LIFE DRAWING and PAINTING CLASSES IN DERBYSHIRE
(different life model every week)

Hello again

I am having some pictures displayed at the Gallery Topp, Chatsworth Road, Rowsley, Matlock, DE4 2EH in a group exhibition called ‘SURVEY’ for a month opening on the 4^th April until the 4^th May. So if you get chance to, please call in.   My own working studio is open most weekends or when I’m around during the week, but if you are making a special journey to see me please phone first to make sure I’m in and not down the dale painting!

Here are the dates for the next terms' Life Drawing / Painting classes.  Don't forget that if you miss a class, you can make it up at another venue within the same term which will give you greater flexibility..  After these classes we will be going out into the landscape again, hoping that the weather will be better in June and July.  Another letter will follow with details of locations.

Mrs Toyne of the Old Hall, Youlgrave has kindly allowed us to park in her croft just behind the telephone box at Holywell Lane for the life class on the 25^th April 2009

AN ALL DAY LIFE DRAWING CLASS
HAS BEEN ARRANGED AT YOULGRAVE VILLAGE HALL ON
SATURDAY 25^TH APRIL    10 AM – 4 PM     £23  DOUBLE POSE

PORTRAIT CLASS
booking essential as places are limited
YOULGRAVE VILLAGE HALL
 SATURDAY 9^TH MAY     9 AM – 2 PM      £20

The models hold the same pose for the whole day, which gives you a chance to complete an oil painting, acrylic, watercolour or a series of different sketches. 

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR LATEST EMAIL ADDRESS so that I can keep my private mail list up to date and send these updates by the magic of the internet. 

I shall look forward to seeing you again.  
Diane

You can print out the new SUMMER 2009 timetable here

Here are examples of my students work and the model at recent all day life class.
Book early for the next all day life drawing and painting class.

The life drawing classes can help your drawing and painting skills in many ways. It can teach you observation as it is not until you try to draw something that you really start to look. You observe where one line is in relation to another. You start to look at the spaces between parts of the body, looking at the negative spaces between the limbs, It can teach you proportion and perspective by looking at the foreshortening of the body

I can teach you how to get the proportions by measuring techniques. How to line up the body and to see the central axis through the body.

Life drawing is a very good way of teaching the craft of drawing and painting . It is quite difficult to do at first but I know that once you can draw a body you will find it very easy to draw anything else. Definitely a good way for you to start seeing and observing for everything is within the human body that needs to be learnt for other drawing and painting skills. You learn and improve your skills with line, proportion, mass, volume, perspective, tone and colour By looking at colour and seeing subtle colour on the body will enable the student (you) to see more colour in the landscape and environment and thus increase a colour awareness and give more pleasure and appreciation to every day life.

All the different mediums can be used in life drawing

Pencil drawing where the use of the different weights of line can be employed different shading and blending techniques. How the rubber can be used to make marks and used as a tool rather than as an eraser.

Charcoal sticks - again how to get different weight of line and how this medium can be used for blocking in tone or making different textural marks.

Graphite, pen and ink, brush and ink, stick and ink, conté crayons, pastels, oil pastels, collage, all the  different types of paints, the list could go on and on .... use whatever medium you choose.

Enjoy your art!

Diane