3 morning Life drawing

with artist & tutor Ben Hopkins, 30th July - 1st August 10.30am - 1.30pm

Starts 30 Jul

330 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

All materials provided This course is for all levels and abilities, for complete beginners and beyond... Starting each day with a short discussion going over fundamental classical techniques on approaching long pose figure drawing (2.5 - 3 hour pose lengths, broken into 5-6 sets of 25 minutes) over the course of 3 mornings we will produce 1 figure drawing with a focus on trying to achieve accurate drawing results through considering topics such as proportion, rhythm, anatomy and weight. We will be working on toned A3 paper with sharpened professional white chalk and Nitram charcoal. Professional grade charcoal, once sharpened offers control similar to that of a pencil but allows for the darkest depth and to achieve a full value range when paired with the mid tone of the paper and brightest effect of the white chalk. If you prefer to work only in pencil this option is available. Day 1) Proportion, envelope shapes and blocking in, reference images to refer to from the Introduction. Day 2) Bringing on the range of dark to light value in your drawing Day 3) Refining your drawing Day to Day timing outline: 10.20 am arrival (not earlier) 10.30 - 10.45 class commences 10.45 - 11.00 Pose is set up and students choose their position / prepare materials / place paper and boards on easels 11.00 - 11.25 - First session 11.25 - 11.30 - break 11.30 - 11.55 - Second session 11.55 - 12.00 Break 12 - 12.25 - 3rd session 12.25 - 12. 40 Long break 12.40 - 13.05 4th session 13.05 - 13.10 Break / no break optional 13.10 - 13.30 5th session Ben Hopkins is a draftsman and painter coming from Edinburgh, Scotland. His work has been displayed with The Royal Society of Oil Painters, The Royal Society of Marine Artists and part of The Scottish Portrait Awards. Starting his artistic training in illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, he developed a stronger interest in more classical draftsmanship and so decided to pursue training at the Barcelona Academy of Art, a school based on developing strong foundations of academic drawing and painting.

Upcoming Sessions

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance If a tutor cannot teach a class due to illness, the scheduled class will be covered by another tutor or the class will be postponed and rescheduled for the following week at the same time on the same day of the week. Make up classes are scheduled during the half term week, or in the week following the end of term. The Edinburgh Drawing School runs 8 week terms of scheduled classes, 9 weeks if including the half term and then 10 weeks to include a week at the end of term for any necessary make up classes. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations of 8 scheduled classes to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.