Digital Studio - Evening | Capturing Light

Experience a drawing class like no other.

These evening drawing sessions, broadcast live from the Royal Drawing School studios, are an opportunity for students to experience the dynamic and dramatic possibilities of the life room from home. Join students online from across the globe to draw from the model, theatrical sets, dancers, and more, with something new each week. Using a range of drawing practices, our expert tutors will guide you through a series of exercises over the course of each session.

In this two-hour life drawing session, tutor Katy Papineau will guide you through drawing a figure posed in different kinds of light. We will use film as our inspiration for lighting the model, recreating film shots that exemplify an atmospheric use of light. You will use colour materials on coloured paper to capture the atmosphere of different types of light: the haziness of sunrise, the coolness of moonlight, the intensity of artificial light. All levels welcome.

Suggested Materials:

• Coloured paper, or paper prepared with coloured grounds (a variety of warm, cool, dark and light colours), using either acrylic paint or gouache. We would recommend using paper between A4 and A2 size.
  • Colour materials of your choice: soft pastels, oil pastels, gouache or watercolour (or a combination). Make sure you have a good range of colours.

Please note: The Royal Drawing School online models will not pose nude. Models in this series will be semi clothed.

Details

• You can book these sessions individually, or you can book the event series giving you access to all evening life drawing sessions with 25% off. Book the whole series here.
• All students will need a device that supports the latest version of Zoom
• Chat support available during the session

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