The Life Drawing Show - Spring term 2022/23

There is so much more to our life drawing subjects, and in this exciting course you’ll learn how to portray your subjects’ personalities through couture and music!  

You’ll be expertly let through an exciting and structured programme of drawing skills, where you’ll explore and produce linear and tonal studies, record active poses, and make more considered drawings, allowing you to gain confidence in your observational responses to the clothed form.  

This unique, fun, and exuberant drawing programme will be varied, and each week you’ll be joined by various live models wearing beautifully themed couture. The outfits and themes you can expect include burlesque, cabaret, 70’s disco, boudoir, ballet, various dancers, and more, with the aim of showcasing character and flair through couture. Each session will be accompanied with themed music to really set the scene and dynamic, creating an immersive and creative atmosphere.   

As you capture the human form, you’ll observe the intricate couture and study how it fits around the body to create shape, form, and finesse, whether it is to define an alternative silhouette, or drapes to accentuate curves. In doing so you’ll develop skills to look beyond the human form to capture the very essence of your subject and translate their personality onto paper or canvas.