Last week I was back at the City Art Centre with a sketching workshop to tie into their current exhibition: Classical Edinburgh.
I was asked to run a couple of workshops to tie in with the Classical Edinburgh exhibition of photographs which is free to see until Sunday 8th March at the Market Street gallery.
This exhibition is a celebration of Edinburgh’s neo-classical architecture, as seen through the eyes of two architectural photographers, working half a century apart. Edwin Smith (1912-72), and Colin McLean who has spent the last two years re-interpreting Smith’s evocative black and white images.
I used the stunning images to kick off some sketching, picking out certain features and tones to make often very detailed views seem simpler to tackle with pen and paper.
The results were amazing (the above sketches were by those attending) and the two sessions were very enjoyable, with all my workshoppers leaving with a few completed drawings one of which they mounted in a card frame.
I will be running another two sessions the day before the exhibition ends on Saturday March 7th and if you want to join me the £28 ticket (£18 for children 7-15 yrs) which includes all materials needed plus a hot beverage can be booked via the link below.
Capturing Classical Edinburgh at the City Art Centre – 2.5 hour sketch tour
More information about the exhibition can be found here:
Classical Edinburgh, 9 November 2019 to 8 March 2020 at the City Art Centre.
This week I visited the current exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh.