Friends and Academicians’ Room Members life drawing
Evening session
Tuesday 14 January 2020 6.15 - 9.15pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Friends of the RA book first
Terms and conditions
Enjoy an exclusive life-drawing session for Friends and Academicians’ Room members concentrating on developing a spatial scaffold.
In this session, participants will explore ways to judge the key angles of stress in a given subject, as a means to better express the characteristics and dynamics of a pose. Throughout, the model's poses will vary in length and orientation.
Whether you are a regular participant, would like to hone your skills or try life drawing for the first time, these three-hour regular and immersive sessions, taught by expert teacher and practising artist Mick Kirkbride, are a wonderful way to experience life drawing in a supportive and friendly environment.
This event is open to Friends of the RA, RA250 Friends and RA250 Supporters, and members of the Academicians’ Room only.
£50. Includes a drinks reception and all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Friends of the RA book first
Terms and conditions
About the tutor
Mick Kirkbride
Painter and teacher Mick Kirkbride is a graduate of the Royal Academy Schools. For many years he was Senior Lecturer in Visual Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. In 2004 he was elected a member of The New English Art Club, becoming the curator of its education programme in 2014. Mick has taught drawing at all levels, most recently as drawing tutor on a range of post-graduate specialisms at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). For the past two years he has led a series of life-drawing sessions for Friends of the RA based in the Keeper’s House.
Mick’s own paintings seek to make visible narratives that exist in the mind’s eye. His inventions are always underpinned by observational drawing, with the human figure as the key structural motif.
Our courses and classes programme
Our varied programme of short courses and classes provides an opportunity to explore subjects ranging from life drawing to the history of exhibitions and arts management, led by expert tutors and practising artists. These courses introduce traditional art-making processes, as well as perspectives on art history, theory and business.
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