Over two days learn to make your own drawing materials from locally foraged sources, and use each material to explore a different element of life drawing.
Through a combination of traditional techniques and experimental approaches you will be guided through four fundamental areas of drawing the human figure; gesture, contour, shadow and composition. In order to assist your exploration of each topic we will create a material from local or foraged materials that will compliment the drawing approach. Gesture will be explored with the assistance of home made ink, contour with a pastel stick, shadow with charcoal and composition with the assistance of watercolour. Through the creation of these materials we will examine connection to place, and the significance of the human form in relation to the materials with which it is depicted.
Each day will comprise of four hours of drawing and two hours of making materials, spread throughout the workshop. Additional supplementary materials and equipment will also be provided.
The workshop will start on Friday evening with a drinks reception and time to make charcoal for use the following day. Saturday and Sunday will run from 10am to 4.30pm, with an hour’s break for lunch.
About Emily
Emily Roberts is an artist, art teacher and a senior technician at Falmouth University where she teaches life drawing. After completing a degree in History of Art at Bristol University and then training in traditional oil painting at Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence where she took on various teaching roles, before moving to Cornwall. Emily has taught in studios in Antwerp, Basel, Florence, Firle, London and across Cornwall. Her work is held in private collections across Europe and North America. In her newer, more personal work, she hopes to bring traditional methods to a contemporary experience, bridging the void between the visual tradition and the modern psyche.
https://www.emilyrobertsart.com
Important info: total cost of course £450.00
This can either be paid in full or paid in instalments on Eventbrite.
Please note, if paying using the instalments, the 1st instalment of £150.00 will be a non-refundable deposit to secure your place. The 2nd instalment of £150.00 and the final payment of £150.00 are to be paid in full before the 21st of August.
