Keeping Things In Perspective: Getting to Grips with Perspective and Developing Your Drawing Skills with Ed Isaacs PRBSA
Getting out and about sketching the urban environment around us is one of life’s great pleasures. This one-day workshop will help you improve your drawing skills with a particular focus on perspective. Working inside the gallery we will draw the interior with Ed producing a demonstration sketch showing how he makes an accurate representation. You will then produce your own. Later on in the day, working from photographs, we will look at other ways you can improve your drawing skills.
Age group and abilities to be taught
- 18 years and above
- Suitable for artists with some experience of drawing from direct observation
Course aims and skills/knowledge to be taught
- Explore the use of perspective in drawing buildings
- How to develop your won personal drawing style
Course outline for the day
Morning
- Welcome, introductions, and outline for the day
- Introduction to perspective and foreshortening
- Exercise 1: Perspective
- A demonstration drawing of the interior of the Gallery followed by producing a perspective drawing of your own
Afternoon
- Exercise 2: Architectural styles
- Introduction to developing your own drawing style
- Exercise 3: Drawing styles
What you need to bring with you:
- Sketchbooks/drawing pads
- Your own preferred drawing instruments, i.e. pencils, pens etc
- It is useful if you go online beforehand and look at artists who are well known for drawing buildings e.g. David Gentleman, Paul Hogarth, Chris Lee, Simone Ridyard. Who do you like and whty?
What we will provide:
- There will be a small selection of drawing materials available at the Gallery
Methods of assessing outcomes
- Completion of evaluation form
Booking information
- To book please use the ticketing system below. Alternatively, please call the Gallery on 0121 236 4353 during opening hours to book over the phone. Bookings can also be made in person at the Gallery.
- Booking is essential. Payment in full is required at the time of booking to secure a place.
- Payments are non-transferable and non-refundable.
- Places are limited to 10 people per workshop unless stated otherwise. Allocation will take place on a first-come first-served basis.
- All workshops run from 11.00am – 4.00pm with a 40 minute lunch break, unless otherwise stated. Tea and coffee will be provided, participants need to provide their own lunch.
- Please inform the RBSA Gallery when booking of any health conditions or additional needs as some workshops might not be suitable.
- A valid student ID must be provided to receive a student discount.
Cancellation Policy
- If you, the customer cancels your booked workshop, we are unable to offer you a refund.
- In the event of under-subscription, workshops may be cancelled or re-arranged. We will give you as much notice as possible if this happens and you will be able to transfer to another course or receive a full refund. The RBSA is unable to refund additional expenses, such as travel and accommodation.
- If you are booked on a workshop and do not attend on the day, a refund will not be given.
Continual Professional Development (CPD) and Copyright
- We welcome bookings from people attending for Continual Professional Development (CPD). However, our workshops are not designed as CPD. If your employer is paying for the course or you require more details about what you expect from the course, please contact the Gallery in advance before booking.
- The workshop content and any information provided (e.g. handouts, guidance notes, etc.) are the intellectual property of the artist delivering the workshop. They should not be used or reproduced without permission from the artist (e.g. copying handouts to use in any classes workshop attendees might deliver themselves afterwards).
Other information
- The workshop will take place in the RBSA Gallery, floor 1. The space will be closed to visitors and will only be used by workshop attendees. However, staff and volunteers will need to walk through the space at various points in the day to access the staff office, which is located on the same floor.
- Attendees can leave their materials in the workshop space during their breaks but the RBSA will not be responsible for any loss or damages.
- Please bring a packed lunch. Alternatively, there are a number of cafés and sandwich shops within walking distance of the Gallery.
- Please bring an old shirt or apron to help protect your clothing.
- The continuous redevelopment work in the city centre has caused increased traffic, delays, and diversions in and around the City Centre. Therefore, please allow yourself plenty of travel time, plan your route, and check your parking arrangements.
- If you are travelling by car, please ensure your car is clean air zone compliant, or charges may occur.