Drawing traditional portraits intensive

City Lit

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In London

£ 299 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course is for mixed abilities, wanting to understand traditional methods for creating a portrait in drawing materials
The class will start with basic observational drawing and progress to more detail You will work primarily from observation from portrait models.

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

Draw portraits more accurately
Draw portraits from a variety of viewpoints
Understand composition and apply it to your portraits
Draw a head that looks three dimensional
Make a tonal portrait drawing.

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Subjects

  • Art
  • Drawing
  • Materials

Course programme

Proportion
Rotation of the head
Methods for improving observational portrait drawing
Tonal drawing for portraits
Taking inspiration from traditional portrait artists.

You will learn by practical demonstration, looking at the work of traditional portrait painters, one to one tuition, tutor demos and group discussion. Drawing materials are provided Your tutor will advise you about any other materials during the class. 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. You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store to receive your discount. Visit the Charing Cross shop at 13 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0EP or find your local shop at *Terms and conditions apply, visit

Additional information

Variety of portrait classes at citylit Including portraits 2 Painting portrait classes The year of portrait and figure course from September or various other portrait and general painting classes at Citylit. 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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