Course Description
In this immersive five-day workshop, you’ll draw from a live model, building confidence in the fundamentals of depicting the figure with a focus on proportion, structure, and form.
The week begins with a series of shorter poses, helping you explore expressive gesture and effective abbreviation, before moving on to a highly resolved long-pose drawing. This extended 15+ hour session gives you the chance to capture the model’s unique character, anatomical structure, and three-dimensional presence through the careful rendering of light and shadow.
Patrick provides live demonstrations, individual critiques, and detailed discussions covering value range, anatomy, perspective, line quality, and the balance between sculptural, graphic, and atmospheric aesthetics. Instruction is customised to your personal goals, making the workshop suitable for beginning to advanced artists.
Mornings feature short lectures and narrated demonstrations to introduce key concepts, while afternoons are dedicated to drawing from the live model. Each participant receives substantial, in-depth personalized feedback per day, ensuring hands-on guidance and support throughout the workshop.
The week begins with a series of shorter poses, helping you explore expressive gesture and effective abbreviation, before moving on to a highly resolved long-pose drawing. This extended 15+ hour session gives you the chance to capture the model’s unique character, anatomical structure, and three-dimensional presence through the careful rendering of light and shadow.
Patrick provides live demonstrations, individual critiques, and detailed discussions covering value range, anatomy, perspective, line quality, and the balance between sculptural, graphic, and atmospheric aesthetics. Instruction is customised to your personal goals, making the workshop suitable for beginning to advanced artists.
Mornings feature short lectures and narrated demonstrations to introduce key concepts, while afternoons are dedicated to drawing from the live model. Each participant receives substantial, in-depth personalized feedback per day, ensuring hands-on guidance and support throughout the workshop.
Key Learning Concepts
- Strengthen your understanding of figure drawing fundamentals in proportions, structure, and form
- Develop expressive gesture drawing skills through dynamic short poses and effective visual abbreviation
- Create a fully-realised academic figure drawing that captures anatomy, character, and three-dimensional presence
- Enhance your technical control of value range, line quality, perspective, and light/shadow rendering
- Individualized feedback and mentorship helps to support your artistic goals, regardless of your skill level