8 weeks Gallery Drawing:from the Masters

with artist & tutor David Caldwell RP Thursdays 1.30 - 4pm

Starts 15 Jan 2026

340 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

Drawing from the Masters: Thursday 15th January to Thursday 15th March, no class Thursday 19th February This course will focus on Drawing the figure in art at the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery. This course will be split into 4 weeks at the national portrait gallery and 4 weeks at the national gallery. Each week one room will be chosen by David for students to draw in, and the student will choose their own work of art to draw from. David will be close to you guiding you and giving a critique to your drawing during the session. He will look at composition, and the mark making you have chosen to describe a certain painting or artwork. The course will focus on the figure in art, and will cover aspects such as: the structure of the head and body, proportions of the face and body, hands, composition, rhythm, direction and movement. The course will instil in students an awareness and appreciation of the art of picture-making. Students will study the human figure and portrait through art, absorbing the lessons of masterworks through drawing. Crucially students will gain an intimacy and personal dialogue with these masterworks through direct engagement. Additionally students will broaden their knowledge of the history of art through learning about the paintings in the galleries. Students will draw with dry dust free materials such as pencils (including coloured pencils), in sketchbooks or with a drawing board. Seats will be available at the museums. Students of all levels are welcome. Materials: Please bring a sketchbook, pencils of your choice and an eraser.

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.