Lisa Temple-Cox Firstsite Workshops July 2023

CFS Studio Holder Lisa Temple-Cox is leading some Nature Drawing Workshops at Firstsite, June - September 2023.

Explore observational drawing and create beautiful studies of natural objects and plants in this nature drawing workshop series.

In these sessions you will draw natural history specimens and plants from life – with a chance to experiment with a range of drawing mediums including fine line pen, watercolour, pencils and pastel across the course.

We will be working from a range of natural history resources, including animal skulls and bones, dried plants and seedpods, fresh leaves and flowers, sea shells and fossils.

These sessions can be taken as a course or as separate stand-alone classes, and are suitable for ages 16+. Materials provided, no experience necessary, just enthusiasm!

Price £20 per session. To book please go to firstsite events page:

https://firstsite.uk/event/drawing-from-nature/

These classes will be running weekly on Fridays, 10.30 – 12.30, until Friday 1st September.

Please note that sessions 3 and 4 will be ably delivered by artist Julie Cuthbert.

30/06/23 Charcol - Build up chiaroscuro image using just charcol and erasers.

07/07/23 Graphite Pencil - Use a range of Mark-Making techniques with soft pencils to create a layered graphite image.

14/07/23 Watercolour - Explore floral painting with artist Julie Cuthbert using a range of watercolour techniques.

21/07/23 Watercolour Pencils - Explore floral painting with artist Julie Cuthbert using watercolour pencils.

28/07/23 Water Soluble Felt Tips - These water soluble pens can produce a range of tones and textures, with surprising results - a mixture of drawing and painting.

04/08/23 Quill and Ink - Use quills and/or reeds to draw using home-made walnut and gall ink, created form locally sourced materials.

11/08/23 Red Chalk - Sanguine or red chalk is a reddish-brown colour, so called because it resembles the colour of dried blood. Ithas been popular for centuries for drawing and is well studied to natural history subjects.

18/08/23 Charcol and Chalk - Use charcol and chalk on mid-toned paper to work up an image in a range of tones, shadows and highlighted.

25/08/23 Biro - Direct draw with Biros using a range of mark-making techniques to create a densely layered, textured drawing. Discover how hairspray can be used to melt and softern you drawing.

01/09/23 Wipe-out Oils - Explore wipe-out, or alia prima, to quickly build up a beautifully toned image using oil paints on textured oil paper.