Drawing: Deepening Observation

This ten-week course focuses on concentrated looking, forensic observation and how to achieve ‘deep’ visual consideration.

Life Drawing

Course details

Dates

Tuesdays
12 Jan – 16 Mar 2027

Times

10:00 – 17:00

Duration

10 sessions

Fees

£498.00 Concessions available

Location

Shoreditch studios

Tutors

Pollyanna Johnson Be Still

Overview

Classes will include slow, experimental, playful and meditative approaches, with some directed exercises and suggested thought processes. Each session students will apply these approaches whilst working from a model. Less emphasis will be placed on the final result, and more on the doing and thinking. ‘Deep’ looking can delight and surprise and can verge into the abstract. 

Who is it for

Artists, creatives and image-makers of all levels welcome, including beginners.

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.

Art & Design teachers/tutors, from Primary and Secondary to Further and Higher Education: 50%
Send a letter from your headteacher, dean, or head of art department on headed paper.

Jobseekers: 50%
Send a recent DWP or JobCentre Plus letter confirming you receive Jobseeker’s Allowance. 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.
RDS Alumni: Postgraduate Programme or Foundation Year: 50% off short courses. Online Drawing Development Year: 50% off online short courses.

Before you apply