Abstraction Qualities in Landscape, Gardens and Natural Forms

If we can see and express in our drawings the abstract qualities that are in the landscape, we will make work that goes beyond description and communicates feeling.
  • Drawing Open Space
  • Drawing from Imagination
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Course details

Dates

17 September – 19 November 2025

Times

10:00 – 17:00

Duration

10 sessions

Fees

£478.00 Concessions available

Location

Online

Sophie Edwards Tree

Overview

Landscape imagery has the power to move us in unexpected ways. Our relationship to the natural world primes us to respond to its broadest shapes as well as to its intricate detail. A rectangle with one horizontal line across it will instantly make us think of the horizon.

Looking at work by artists who expressed the abstract within the landscape - Turner, Diebenkorn, Joan Mitchell and Howard Hodgkin - we will focus on composition, rhythm, surface geometry and colour while making formal responses to the Nature we have access to from our homes. Depending on their circumstance’s students can draw views from windows, still lifes of potted plants or the landscape of their own back gardens. 

Who is it for

If we can see and express in our drawings the abstract qualities that are in the landscape, we will make work that goes beyond description and communicates feeling.

What’s provided

For our online courses, you will receive prior to the start of the course access to our Padlet Noticeboard where you will be given course details, material lists and some references, as well as our Padlet Gallery where you will be able to upload and comment on work created during the course.

What to bring

For our online courses, you must provide your own materials. Feel free to use any that you would like to during classes, however other suggestions may be posted on the Padlet noticeboard throughout the course by tutors. This is a suggested list of what may be needed:

  • Drawing Pencils
  • Conté Crayons
  • Pastels
  • Ink Pens
  • Coloured Pencils
  • Putty and Hard Erasers
  • Pencil Sharpener
  • Sketchbook 
Concessions

We offer a range of discounts. To apply, email admin@royaldrawingschool.org with the required proof. Please wait for confirmation before booking.

 Available discounts

  • NHS Staff: 20%
    Send a photo of your NHS staff badge.
  • Full-time Fine Art BA Students: 75%
    Students on design or applied arts degrees may also be eligible. Send your student ID and proof of enrolment.
  • Primary and Secondary Art Teachers: 50%
    Send a letter from your headteacher or head of art department.
  • Jobseekers: 50%
    Send a recent DWP or JobCentre Plus letter confirming you receive Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit (if out of work). Appointment booklets are not accepted.
  • Disability Benefit Recipients: 50%
    Send proof that you currently receive this allowance.
  • Tower Hamlets and Hackney Residents: 25% (Shoreditch courses only)
    Send a copy of your most recent council tax bill.
  • Tower Hamlets and Hackney Businesses: 25% (Shoreditch courses only)
    Send a staff ID, business card or a letter from your line manager.
  • Over 60s: 10%
    Send a photo ID as proof of age.
  • Alumni: Postgraduate Programme or Foundation Year: 50% off short courses
    Online Drawing Development Year: 50% off online short courses

Before you apply

  • Documents must be dated within the last 6 months (or 12 months for council tax)
  • Your name must be clearly visible
  • Accepted file formats: PDF, JPG, DOC or DOCX

All our courses are subsidised.

Tutors

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Sara Lee Roberts

Tutor, Drawing Year Alumni, 2008