Life Drawing Short Course with Studio Dot

Join Studio Dot at Aunty Social for a 3 week short course in life drawing.

Develop your drawing skills by working with a live nude model, observing form and pose. You'll receive guidance on how to look and make marks that translate your experience onto paper. You’ll also receive help and support where needed, and gain a new creative perspective on the human form and condition.

Guidance will be provided by Blackpool based artist Mike Cassidy from Studio Dot. Everyone is welcome to attend, from beginners who want to develop their drawing skills to experienced artists seeking regular practice.

All paper, easels, basic wet and dry mediums are provided, we just need you.

When?

The course runs for 3 weeks on Tuesday evening, 6-8pm.

The session dates are:

• 29 July
• 5 August
• 12 August

How much?

The course is £35 in total for all three sessions, this includes all materials, equipment and tuition.

About Studio Dot

Drawing from observation is the best way to develop your practice.

It's an amazing privilege for me to have been able to work with over a hundred artists to develop their observational drawing skills over the last 3 years at The Old Electric in Blackpool.

I'm grateful to all of them for showing me their absolute best selves and for bringing their individual creative energy to create a contemplative and inspirational environment. It's genuinely special when a group of people come together to draw together. Each of them has grown and developed as artists and its truly cosmic to have been part of it.

At the Life Drawing workshops I try to establish a meditative environment where we can all learn from each other through our examination of the human condition. I've included some of my own life drawing work on this page so that you can see my journey (I'm on a journey too!), and hopefully be inspired to start your own.

Drawing is never just drawing.

Drawing of all kinds is the search for truth. It's the uncovering of true self. It's acceptance that errors and mistakes are part of the creative process and part of what it means to be human. It's resilience in the way we examine our work and improve it. It's confidence, expression and power, even when the proportions aren't correct!

Life drawing for me, is the purest expression of the human condition and I want to invite you, whatever your ability level, to find your true self through drawing.

Access

Important physical access info:

Please note that this session is upstairs. We are in the process of installing a lift, however due to unforeseen delays this is now due to be completed later in the year. The event space is up a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the activity.

You can

• Email us using the ‘contact organiser link; or
• Send us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790.

If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) please let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790.

• Tram & Train to Blackpool North Station
• Bus: No 6 or 18 to Topping St., No 3, 3a, 5c, 6, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings), No 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7a, 14 to Talbot Rd
• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.