Life Drawing for 16 to 18 Year Olds Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This dynamic course is ideal for young students considering further study in art or design.
It offers a valuable opportunity to sharpen your visual skills and boost confidence in your drawing abilities through life drawing sessions.
Centred around drawing the naked human form (male or female), you will be encouraged to approach think and draw from new perspectives.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 16 to 18 with a passion to develop their drawing skills
- Students considering applying for further study
- Students wishing to strengthen their fire art portfolio
Key information
Topics covered
- Observational skills
- Life drawing sessions with charcoal
- Mark-making, perspective and composition techniques
- Experimenting with line, form, tone and texture
- Explore ways of seeing and depicting the human figure
- Life drawing from an unclothed (nude) model
Learning outcomes
- Strengthen your art portfolio
- Boost your confidence in your drawing abilities
- Develop your visual skills
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
- Develop an open-minded approach to art and design
- Experience art school teaching
For practical information about our kids and teens courses, take a look at our kids and teens information hub. This includes details of our policies on safeguarding, food allergies, learning requirements and online study.
Materials
If possible, please bring a camera or camera phone to record the process of making the work, and the outcomes.
Everything else needed to complete the course is provided, but please feel free to bring any current sketchbooks or materials you enjoy using.
Tutor
David Price
David Price studied at Edinburgh School of Art, the University of Newcastle and The Royal College of Art. He is a practicing artist who in 2009 was selected for New Contemporaries. David has a PGCE teaching certificate and over 15 years of experience teaching drawing and fine art.
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