Dulwich Art Group

The Dulwich Art Group organises untutored drop-in life drawing and painting sessions open to people of all abilities and structured formally tutored groups to support artists. We tend not to call them Art Classes as with no formal tutor, artists are free to pursue their own approach to painting or drawing. However if a student wishes to have guidance or direction there are plenty of members who will offer advice, some of whom are lifelong art educators. Looking over the shoulder of someone who appears to know what they are doing can often be as much education as is required. If you’ve been thinking of taking Art Classes or an Art Course these groups may well support or supplement. As with an Art Course there is a sense of progression, not through any outside agency but through regular and honest application and effort. Making a commitment to oneself to draw seriously just once a week can have benefits that reach beyond the immediate image produced. The neural pathways opened up through observation and mark making can suffuse other areas of ones life and work with creativity – drawing brings good things! A pose is usually set for a period of three weeks, each weekly session runs for three hours which can feel quite long if you’re not used to it but it does give you a chance to make some headway, try a number of approaches or depict the model from a number of positions by moving around the room. There is a break in the middle for refreshments and conversation

Each session is paid for at half-time on the day allowing flexibility, you don’t have to commit to a whole term for example. In fact we run throughout the year and stay open through the holidays too other than a couple of weeks in August and Christmas and Easter weekends. The group is run by artists for artists and at £10 it is very good value compared to local authority run courses. The open structure is also a point of difference that many people find appealing along with the hard to find longer poses. We are now also offering tuition in the form of skill specific workshops and atelier style courses. Have a look at "learning" on our website to see the current offerings