Join us for this two hour figure class inspired by the work of artist Jenny Saville. Broadcast from our studio in St Ives with a clothed model. Join in at home with guided exercises.

This is a recording of a session broadcast from our studio on Saturday. You can pause, review and rewind and draw from a screen capture of a particular pose or watch in real time. You can view as many times as you like until the link expires at midnight on the date shown.

For this experimental and adventurous session we will focus on recreating the striking foreshortening of the figure that Saville is famous for. We will explore ways to create a sense of movement and time passing in our sketches, echoing Saville’s interest in the process of the making being the real subject. Broadcast live from our studio overlooking Porthmeor Beach, artist Greg Humphries will lead you through a series of unusual approaches and exercises. We will start with 5 and 10 minute poses which will be followed by longer poses.

The focus will be mainly on the model for this session with Greg talking you through exercises. These sessions are designed to inspire, instruct and surprise. Suitable for any level of experience. Each one will be run slightly differently depending on the artist leading it.

What to Bring

We will be mainly using charcoal in this session on cartridge paper with a single colour in pastel. A red would be ideal for this.

Drawing materials: 6 x A1 or A2 cartridge paper / putty rubber, stick charcoal , fixative or hairspray. If you can only work small it will be easier to use 3B or 4B pencil instead of charcoal. For this particular session it would be ideal to work as large as you can. You could try even by taping cartridge sheets together.

Equipment

You will need access to the internet and ideally a PC or laptop or a tablet with audio. You can even connect a phone or laptop to a Tv screen if you have the right lead. Phones are less suitable due to the small screen size but certainly possible.