THE EDINBURGH DRAWING SCHOOL
High quality art instruction tutored by professional artists for Children, Teens & Adults
Teens Drawing (12-17)
with artist & tutor David Caldwell RP Thursdays 4.30 - 6.30pm
Available spots
Service Description
All materials provided Class material is fresh each term and does not repeat This course will look at a range of drawing techniques and approaches with an emphasis on drawing from direct observation. Line, tone, measuring, perspective, proportion and composition will all be studied, with Still-life serving as our primary subject. Students will aim to increase their concentration levels and stamina for looking. The course will be mostly drawing based with some wet media like indian ink and watercolour to add depth and dimension to drawing, thus, various materials and techniques will be explored throughout the course. We will look at art history for inspiration and learning, and study the work of artists such as Giacometti , Kathe Kollwitz, Cezanne amongst others. Materials to be used: pencil, charcoal, Ink, chalk pastels, oil pastels, watercolour, tinted or coloured paper. David Caldwell was born in Helensburgh in the West of Scotland in 1977. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art (1994-98) and the Royal Drawing School (2003-05). He has won several awards and residencies including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Bulldog Bursary, the Founder’s Purchase Prize at the ING Discerning Eye (adjudged by the late Brian Sewell), and the Smallwood Architects Prize at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2019. He has twice been short-listed for the BP Portrait Awards, where in 2013 he displayed 77 miniature portraits at the National Portrait Gallery London. David's work has drawing at it’s core as he reflects his immediate environment featuring the people, landscapes and things that surround him. David strives to make something permanent of the fleeting, to engage directly with his subject and to build layers of time and looking into one distilled image. He is a friendly and down to earth tutor and any student will be privileged to learn under his enthusiastic instruction. Image credits: Käthe Kollwitz, Self-portrait with hand to forehead, 1910 Henry Moore hands Giacometti Sir Robert Sainsbury in Bust 1958 Auguste Rodin, Henri Becque, 1883-1887 Degas Two Dancers Resting, The Estate of Edgar Degas Image credits: Käthe Kollwitz, Self-portrait with hand to forehead, 1910 Henry Moore hands Giacometti Sir Robert Sainsbury in Bust 1958 Auguste Rodin, Henri Becque, 1883-1887 Degas Two Dancers Resting, The Estate of Edgar Degas
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