The session is tutored by Isabel Douglas Hamilton, the class is £45 or £36 for Union Club members – use code Unionclublives
What to expect?
A meditative 2 hours of experimentation and fun, helping you gain confidence in how to approach figurative drawing. Sasha will suggest various exercises to get your eye in and help you to become more confident drawing lines of gesture and movement for your figure.
Then we will welcome portrait painter and artist Isabel Douglas-Hamilton who will help you hone your observational skills and establish correct proportions in figure drawing with the use of classical drawing techniques.
In the second part of the class Isabel will do a more detailed demonstration to show how she approaches the figures including some useful ways of measuring basic proportions and come round and help anyone who wants more guidance.
Everyone is welcome, just pick up your pencil or any material lying around and start exploring!
Never joined a life drawing session before? Not confident with drawing yet…here is your chance to practice and improve with no judgement!
What will you need to bring?
We will provide boards, paper and charcoal if you’d like to experiment with other mediums please bring your own additional supplies!
Meet your hosts
Isabel Douglas Hamilton is a Scottish portrait artist based in London. She trained at the Stieglitz Academy in St. Petersburg, followed by Grand Central Atelier in New York. She currently takes portrait commissions from her studio in Battersea.
Sasha Galitzine is a curator & producer who specialises in commissioning site-specific art work & performance with and for communities. She has been leading these life drawing sessions since the start of the first lockdown, giving some useful tips and pointers. It’s a chance to relax, focus, experiment, practice and be amongst supportive and encouraging community of artists of all abilities.