Life Drawing Class Formats

New: Monday Morning Life Drawing Class 10am -1pm, £30

This class will begin with the model holding a series of short poses. The length of the poses will increase throughout the session ending with a pose of about one hour. This format suits beginners as well as more experienced drawers. It enables people to warm up and encourages a more relaxed approach to drawing £30 session.

Wednesday MORNING Life Class (Drawing and Painting) 10am -1pm, £30

In this class students are given time to resolve more ambitious drawings or paintings. They will receive individually tailored and focused tuition, to suit their needs and goals. In order that students can apply sophisticated and advanced techniques, the model will often take up the same pose for the whole of the session, and return to that pose in subsequent weeks for a total of up to five sessions or 15 hours. £30 session.

Wednesday EVENING Portrait Drawing and Painting Class (clothed model) 7-9pm, £18

This art class is geared to giving students an opportunity to draw the face. We use a different model every week, and the model is clothed and undertakes the same pose for two hours with three short breaks. This format allows for the creation of a more resolved drawing, and the use of colour. Tuition provided individually. £18 session

All Day Life Class 9.30-4.30pm Saturdays every fortnight, £60

This class alternates between two formats. The first format begins with series of short poses in the morning before finishing with a long pose in the afternoon. This format enables people to warm up and encourages a more relaxed approach to each drawing.

The second format provides the opportunity to work from the model for a sustained period of time and is suitable for painters and those wanting to make larger or more detailed drawings. The model takes up the same pose all day.

The formats alternate every two weeks. Please check the calendar on this page for details.

Individual tuition is provided in colour mixing, mark making, and composition, as well as the basics of proportion and perspective. Tuition provided. £60. Booking advised.

The Summer Drawing Course 2020 -dates to be confirmed.

The Summer Drawing Course is a mini foundation course in drawing. We use
all kinds of different media from sticks to bamboo, brushes, chalks, ink,
and pencils, and the programme would suit absolute beginners or experts.
It’s a week of deep immersion in drawing.

Suitable for both beginners and more advanced artists, this course will
provide a thorough and enjoyable programme of drawing instruction. Working
towards improving your handling of more traditional methods, we will begin
by exploring different aspects of drawing technique, through the use of
experimental and liberating materials and methods. We will work from
quicker and more spontaneous works towards more resolved drawings from the
model. As your understanding increases, drawing from life will become a
more and more enjoyable and fun experience.

Life Drawing Oxford home page: http://francisoneill.net/life-drawing-oxford/

Life Drawing Oxford Frequently Asked Questions: http://francisoneill.net/life-drawing-frequently-asked-questions/

Francis O’Neill has been teaching drawing and painting in Oxfordshire since 2003 and in Magdalen Road Studios since 2009: http://www.magdalenroadstudios.com/classes/