NEW: Drawing in Museums

Tutor: Natasha Lien | Tuesdays 10am-4pm | 6 weeks This course explores drawing within some of London’s most inspiring museums and galleries. Working directly from historic interiors, architecture, sculpture, artefacts and paintings, students will develop observational drawing skills while learning how artists respond creatively to collections and museum spaces. Each session focuses on a key visual principle, allowing students to build confidence and develop a personal sketchbook practice through sustained observation. Week 1 – The Victoria and Albert Museum: Line and Structure > Drawing from sculpture and architectural details in the Cast Courts. Exploring measurement, proportion, construction and the use of line to describe form and structure. Week 2 – The Wallace Collection: Tone and Atmosphere > Working from interiors, paintings and objects to investigate light, shadow and tonal relationships. Learning how tone can create depth, mood and a sense of place. Week 3 – The British Museum: Perspective and Space > Using galleries and artefacts as a starting point for exploring perspective, scale and spatial relationships. Developing confidence in drawing complex environments. Week 4 – The National Gallery: Composition > Through direct observation of paintings, students will investigate how artists organise shapes, tone, space and visual relationships within a picture. Sketchbook studies and practical drawing exercises will encourage students to apply these ideas to their own work. Week 5 – Tate Britain: Rhythm and Pattern > Exploring rhythm, repetition and visual connections within paintings and sculpture. Considering how artists use marks, shapes and intervals to create unity and movement. Week 6 – The Victoria and Albert Museum: Combining Techniques > A final session bringing together line, tone, perspective, composition and rhythm. Students will develop a sustained drawing or series of studies that synthesise the techniques explored throughout the course and encourage a more personal response to the collections. Students may work in pencil, pen and coloured pencils. Individual guidance and group discussion will encourage students to develop both technical skills and a personal approach to drawing from observation. (#TU12)