Upcoming Workshops
In-Person Tutored Portrait Drawing
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Date: Thursdays from January 12th 2024 - Dec 12th 2024
​Time: 10am-12pm
Price: £15 (£12 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
Starting from the 12th September 2024 I will be teaching weekly lessons on portrait drawing at Draw Brighton. These are drop in sessions - you can book via Draw Brighton or pay by card on the day.
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Each session consists of a taught proportion covering the topic of the week, followed by a series of set exercises that revolve around drawing from the life model. I will be on hand to take questions and offer guidance throughout the lesson.
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These sessions will focus on life drawing topics between January 11th-March 21st, then will look at life drawing in different drawing materials between March 28th-May 30th.
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Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £3 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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Introduction to Drawing: One Day Workshop
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Date: Saturday 5th October 2024
​Time: 10am-5pm
Price: £115 (£85 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
This full day workshop is a one-stop primer for beginners to get started with drawing. If you’ve never drawn before, or want to go back to basis, this friendly and relaxed workshop will introduce the core skills you need to start drawing with greater confidence.
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Over the course of the day we’ll be working with a variety of different drawing media and subject matter. In the morning we will be looking at the basics of observational drawing, looking at how to observe line and shape and drawing from our immediate environment. After lunch we’ll loosen up with a more gestural approach, finishing the day with a short life drawing session.
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There will be lots of opportunities to draw with exercises that help us practise the ideas in this workshop.
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Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £30 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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Drawing Animals: Weekend Workshop
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Date: Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd November 2024
​Time: 10am-5pm
Price: £215 (£185 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
This is a fully tutored weekend of learning to draw animals, where you will learn about the fundamental principles of drawing a wide range of animals from photographic reference material and imagination.
This workshop is suitable for beginners to drawing as well as anyone else looking to get started with drawing animals specifically. All attendees will also receive a signed copy of Lance and Jake Spicer’s new book ‘You Will be Able to Draw Animals by the End of This Book’ as part of the course, RRP £17.99.
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Day 1: We will be looking at how to draw the forms of different animal body layouts, looking at broad principles for building up structure. As the day progresses, there will be a simple introduction to tetrapod anatomy, looking at the overall body plan shared by mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
Day 2: We will spend the morning on location at the Booth Museum drawing from their skeleton specimens and taxidermy under Lance’s support & instruction. After returning to the Draw studio for lunch, we will work on more developed studies and more individually tailored problem-solving.
There will be lots of opportunities to draw with exercises that help us practise the ideas in this workshop.
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Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £30 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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Life Drawing in Graphite: Weekend Workshop
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Date: Saturday 15th March 2025
​Time: 10am-5pm
Price: £115 (£85 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
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Over the course of two days we will look at new ways of drawing the figure in graphite, using graphite blocks, powder and putty as well as the humble but versatile pencil. This weekend will be ideal for beginners looking for an accessible route into life drawing as well as more experienced artists keen to get stuck into a full weekend of drawing from a model
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Starting with an introduction to the fundamental properties of graphite we will explore exercises that help us to get the most out of one of our most ubiquitous drawing materials, using graphite powder, graphite sticks and water-soluble graphite. You will have the chance to experiment with new materials and draw from an unclothed model, making rapid, gestural drawings to more long-form studies.
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Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £30 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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Drawing Hands: One Day Workshop
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Date: Saturday 15th March 2025
​Time: 10am-5pm
Price: £115 (£85 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
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This is a full day workshop dedicated to drawing the hands. This workshop is suitable for beginners and anyone else who wishes to brush up on drawing the hands. We will be looking at the observed structure of the hands, and looking at practical challenges that often come up when drawing them, such as controlling scale and detail in our drawings.
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Morning: In the morning we will warm up with some loosening up exercises, and look at the observed structure of the hands, working from our own hands for some close up studies and using mirrors to capture a wider range of angles.
Afternoon: For the afternoon, we will be drawing from a clothed life model, looking at how to draw hands in the context of the figure.
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Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £30 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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Introduction to Urban Sketching: One Day Workshop
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Date: Saturday 17th May 2025
​Time: 10am-5pm
Price: £115 (£85 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
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This one day Introduction to Urban Sketching gives an overview to sketching and drawing on location around the bustling streets of Brighton. If you would like to start sketching out and about, but you’re not quite know how to get started, or you’re looking for advice on how to improve your on-location drawings then this session is for you. Lance will introduce a variety of materials, show you the best set up for drawing on location and lead you on a sketching trip around town.
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Starting at the Draw studio, we’ll begin with a series of practical, studio-based exercises before heading out to draw on location, looking at approaches for drawing figures, spaces and buildings and recording some of the character of Brighton.
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Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £30 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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In-Person Drop In Life Drawing
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Date: Thursdays
​Time: 1pm-3pm (Sept-May), 7pm-9pm
Price: £12 (£9 concessions + Patreon supporters)
Location: Draw Brighton
Every week I run two in-person untutored life drawing sessions at Draw Brighton. These are relaxed drop in sessions that can be booked ahead, or paid for by card on the day.
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Each session comprises of a mixture of 3 minute - 45 minute poses. I will be on hand to give assistance to anyone who needs it.
Anyone subscribed to Draw's Patreon is eligible for a £3 discount, with pledges starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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My lessons have now been archived on Draw Brighton's Patreon - click here for more information and a list of lessons. These cover a full year's worth of lessons, with extra content such as Introductions to Materials, and drawing demonstrations continuously being added to the core course.
You can access the course, including weekly life drawing sessions, a life model reference library, and other perks, for £25/month, (£8/month for students), plus tax. You can watch as much as you like at once and get advice on your drawing through Draw's feedback group as well.
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I write regularly for Draw Brighton to provide educational art blogs on drawing for a variety of topics.
All blog posts labelled public are free for everyone to view, whilst other posts can be accessed via Draw's Patreon, starting at £3/month, plus VAT.
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