Monday Evenings 7.00 - 9.15 pm.   In the Life Room, Ruskin Building, Anglia Ruskin University. 

General Description 

The group is suitable for those with some drawing experience.  I suggest previous experience of  two terms life drawing or an art A level.  We have a model each week and you can draw with any medium and in any style. 

Demand for places in the class has been extremely strong and so I operate a waiting list and ask for your patience!     

I book a variety of male and female models.  Usually there are two models, male and female.  Each week I focus on some aspect of life drawing which is outlined in an illustrated handout.  

Fixative- Free Studio!  Please note that for health reasons  fixative (or hair spray) should not be used inside the building at any time.   Other high vapour materials may need to be restricted. How to preserve your charcoal and pastel drawings.

The teaching topics are broadly structured as follows:

Term 1:  Basic drawing techniques, quick sketches, heads, proportion, charcoal, anatomy, artist examples, experimentation.
Term 2:  Sustained drawing, foreshortening, hands and feet, drawing light, varied drawing and painting media, shadows, portraits.
Term 3:  Drawing with colour,  pastel techniques, sketchbooks, backgrounds, artist examples.

Each class follows a similar pattern:

7.00  Starting pose, often with the model in clothes or with a drape
7.20  Outline of teaching topic with poses of 1 - 30 minutes
7.50  Break
8.05  One or two longer poses
9.05  Brief display of a selection of drawings (voluntary)
9.15  Class ends.  Our contract with the University means that we have to leave on time.

Fees 
You can pay for individual classes or commit yourself to a regular attendance.

Individual Class:  £13.50. Come when you can!  No need to book.
Book of Five Class Vouchers:  £61  You give me one of your vouchers when you come to the class.  They can be used for any of my classes within three months.
Whole Term Fee:  Ten week term: £98. The most economical way to pay if you are able to commit yourself for the whole term.  The cost varies with the term length and you may join half way through the term at a reduced amount.  You can pay with two cheques, one post-dated. 

Student Discounts
I like to encourage current school, college and university students to attend and can often offer subsidised places on the floor, or standing at the back at reduced rates. Get in touch to find out more.

How to find the Life Room (Room 211 Rus) at Anglia Ruskin University
Travelling east along  Mill Road take the second left, Guest Road, and then turn right at the end into Collier Road.  The ARU site is on the corner. On entering the ARU site turn left and walk 50 metres.  Enter the Ruskin Building (look for the red bricks and the name by the door!)  Once inside Ruskin  turn left until you reach Forensic Science Labs.  Go up the stairs to the first floor and Room 211 is on the right.  

Parking
There is plenty of on-street parking (after 5pm) off Mill Road in the streets adjacent to the Ruskin Building: Guest Road, Collier Road and McKenzie Road. Remember to avoid the residents parking which does not expire until 8 pm. (Alternatively park in Adam and Eve Street, off East Road, opposite the ARU main entrance. There is some on-street parking and the pay and display car park is free after 7 pm.)

History of the class
There used to be life drawing classes at almost all the local community colleges in Cambridgeshire under the direction of the County Council's wide ranging evening class programme - the term Community College indicating both child and adult education.  Unfortunately adult education has virtually been abandoned in Cambridgeshire.   The notable exception in Cambridge being  Hills Road Sixth Form College where a wide variety of classes are offered. Our class transferred from Parkside Community College to Anglia Ruskin in September 2006 where it is now run on a private basis.

To enroll:
Please telephone (01223 571816) or  send an email to the address below. 

Hope to hear from you!