Art for the Afraid

Art for the Afraid

20 Sep 2025 | 1-day | Full day

Venue

RWA Drawing School Studio, RWA, BS8 1PX

Price

£70

Date

20 Sep 2025

Select your tickets:

£70

Tutor - Emma Burleigh

1-day workshop

Saturday 20 September 2025, 10.30am - 4.30pm

Yes, everyone can learn to draw! No special abilities are required! In this one day drawing class for beginners, discover an enjoyable method to learn to draw ‘things that actually look like things’, with your own personal and expressive twist. There will be guided drawing exercises to balance the right and left hemispheres of the brain, supporting you to calm down your 'inner critic' and tune into more creativity and intuition. The fundamental skills of drawing will be introduced, and the media covered will include charcoal and pencil.

All materials provided, and although there are objects from which to draw in the studio, we invite you to bring in any small items from home that particularly inspire you to draw.

Please bring an apron or wear clothes suitable for an art studio. Please bring a bag or portfolio for taking your work home at the end of the session.

Buying as a gift?

When buying a course or workshop you will be automatically emailed a confirmation which you can print off and include in a card for your loved one. Gift vouchers can also be bought if you aren't sure which course they would prefer. Please email us the name and email address of the person attending on drawingschool@rwa.org.uk 

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Before booking we ask everyone please read our updated Terms and Conditions below.  

Participants must be 18 or over.

If eligible, discounts must be applied when first purchasing your class and cannot be given retrospectively. Please contact us if the discount code is not working.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health issue which you feel may affect your participation in your chosen class, please either email drawingschool@rwa.org.uk or call 07745694563, prior to booking, so we are aware of any needs you may have.

Refund/transfer and Cancellation Policy: We are unable to offer full or part cash refunds, but you are eligible for an RWA gift voucher or transfer, minus an admin fee*, provided you notify us more than 14 days before the start of your class with us. If we cancel a course or workshop for any reason, then participants will be offered a different date, course/workshop or RWA gift voucher. 

*Admin fee for courses £25, Admin fee for workshops £15

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