Life Drawing in Oils

A five-week
Course focusing on life drawing in oils - all the techniques you'll need to
Successfully paint the nude in this bold and expressive medium.

This is an intensive and thorough course
In oil painting, with many step-by-step demonstrations to illustrate the basic
techniques. Not only will you learn how to successfully paint the nude, you
Will also pick up useful tips and hints which will be helpful to the beginner
And the more advanced painter.

The tutor will introduce the Zorn palette
and the Spanish palette, both ideal for painting flesh tones. Participants will
Be talked through the creation, organisation and application of the palettes.

For this course, all participants will be
Required to provide some of their own materials and equipment.

These are as follows: Oil paint in the
Following colours as a minimum - black, white, yellow ochre, cadmium red
cadmium yellow, ultra marine blue and burnt umber. We will use more white than
Any other colour.

Plus: odourless turpentine, flat brushes
and an all-important rag. Although this is a basic stock of colours, a lot can
Be achieved with them, and if you really want to paint in oils, then you will
need to invest in paint anyway. You will also need to bring a canvas or canvas
Board to each session.

Other materials such as charcoal
pencils, palettes and paper will be provided. There are also brushes at the
Centre that you May use if you wish.

In addition to actual painting
Techniques, this course has plenty of useful information on materials and equipment
And how to prep for a painting.

Each session will look at a different way
To begin and progress an oil painting, and the five-week course will end with a
Single more ‘finished’ painting of the nude.

About the tutor:

Tutor Scott Bridgwood is a working artist with over
30 years’ experience after graduating from Chelsea School of Art in 1992. He
worked and taught art in Rome (Italy) for 10 years before moving to Leicester.
It was during his time in Rome that he developed his passionfor
drawing/painting the human form, which continues to the present day. Scott has
taught at Attenborough Arts Centre for nearly 20 years. He also teaches Life
Drawing at De Montfort University and from his home studio in Leicester.

Further information:

Participants must be aged 18+.

The course will run for five weeks on Wednesdays 10am - 12:30pm
starting on 22 April and ending on 20 May 2026.

If the
Course/workshop you'd like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list
Simply contact our box office team on / arts-centre@le.Ac.UK and ask to be added to the waiting
list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no
Obligation to accept it if you've made other plans!

Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms
& Conditions before booking as courses/workshops
Are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any
Reason.

We aim to
make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome
just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd
Like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss
your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email
Arts-centre@le.Ac.UK, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside
Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders
For up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after
5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park
next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car
park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us
(near De Montfort Hall).