Drawing the city

City Lit

Course

In London

£ 179 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

An outdoor sketching course designed to take advantage of the summer weather and make use of the diversity of London’s open spaces as a rich resource of inspiring and exciting subject matter for drawing and painting.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

- Build up a sketchbook for research
- Develop methods of gathering visual information
- Feel comfortable with drawing outside in public spaces
- Make use of a variety of drawing materials to sketch outside in different locations
- Look at, and take inspiration from, the work and practice of a variety of artists.

You will need to bring a sketch book (A4 minimum), and a collapsable or portable stool might be useful. Some basic drawing materials eg pencils, rubbers, sharpeners will be provided but you may wish to bring some of your own, such as watercolours, pastels, coloured pencils or a camera.
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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy

Practical work, talks,demonstrations, individual tutoring and group discussion.

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Subjects

  • Drawing
  • Painting

Course programme

We will use a variety of drawing materials to explore the landscape of the city; drawing and painting from observation and collecting information in sketchbooks.
With reference to landscape artists, we will experiment with different approaches to interpreting the landscape.

Each week we will meet at a different location, such as River Thames, Hampstead Heath, King’s Cross Canal, Regent’s park, The Zoo, Kew Gardens and Camden Market.

Additional information

The ideal course to follow on to would be 'Painting landscape and the city', however, you may wish to develop your drawing skills in a studio based setting on one of our drawing modules, such as 'Drawing 1'. 'Drawing 2' or 'Drawing 3: developing skills and ideas.'. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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