There will be 3 dates for Drawing workshops around the Body/Life/Seeing/(clothed)Figure drawing&performance this semester.

All these taught sessions will be around the figure/body/looking and take place OUTSIDE- Instructions: wear a hat/warm clothes/bring a sketchbook/portable kit for drawing/watercolour drawing/plastic bag for sitting on.

Tues 19th Oct / Deep looking

Tues 19th Oct 10 am 11am 12pm (each session will last @ half an hour) Meet on the Grass outside the Hattton. Deep looking. (Reference John Ruskin )

Thurs 18th NOV / FLANEUR WALK 

Thurs 18th NOV meet under the arches.10am-12pm Morning FLANEUR WALK /Figure/drawing. 2-5pmpm Flaneur walking/coffee shops

Thurs 9th Dec / micro/macro

Thurs 9th Dec-micro/macro.Meet under arches 10-12pm Sketchbook/creative ‘laboratory’ 2-5pm Large scale Figure Drawing/performance outside in Northumberland street

The Drawing Forum is a place for discussions, making and ideas about contemporary practice around drawing. Drawing is here understood in the broadest sense, as Roger Fry quoted a child’s definition of drawing; ‘I think and draw a line around my think’.

Observational drawing, Life and figure drawing, mark making, drawing as a form of looking or exploring space, etc. Drawing works across subject and media disciplines.

We are meeting three times per semester. Check ‘News’ for meetings and important dates. If you have any questions, suggestions or ideas please contact the forum organiser Tracey Tofield tracey.tofield@newcastle.ac.uk .