Theatrical life drawing

City Lit

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In London

£ 279 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

To develop expressive life drawing skills through more challenging poses and creative personal expression and imaginative interpretation.

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Location

Start date

London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Gain confidence in exploring your own ideas through life drawing.
Utilise mixed-media creatively.
Respond quickly to fast and dynamic poses.
Develop strategies to draw more challenging poses.

All basic materials for the course are provided.
Students will be invited to bring their own props, masks etc to contribute to each session.

Hands-on practical demonstrations.
Individual tutor support.
Group feedback and appraisals.

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Subjects

  • Interpretation
  • Drawing
  • Life Drawing

Course programme

How to communicate ideas and narratives through the human form.
Exciting themes to inspire creative interpretation.
Distortion of the figure through more dynamic, unconventional poses.
Revealing and concealing the human body with the use of masks and props.
Mixed media drawing processes to encourage less pre-determined outcomes.
Take inspiration from the work of modern and contemporary artists who have worked with the body
Introduction to different themes by responding to imagery, film and music from different eras and cultures.

Additional information

You may wish to develop your work taking an experimental approach to working from the model by enrolling on ‘Contemporary approaches to the figure’ or ‘Life drawing: develop experimental approaches’. Alternatively, you may wish to focus on mixed media and collage by joining ‘Mixed media drawing and collage’ or ‘Contemporary collage and mixed media’. If you are interested in studying the figure in movement, look out for our collaborations with the English National Ballet: Essence of Movement courses. 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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