Drawing Skills: Tuesday Evenings, Autumn Term 2025

with John Murphy-Woolford

Unlock Your Drawing Potential: All Levels Welcome! Ready to make progress with drawing? This class is perfect for both new students seeking foundational skills and returning artists looking for fresh challenges and ongoing guidance.

Autumn Term 2025 Course Dates

16, 23, 30 September

7, 14, 21 October

(Half term 28 October)

4, 11, 18, 25 November

2, 9 December

Each week, we will dive into a different drawing element. You will learn to use line, tone, accuracy, measurement, mark-making and compositional concepts to create compelling observational drawings. We'll systematically explore essential techniques, starting simply and progressively building sophistication as we combine approaches and ideas.       

John Murphy Woolford Dried Rose

We break down the discipline into clear, practical modules, with each lesson focusing on a particular element. And if something really sparks your interest, you can explore it further for as long as you like.

You will draw from studio setups, the environment, provided source material, or your own chosen subjects - always with guidance on materials and approaches.

By the end of each lesson, you will have a deeper understanding of drawing, a growing toolkit of techniques, and a portfolio of ideas and images to fuel your creative projects.

We will also look to famous artists of the past and present to place our work in context before we begin drawing.

Inspired by master artists and established conventions, this course will build your confidence, expand your creative vision, and help you interpret the world around you with precision and imagination.

Freud

This course covers:

  • Creative Use of line

  • Composition

  • Planes to describe form

  • Tone

  • Mark Making

  • Drawing and time

  • Space, shape and silhouette

  • Addition, subtraction and permanent marks

  • Guidance with materials

  • Measuring and accuracy

  • Big visual ideas to small ideas

  • The need for editing

Giacometti Still Life

Jim Dine Untitled (from Ten Winter Tools)

Required materials and costs estimates

Conventional materials will be used, as suits each student: Papers, graphite pencils, charcoal (willow and compressed), grey scale pastels, erasers, ink and ink pens, brushes etc. Material costs need not exceed £25-£30.