2020 Model (Nude) and Expressive Drawing Course

Guided by a team of university level tutors, the one weeks course will appeal to participants who want to develop their personal visual language and want to master new techniques either with traditional mediums, like charcoal, watercolor and pastel or digital drawing.
In the one week course you will apply creativity and learn various objective and dynamic mark making techniques in various drawing and mixed media projects and digital drawing.

Master method and materials like watercolor, ink, pens/markers, charcoal, graphite pencil and pastel, with projects ranging from Urban Sketching and Nude Figure Drawing (with human models) to portrait and animal representation. It is designed for practitioners who have an interest in pursuing a career in illustration, either part or full time.

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During the course the participants will visit the city with the guidance of local experts, knowing the history and cultural past, as well as the traditions of the local people.

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What you need to bring

Students need to bring some basic drawing materials (pens, pencils, brushes, portable watercolours (if you have your one)...) and a laptop.

The Porto Illustration Summer Academy - Drawing course will provide sketchbooks, graphic tablet (to drawi in your laptop), watercolours, pencils, pastels, inks, papers and all other necessary materials.

Course leader

Elsa Navarro

Target group

16 years +

Course aim

A course aimed at art lovers, regardless of your background: illustrator, graphic designer, fine artist, visual art students, architects, designers, tattooists, animators.
The one week course will appeal to participants who want to develop their personal visual language and want to master new techniques either with traditional mediums, like charcoal, watercolor and pastel or digital drawing.