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Drawing as a Journey

Go on a challenging creative journey from observational drawing to life study.

Course information

This course will take you on a challenging creative journey from observational drawing to life study, and from drawing on location to more expressive mark-making techniques and creative approaches.

You’ll create drawings and collages that demonstrate how you respond to new experiences and the environment around you and uncover how your time in the UK can be expressed in art!

What you'll study

You will:

  • Discuss the importance of drawing throughout history and how it remains relevant
  • Learn how drawing is applied in the design world
  • Practice drawing techniques used by professionals to convey 3D objects and spaces
  • Look at the history of mark-making, from tribal crafts to contemporary design
  • Complete exercises that experiment with tools and materials
  • Record drawing through movements from the miniscule to the full body stretch
  • Learn how you can turn simple marks into more confident drawings.
  • Towards the end of the course, you’ll apply the skills learnt to one or more final pieces that will reflect your personal interests and approach.

After this course, you should be able to:

  • Demonstrate understanding of the creative process of drawing from sketchbook to final resolved image
  • Describe how specific art history contexts and theories related to drawing are utilised in your project
  • Use a range of drawing materials and techniques to demonstrate energy and expression
  • Apply drawing techniques to effectively describe the human form
  • Apply drawing techniques to create a sense of realism

Teaching methods: practical studio drawing projects, demonstrations of drawing techniques, lectures on drawing and artists, seminars to discuss your work and the work of others, and visits to galleries for inspiration.

This course is ideal for undergraduate students from all disciplines and abilities and have the required English language skills.

Your tutor

Gabriel Tejeda Maggi

Visual Arts Lecturer | Nottingham School of Art & Design

Gabriel Tejada is a practicing artist working primarily within the mediums of painting and drawing. Education includes an MA in Painting - Royal College of Art; Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art - Byam Shaw School of Art and a BA (Hons) degree in Painting - Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.

How to Apply

Complete our online application form to apply for Global Summer School. The application deadline is 1 June 2024.

Once you apply we’ll be in touch with more information on how to pay, your course, accommodation and travelling to Nottingham.