Make & Use Your Own Art Materials

with artist & tutor Andrea Ianuzzi, Thursdays 10am - 1pm

Starts 25 Sept

440 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

All materials provided Thursdays September 25th to 20th November 2025, no class 16th October (This course provides and covers an extensive materials list. Please note the further 2 courses are placed in the painting section as they involve the making of watercolour and oils) This course will explore how to hand make dry drawing media, from chalks and sanguines, to dry and soft pastels. An often lost part if routine studio practise, is the production of an artist's own art supplies for two reasons: autonomy over the quality of surfaces and materials they use, whilst also offering much greater economy. 'Quality up, price down' - it's a win win. Students will first learn how to choose and create different types of pastels, their mediums and their preferred supports (surface). Then, students will learn how to use the materials produced, in a series of lessons lead by the tutor, covering the basic techniques, as well as their more experimental ones. Course Outline Term 1 – Drawing Media 1 - Making Chalks, Sanguine and Pastels 2 - Making Toned Paper, Pastel Paper and Pastel board 3 - Drawing with Graphite, Charcoal and Chalk 4 - Drawing with Sanguine Pastels 5 - Drawing with Dry Pastels – Layering and Blending 6 - Drawing with Dry Pastels – Feathering and Scumbling 7 - Drawing with Dry Pastels – Hatching and Scratching 8 - Drawing with Dry Pastels – Washing and Dusting Andrea Iannuzzi was born and raised in Rome, where he studied a wide range of traditional art techniques, such as painting, sculpture and printmaking, as well as photography and videomaking. Paired to them is a keen interest in art history and anthropology. He works primarily through drawing and painting, merging traditional and contemporary methods and materials, he is currently based in Glasgow, where he studied contemporary art practices, and where he continues practicing fine arts, as well as photography and illustration. Andrea has exhibited works across Europe and the US, and he is currently hosting and developing a series of workshops and courses to introduce contemporary artists to the techniques and tools of the tradition, following the model of Italian Art Schools and Renaissance artist’s studios.

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.