Digital Studio - Evening | Ink and Collage

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 students will learn how to create a painterly composition of the figure with ink and collage.

Tutor Elizabeth McCarten will introduce expressive approaches to using ink and watercolour, exploring a range of mark-making to create unique, primed paper. These primed papers will be used to build dynamic figure collages, exploring composition and colour in new, creative ways. We will push beyond drawing from observation, into a more imaginative realm exploring the tension that lies between figurative and abstract work. All levels welcome.

Suggested Materials:

• Coloured inks would work best but watercolour will work too. One or two colours.
• A range of brushes, we suggest a large brush and a couple of other medium or smaller size brushes.
• Other household tools such as wooden BBQ skewers, pen nibs, sponges and a wax candle if you have any.
• Two containers, one for water, one for your ink
• Paper of your choice cut into A5 sheets;10 sheets minimum.
• PVA glue or glue stick
• Scissors
• Kitchen tissue paper

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

Share your work on social media with the hashtag #RDSLiveStudio

Contact digitalstudio@royaldrawingchool.org with any queries.