MULTI-FIGURE DRAWING & composition in rome
with CRAWW (Shaun Friend)
INTENSIVE WORKSHOP | 6 HRS PER DAY | GUIDED MUSEUM TOURS | MEET ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Register Today with a 50% deposit! Deadline for registration and final payment: March 31, 2025
PAYMENT: FULL PAYMENT OR MINIMUM 50% DUE ON REGISTRATION, REMAINING BALANCE DUE BY March 31, 2025.
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IF THE WORKSHOP IS FULL, YOU CAN REGISTER TO THE WAIT LIST
The workshops fill up quickly but sometimes last minute spots open up. Once the workshop is filled, a form will be available here for the Wait List.
Accommodations: Housing is not included in the workshop fees.
LIMITED TO 15 PARTICIPANTS
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Immersing ourselves in the history, art and culture of Rome, the workshops will focus on the exploration of ideas, narratives and figurative composition in pencil and charcoal.
You will adopt a creative flow aimed at developing a way of working that is informal and relies on exploration and personal expression rather than formal academic tuition, an approach that will be helpful to all levels of artist.
Using personal observation and reference gathered from gallery experiences in Rome, you will work to interpret a figurative composition with consideration given to narrative and world building. Initial ideas will be explored in your sketchbook and refined through subsequent drawings with a focus on balance, expression and narrative flow.
As well as ongoing museum and site visits throughout the week aimed at gathering reference and inspiration, you will spend time in the studio and be able to work with a life model to help develop and interpret different poses.
The aim is to work through your ideas, explore narrative and figurative composition while discovering different techniques, mediums and ways of working that will help in the creation of a finished drawing!
Structure
Day 1: Gathering reference, initial ideas
Intro to the workshop, outline approach and provide reference for figures/composition. Site visits, gather reference and inspiration in your sketchbook
Day 2: Development of ideas in the studio
Using gathered ideas and reference, develop an interpretation of the supplied figures composition. Consider world building, narrative and how time and place can inform your composition.
Day 3: Working with model(s)/life drawing
Work with models to refine and inform composition
Day 4: Figurative composition, narrative and world building - bringing ideas to life.
Using your reference and figure drawings, finalise idea and transfer sketch ready to begin final drawing.
Day 5: Final drawing.
Continue to work on your final drawing! Refine and complete final piece.
SCHEDULE FOR THE 10 DAY WORKSHOP ONLY (MAY 18 - 31, 2025)
On Sunday, May 18 at 1 PM there will be a brief orientation and group meeting to get acquainted. Week one (five days painting), begins on Monday May 19 until friday May 23. No classes will be held Saturday 24 and Sunday 25. Week two (five days painting), starts again on Monday May 26 to Friday May 30. On Saturday May 31 will be the last day for a final critique, packing paintings, and a group dinner at night. Each day will be a full experience from morning to night!
SCHEDULE FOR THE 5 DAY WORKSHOP ONLY (MAY 18 - 24, 2025)
On Sunday, May 18 at 1 PM there will be a brief orientation and group meeting to get acquainted. Painting begins on Monday May 19. On Saturday May 24 will be the last day for a final critique, packing paintings, and a group dinner at night. Each day will be a full experience from morning to night!
SCHEDULE FOR THE 5 DAY WORKSHOP ONLY (MAY 25 - 31, 2025)
On Sunday, May 25 at 1 PM there will be a brief orientation and group meeting to get acquainted. Painting begins on Monday May 26. On Saturday May 31 will be the last day for a final critique, packing paintings, and a group dinner at night. Each day will be a full experience from morning to night!
Studios are located at Palazzo Velli Expo in Trastevere, Rome.
Address: Piazza di Sant'Egidio 10, 00153 Roma
CRAWW (SHAUN FRIEND)
BIO:
Living on the edge of the Peak District in the UK and surrounded by hills, woods and open moorland, Craww’s work reflects an ongoing fascination with the natural world, and the relationships we have with it.
His work creates narratives that are drawn from the beauty to be found in contradictions and ambiguity - life and death, beauty and decay, strength, fragility, the interplay between conflicting and complementing forces of nature and the constructs that mark our passing.
Each piece is a story, or an aspect of an unfolding story that writes itself as he works on it. As his muses pass through time and place they are accompanied in their journey by birds and animals. Often framed by classical and historical reference points and surrounded by flowing lines and natural forms, Craww works to uncover their ambiguous connections and hidden narratives and explore how the passage of time shapes the relationship between ourselves and nature..
With successful shows in the UK and US, he has found collectors and fans around the world.
www.craww.com
Instagram: /craww
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