This short course is an intensive introduction to the art and craft of drawing. It will involve experimenting with many different drawing materials and mediums while investigating a broad range of drawing styles and observational processes.

This course comes in three workshops: 10th, 17th, 24th February (Thursday evenings) 6pm-8pm. More information on each below…

Week 1 (10th Feb) Fleeting moments: How to catch a fleeting moment, a bird in flight, shifting clouds or people walking, talking and going about their everyday business.

Week 2 (17th Feb) Creating mass, investigating space and achieving balance: Drawing with the edge. How to create and enclose a three-dimensional space on a 2-dimensional plane giving drawings a sense of weight and gravitas. 

Week 3 (24th Feb) Freedom of line: Focussing on outlines and how to recognise and develop weight and sensitivity of line to describe objects

These workshops are for 13-19 year olds. Part of the Caithness Young Creatives.