Online Portrait Club
Join us on Zoom for a relaxed and friendly portrait drawing session where everybody takes it in turn to pose.
Location
Online
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Highlights
- 1 hour
- Online
Refund Policy
About this event
The first rule of portrait club: Everybody sits for portrait club.
The idea is simple - when you join the portrait club Zoom session you will be welcomed by the host, then put into a group of 4-5 people. Everybody in that group takes it in turns to pose in front of the camera for 8-10 minutes while everybody else draws. By the end of the hour you will have all been drawn 3-4 times and will have made 3-4 drawings of other people. It’s a light-hearted, untutored session for all levels of experience, proving a chance to practice drawing a wide range of faces and to meet some lovely new people at the same time!
Our session leader is Emma Prothero . Emma is an artist and long-time Draw attendee who runs our weekly online Portrait Club.
Online Portrait Club Themes for Summer & Autumn:
31/07: Continuous Line
07/08: Ink
14/08: XL Portraits!
21/08: Experimental Grounds
28/08: Drawing with Straight Lines
04/09: Glasses
11/09: Sleepy Portraits
18/09: Zoom-in on Zoom
25/09: Coloured Paper
02/10: Facial Expressions
09/10: Ink
16/10: Fabric
23/10: Painted Portraits
30/10: Halloween
06/11: Colour
13/11: Warm Accessories
20/11: Cool Colours
27/11: A Thanksgiving Still Life
04/12: A Single Source of Light
11/12: Collage
18/12: Festive Accessories
01/01 - Meaningful Objects
How to join the session
The cheapest way to join Portrait club is to sign up to any paid tier of the Draw Patreon, which will give you weekly access from £3.60 per month. Alternatively, you can book here on Eventbrite for a one-off ticket.
Draw Patreon supporters have tiered access to a wealth of Patreon resources including our extensive artist photo reference library, live online life drawing & portrait drawing classes, online recorded courses and you’ll get a concessionary rate for in-person classes at our studio. You can cancel the monthly membership at any time. For more information and to sign up click HERE. (https://www.patreon.com/DrawBrighton)
Before the session
- Before the session, make sure you have a Zoom account and drawing materials for the class
- Check the theme for the week from the list above
- At the advertised time of the session, set yourself up to draw in front of your device, sign in to Zoom and click on the link in your email to join the class.
Looking after each other
- Please, never take photographs or screen shots of any portrait club participant
- Keep your camera ON during the session – this helps all participants feel safe and to maintain the sense of community that is so important to our classes. If you cannot turn your camera on, let the session leader know with a message at the start of the session.
After the session
- If you’d like to share your drawings with the rest of the community can post them up on the Draw Community Facebook group HERE
- You can also share your work with us on Instagram, tagging each other, the host & @draw_brighton or using the #drawbrighton hashtag.
Refunds
Please note, you can request a refund for our weekly online sessions up to 1 day before the session. Refunds will be the cost of your ticket minus the Eventbrite ticketing fee.
Frequently asked questions
No! We welcome everybody from complete beginners to experienced artists. Our online sessions are untutored and a perfect place for you to draw and create in your own space.
To join the online class, just grab your drawings materials and log into the Zoom app - test it to make sure that it works with plenty of time before the class starts. You can get access by clicking the link in the confirmation email - please keep your video on during drawing.
No, it is Draw policy that no screenshots or photographs are taken during the session. However there are thousands of amazing reference photos on the Draw Patreon.
Our full price is intended for working or retired attendees who can afford the full rate – we are a not-for-profit group, and the money goes back into funding our sessions. Students and anybody in financial need of the lower price is welcome to sign up at our lower rate.
Our sessions are primarily funded by our supporters on Patreon. If you’d like to support our community, models & tutors and get access to free sessions, reference images and video tutorials you can sign up for monthly membership on the Draw Patreon.
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