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Classical Portrait Drawing I Autumn

with artist & tutor Alicia Coombs Tuedays 1-4pm

Starts 22 Sept
360 British pounds
Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

All Materials Provided 8 weeks Portrait Drawing From Life (Autumn) 8 weeks Portrait Drawing From Life (Spring) 4 models over 8 weeks, 4 Portrait drawings. In this course, we will be drawing with a range from 4B to 2H pencil, starting off with soft pencil for general drawing before using harder pencils for finer details. We will be drawing only in pencil for the entirety of the course to afford students, especially beginner students a level of control, which allows students then to really attempt to observe and attain - proportion - shadow vs light shape - edges (sharp & soft) - rythm (the way different marks and shapes correspond & flow into each other) From these sound foundations, which we will aim to achieve by week 4/5, we will then go into weeks 6,7 & 8 achieving all we are able to in the three hour portrait sessions, but in addition to this make stylistic choices unique to the individualty of the student. Throughout the course, students will be shown a range of reference images on our projector for the first 1/2 hour of every lesson where we will have a group discussion and Q& A session, as well as each student preparing theirt own paper, easel and sharpening their range of pencils to a sharp long point. By the end of the course, students should be able to confidently achieve a likeness to the model, and it is our greatest hope students then go on with these set of skills and beb able to draw models, family and friends in their own time after the course ends. Alicia is the director The Edinburgh Drawing School. Alicia has a long experince in mentoring and teaching children, and is an alumna of The Florence Academy of Art (2014-2019). Her first degree is in The History of Art from The University of York (2005 - 2008). Alicia is a classically trained painter often taking on portrait commisions. Her career spans numerous hospitality positions and working in charities, as well as working in international schools, and in private households.

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. E.D.S. runs make up classes in 1/2 term or during an additional week at the end of term. If classes cannot take place in the studios for any reason at 13 or 13a Great King Street, they will an in alternative venue. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.

Contact Details

  • 13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK

    + 0131 556 0971

    info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk

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