Inside the Drawing Foundations course
Adults and older teens who think they "can't draw" — you can, you just need the basics.
What you will get out of it:
- 10 guided sessions, 2 hours each
- Pencils, charcoal, paper & boards provided
- Small classes — max 8 easels
- A finished sketchbook of term work
- Honest written feedback at mid- and end-term
Drawing is a skill, not a gift, and this course lays the groundwork for it. Over a ten-week term you learn to actually look — measuring proportion, reading light and shadow, finding the edges and shapes that are really there rather than the ones your brain assumes. We work from simple still life into form, perspective and a little figure, in pencil, charcoal and ink.
Classes are small and unhurried, capped so your tutor sees every page. You will draw badly in week one and that is the point — by the end of term most students surprise themselves with a sketchbook they are quietly proud of. We give honest, kind feedback on every piece and never make anyone feel slow.
It is the foundation under painting, watercolour, even clay, so most people who start here keep going. Take it as a standalone confidence-builder, or as the first rung of a longer path — either way you leave able to sit down and draw anything in front of you.
Nice things to pair with it
- Add a Saturday open-studio pass to practise
- Carry on into Painting Foundations next term
- Borrow a starter pencil kit for the first session
Drawing Foundations
All materials are included. Fees are a guide and confirmed before you enrol; term lengths and intakes vary — message us for the next start date.
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