Drawing for the Terrified | 17 Sep-3 Dec | Tuesdays 7-9pm | £142 | 16+yrs | Studio 3 | Tutor Catherine MacDiarmid
Creating art has a wonderfully positive effect on our wellbeing, yet sometimes it is hard to know where to start. On this course you will learn to reconnect with drawing through a series of enjoyable exercises.
With expert guidance, tutor demonstrations and within a supportive and sociable setting, you will be able to achieve drawings that you are proud of.
What will the course cover and how will it be taught?
Classes will include practical work, demonstrations, group discussion, one-to-one advice and guidance, looking at work by other artists, and peer learning.
Through a series of drawing tasks, you will learn to:
- Explore different drawing techniques using pencil/graphite, charcoal and ink pens.
- Connect with your observation of a subject matter through enjoyable exercises that will increase your skills within the discipline of drawing.
- Appreciate elements that make up a good drawn composition through the practical application of observation, and different processes and techniques.
- Appreciate some different approaches to, and styles of, drawing by looking at artists’ work.
Important Information
There are no classes during the weeks beginning 28 October (half term) and 18 November (Kendal Mountain Festival).
What do I need to bring?
- A3 sketchbook of white cartridge paper.
- Graphite pencils
- An ink pen such as a fine liner or marker pen.
- Willow charcoal and putty rubber.
- Cheap hairspray or artist’s fixative.
- (Optional) Other drawing materials like charcoal pencils, compressed charcoal sticks or conte sticks.
Are there any additional costs?
No
About the tutor
Catherine MacDiarmid has 29 years’ experience teaching a range of art classes and applying her knowledge as a practicing artist to her role as a Tutor. She exhibits widely, including exhibiting in the BP Portrait in 2001/2, New Light Art Tour 2021/22 and 2023/24 (of outstanding Northern-based Artists) and regularly at the Mall Galleries. Catherine has won many awards for her art, most recently being the Watercolour Materials Award in the Jacksons Painting Prize 2023. She is an elected member of The Lakes Artists Society, the Contemporary British Portrait Painters and appeared in Sky Portrait Artists of the Year 2014, 2018 reaching the semi-finals in 2019. As well as completing private portrait commissions her work is collected internationally and she works from her home-studio in Kendal.
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