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One pose, one painting: Life drawing: Botticelli’s ‘Venus and Mars’
Price
£135–150
Enrol Standard: £150 Concessions: £135 Please book a ticket to attend this course which will take place in the Roden Centre for Creative Learning. Suitable for participants aged 18 or over. Concessions are for full-time students, jobseekers, and disabled adults. Enrol
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An adult life-drawing course with tutor Adele Wagstaff, using a sustained pose inspired by Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'.
Participants draw from a live model and a single painting to study form, gesture and anatomy through close observation. The session is open to beginners and experienced artists; materials and handouts are provided.
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