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PRINT
Screenprint Weekend
Want to learn a new skill
in just two days? Challenge yourself
at Double Elephant’s printmaking
workshop in Exeter (16-17 April),
finding out how to cut paper and
photo stencils with screenprint
technician George Barron.
http://www.doubleelephant.org.uk6
pAINT
The Architecture
of the Figure
Build on your life drawing skills
with the Royal Watercolour Society.
In this one-day workshop at
London’s Heatherley School of Fine
Art (16 April), students will paint
both a nude and a dressed model to
study the layers of form and figure.
http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk2
discover
RCA Secret 2016
The Royal College of Art’s
annual fundraiser sees anonymous
postcard-sized works from famous
artists sit alongside pieces by recent
graduates. View in person from 8-
April. london.secret.rca.ac.uk/7
book
This is Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn had
a dramatic life worthy of fiction,
finding fame in the Dutch Golden
Age, yet becoming destitute by his
death in 1669. Jorrella Andrews’
book (Laurence King, £9.95) tells
his story with the help of Nick
Higgins’ playful illustrations.
http://www.laurenceking.com8
STUDY
Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists
Far more than passive models, the
key female artists of this movement
rarely feature in our history books.
To learn about the work of painters
like Elizabeth Siddal, visit Surrey’s
Watts Gallery for this five-week
course (18 April to 16 May).
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk5
DRAW
Live Drawing Workshop
Sketch like there’s nobody watching
at Sadler’s Wells in London
(15 April). The class begins with a
discussion on live drawing by artist
Heidi Wigmore, before offering the
chance to sketch the English
National Ballet practising pirouettes
in the theatre’s auditorium.
http://www.ballet.org.uk/whats-on3
LEARN
Renaissance Drawing
Materials and Techniques
Gain insight into the innovative
methods of Da Vinci and his peers
with this talk at Laing Art Gallery
in Newcastle (20 April), which
coincides with new exhibition, Ten
Portraits from the Royal Collection.
http://www.laingartgallery.org.ukFRANCIS BOWYER,LIFE DRAWING Idon’t , MIXED MEDIA
miss!
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ENTER
Broadway Arts Festival
Submissions are open
until 30 April for the chance to
exhibit in this Worcestershire
festival in June. This year’s theme
is ‘Conflict’ and awards include the
£1,000 John Singer Sargent Prize.
http://www.broadwayartsfestival.com
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