Gain confidence in drawing the figure, with these tutored sessions on some basic principles of life drawing. 

Artist Justine Moss will offer guidance and advice to help you to learn skills in mark-making, portraying movement and capturing expression.

Suitable for all abilities. Basic materials provided. For ages 18+.

Come along to each session to experiment with a different theme – or pick and choose the ones you want to focus on.

Sat 16 Feb – Watercolour – Line and body colour.

Learn how to add warmth and solidity to your drawings of the model with watercolour washes.

Sat 03 Mar – Ink – line and wash.

Capture the form of the figure and the play of shadow using brush and line.

Sat 19 Apr – Aux trois crayons – red, black and white

Discover how to suggest the mass of the figure using this 18th Century technique.

Thu 08 May (Evening Session) – Ink and wax resist

As evening falls we will use ink washes over wax resist to create atmospheric drawings of the model in the studio.

Sat 17 May – Acrylic grisaille painting.

Paint the form and tone of the figure using only mixtures of black and white.

What is life drawing?

During a life drawing session, there will be a nude model surrounded by artists. This is why the classes are limited to ages 18+. The model will be posing for different durations. The poses can vary from 2 minutes to 10 minutes and an hour.

You will be drawing the human form in various poses and levels of detail from highly detailed and anatomically proportional drawings to loose and expressive sketches. Find out more about what happens in a life drawing class here.

About the artist – Justine Moss (she/her)

I am an artist, educator and collector of wonderful things. I use drawing and watercolour to make sensitive, detailed or implicative studies of subjects including clothes, nature and the figure. I am currently completing a PhD on drawing garments in film. I run a thriving life-drawing group and lead community art workshops for adults.

I have lived in East Anglia for fifteen years and worked in art education across the region, from Southend to Great Yarmouth.