Short Course

Life Drawing

  • Duration

    10 Weeks

  • Cost

    £345

  • Tutor

    Moira Grafen-Campbell

  • When

    Tuesday Evenings

Life Drawing at Hereford College of Arts

Discover your unique visual language with figure drawing, using diverse materials, techniques, and dynamic poses.

Overview


This 10 Week course guides students in discovering their unique visual language by equipping them with essential tools for figure drawing. It builds foundational skills through experimentation with line, form, tone, measurement, and basic anatomy.

Starting with black, white, and grey using charcoal, chalk, and pencil, students gradually develop their skills before introducing color through pens, pencils, and paint. A couple of weeks push students out of their comfort zones by introducing unconventional tools like pen and ink with twigs, brushes, and collage.

A variety of papers, including cartridge, Sugar paper, brown parcel paper, and occasionally newspaper and wallpaper, are used to encourage creativity and freedom in the work. Sessions include short and long poses, with models sometimes using props, fostering a dynamic learning environment for exploring figure drawing and visual expression.

About the Tutor


Moira is an experienced illustrator and visual arts educator with a BA (Hons) in Illustration from Hereford College of Arts. She has served as the Visual Arts Coordinator at The Courtyard Theatre in Hereford, curating exhibitions and contributing illustrations to their brochure. Alongside this, she discovered her passion for teaching by leading Life Drawing sessions and providing one-to-one art lessons.

Her love for teaching deepened while coaching roller skating at The Core rink in Hereford. She later worked as an assistant to renowned film editor Paul Davies, cataloguing his extensive body of work.

Currently, Moira teaches workshops while continuing to pursue her own creative practice. She undertakes independent commissions, including portraiture, collaborates on outdoor art projects, and is currently illustrating her own children’s stories.

Venue, Dates, Times


All sessions will be held at our College Road Campus. Sessions will start at 6.30pm and will finish at approximately 9pm.

Term starts on 8th October. There will be 10 sessions, and there will be a half term break on the week of 28th October. All session dates listed below:

  • 8th October
  • 15th October
  • 22nd October
  • 7th November
  • 12th November
  • 19th November
  • 26th November
  • 3rd December
  • 12th December
  • 17th December

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