Teens Drawing I Master Marks I

(12-17) with artist & tutor Zuzanna Salamon Mondays 4.30 - 6.30pm

Starts 22 Sept

270 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

All materials provided September 22nd to 17th November, no class 13th October Each week, teens will be encouraged to try new media and explore a range of mark making. Variety in mark making expands anyone's dexterity in draughtsmanship, and to gain experience at this in teen years is invaluable as these skills become the foundation to diversity but also enjoyment in personal art practise for years to come. Week 1 – Landscape in Oil Pastels Introduction to oil pastels: blending, layering, and mark-making. Students will create expressive landscape drawings using photo references or imagination. Week 2 – Texture with Conté and Charcoal Focus on capturing different textures (e.g., wood, fabric, stone) using conté crayons and charcoal. Emphasis on tonal range and mark variation. Week 3 – Flowers from Life with Soft Pastels Students will draw real flowers using soft pastels. Focus on color blending, observation, and composition. Week 4 – Portrait in Pencil and Conté Introduction to facial proportions and shading techniques. Students will create a portrait using a mix of graphite and conté for contrast. Week 5 – Architecture with Fine Liners and Markers Perspective drawing basics. Students will draw simple buildings or street scenes using fine liners and markers, emphasising line clarity and depth. Week 6 – Still Life in Pencil Students will draw a still life setup with graphite pencils, focusing on proportion, light, and shadow. Week 7 – Portrait with Ink Exploring expressive line through ink. Students will revisit portrait drawing, using brush pens, dip pens, or fine liners for a bold, graphic result. Week 8 – Drawing Animals with Charcoal Focus on gesture, form, and texture. Students will draw animals using charcoal, learning how to suggest movement and personality through expressive marks and tonal contrast Zuzanna Salamon is a representational artist whose work is deeply rooted in traditional techniques. She studied in Poland, Scotland, the Czech Republic, and Italy. In 2020, she graduated from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen with a degree in painting. Her art is a conversation between a deep respect for classical methods with contemporary sensibility. She has recieved numerous awards, including the the de Laszlo Medal for Excellence at the RBA, the John Lynn Commemorative Award at the RSA & RSA John Kinross Scholarship. Her drawings have been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Shows, the Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibitions, and more ..

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.