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About the course
Since launching Now, Draw! I’ve had lots of messages from people saying they’d love to try Life Drawing but “don’t know how to draw” or feel unsure where to start.
This fun and informative 4 week online course is my answer to that.
You’ll leave with a clearer process and practical tools you can use straight away in any standard Life Drawing class.
This course is designed for:
Complete beginners!
People who draw regularly but feel they’ve missed key foundations or would like a refresher
People who want to try different ways of starting a drawing
Maybe you:
Don’t know how to start or place a drawing on the page
Panic with quick poses
Get bogged down with details
Always draw the head too big or run out of paper halfway down the legs
Avoid foreshortening completely
Join me, Susannah, for a practical, supportive four part course covering the core skills of drawing from a life model. Working online gives the unique opportunity to observe my demonstrations continuously and ask questions that I can answer. This is an invaluable opportunity to see how I approach problems with my drawing and then resolve them.
You will have 2 months to review the recording in your own time.
We’ll work through:
Which materials to use
Approaches to quick poses
Introduction to proportion, foreshortening and simple measuring
Composition on the page
Basic tonal work
Alternative ways to begin a drawing
Through live demonstrations, one-to-one feedback, and plenty of drawing time, you’ll develop a clear starting process you can return to again and again.
If you’ve been curious about life drawing but didn’t know where to begin. Or you’ve been teaching yourself and want to fill in the gaps - this course will help you develop skills to move forward with confidence.
The session is from 6:30-8:30pm. Please arrive a few minutes early to check your connection.
If you are younger than 18 please ask your parent or guardian to email me before booking.
This is the perfect session to build your confidence with any Life Drawing class in-person or online.
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Materials needed
A2 drawing paper. If this size inconvenient A2 is fine.
A range of soft pencils - 2B to 9B
Willow charcoal
A good eraser - I recommend Faber Castell Dust Free
Some felt tip pens or coloured pencils
Tissue / cotton wool
Pencil sharpener (Recommended: Jakar Crank Desk Top Pencil Sharpener)
Reference images – Either printed or displayed on a screen (emailed to you hello@nowdraw.co.uk). You will receive these via WeTransfer, please make sure you have these printed or accessible on a screen before the 1st session.
Optional (Highly Recommended for Dark Tones)
Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black Pencil 8B (black shaft, not blue)
Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Pencil 14B
Optional
Putty eraser
Electric eraser
A drawing board so you can lean your board against your table at an angle so you aren’t drawing flat.
4 week online course
9 / 16 / 23 /29 September
Wednesdays
6:30-8:30 pm
from £95.00
Early bird £85
Low income tickets £65 (please email hello@nowdraw.co.uk