Update on the Cohort

We Launch Today! 🚀

Last week I mentioned that the Drawing Life Cohort will take place in August - but some things on my end have shifted and I’m happy to say it has now been moved up to July. I’m super excited to open registrations today! 🥳

We start Monday, 6th July until Friday 31st July.

The focus for this Cohort is: Connection

I feel extremely inspired to dig deep into this very under-explored aspect of life drawing, and of drawing in general, and to present it as a coherent framework over the course of a 4 week program.

Connection has come to the fore for me in the last months as being the absolute "key" within my own process. I always understood that what was happening when I draw can only be described as “connection”, but it wasn’t until recently that it felt like a moment of complete revelation to understand connection as the solid bridge between observation and expression.

It’s the one thing that is present - that has to be present - in both expressive gesture drawing and in focused and direct observation; and synthesizing both these aspects of drawing through an understanding of connection is potentially the shift that we all need in order to fully understand what it is we are doing when we draw. Learning how to tap into and harness ways to connect - both with the subject that you’re drawing and with your own process itself - will really help you to make your own figure drawings feel alive and dynamic.

So I’ve put together an intensive 4-week program to walk you through exactly what’s involved in expressive drawing and deep observation, and how these processes are fired by the feeling of connection and presence.

Cohort dates: Monday 6th - Friday 31st July

Each week of the Cohort will have 3 live sessions taking place online at 2PM UTC:

Mondays: lecture / presentation
Wednesdays: Group drawing session
Fridays: Group feedback session

Each session will be recorded and posted directly into the community, so if you miss a session you can watch the replay on your own time. The community site is where we will hang out, discuss insights, share work and explore the topics each day throughout the 4 weeks.

Weekly Schedule:

Here's the most exciting part:
For at least 2 of the drawing sessions we will have a live model to work with! She will join us in the group on Wednesdays and pose for the duration. This is a fantastic opportunity, because it will make all the difference from using just photo reference. Plus I’m so honored to have this particular model, she is phenomenal to work with and to draw.

If you are interested in joining me, here is the link to register:
Drawing Life Cohort: Season 2

Or if you’d like to read more detail, you can check out the landing page, or just hit reply to this email with any questions you have:
Drawing Life Cohort Landing Page

This is not another on-demand video course, it’s a live training where you and I get to work together. I hope you join me!

Wishing you a wonderful week,

Siobhan.