drawing outdoors around Stoke Lodge. A chance to experiment with mixed-media: crayon, pastel, charcoal, ink, and maybe even paint. If it rains, we will work indoors using photographs. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Monday & Tuesday 10.00am to 1pm Bill Guilding
2 sessions on 21 & 22 August £50/£35 D24C Stoke Lodge
NEW I Wish I Could Draw People! Figures And Faces- Beginners & Intermediates
A short course for people who want to learn to draw figures and faces-and people who would like to get better at it! Using pencil or/and charcoal, you will learn to draw figures and faces from photographs in sessions 1 and 2 and from a clothed model in the third.
A model fee of £6 to be paid in cash to the tutor at the beginning of the first session. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Wednesday to Friday 10am to 1pm Bill Guilding
3 sessions on 23/24/25 August £70/£45 plus Model fee D26B Stoke Lodge
NEW Drawing & Painting A Clothed Figure From Life- Intermediates & Advanced
Practise drawing or painting from a clothed female model in one continuous pose. All painting and drawing media welcome, but best to use a medium you are familiar with. Some experience of drawing figures is recommended.
A model fee of £12 to be paid in cash to the tutor at the beginning of the session.
This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Wednesday 10am to 4pm Bill Guilding
1session on 30 August £50/£35 plus Model fee D24D Stoke Lodge
NEW Drawing Portraits From Life
Draw portraits from a live sitter. You may use any drawing media are used to, including pastels or water-colour if you are experienced and confident with them.
A model fee of £12 to be paid in cash to the tutor at the beginning of the first session. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Thursday & Friday 10am to 1pm Bill Guilding
2 sessions on 31 August & 1 September £50/£35 plus Model fee D27B Stoke Lodge
NEW Drawing A Portrait With A Likeness In 4 Easy Steps
Enjoy this Saturday workshop where you will learn four essential drawing techniques to scale up your chosen photograph and draw a portrait. You will learn how to scale up an image, and how to get a likeness, how to use chalk pastels and water-soluble pencils. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Saturday 10am to 4pm Sheila Broun
1 session on 4 March £45/£30 D34B Stoke Lodge
NEW Drawing A Landscape In 4 Easy Steps
Enjoy this Saturday workshop where you will learn four essential drawing techniques to scale up your chosen photograph and draw your landscape. You will learn how to scale up an image using pencil, how to draw texture, and trees, how to colour skies, using chalk pastel and water-soluble pencil techniques. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Saturday 10am to 4pm Sheila Broun
1 session on 25 March £45/£30 D34C Stoke Lodge
Drawing Figures With Mixed Media-Intermediates/Advanced
You will initially work from photographs to explore different media (including drawing with paint and pastel). In the last 3 sessions, you will work from a model. Some previous experience of drawing is recommended, as is a willingness to try unfamiliar methods. Model fee of £17 for the course to be paid in cash to the tutor during first session. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary using ZOOM and email.
Fridays 9.45am to 12.15pm Bill Guilding
5 sessions from 9 June £89/£54 D25B Stoke Lodge
Drawing From The Masters
Drawing is a wonderful and rewarding art form that you can get lost in. Drawing copies from other artists is a tried and tested way to improve your drawing skills, besides which it is great fun too. The tutor will explain and demonstrate drawing techniques to help you get the most out of the class and really develop your drawing skills. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary using ZOOM.
Wednesday 6.30pm to 9pm Warren Sealey
6 sessions from 22 February £106/£64 D17C Stoke Lodge
Drawing Skills-Mixed Ability
Led by an experienced tutor, learners will make rapid progress and explore line, tone, measurement, texture, shading and composition. They will be taught how to ‘look’ and how to interpret what they see. Suitable for beginners and those wishing to improve. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary using ZOOM and WhatsApp.
Wednesdays 1pm to 3pm Roma Widger
8 sessions from 19 April £113/£68 D81C Stoke Lodge
Drawing Skills Workshop
A day of short drawing challenges to improve observation and representation skills. Suitable for all abilities.
Saturday 10am to 4pm Jenny Ibrahim
1 session from 22 April £45/£30 D31D Stoke Lodge
Drawing Techniques-Beginners. Summer Term
Enjoy this friendly, encouraging class where you will learn how to build up a range of drawing techniques, step by step, via exercises and projects. This Summer term, you will learn how to sketch outdoors with pen & ink and copy relevant images to get the feel of how to draw texture. You will also become more skilled when mixing and matching colour, and making an image look 3 dimensional. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Mondays 10am to 12.30pm Sheila Broun
11 sessions from 17 April £194/£117 D32C Stoke Lodge
NEW Drawing Techniques Summer School-Landscapes
The focus of this Summer School will be on Landscape-different styles of drawing; mark making for sketching; simple techniques to draw trees; colour mixing and matching for skies; composition and arial perspective for spatial depth. We will work both inside and outside. This short course is suitable for Beginners and for those with more experience. If in doubt, please contact the tutor for a chat. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge.
Wednesday and Thursday 10am to 3pm Sheila Broun
2 sessions from 9 August £75/£42 D29A Stoke Lodge
Life Drawing-Mixed Ability
Learn to draw the human figure from observation. Drawing from a nude model, you will learn to see shape, proportion, light and shade more objectively. Later we will vary the pace, and you’ll be encouraged to vary your ways of drawing. Model fee of £35 for the course to be paid to the tutor during first session. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary using ZOOM and email.
Fridays 9.45am to 12.15pm Bill Guilding
6 sessions from 24 February £106/£64 D24B Stoke Lodge
Painting And Drawing-Mixed Ability
This course is course is designed to help you develop your artistic skills and take your creativity further. You will be drawing and painting with a variety of media: pencil, charcoal, acrylics. You will study a wide variety of subject matter including still life, portraits and figures, animals, landscapes, and contemporary themes. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary using ZOOM and WhatsApp.
Mondays 1pm to 4pm Roma Widger
11 sessions from 17 April £239/£147 D20C Stoke Lodge
Portraiture From Life
You will be drawing or painting from a different, clothed sitter each week. You may use any drawing medium you prefer including charcoal, pastels, or crayons. If you are a confident, fast painter, you may use paint (watercolour or acrylics can be used in the spirit of drawing). Model fee of £35 for the course to be paid to the tutor during first session. Some previous experience of drawing from observation is recommended. This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary using ZOOM and Email.
Fridays 9.45am to 12.15pm Bill Guilding
6 sessions from 21 April £106/£64 D27A Stoke Lodge