About
From antiquity to the Renaissance, to the present, painting the human figure has been a focus of artists for thousands of years. In dialogue with works from the collection by artists such as Michelangelo, Tintoretto, and Degas, this life drawing session will help you improve and expand how you see and draw the body.
Artist Adele Wagstaff will lead you through intentional exercises to help you better understand the human figure through line, proportion, tonality, gesture and anatomy. Working directly from a life model, we will be inspired by the dynamic poses in the collection to capture the human form.
All materials are provided, and you will take your drawings home with you. A handout with extra resources will be provided in advance of the session.
Your Tutor:
Adele Wagstaff trained at Newcastle University and the Slade School of Fine Art where she focused on working from the nude in sustained poses. Her practice continues to explore the human figure, anatomy and portraiture through drawing and painting. She has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize and the BP Portrait Award, and her work has been exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Canadian Portrait Academy. Adele is an experienced tutor, who has taught at the Royal Academy, as well as the Slade School of Fine Art, Art Academy London and Pallant House Gallery, and she has written two books: 'Still Life Painting in Oils' (2012) and 'Painting the Nude' (2015), both published by the Crowood Press.
Life drawing: The figure and the collection
Enrol
This event is open for Members priority booking until Wednesday, 26 February 2025. Members please sign in to book.
Standard: £40
Concessions: £36
Please book a ticket to attend this course which will take place in the Roden Centre for Creative Learning.
Tickets include entry to the National Gallery. Please arrive in good time to access the building and find the event.
Bookings close ten-minutes before the event.
Concessions are for full-time students, jobseekers, and disabled adults.
Concessions are for full-time students, jobseekers, and disabled adults.