Online Portrait Drawing
Join us on Zoom for a relaxed and friendly untutored portrait drawing session, open to drawers of all abilities and levels of experience!
Date and time
Location
Online
Refund Policy
About this event
- 2 hours
If you’ve never tried portrait drawing online before, this session is great place to start. You’ll be drawing from a model posing live over Zoom alongside sketchers of all abilities, from around the world. In this clothed portrait session our model will pose live on Zoom for three head-and-shoulder focused poses.
The clothed model will hold a 10-minute relaxed warm up pose where the model chats to our session leader, giving you the chance to get to know them a bit better. They will then hold a 45-minute-long pose, followed by a 10-minute tea break and a final 45-minute pose.
The session is untutored with a session leader on hand to offer help and we’ll have a different model posing virtually each week – if you’d like some pointers on getting started, take a look at this video HERE.
Our model this week is Clare who is currently artist-in-residence at the Mawddach Residency in North Wales and will be speaking about their working during the initial interview. The session will be led by Draw Head Tutor Jake Spicer - Jake is an experienced teacher and author with a passion for teaching people how to draw. His recent book ‘Figure Drawing’ is available for purchase HERE.
Photo credit: Hazel Wallis
Before the session
- Before the session, make sure you have a Zoom account and drawing materials for the class
- 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 the model
- Please, never take photographs or screen shots of the model
- Keep your camera ON during the session – this helps the model to 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.
- You are always welcome to send the model a thankyou tip via the link that accompanies your booking.
After the session
- If you’d like to share your drawings with the rest of the community you can post them up on the Draw Community Facebook group HERE
- You can also share your work with us on Instagram, tagging the model, tutor & @draw_brighton or using the #drawbrighton hashtag.
Tickets
General Admission
0£8.00Concession
0£5.00
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.