Saturday, October 18, 2025

Drawing Portraits on Paper Workshop

fri14nov11:00 am4:00 pmDrawing Portraits on Paper Workshop11:00 am - 4:00 pm RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham, B3 1SA Event Organized ByRBSA GalleryEvent Type Workshops

Event Details

Drawing Portraits on Paper Workshop with Bing Shi RBSA.
Improve your understanding of the values and focal points used in portrait drawing. This workshop will show you how to produce small scale portrait drawings in a time efficient manner, which is great preparation for developing larger scale works.
Age group and abilities to be taught

18 years and above.
Suitable for all abilities.

Course aims and skills/knowledge to be taught

To understand and apply the key values and focal points used in portrait drawing
To summarise and abstract the key values and choose key/focal features of human face
Learn how to select an appropriate reference photo for drawing from
Learn how to use a range of different pencils with varying degrees of hardness/ softness

Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 5.00pm

Time

November 14, 2025 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Organizer

RBSA Gallery

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) is an artist-led charity which supports artists and promotes engagement with the visual arts through a range of exhibitions, events and workshops.

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