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NEAC
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No. 295780
NEAC School of Drawing Curator:

Charles Williams
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Drawing School Newsletters


'Nude On A Chaise'
'Nude On A Chaise'  
David Parfitt NEAC (8"x8" pencil on paper)

Drawing School

Staffed entirely by members of the NEAC, many of whom have a wealth of teaching experience, the Drawing School offers a thorough and sound approach to drawing in its many forms, with small classes to ensure a personal and individual tutor/student relationship.

The Drawing School is at the heart of what the NEAC represents. We run classes in the inspirational surroundings of The Royal Academy Life Room, on Wednesday evenings between 5.30 and 7.30 during RA Schools term time, and on some Saturdays. We also run short courses at various venues, mainly in London, on drawing, sketching en plein air, and working from drawing to painting. Courses are constantly in development, so please bookmark this page and check back regularly to keep up-to-date. We will also be advertising courses in the Friends’ Newsletter, available biannually.

Autumn 2010 classes
now available to Book/Reserve

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Wednesday Evening Life Classes at the Royal Academy Schools
Starts October 2010
Life Class at the RA
Photograph: marioguarino.co.uk
Wednesday Evening classes; now taught by David Parfitt and Julie Jackson
In the inspirational surroundings of the Royal Academy Life Room, designed specifically for the practice of life drawing, David Parfitt NEAC (ex-Head of Painting at the Royal Academy Schools) and Julie Jackson NEAC will take the student through a series of exercises and challenges designed to stimulate and develop observational drawing skills  
Please do not contact the RA Schools for information.

Dates
Autumn/Winter Term 6th October to 11th December 2010

Time
Wednesdays 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Venue
Royal Academy Schools
Life Drawing Room
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD

COST: £200/Term or £25/Session
Reserve a Place / Enquiry
Need more information?

Autumn/Winter Courses  

Three Saturdays With Karn Holly NEAC
9th, 16th and 23rd October 2010

The Poetry And Analysis Of Form. Karn Holly, founder and guiding light of the Drawing School, leads three Saturdays of intense exploration of the possibilities and impossibilities of drawing from life.

Dates
9th, 16th and 23rd October

Time
11.00am – 4.00pm

Venue
Royal Academy Schools
Life Drawing Room
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD

Three Saturdays With Charles Williams NEAC
6th, 13th and 20th November 2010

Charles Williams NEAC RWS, curator of the Drawing School and author of the forthcoming NEAC Manual Of Observational Drawing, gives a three day course in life drawing from the ground up.

All profits from the 20th November class will be donated to the AGBI (Artists' General Benevolent Institution)

Dates
6th, 13th and 20th November

Time
11.00am – 4.00pm

Venue
Royal Academy Schools
Life Drawing Room
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD

Two Saturdays With Arthur Neal NEAC
4th and 11th December 2010

Arthur Neal brings his gestural, expressive approach to bear on life drawing. Known for his luscious, powerfully realised, near-abstract paintings, Arthur Neal is also a passionate advocate of drawing from the life, and his classes are renowned for their rigour and depth.

Dates
4th and 11th December 2010

Time
11.00am – 4.00pm

Venue
Royal Academy Schools
Life Drawing Room
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD

Need more information?

Contact Piers Grizzelle or Charles Williams

Piers Grizzelle
NEAC Drawing School
2 Royal Road,
Teddington
Middx
TW11 0SB
Tel: 020 8287 5208
Email:

Charles Williams ARWS NEAC
Tel
: 07730 489052

Directions to the Royal Academy Schools Life Room: from outside the gates of the RA, on Piccadilly, look to your left to Burlington Arcade. Go up Burlington Arcade, and, at its other end, turn right. Turn right again, down the first small road that you come to. Follow that down to the back of the RA, and the RA Schools are behind the first door. They are signposted. Ask at the Porter’s Lodge for the Life Room.

Please do not contact the RA Schools for information.