Join Hilary Jean Gibson inspired by the energetic figures of artist Toulouse-Lautrec. Broadcast live from our studio in St Ives with a model. Join in at home with guided exercises.

Working from a model Hilary will lead this Toulouse-Lautrec’s inspired drawing session. Theatrical lighting and poses taken from Lautrec’s own work will set the scene. Over the two hours she will guide you through a series of exercises using chalks and conté pencils on coloured papers. Watch Hilary work along side you exploring unconventional compositional angles, the use of negative space and strong contours. Learn how to use complementary colours for dramatic effect while keeping the overall drawing simple and paired down.

We will start with 5 and 10 minute poses which will be followed by longer poses so you can develop your drawings, introducing colour using pastel or chalk.

The screen will be split between the model and Hilary’s work throughout the session so you can draw along with Hilary. Your view will be different due to how we position the cameras. You won’t be seen or heard in the session but you can ask questions using the webinar chat function. Share your work live with others on social media using the #SaturdayLifeLive and #SchoolofPainting

What to Bring

For this particular session it would be ideal to have some brown packing paper and/or pastel paper in earth coloured shades. Get at least 10 sheets ready to use any size. Have with you chalks or soft pastels, white, purple and yellow in particular. Chalks will give you a harder line and conté pencils are useful.

You will need access to the internet and ideally a PC or laptop or a tablet with audio. Phones are less suitable due to the small screen size but certainly possible.

Timings and Breaks

At about 9.50 am please follow the link to go to your session’s waiting room. We will play a video with audio of students artwork we have collated so far in response these session. So you can check you are connecting ok.

Any problems either receiving your link or connecting please contact i[email protected] and we will do our best to get that sorted before the start time.

We will start at 10.00 am and work for 2 hours. We will pause for questions at different points during the session you can pose any questions to the artist using the Q & A function.