Delivery method: In person teaching in Lord Milford Building, Gogerddan Campus. 

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to life drawing, equipping learners with the fundamental skills required to observe, interpret, and accurately represent the human form using a medium of their choice. 

Course Description

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to life drawing, equipping learners with the fundamental skills required to observe, interpret, and accurately represent the human form using a medium of their choice. Through a series of practical studio based exercises, learners develop confidence in drawing from direct observation while exploring proportion, anatomy, gesture, structure, and expressive mark-making. Learners build a portfolio of work that demonstrates their ability to capture the human figure through sustained observation and informed creative practice. While the course maintains a strong practical emphasis, learners are also encouraged to engage critically with both historical and contemporary approaches to figurative representation. This contextual research supports a deeper understanding of the evolving role of life drawing within artistic practice.

An Introduction to Life Drawing can be studied as a stand-alone course and it is a key course for the Certificate of Higher Education in Art and Design at Aberystwyth University.