A man wearing glasses and a red scarf is sketched in the foreground against a blurred, architectural background with overlapping red outlines.

The Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours

LXCL:Available until 29th September, or while tickets last.

Early Bird

Standard

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Standard + £10 donation

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In this portraiture workshop with Curtis Holder, you will explore how likeness can emerge through time, observation and repeated drawing. Working from a live model, you will begin with a series of quick observational exercises, including blind and contour drawing, one-minute studies and loose compositional sketches. Rather than treating these as warm-ups, students will use them as accumulated information, exploring how posture, gesture, clothing, expression and conversation can contribute to our understanding of a sitter. In the afternoon, students will develop a longer portrait from a seated pose, working into and building upon their earlier drawings. Through layered pencil techniques, earlier marks and observations may be retained, overlapped, transformed or selectively erased as the final likeness emerges.&nbsp; The workshop considers portraiture not simply as a finished image, but as a record of looking, capturing something of the person, the sitting and the passage of time.&nbsp; Suitable for beginners. This workshop will take place at RWS Gallery on Whitcomb Street, just off Trafalgar Square. All bookings are non-refundable. <a fr-original-style="" href="http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/usr/library/documents/main/workshop-outline_the-portrait-in-time-observation-layering-gesture-with-curtis-holder.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Download Workshop Outline</a> Please note that the materials list is not provided

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for booking The Portrait in Time: Observation, Layering &amp; Gesture with Curtis Holder. We look forward to welcoming you to RWS Gallery soon! Paper pre-order If you would like to pre-order John Purcell x Royal Watercolour Society paper, sheets are &pound;6.30 each and available in 56 &times; 76cm, 300gsm in HP, NOT and Rough surfaces. Sheets can be cut down to your preferred size on the day. To pre-order, please contact us at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@royalwatercoloursociety.com" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@royalwatercoloursociety.com</a>.

In this portraiture workshop with Curtis Holder, you will explore how likeness can emerge through time, observation and repeated drawing. Working from a live model, you will begin with a series of quick observational exercises, including blind and contour drawing, one-minute studies and loose compositional sketches. Rather than treating these as warm-ups, students will use them as accumulated information, exploring how posture, gesture, clothing, expression and conversation can contribute to our understanding of a sitter. In the afternoon, students will develop a longer portrait from a seated pose, working into and building upon their earlier drawings. Through layered pencil techniques, earlier marks and observations may be retained, overlapped, transformed or selectively erased as the final likeness emerges.  The workshop considers portraiture not simply as a finished image, but as a record of looking, capturing something of the person, the sitting and the passage of time.  Suitable for beginners. This workshop will take place at RWS Gallery on Whitcomb Street, just off Trafalgar Square. All bookings are non-refundable. <a href="http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/usr/library/documents/main/workshop-outline_the-portrait-in-time-observation-layering-gesture-with-curtis-holder.pdf" target="_blank">Download Workshop Outline</a> Please note that the materials list is not provided

The Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours

WORKSHOP: The Portrait in Time: Observation, Layering & Gesture with Curtis Holder

3-5 Whitcomb St.

Early Bird

£115

Standard

£125

Standard + £10 donation

£135

Watercolour Artist Friend

£115

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