TUTORED lIFE DRAWING | NICHOLAS ROBINSON
Day & Time: Wednesday evenings, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Format: In-studio
Location: Enniskerry
Skill Level: All levels welcome
Please see detailed class information below
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aBOUT THE CLASS
Drawing the human figure is the time tested way to improve your overall drawing, and the best way to improve your figure-drawing is by concentrating on the basics. The fundamentals.
This course offers a focused, skills-based approach to drawing the human figure directly from a life model. Each week, students will study a single sustained pose, systematically building core competencies. The curriculum emphasizes mastering the essential fundamentals: learning to see and draw the figure as a unified whole, identifying key anatomical forms, and capturing the pose's gesture, weight, and balance. Students will develop a practical understanding of proportion, learn to describe three-dimensional form through light and shadow, and explore the effective use of drawing materials. The goal is to provide a clear, structured foundation that improves observational accuracy and expressive drawing from the ground up.
Nicholas won 2 drawing prizes in the prestigious Florence of Academy of Art, Sweden, in his time there which he attributes to working on fundamentals. This course will explain how you can understand and apply these principles and improve your drawing from the ground up.
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In this course we will draw from the life model, in one pose each week, learning:
how to look at the figure as a whole
how to focus on the most basic and most important anatomical forms
how the weight and poise of the figure can be seen in the pose
how to understand and control proportions and gesture in your drawing; the most fundamental aspects of the figure
how to describe form and its interaction with light
how to use materials to simply and effectively in our drawings
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A4 cartridge paper
a range of pencils, 2B, B, HB, H, 2H suggested
a kneadable eraser, the coloured Faber-Castell ones recommended
masking tape
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
