Teens Portrait Drawing (12-17)

with artist & tutor Laura Cullen Saturdays 4.30 - 6.30pm

Starts Jan 18, 2025

260 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

Attempting to draw a portrait from life can be an exciting challenge that really engages the student of portraiture at any level of ability. This course is suited for absolute beginners, and for people who have drawn the portrait before, Laura will meet you at your level. This course is designed to take you through the process of creating a finished charcoal portrait drawing from a live model. We will be taking inspiration from and implementing twentieth century academic techniques, thus allowing the student to clearly develop through a staged process. A guide of these staged examples will be provided to every student at the start of the course, to support the structure of each day and to give a visual example of what to aim for, each day. By the end of the course students will have: - Been familiarised with the medium of charcoal and how to create nuanced mark making. - Have tackled the challenge of drawing a portrait from a live model. - Been guided through a drawing process so they can comfortably approach a charcoal portrait from life by applying concepts such as: composition, thinking in value, working with shadow edge, capturing likeness, learning how to take visual measurements, and constructing a head. Techniques to be covered Basic Composition & Envelope Shape An introduction to charcoal and some quick demonstrations of tackling the portrait from Laura. The students will then sketch from the model with her guidance. They will be shown how to measure from life, block in value, and how to achieve an accurate likeness. Blocking in Shadow, capturing a likeness Expanding on the techniques explored, students will focus on further refining their skills to achieve a higher quality drawing. They will have the opportunity to take two projects/portraits to a higher level thanks to the fundamentals considered the day prior. Taking your drawing to a finalised stage Students will spend the whole day taking the drawing to a finished level. All materials provided Laura is a nursery school teacher and in her own time studies classical drawing techniques.

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