Life drawing remains the best training an artist can undertake to improve their drawing. This session is perfect for beginners or as a refresher, but is also suitable for advanced students who can set their own goals for the day while enjoying the beauty and hospitality at Hawkwood.
Event time: 8th February 2025 9:30am - 4:30pm
Interested in spreading the cost of this course? Select Clearpay at checkout.
For the majority of our courses, both residential and non-residential rates are available. Residential options are fully inclusive with all meals provided. Non-residential options include suppers, lunches and all refreshments and exclude B&B. Some of our short day courses, events and talks do not include meals and refreshments. For more details about this course, please see the Practical Information section below.
Interested in spreading the cost of this course? Select Clearpay at checkout.
Life drawing remains the best training an artist can undertake to improve their drawing. Whether you’re a landscape painter, textile artist, or ceramicist, it will lift the way you see and think creatively. Aside from this though, it is a quiet, meditative task. Set at Hawkwood, surrounded by woodland in the Slad and Painswick valleys, this element is important to the class.
The day will start with introductions and some warmup sketches before an 11am coffee break, complete with homemade cakes. Then a single long pose for the rest of the morning, along with advice for getting started on the page, and building up proportions using anatomy. During this time Emma will go around the room giving 1-1 feedback so that you can get the most out of the session.
A two-course lunch will be served at 1pm, using ingredients from the onsite kitchen gardens. You’re encouraged to go outside to explore and take in the grounds during the lunch break, so may like to bring suitable shoes/jackets.
After lunch we’ll focus on portraiture, and capturing the sense of a person in stillness and movement. You’re welcome to bring your favourite art materials for this part of the session, but pencils and charcoal will be provided. Finally, we’ll finish the day with a coffee and an opportunity to look at the work around the room.
The course starts at 9:30am, you're welcome to arrive from 9:15am. The course will finish with tea and cake at 4pm.
Bring your favourite art supplies (no turps please), outdoor clothing, and perhaps examples of your work or past life drawings if you have any.
Hawkwood is a stunning Grade Il listed 19th Century country house, surrounded by 42 acres of sustainably managed woodland, farmland, and gardens. Set in the heart of the Cotswolds - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - it is a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. With a diverse selection of nearly 150 courses, there's plenty to choose from, including courses in transformative leadership, future thinking, inner life, music and the arts.
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