Foundations of Drawing Courses 2026; 'Monochrome' and 'Colour'.

Overview

Join Liver Sketching Club for Sunday afternoon art sessions where we'll teach you the basics of drawing with different mediums!

***To avoid a booking fee: Contact the tutor, Peter Holland, directly at [email protected]***

'Foundations of Drawing: Monochrome' and 'Foundations of Drawing: Colour' are a pair of four Sunday courses intended to benefit a broad range of people; they will be a thorough introduction for beginners, and a good refresher for intermediate level artist. Both courses work on a stand-alone basis or can be combined to form a comprehensive 8-week course.

Since there will be life models in some of the lessons, it will only be suitable for adults (18+).

Each Course costs £90. Both combined costs £180.

Monochrome Course dates: March 29th, April 5th, 12th, 19th.

Colour Course dates: May 10th 17th, 24th, 31st.

Time: 1-4 pm.

Venue: Liver Sketching Club Studio, Room 21, 2nd Floor, Oriel Chambers Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L2 8TD.

Tutor: Peter Holland.

Note: the maximum number of participants are 12. Bookings are on a first come first served basis.

Programme: Based in the famous Peter Ellis Grade I listed Oriel Chambers, at the country's oldest continuously running amateur art club, Liver Sketching Club, tutor Peter Holland will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing in different mediums. Whether you're a beginner or just looking to brush up on your skills, both Monochrome and Colour, or the combined set offer a great course at excellent value to help you boost your creativity with other art enthusiasts. See you there!

We will cover these subjects:

- The head and face,

- The body (basic anatomy),

- Hands and feet,

- Fabrics and their folds and draping,

- Formal perspective, which can be applied to anything (interiors, exteriors, and objects), and abstracted forms.

We will cover different common materials:

In the Monochrome course:

- Graphite pencils,

- Chalk and charcoal,

- Ink.

- Working on white and toned backgrounds.

In the Colour course:

- Colour pencils,

- Pastels (pastel pencils or Oil pastels).

- Working on white and coloured backgrounds.

Both courses will cover other miscellany:

- Sharpening,

- Erasing.

Various techniques:

- Your body posture and tool grip when drawing,

- Homework to improve skills,

- Measurement,

- Working at different scales,

- Shading,

- Speed, pressure, and varying mark making,

- Modes of thinking and seeing.

And drawing fundamentals such as:

- Line

- Shape

- Form

- Tonal value

- Colour theory (in the colour module).

The aim is to cover a robust set of methods, techniques and thought processes to give you a solid practical grounding in drawing you can apply to many subjects.

Materials you will need to bring: Participants will bring in their own materials (easels and drawing boards are available in the studio). The list of recommended materials will be sent after the booking is confirmed.

Cancellations / Refunds:

Since the course is limited to just 12 spaces, cancellations close to the start date may result in places not being able to be filled, or the course not being able to run. Therefore, we would highly appreciate if you could inform us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend. Full refunds available up to two weeks before the start date, i.e., Sunday 15th March 2026. After 15th March, we cannot offer refunds regardless of the reason for cancellation, such as illness, personal or professional commitments, or a change of mind, as it will be close enough to the start date that finding someone to fill the position might be difficult or impossible, which could risk the course not being able to run for the other attendees. However, if you do wish to cancel after 15th March, and you know someone who can take your place, we can accommodate their substitution.

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