Life Drawing.

https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/fineartcommunityboard/life-drawing/
Life Drawing. In Semester 1 2021 Life Drawing sessions will be student led and run. See also ‘Life drawing’ link on The Fine Art Community Board.

Life drawing must and has consistently reflected the changing times. Here is a quote from Deanna Petherbridge (2010) in ‘The primacy of Drawing’

“Academic practice from its inception has been constituted around drawing from the nude; indeed, drawing could only be understood as a liberal art if it involved study of the body as the repository of classical or ‘scientific’ or natural information…The life class in its long history is an entirely artificial construct; a powerful representation not only of looking, but also of forces of control…”

During the academic year 2021-2 figure drawing classes run by the Fine Art department will adapt according to the changing mores and times.

Drawing Sessions Semester 1

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/ drawing & performance

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