The Moving Image: Drawing into Animation

This course is ideal for those students who have taken The Moving Image: Drawing into Animation part one and would like to focus on a longer personal animated project.

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The Moving Image: Drawing into Animation Image

Course details

Dates

Mondays
14 Sep – 16 Nov 2026

Times

18:00 – 21:00

Duration

10 sessions

Fees

£310.00 Concessions available

Location

Online

Tutors

Jonathan Farr

Jack Shearing Interior, Charlotte Rd

Overview

It may also be useful for animators with some experience who would like to work within the support, structure and energy of weekly group sessions or even breathe new life into a project that has become stuck. Students can choose to make an animation for a documentary, as accompaniment to poetry, music, a story, conversation or a silent animation. Work can be figurative or abstract and range from flipbook drawings to praxinoscopes, sand on glass to collage, or any other material to be found that can be animated.

Teaching will principally involve mentoring and accompanying each student during the ten-week development of their animation, and will include demonstrations of techniques and materials, regular group discussion and viewing of each other’s work in process and of many relevant inspirational animators past and present. We will explore together the effects and aspects of this fascinating medium and how there are myriad of ways in which hand drawn stop frame animation can create a captivating experience for the viewer.

Please note this course is for experienced animators and those who have taken The Moving Image 1.

Who is it for

Suitable for artists and creatives of all abilities, though some drawing experience is recommended.

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 and Design Teachers and 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.
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.

Image: 'Blow Out' by Rebecca Willing

Tutors

Jonathan Farr

Tutor, Drawing Year Alumnus, 2011