Websites information:
Tate Modern
Art Rabbit - (where I found the class)
Flickr - Showing images from the class I attended
I did not find the class as useful as I thought I would and it turned out to not be very relevant to my practice. The class I attended was very focused on the figure and its relationship with the environment, the architecture of the building and the city scape behind. I used the opportunity to practice life drawing as it had been a while since I had done any and I wanted to re-attempt it. The figure fascinates me and is the fundamental reason why my work has taken the direction that it has.
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Below is a copy of the handout given to us at the class:
Life Drawing Workshop at Tate Modern
The East Room - The Figure & City
Date: 19 July 2010
London Drawing Tutors: Anne Noble-Partridge and David Price
www.londondrawing.com
Session outline
18:45 Welcome and introduction by tutors
19:00 Start working in the space
19:40 Group discussions of work made
Questions to consider:
How does it feel to contrast the figure against the city? Does the idea remind of you of subject matter by different artists?
How do you feel about the idea of creating a large compostition with other participants? How does this affect your owndership of your work?
19:50 Continue working in the space
20:30 Finishing works, feedback forms and final conclusion
20:45 End of Session
General Information
In this drawing class we aim to inspire participants to engage with the artists' work and to create your own personal creative responses to the situations. There is no right or wrong way to draw in this class but try to experiment and try something that is new to you. In this class we will be looking at the figure against the back drop of the city using the architecture of the Tate Modern itself.
Contextual Information
Tonight we will have the unique opportunity to work in the East Room - this space is not open to the public and is used for private events. With spectacular views across London and amazing location this is one of the most exclusive and expensive veunes in London.
Materials and approach
We constantly aim to push the boundaries of life drawing and what life drawing can be. We not only use the galleries and exhibitions as inspiration but also the iconic Tate Modern building itself which provides spectacular backdrop to our classes. The East Room presented itself as a great opportunity to draw the figure against the back drop of the city. We hope you will gain inspiration from the contrast in scale between the model and the fview, and also the subtle changes in light as it facdes ofver london.
The first half of the class will involve 15 minute poses with three models, with participants working individually on compositions.
The second half of the class will involve poses of 15-20 minutes and we will be working on a large group composition.
My best drawing from the class:
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