Meet some of Bristol Drawing School's tutors

Sara Easby is one of the school's well known tutors and artist, she runs the very popular Life Drawing with Movement course each term and runs several workshops such as the Spirit of Drawing, Life Drawing with Movement and a new exciting workshop this Christmas on Costume Drawing. In the early days of the Bristol Drawing School Sara held a very popular two day workshop drawing the circus performers at Circomedia, if we have enough interest this a definitely a workshop we would like to introduce again in the future, if you might be interested in this please email maria.bowers@rwa.org.uk plus we are always keen to hear if there are any other workshops you would like us to programme in.

Ruth Wallace is an artist whose drawn work has often been exhibited at the RWA and was featured in this years 'Drawn' exhibition. Ruth runs our Beginners course and the Intermediate drawing course, so many of our students will be familiar with her and her work. She offers a great range of ideas to develop your drawing skills, and as affirmation of her brilliant tuition it is not surprising that many of her students continue on from Beginners to Intermediate. If you would like to join a workshop with Ruth she is running an Intermediate Drawing 1-day workshop this November.

Autumn Term 2013 Workshops

We have a wonderful variety of workshops this autumn, now in full flow and still time to book you place.

There are many ways to adapt your drawings and use them to explore new techniques, we have four workshops that are perfect for just that. Ros Ford is teaching two Sketch and Print workshops running this term which will help you interpret your drawings into relief prints and drypoint. The wonder of print is the unexpected; the results will always surprise you, the impression of the plate or the ink in the paper gives your work a new dimension.

We also have Jessica Palmer returning with her very popular Paper Cutting Kings and Queens workshop focusing on our Royal Patronage exhibition at the RWA, Jessica is an expert at encouraging experimentation and developing techniques. Join Ros Cuthbert to be inspired in her dynamic Open your Eyes (paint and collage) workshop which will draw ideas from the exciting 161 Annual Open exhibition.

It is wonderful to draw and exciting to see it in new ways, or have new things to see.. which is why we have introduced a brand new workshop with well known tutor Sara Easby who will be teaching what promises to be a perfect pre-christmas Costume Drawing workshop.

We have many more workshop so visit our full list and for details of how to book at
http://www.drawingschool.org.uk/workshops

Be Inspired

This was a link sent by one of our students, it is an inspiring story of the importance of drawing by tv business journalist Andrew Marr. Although it is written in light of his stroke the sentiment will resonate with many of us Andrew says:

'"When you are doing something that you've got some inclination or talent towards, but which is not easy, and you're therefore completely concentrating on making something – that is, I think, when most people are happiest." For a farmer in touch with nature or a drawer sketching a tree, "there's a dignity and a purpose to life, which you don't get from working in a call centre or being on television."

 http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/07/andrew-marr-drawings-stroke-recover

Autumn Workshops 2011

Our workshop programme has now been published and is ready to book.

Full details here on our website

We have a wide range of inspiring and fascinating workshops this term starting with Botanical Drawing with award winning artist Julia Trickey.

If you have ever been tempted to try life drawing but haven't had the confidence to try one of our drop in classes, then our Introduction to Life Drawing classes will be perfect for you.

For the more experienced then we have a number of less formal life drawing sessions throughout the term, details here.

Other highlights include opportunities to experiment and explore different techniques with our Drawing into Print and Drawing with Mixed Media and Techniques workshops. As well as Watercolour with Jake Winkle.

We are also pleased to welcome back artist Paul Wright with his Portrait in Oils class which was immensely popular last time so don't delay booking.

Another popular and inspiring course is Alan McGowan's Anatomy Drawing a must for anyone interested in drawing the figure.

To book any of these workshops call us on
0117 906 7601 or you can book online at www.drawingschool.org.uk

Bristol Drawing School moves to the RWA!

We are very pleased to announce that from August 2011 the Bristol Drawing School will be based at The Royal West of England Academy www.rwa.org.uk.

This exciting development means we can now offer an expanded programme of courses and workshops making full use of the beautiful surroundings that the RWA can provide.

We hope to see you here at the Royal West of England Academy very soon!

BrisFest 2010 - Photos

Image courtesy of colinrayner.org.uk

Had a lovely time at the weekend at BrisFest, workshop was very successful with so many people willing to have a go, maybe we have unleashed the next Picasso, you never know!

Check out Facebook for lots more photographs:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5947264514&v=wall

Thanks to Valerie and her team of willing volunteers for setting it all up, already looking forward to next year.

BrisFest 24th - 26th September 2010

We're running a free to all drop in life drawing session at the Brisfest again this year, last year was great fun and a chance for anyone who has always fancied a go at life drawing to just pick up a piece of charcoal and go!

Modelling again with be Michaela and Carol Peace will be the tutor so come and see us on Sunday between 1pm and 2:45pm.

While you're at it check out the rest of the festival there is a great and varied line up over the whole weekend.

http://www.brisfest.co.uk/

Not sure what we are talking about? Have a look at these pics from last year:

http://bristoldrawingschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/life-drawing-at-bristol-festival.html