Tutor - Helen Jones

2-day workshop

Saturday 6 February 2027, 10.30am-4.30pm and Sunday 7 February 2027, 10.30am-3.30pm

Spend a weekend discovering charcoal, one of the most expressive and forgiving drawing materials. No experience is needed, just a willingness to play and get a little dusty.

Saturday: Mark-Making & Erasure
We start by playing with charcoal: crushing, smudging, scraping and rubbing back to see everything it can do. You'll learn to build up tone and to "draw" with a rubber, lifting light out of dark surfaces. It's a relaxed, experimental day focused on building confidence.

Sunday: Skies, Land & Sea
We bring these techniques together in a nature-based landscape. After some studies of clouds, water and land, you'll create your own larger drawing, combining a dramatic sky with hills, fields or the sea.

You'll go home with a folder of experiments and a finished charcoal landscape. All materials provided, and suitable for all abilities including complete beginners.

Please bring something to take your work home in and wear clothes suitable for a studio environment.

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 

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

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 01179067600, 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