Building your skills, techniques and control of media
We have compiled a collection of tutorials and useful links to help you develop your skills. These have been divided into sub-headings and will be continually updated so please keep checking.
The tutorials are not in any particular order and you don't have to do all of them. We would simply like you to dip into which ever discipline or area you feel you need more practice and have a go.
If you would like something specific or if you have any suggestions and recommendations please email [email protected]
FYI: We will try to make sure we meet the demands laid out by the survey that some of you did a few weeks ago. This is a work in progress.
The tutorials are not in any particular order and you don't have to do all of them. We would simply like you to dip into which ever discipline or area you feel you need more practice and have a go.
If you would like something specific or if you have any suggestions and recommendations please email [email protected]
FYI: We will try to make sure we meet the demands laid out by the survey that some of you did a few weeks ago. This is a work in progress.
BBC Arts- Culture in Quarantine
Learn at home with amazing artists. From drawing with Antony Gormley and watercolour escapism with Rana Begum, to textile design with Paul Smith and ceramics creativity from Clare Twomey.
Learn at home with amazing artists. From drawing with Antony Gormley and watercolour escapism with Rana Begum, to textile design with Paul Smith and ceramics creativity from Clare Twomey.
Drawing
We highly recommend LONDON DRAWING which can be accessed via instagram: @londondrawing or online http://londondrawing.com/online-creative-sessions/
Unfortunately the portrait, life and creative drawing workshops are not free but you can access films and photos of the models to work from independently. You can also see what other people have done in response which might inspire your own response. LD frequently use dancers and offer poses and set ups that are not typical. Even if you don't do any of the workshops, they are worth following on instagram. Here is another example of drawing from one of the clips: https://www.loom.com/share/a7a849baeaa844cfb893042728bc2dde
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Drawing using a grid
Drawing in the Dark: Developing a Visual Language
Artist Andrea Butler shares how she developed a more personal visual language in her drawings. She started with simple contour drawings and then began focussing on the moving figure, eventually taking her sketchbook to the cinema to draw in the dark, making drawings that were about the process of pure ‘seeing’ and developing a drawing trust between her eye/hand to make marks that recorded her visual experience.
Artist Andrea Butler shares how she developed a more personal visual language in her drawings. She started with simple contour drawings and then began focussing on the moving figure, eventually taking her sketchbook to the cinema to draw in the dark, making drawings that were about the process of pure ‘seeing’ and developing a drawing trust between her eye/hand to make marks that recorded her visual experience.
Charcoal
Art teacher and artist, Tom Quigley has created tutorials that introduce you to different media. I would recommend that you follow his tutorial on the left that explores the potential of charcoal before you attempt the task on the right.
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Portraits
RAW UMBER STUDIOS
RUS run regular, FREE online portrait drawing sessions. They’re a chance to draw or paint from high resolution photographs at the same time every week (Sunday from 2pm – 3pm (UK time). You can draw by yourself, or how about setting a Zoom call with friends or your regular drawing group and drawing together? The videos mimic a traditional / portrait drawing session. RUS put up a photograph for 10 minutes you can work from, then one for 20 and then one for 30. Tutor Lizet Dingemans does a demonstration, and gives hints and tips. At the end of the session they share a link where you can download the photographs so you can continue working on your drawings. |
Zen drawing, a little like blind & continuous line.
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Drawing a side profile
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Portraiture Painting with Inks
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Mixed Media Portrait |
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Drawing Hair
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Life Drawing
On 25 January 2018, with From Life, an exhibition about life drawing, on show in our galleries, The Royal Academy broadcast the world’s first live-streamed, mass participatory life drawing class, led by renowned artist Jonathan Yeo. This class can be accessed by clicking the button below.
What happens in the class?
The full session is 90 minutes long – but you can of course stop and start, or join in for as much or as little of it as you want to. Jonathan Yeo will introduce the class and instruct you throughout: we start with some quick poses for you to draw to warm up, then try some longer poses so you have more time to fine-tune your drawings. Please note: due to social media community standards, this event did not feature full nudity.
What do you need?
Some paper and a pen or pencil is all you really need to take part – if all you’ve got is a napkin and a biro, that’s just fine – although you could also work with pastels, charcoal or any other materials you want to try. We recommend you watch on a desktop and go full-screen if you can, to get the best possible view of the model.
Share your work
The RA would love to see your sketches. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to share photos of your drawing with the hashtag #LifeDrawingLive. You can see some examples of other participants’ work below. Enjoy the class!
The full session is 90 minutes long – but you can of course stop and start, or join in for as much or as little of it as you want to. Jonathan Yeo will introduce the class and instruct you throughout: we start with some quick poses for you to draw to warm up, then try some longer poses so you have more time to fine-tune your drawings. Please note: due to social media community standards, this event did not feature full nudity.
What do you need?
Some paper and a pen or pencil is all you really need to take part – if all you’ve got is a napkin and a biro, that’s just fine – although you could also work with pastels, charcoal or any other materials you want to try. We recommend you watch on a desktop and go full-screen if you can, to get the best possible view of the model.
Share your work
The RA would love to see your sketches. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to share photos of your drawing with the hashtag #LifeDrawingLive. You can see some examples of other participants’ work below. Enjoy the class!
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Media & Techniques
Mixed Media: Subtractive techniques
Oil Paint: Underpainting
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Final part of oil painting
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Oil pastels
Graphite
Watercolour
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Acrylic