Life drawing for beginners – taster
Start Date: Wednesday 27/11/2024
Time: 10:00am
Duration: 3 hrs
Price: £54.00
Ability: All Welcome
Tutor: Rachel Labovitch
Tickets Available: 6
About this course
This beginner’s life drawing taster course, led by accomplished visual artist Rachel Labovitch, is ideal for those starting from scratch. You’ll learn some starting techniques like working with live models, understanding proportions, and experimenting with light and shadow to build your skills and confidence. This session is a perfect introduction to our 8-week course launching in the New Year—come give it ago and see if it’s the right fit for you.
If you are looking to refresh your techniques it will allow you to develop a strong foundation to progress further. Our inspiring Twickenham studio offers a creative hub, offering a professional yet relaxed environment that sparks creativity and focus. Rachel Labovitch's experienced and hands-on approach means you get personalised feedback and guidance at each session.
Join a group of like-minded people, share ideas and grow together in a supportive community setting.
What you'll learn
This taster session will introduce you to the basics of working with and drawing from a live model.
- investigating the overall structures of the human form
- exploring ways of establishing weight in the figure drawing by looking at the spine
- applying these structures to our drawings of the model
Materials supplied: none
What to bring:
2H, H, HB, B, 2B, 4B and 6B pencils, putty rubbers, plastic rubbers, 180gsm cartridge paper and sharpeners
About the instructor:
Rachel Labovitch is a visual artist with a practice underpinned by drawing. She has an MA in drawing and exhibits nationally and internationally. Alongside her studio practice, Rachel has worked as a lecturer and artist educator for 20 years. She develops drawing-based teaching programmes and projects in schools, outreach organisations and gallery spaces. She has lectured at the University of the Arts London and Kingston University and had a solo show at The Garden Museum, London in 2019. Rachel currently teaches painting classes in Richmond, as well as facilitating drawing based workshops at Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham.
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Event FAQs
A CPZ is in force from Mon to Sat 8.30 – 6.30pm
Limited paid spaces available in surrounding roads with Ring Go cashless Parking
Max stay 4 hours during operational hours
Holly Road Car park, behind Marks & Spencer TW1 4HF
Mon to Sat – 8am to 6.30pm.
This car park is accessible and free to park in outside of these hours. Max stay 4 hours during operational hours – walking to Studio approx 9mins
Yes, at the moment the courses at Colne Road Studios are designed for adults over the age of 18 . The aim is to create a relaxed environment, provide a bit of an escape and switch off from every day responsibilites. We are not able to accommodate children in our classes, nor do we provide children’s classes at this time.
All of our longer courses are exchangeable up until 28 days prior to the start of the course. After this, you are able to change your booking to a different course for a £20 admin fee. Please note that from 14 days prior to the start of the course, your booking is non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
Our refund policy is strict because it enables us to pay ourselves and our tutors a fair wage, and remain accessible as a studio. Every time we are asked to to accommodate a refund request , we would be forced to lower our staff wages or increase our prices – both of which we really want to avoid. We hope you understand that this is why there are no exemptions to our refund policies.