‘Drawing from the antique’ 1-day workshop with Paul Handley NEAC

Until the turn of the twentieth century drawing from the ‘antique’ – a canonical group of classical statues that provided ideal exemplars of artistic achievement - formed a core component of every art students training.

Drawing from the antique has all but disappeared from the modern art school curriculum but drawing from classical casts can still be a useful activity when learning to draw and paint from life; not only are they beautiful objects in their own right, their formal complexity and subtlety make for very challenging and fascinating subject matter.

This workshop will use as it’s starting point the classical casts dotted around Heatherley’s School of Art and students can opt to make either drawings or paintings.

About your tutor: Paul Handley was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire in 1964, where he continues to live and work. He received my initial artistic training at the Norwich School of Art, where he studied for a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art Painting. He completed an Art Teachers Certificate at Goldsmiths College University of London and an MA in Art History at the Winchester School of Art and the OU. He has taught art and art history in a range of educational settings from schools and colleges to art schools and universities. He was initially elected a member of the NEAC in 1997.