Why join this workshop
Expert tuition in figurative drawing
Personal feedback
Small-group setting
Golden September light
Norfolk coastal inspiration
All-inclusive retreat: food + stay
Schedule
Arrive from 4 pm Wednesday 17th September
Workshop 10am - 4pm
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, Saturday 20th
With breaks at 11, 12:30 for lunch and 2:45
Depart 11am Sunday 21st September
Location
The workshop will be hosted at Cranmer Studio. Our location is far enough away to break with the familiarity of the status quo and encourage reflection. North Norfolk, on the east coast of England, is famous for its expansive skyline. Cranmer is a three-hour drive from London, or a 90-minute train journey and 40 minutes by car from the station.
The course
Artist credit: Lizzie Owen
Your tutor - Atul Vohora
Born in East Africa, Atul Vohora currently lives and works in London. His paintings are layered, braiding together strands of memory, culture and lived experience into a body of work that has a powerful immediacy. Drawing in its most direct form, continues to be central to his practice. The work is charged with a sense of discovery and wonder, a luminous clarity that is powerfully rooted in the act of looking.
This is a dynamic Drawing course based on direct observation of the human figure.
The course is designed to help develop your understanding, through looking, of the human figure and to enrich your personal visual language through an engagement with key drawing concepts. The course includes a variety of long and short poses each day and we will use a range of materials and approaches. Slide talks each day will help provide context for your work in the studio.
You will learn about;
Mark and line
Shape and form
Building and understanding space
Composition
Light and contrast
Rhythm and movement
The human body
Drawing materials
All levels of experience are welcome.
Artist credit: Atul Vohora
Booking
Workshop at Cranmer Studio
Please use this form to register your interest. We will confirm if we have availability and ask you to pay a 20% deposit by bank transfer to secure your booking.
Non Residential ( only a few places left)
three day workshop and materials,
light lunch
£380 per person
Residential (we are now fully booked for onsite accommodation)
three day workshop and materials,
breakfast, light lunch and supper. Starting with supper on the 17th and ending with breakfast on the 21st
four nights accommodation
£940 per person for two artists sharing a room
£1160 per person for sole occupancy of a room
Booking conditions
There are 10 places on the workshop and less accommodation on site - we will inform you when you register if onsite rooms are available
Bookings are provisional until confirmed by email
A 20% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place
The balance is due 30 days before the workshop start date
Payment must be made by bank transfer. Instructions will be provided upon confirmation
Non residents can pay a supplement to join for supper
We do not charge VAT
Cancellations and Refunds
Cancel more than 30 days before the workshop: refund of payments (we retain the deposit).
Cancel 30 days or fewer before the workshop: no refunds.
You may request to transfer your booking to another person or a future workshop up to 7 days before the start date (subject to availability and approval).
No-shows: the full fee is retained.
If we cancel the workshop: you will receive a full refund including the deposit, but we are not liable for your travel or third party accommodation costs.
Your Responsibilities
Inform us of dietary, access, or medical needs when booking
Ensure you are physically able to participate
Travel insurance is recommended
Switch off mobile phones before entering the studio
No cameras in the studio or photographs of the model.
Please ask permission from other participants before you include them in your photographs or videos taken outside the studio.
Other points
Parking is available
No dogs please
Thank you - we will confirm availability in the next 24 hours.
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Accommodation
We have limited onsite accommodation so please book early to secure your place. We offer sole occupancy and rooms for two artists to share.
