Urban Sketching: 6 Bristol Buildings

About the course

Time to dust down your sketchbook for a new challenge?

Whether you’re a practiced Urban Sketcher, or completely new to drawing, explore Bristol’s excellent cross section of historic architecture with this 6 week sketching course.

Using simple sketching materials and the photographic reference provided, we will look at a specific Bristolian building each week and run through different approaches; allowing you to consider its three dimensional form, the perspective and tonal range of each view. 

Drawing allows us to truly engage with the built environment and to analyse a range of architectural styles, Using an accessible, classroom based approach and working solely in pencil, this short course will provide an ideal starting point for a renewed exploration of our city. 

COURSE SUMMARY

• When? – Wednesday evenings (Wed 25 Feb – Wed 1 April) to fit easily around a busy workweek
• Where? – Design West on the Bristol’s waterfront
• Who?– taught by artist & teacher Andy Gray
• Suitable for? – open to both newcomers and those returning to sketching

An established artist and enthusiastic course leader, Andy has many years teaching experience and specialises in observational drawing and painting. You can usually find him and his sketchbook out and about on the streets of Bristol.

Fees and Information

Fees

• Course fee: £125

Duration

• Wednesday evenings: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
• 25 February – 1 April

Location

• The Assembly at Design West, 16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA
• The Assembly is on the first floor and is fully accessible via a lift in The Architect.

Course Materials

Students must bring with them:

• A good quality A3 white cartridge paper sketchbook (approx 220gsm) 
• HB 2b and 4B artists drawing pencils
• Pencil Sharpener and eraser

About Design West’s Learning Programme

Urban Sketching is part of a series of lifelong learning courses at Design West. The programme aims to cover subjects in and around our built environment and other arts and culture subjects.

If there is a course you would like to see, or teach, then get in touch!

Email amy.lewis@designwest.org.uk and let’s start something new.