What you'll learn
Learn life drawing with our drawing short courses in Sydney!
Life drawing is a great way to improve your drawing skills. It trains you to ‘see’ and react quickly to what’s in front of you, but there is also room for you to express your personal view of the subject. In this course, you will practice drawing the nude from life in a series of quick and long poses that allow you to record quickly and efficiently what you see and longer poses that allow you to really study the subject.
You will use a range of media and techniques to explore line, form, and expression. In this series of classes, we will also draw the nude in space and set up props and change the lighting to create different moods and scenes. This way we will add to your understanding of composition, tone, and the study of light and dark.
You will also look at some artists who work with the human form and engage with it creatively using them as inspiration for your work. You will receive teaching and support from a practising artist, work with a professional life model and gain confidence in your own drawing abilities.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this life drawing course, you should have:
- An understanding of the proportions of the figure
- Skills in how to measure the proportion of the figure
- Experimented with a variety of approaches to the human form
- Developed expression through a variety of media and techniques.
- Experimented with drawing the model in space researching other artists for inspiration.n
Course content
What will be covered in this life drawing course?
- Basic principles of drawing from life
- Structure and form
- Perspective in the figure
- Use of tone to create volume
- Expression and experimentation with media and techniques
- The figure in space
Intended audience
Who is this life drawing course for?
This life drawing course is designed for all levels but some drawing experience would be an advantage.
Course venue
2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd in the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)
Class materials
What to bring to class
Please purchase and bring to each class:
- A3 size cartridge paper pad, minimum 50 sheets
- 5 individual sheets of cartridge paper A2 10 sheets
- Willow charcoal sticks: medium box
- Drawing pencils: 2B and 4B Staedtler
- White chalk pastel, generals compressed charcoal white
- White eraser Pentel
- Drawing ink-black 36ml
- Round soft watercolour brush size 12 (blue handle). If you have one already bring it whatever size it is.
- A couple of sheets of Prisma favini Art Spectrum #13 Ghiaccio light grey. 220gsm
If you buy it all from Art on King you will get a 10% discount. Just let them know you are a student at the Sydney Community College.
- If you cannot find all these don’t worry, we can work it out when you get to class, you can use printed newspaper to draw on too. If you have anything similar bring it to class and we can see what you have already.
Easels will be supplied.
Additional information
Please note the following:
- You must be over 18 to attend this course
- Closed-in shoes required
- Please wear old clothes
- Long hair should be tied back.
Course testimonials
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Pip said: Elinor is very inspiring and informative as a tutor. I've been of several courses with her a tutor now and always come away feeling more confident in my abilities. One of the problems I have is finding inspiration and I believe that the more courses I do at the college, the more I am able to come up with ideas for myself (regardless of whether I can actually pull them off!!)
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Alexandra said: Anne, the tutor, was very positive and enthusiastic
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Michael said: Great teacher.
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Frances said: Anne is a wonderful drawing teacher - I started the class thinking there was no way I would be able to draw a human body and represent it accurately and creatively. But by the end I was so happy with my work and surprised by how far I had come. Anne definitely gives great advice and tips but also lots of freedom to be expressive and not worry too much about 'getting things right'. Also special feedback to Anne not for the wider team - there was a big range of learners in our class, with lots of different needs and learning styles and even potentially different cognitive abilities, and she dealt with those differences so calmly and intuitively and kindly. A real skill.
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Jordan said: I really enjoyed be able to get out and enjoy the space and get drawing again. Not sure I came away as a brilliant artist but I sure enjoyed the process.
Course tutors
Elinor Pickard
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