Studio Sessions: Life Drawing Classes with Emily Chung

Life Drawing: Weekly Classes for Beginners and the Curious

Discover the art of life drawing in these supportive, exploratory classes led by practicing artist Emily Chung. Across the series, you'll develop core skills in observing and drawing the human form—building confidence through guided exercises, structured lessons, and creative experimentation.

Whether you're completely new to figure drawing or looking to deepen your practice, this course will help you see and draw with fresh eyes.

Who it’s for

Perfect for: Beginners, improvers, and anyone interested in learning to draw the human body with accuracy, expression, and curiosity.

No prior experience is needed. By the end of the course, you'll have a collection of studies, new techniques, and a stronger understanding of how we look, interpret, and translate forms onto the page.

Ages 18+

Dates & times

All sessions run 6pm – 8pm.

• Thursday 19th March – Form and lines
• Thursday 26th March – Experimental drawings
• Thursday 2nd April – Learning how to look
• Thursday 16th April – Tones and erasure
• Thursday 23rd April – Colours
• Thursday 30th April – Portraiture

Price

£15 per session

£8 for students

What to expect

Across the six weeks you will explore themes such as:

• Observing proportion, structure, and gesture
• Understanding tone, shadow, and form
• Working with colour and experimenting with materials
• Approaches to portraiture
• How to “look” more effectively through guided exercises
• Drawing as a playful, expressive process
• Techniques used by different artists and movements

A typical lesson includes:

• Warm-up exercises – 15 minutes of fast, expressive drawing
• Short poses – 10- and 20-minute studies
• Break – 15 minutes
• Long poses – Two focused 30-minute drawings

Facilitator

Emily Chung is a practicing artist working across drawing, painting, and performance. She holds an MLitt in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking from the Glasgow School of Art, and a Graduate Diploma in Art from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Her practice explores themes of work and the everyday, and she has exhibited across the UK. Emily has recently completed residencies at Ocean Studios and KARST X CAMP X AUP.

Emily says:
“Drawing is a native skill we all have. I see drawing as a game we play with our eyes, hands, and tools. This course will introduce you to different artists and ways of drawing. The aim isn’t to make a masterpiece — it’s about making mistakes and learning from them. Drawing is about looking, so we’ll experiment together to explore how we see things, how we use our materials, and how we challenge our ways of looking.”