Life Drawing: light and shadow
Five-week practical evening course
27 April 2020 6.30 - 9.30pm4 May 2020 6.30 - 9.30pm11 May 2020 6.30 - 9.30pm18 May 2020 6.30 - 9.30pm25 May 2020 6.30 - 9.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
£520. Includes all materials, light refreshments and a wine reception at the end of the final session.
Terms and conditions
Enhance your drawing technique in this five week course, focused on different approaches to working with light.
This five-week evening course will introduce you to a variety of wet and dry materials while working directly from different life models and poses each week.
During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci juxtaposed the brightest lights against the darkest darks. The Italian phrase chiaroscuro (light and dark), was first used over a century and a half later by the Florentine artist and art historian Baldinucci.
Within the setting of The Clore Learning Centre, you'll start to consider how chiaroscuro can inform and develop your practice.
Andy Pankhurst is a figurative painter who graduated from Slade School of Fine Art in 1992. He received the Windsor and Newton Young Artist’s Award and currently exhibits with Browse and Darby.
Minimum age 18. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact academic.programmes@royalacademy.org.uk
The more brilliant the light of a luminous body, the deeper the shadows cast by the illuminated object.
Leonardo da Vinci
Our courses and classes programme
Our varied programme of short courses and classes provides an opportunity to explore subjects ranging from life drawing to the history of exhibitions and arts management, led by expert tutors and practising artists. These courses introduce traditional art-making processes, as well as perspectives on art history, theory and business.
Give this course as a gift
All of our courses can be purchased as a gift for a friend or family member – giving the gift of education and a remarkable experience. To arrange a personalised Gift Voucher, please contact the Academic Programmes Team, by calling 020 7300 5641 or email academic.programmes@royalacademy.org.uk