2-Day Life Drawing with Emily Roberts

£495.00

Saturday 23rd August - Sunday 24th August 2025

With a background in traditional oil painting, drawing, and sculpture, Emily Roberts brings a classical approach to life drawing - focusing on contour, tone, and form - but with a distinctive twist…

What sets Emily’s workshop apart is its focus on foraged materials. Emily invites participants to step outside the studio and into the landscape, gathering natural resources from around the Higher Spargo Farm to make their own charcoal, inks, and watercolours.

In a world where art supplies can arrive at your door with a few clicks, Emily encourages a slower, more hands-on approach to reconnect artists to the materials they use, demystify the process and create a deeper understanding of the medium.

Saturday 23rd August - Sunday 24th August 2025

With a background in traditional oil painting, drawing, and sculpture, Emily Roberts brings a classical approach to life drawing - focusing on contour, tone, and form - but with a distinctive twist…

What sets Emily’s workshop apart is its focus on foraged materials. Emily invites participants to step outside the studio and into the landscape, gathering natural resources from around the Higher Spargo Farm to make their own charcoal, inks, and watercolours.

In a world where art supplies can arrive at your door with a few clicks, Emily encourages a slower, more hands-on approach to reconnect artists to the materials they use, demystify the process and create a deeper understanding of the medium.

Over the two day course you will be guided through four fundamental areas of drawing the human figure; gesture, contour, shadow and composition. Gesture will be explored using inks, contour with pastel sticks, shadow with charcoals and composition with watercolours - each of which you will learn how to make yourself!

Each day will comprise of four hours of drawing and two hours of making materials. Additional supplementary materials and equipment will also be provided.

The workshop will start on Friday evening with a drinks reception and some designated time to start making charcoal for use the following day. Saturday and Sunday will run from 10am to 4.30pm.

Lunch and refreshments are provided daily.