Saturday Art Classes at Royal Photographic Society
What you'll do
Our Saturday morning art classes are a great chance to connect with your creativity and enjoy some playful explorations within a friendly and supportive group.
Workshops will be held at The Royal Photographic Society. Your host will encourage you to try out a whole range of different mediums and techniques. You'll also mix up your subjects from portraiture, to life drawing and perspective. Here's what you can expect:
Week 1: Urban Perspective (4th June) Week 2: Human Perspective (11th June )
In the art world, perspective is all about your point of view. Only this time, there will be a spatial focus. When you learn how to draw perspective, as a beginner, you discover its great importance. It’s all about how you look at the world. Your host will help get yours into focus so you can create fantastic art.
Week 3: Still life from reference (18th June) Week 4: Still life from life (25th June)
The practice of still life develops and strengthens your natural drawing ability. It improves your observation and rendering of shapes, tones, colours, patterns and textures across different media. Learn the best tips and tricks in the book, alongside composition, and the interaction of positive and negative space.
No class on 2nd July
Week 5: Proportions in Portraiture (9th July) Week 6: Colour in Portraiture (16th July)
In this series discover different ways of capturing a likeness of a subject being painted. Develop measuring, perspective and paint application techniques using a range of different and imaginative approaches to your work.
Week 7: Life drawing from reference (23rd July) Week 8: Life drawing from life (30th July)
Experiment with various traditional and experimental media, including pencil, charcoal, pen and ink. These explorations will help you capture a range of different poses. Develop your interpretation of the human form and enjoy expressing your creativity. A life model will be joining you in the final week as your subject. You'll feel a more confident artist than ever before.
Upcoming dates
What you'll do
Our Saturday morning art classes are a great chance to connect with your creativity and enjoy some playful explorations within a friendly and supportive group.
Workshops will be held at The Royal Photographic Society. Your host will encourage you to try out a whole range of different mediums and techniques. You'll also mix up your subjects from portraiture, to life drawing and perspective. Here's what you can expect:
Week 1: Urban Perspective (4th June) Week 2: Human Perspective (11th June )
In the art world, perspective is all about your point of view. Only this time, there will be a spatial focus. When you learn how to draw perspective, as a beginner, you discover its great importance. It’s all about how you look at the world. Your host will help get yours into focus so you can create fantastic art.
Week 3: Still life from reference (18th June) Week 4: Still life from life (25th June)
The practice of still life develops and strengthens your natural drawing ability. It improves your observation and rendering of shapes, tones, colours, patterns and textures across different media. Learn the best tips and tricks in the book, alongside composition, and the interaction of positive and negative space.
No class on 2nd July
Week 5: Proportions in Portraiture (9th July) Week 6: Colour in Portraiture (16th July)
In this series discover different ways of capturing a likeness of a subject being painted. Develop measuring, perspective and paint application techniques using a range of different and imaginative approaches to your work.
Week 7: Life drawing from reference (23rd July) Week 8: Life drawing from life (30th July)
Experiment with various traditional and experimental media, including pencil, charcoal, pen and ink. These explorations will help you capture a range of different poses. Develop your interpretation of the human form and enjoy expressing your creativity. A life model will be joining you in the final week as your subject. You'll feel a more confident artist than ever before.
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Facilities
- Parking
- Refreshments available
- Toilets
- Wheelchair accessible
- WiFi
COVID-19 guidelines
- The RPS building regularly undergoes thorough cleaning and sanitisation
- Hand sanitiser is distributed throughout the building. Windows and doors are open, creating a well-ventilated environment
- Please do not enter the building if you experience any Covid-19 symptoms
On the day
- Car: Paintworks has visitor parking priced at £2 for 2 hours. This is 200m from RPS House and limited to three hours
- Bus: Buses run from the centre of Bristol, from Temple Meads and Bristol Coach Station, and between Bristol and Bath - 1, 57, 349 and X39 stop at the Paintworks bus stop. For bus times please visit: https://www.traveline.info/
- Bike: your host is located across the River Avon from the national cycle path (West Country Way, Route 3)
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About Our Creative Community
Our Creative Community (OCC) hosts art, architecture and creative classes for students of all ages and abilities. Its mission is to make creative classes accessible to as many people as possible, whether you're a hobbyist or looking to develop skills to enter the industry. This is why they constantly try their best to keep prices affordable and sell their materials at no profit. From life drawing to still life classes or making your own architectural models, there's something for everyone!
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Kate Byrne is the founder of Creative Community. She has BA in Architecture from Newcastle University. Kate worked in practice before starting her own workshops and spreading the joy of creativity! She now has nearly a decade of teaching experience, and loves seeing the enjoyment and progression of students in her classes - from ages 6 to 106!
What people are saying
These classes are a great opportunity to get creative in a completely relaxed environment! Highly recommend
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What people are saying
These classes are a great opportunity to get creative in a completely relaxed environment! Highly recommend
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