Life drawing: focus on movement
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- Start Date: 30 Jun 2025End Date: 14 Jul 2025Mon (Daytime): 14:00 - 17:00In PersonFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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What is the course about?
Through observation of the model in dynamic, 'action' poses you will learn how to make quick, loose sketches that
rapidly capture the 'essence' of stance and posture.
What will we cover?
Ways of seeing the figure in movement, how to simplify what you see to make a quick response using line,
continuous line, tone and mark-making with a variety of drawing tools.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
Have developed ways of seeing the figure in movement
Use a variety of different approaches to quick sketching
Simplify the figure in dynamic poses
Use a variety of different drawing materials and tools.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Suitable for beginners and those with some experience looking to develop their skills.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Set exercises, tutor demonstrations, group discussion, 1:1 support.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
All basic materials included.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Life Drawing an Experimental Approach
Life Painting Experimental Approaches.
Sam Hanner is a contemporary artist and educator living and working in london. He studied BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London and graduated from the MA Painting course at the Royal College of Art in 2021. He has previously worked at the Royal Drawing School and The King's Foundation where he is currently a core tutor on the Foundation Diploma in Fine and Applied Art. He started working at City Lit in September 2024 having studied towards a PGCE in Further Education. He is motivated by faciliitating a process based dialogue with students of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing and enabling their practices to flourish. Their practice revolves around Painting and Drawing and investigates the place of these practices in the world today, and as a discipline within contemporary art. Previous projects and exhibitions have explored the history and future of wetlands in the UK, specifically the Fens, where he completed a three month artist residency. Sam has worked as a scenic artist for theatre, opera and ballet, a studio technician and an art installer and brings this technical knowledge and experience to his work and his workshops.
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