Capturing Cafe Society

Course

In London

£ 545 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Week

Enhance your ability to portray authentic people and locations through this course based on London's cafe culture. The focus: capturing with pen, pencil or brush the buzz of human activity where people eat, drink and interact. Fieldwork in street cafes, espresso bars, pubs and parks is interspersed with more reflective studio time and discussions of drawing technique, point of view, body language, overlapping/moving subjects and composition. Tricks of perspective and 'guerrilla drawing' that simplify capturing scenes in public are also reviewed. In each session we’ll explore cafes and gathering spots in another of London's fascinating neighbourhoods. Studio time includes individual and group critiques but also allows the development of drawings done in the field in greater depth or in other media - for example, turning line drawings into water-colour paintings or collages. Beginners and accomplished artists alike should benefit from immersion in the dynamic atmosphere of London's cafe society - from charming to chic - where subjects and settings are ideal for artistic interpretation. Allow a budget for cups of tea!

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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1 Granary Square

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Fashion Illustration
  • Design
  • Materials
  • Art design
  • Body Language
  • Composition
  • Perspective
  • Illustration
  • Drawing
  • Public

Course programme

Topics covered include:

  • Being at ease when drawing in public
  • Seeing and capturing body language and expression
  • Combining foreground and background elements
  • Capturing the feeling and flavour of locations
  • Scope, framing, composition and cropping of a drawing
  • Guerrilla drawing (drawing with stealth)
  • Reportage drawing and illustration
  • Using new and different drawing materials
  • Simple tricks of observational perspective
  • Online-based drawing/sketching groups and tutorials
  • Developing drawings into more finished illustrations
  • Course outcomes:
  • Confidence in your ability to draw in public
  • Drawings you’ve done that will help build a sketchbook or portfolio
  • A knowledge of interesting places to draw in London
  • A better grasp of foreground, background and perspective
  • An ability to develop field drawings into more finished illustrations
  • Improved ability to capture character, activities and places
  • Drawings that express a time, place, characters, activities

Level: All levels welcome

Entry requirements: None

Who should take this course?

If you’re someone with a zest for observing people and would like to hone your skills in depicting them and their surroundings, this course is for you. Any artistic level is fine and those interested in broader fields of endeavour, such as painting, illustration, reportage illustration, fashion illustration or compiling a portfolio or sketchbook will find this course a good springboard.

Whether you’re a beginner sketcher, art or design student or a professional in fine art or illustration, what you’ll get from Capturing Cafe Society is something you’ll be able to take with you, enjoy and expand upon indefinitely!

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older

Capturing Cafe Society

£ 545 VAT inc.