Absolute Beginners Life Drawing

This Absolute Beginner’s course is the perfect opportunity for those with no experience in Life Drawing and looking to start their journey.

Throughout the 10-week term, you will draw from a variety of poses, both long and short as you are guided through the fundamental elements of life drawing including gesture, structure, form, tone, and proportion.

In a creative and encouraging environment, you will grasp basic techniques and further your observational skills, which will give you the confidence to progress on to other Life Drawing courses.

Please bring your preferred materials to class.

About the tutor

Karl Hagan is an Artist based in Belfast, primarily working in oil painting.

Graduating in 2018 from Belfast School of Art, Ulster University in Painting he assumed the role of artist in residence the following year and works as a casual lecturer on the Foundation Art and Design course in the University.

Karl's work looks to history to find solutions to things that are happening today. His work is rooted in art history looking at painters such as Rubens, Goya and Velasquez, to learn how they looked at the world and how that can be relative for an artist today.