Join us on four intriguing drawing tours of four of London’s great galleries and museums. Over four Friday evenings 6pm to 9pm we visit The National Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The V&A and finish at Tate Britain. Each tour starts with a discussion that encompasses several painters from whom we choose a selection of paintings to focus on. Thereafter we separate to draw giving each participant an opportunity to look at and drawing and discuss a particular piece of work on a one to one basis with the artist-tutor. The aim of these tours is to have an informal study of painting from an artist’s point of view. For more details please see course description below.
Four Friday evenings £120 Early bird £100 ends 26th October
Tour 1 – 02 November – National Gallery.
We will look how the artists’ vision evolves in European Painting from Fra Angelico in Italy in the 15th Century to French artists such as Seurat at the end of the 19th Century
Tour 2 – 9th November – National Portrait Gallery
This is a chance not only to see some famous faces , but to learn how artists approach the portrait tradition and how they focus on the individual to reveal as much of their character as required.
Tour 3 – 23rd November – V&A museum
The V&A holds a significant collection of sketches by John Constable, plus we will get chance to examine the Raphael Cartoons alongside neo-classical sculptures which form such an important dialogue with painting.
Tour 4 – 7th December – Tate Britain
The Tate is open late on the 7th December only. This is chance to look at and discuss in context 20th C painters who worked in London. Artists have always grouped together in areas which are affordable. As London changes over the decades, the artists have moved from such areas as Euston and Camden, further East, and South and even beyond London. Artists from Bomberg to Shonibare have all marked their places on distinct areas of London, and in doing so, have contributed to the cultural landscape of London.
