Evening Life Drawing | Life Drawing in Colour | Royal Drawing School

Experience a drawing class like no other.

These evening drawing sessions, broadcast live from the Royal Drawing School studios, are an opportunity for students to experience the dynamic and dramatic possibilities of the life room from home. Join students online from across the globe to draw from the model, theatrical sets, dancers, musicians and more, with something new each week. Using a range of drawing practices, our expert tutors will guide you through a series of exercises over the course of each session.

As the nights draw in, we will use the darkness to our advantage and work under the glow of artificial lighting.

From Caravaggio's dramatic chiaroscuro lighting to Lucas Samaras' colourful staging for his Polaroid series, as well as Euan Uglow's nighttime paintings - we will look at how artists have used new and exciting ways to illuminate and rethink the human form.

We shall cast the figure between contrasting spotlights of colour, where reds will meet blues and pinks will meet greens. Let's experiment and see what happens at the intersection of such opposing colours. Let's see what kind of transformative qualities these spotlights of colour will have on the human form.

Led by tutor David Gardner, students will work in collaboration with a dynamic model and differing camera angles to stimulate our visual responses. All levels welcome.

Suggested Materials:

• Soft pastels / Oil pastels in an assortment of different reds, blues, pinks and greens. Warm and cold tones for each colour.

• Paper in various sizes - we suggest A3 - A1.

• Bulldog clips to secure your paper.

• A drawing board to lean on.

Please note: The Royal Drawing School online models will not pose nude. Models in this series will be semi clothed.

Details

• You can book these sessions individually, or you can book the event series giving you access to all evening life drawing sessions with 30% off. Book the whole series here.
• All students will need a device that supports the latest version of Zoom
• Chat support available during the session

Share your work on social media with the hashtag #RDSLivestreamStudio

Featured image by Arjuna Gunarathne

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