Please note - This listing is for a recorded class, which will expire 08/05/25
 
What are Drawing Rules?
 
Drawing Rules are ideas we have picked up about what we can and cannot do when drawing. These are subconscious ideas received from all sorts of sources - education, family, friends, culture at large. In Jo’s work as an educator she has seen many, many rules at play whilst people draw. These rule are very restrictive and inhibiting. 
 
What are these workshops? 
 
This series of online classes  investigate the subconscious rules that hold us back from looser, more creative & more expressive drawing. Each class is structured around a single theme. Through questions, examples, demonstrations and exercises you will discover ways to break the drawing rules that may be holding you back. The theme for this class is SURFACES. 
 
Maybe our ideas about the SURFACES we can and cannot draw on are holding us back? Weren't the first drawings made on THE WALLS OF CAVES?! Do you equate drawing with paper? Smooth, flat, shop bought, straight sided paper? Wouldn't you like to discover how just changing your SURFACE might change your DRAWING? 
 
This is an experimental class which will help you reflect on and take notice of how you draw. Each session will include experimental mark making and the application of techniques to other forms of drawing such as observational drawing. These classes are designed to get you PLAYING. 
 
This class is suitable for any level of experience 
 
This class is suitable for you if… 
 
You feel stuck in a rut 
You want to play more but don’t know how
You're looking to get excited about drawing again 
You have never drawn on anything other than shop bought, smooth, clean, striaght sided paper! 
 
What do I need for this workshop?
 
Materials
 
ANY drawing materials are suitable.
This could include but is not limited to - marker pens, biros, pencils, crayons, pens, charcoal, graphite, soft pastels, oil pastels, paint sticks
 
fluid media is always fun - watercolour, ink, poster paint, acrylic paint, even coffee if thats all you have!
 
SURFACES: 
 
As many as you can find! 
2D or 3D 
Paper, plastic, fabric, wood, photographs, anything goes! 
Paper might include: Packing paper, printed papers, tissue paper, tracing paper, old letters, painted papers, old drawings 
 
 
In addition for this class: 
Fixing methods - Tape / glue / stapler / needle & thread 
Scissors
 
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