Flesh and metal: Drawing the draped figure
Enrol
| Standard: | £40 |
| Concessions: | £35.90 |
Please book a ticket to attend this course which will take place in the Roden Centre for Creative Learning.
Suitable for participants aged 18 or over.
Tickets include entry to the National Gallery. Please arrive in good time to access the building and find the event.
Bookings close 10 minutes before the event begins.
Concessions are for full-time students, jobseekers, and disabled adults.
About
Explore the interplay of skin, light and metallic fabric in this life drawing workshop inspired by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo’s ‘Mary Magdalene’.
‘Mary Magdalene’ is an arrestingly modern composition in the National Gallery’s collection. Focusing on this painting we will explore how artists use drapery to frame, obscure and heighten the presence of the body. Particular attention will be given to cropping and negative space, considering what is revealed and what is concealed through both figure and fabric.
Through a series of guided exercises, you’ll work with a range of tonal and metallic materials. Working from a live model, we’ll begin with unclothed studies to establish proportion, pose and structure, before introducing metallic fabric and developing the same pose throughout the session. Using light, tonal, and metallic supports, we’ll investigate how reflective fabrics catch and refract light, creating shifting highlights, deep shadows and unexpected forms across the body.
Suitable for all levels, this workshop offers a lively and focused introduction to life drawing in a relaxed Friday evening setting. All materials are provided.
Must be 18+ to participate.
Your tutor
Daisy Luck is a practicing artist, illustrator and Gallery Educator who has previously worked in Secondary art education, both in London and in Devon. She studied Illustration at Falmouth University and continues this practice as a freelance artist. Within her own artistic practice, Daisy incorporates traditional drawing mediums and oil paints to create textural, layered pieces, exploring themes of identity and belonging.