The Studio Room in Colour

About this course

The course focuses on using colour to construct drawn environments. Participants take visual inspiration from artists’ studios, paintings, stage designs and interiors, then develop different settings through drawing. The subject matter provides a framework for exploring how colour and interior space can suggest distinct environments and invite imaginative interpretation.

What you'll learn

• Explore the use of colour in drawing
• Take visual inspiration from studios, paintings, stage designs and interiors
• Create drawn environments based on interior and spatial references

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for artists, creatives and image-makers at all levels, with beginners explicitly welcomed. The all-levels label suggests that participants may approach the subject from different stages of experience, while the course centres on individual drawing work.

• Open to artists, creatives and image-makers
• Beginners are welcome

Before you go

• Easels, drawing boards, charcoal, newsprint and masking tape are provided in the studio.
• Cartridge paper and watercolour paper are provided.
• Participants may bring additional personal materials, such as drawing pencils, Conté crayons, pastels, ink pens, coloured pencils, erasers, a pencil sharpener or a sketchbook.
• A full suggested materials list is sent before the course begins.