Duration:

22 October- 10 December 2025 / 8 EVENINGS

Wednesday 6-9pm

Tutor(s): Kate Hopkins, Sandra Smith

This course suits a cross-section of experiences from complete beginners, to those who are more experienced but would like to explore the underpinnings and process of drawing.

Course Description

This online course gives students the opportunity to explore the core skills of drawing. The emphasis of the course is to explore drawing as a means of articulating form and as a tool for thinking, to encourage students to explore and nurture ideas through drawing, and as a feeder for ideas into their own art practice. Using the concept of perception as the starting point for visual enquiry, we will be working almost entirely from observation. There will be eight sessions of three hours each, taught over 8 evenings. These sessions will be practical and supported by online live teaching, demonstration films and written material. They explore line, space and measure; light and tone; materials and surfaces; composition and proportion. There will be one session dedicated to drawing from old master works in the National Gallery. Students will experiment with a variety of techniques and materials including pencil, ink, white chalk, willow and compressed charcoal. The sessions have been designed to be worked on at home in a space no bigger than your table top. Students will have access an introductory film a week in advance of the live session to familiarise themselves with the ideas, practical set up and exercises we will be undertaking. Students will have access to our online  platform (UCL Extend) where they will be able to find all the asynchronous teaching (videos), instructions for the session and link to the online live session. 

 

Please Read Slade’s Terms & Conditions: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/shortcourses/evening-courses#general-information