Workshop | Figure Drawing in Colour

Join award-winning artist Wendy Barratt in this full day workshop and learn useful strategies to capture the human figure. About Working from a life model, you will explore drawing techniques through a series of exercises guided by Wendy, that will help you in developing ideas about how to describe shape and form through mark-making. Looking to Barbara Hepworth’s general practice for inspiration, you will work with pencil and pastel to bring your drawings to life. Learn to translate and condense three-dimensional forms into a two-dimensional artwork, using elements such as form and light. Wendy will guide you throughout, sharing how colour and mark making can convey movement, mood and emotion, and add depth to your drawing. During the day, you will have the opportunity to visit the Barbara Hepworth and Greece exhibition, to explore the ways Hepworth has represented form in both her sculptural and glazed pieces. Suitable for all levels, including complete beginners, this workshop offers a supportive and exploratory environment. By the end of the session, you will have produced a series of studies and a finished Barbara Hepworth inspired figure drawing to take home. Read more Toggle Drawing