Drawing for curious minds
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Date
- 10:30 / Cancelled 10:30 / Sold out 10:30 – 12:00
- 10:30 / Cancelled 10:30 / Sold out 10:30 – 12:00
- 10:30 / Cancelled 10:30 / Sold out 10:30 – 12:00
- 10:30 / Cancelled 10:30 / Sold out 10:30 – 12:00
- 10:30 / Cancelled 10:30 / Sold out 10:30 – 12:00
- 10:30 / Cancelled 10:30 / Sold out 10:30 – 12:00
Location
Room 3Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Pricing
10% – Cartão Gulbenkian and Cartão Gulbenkian Mais
In this drawing workshop, we will get to know and look at some works from the Gulbenkian Museum with a fresh perspective.
Drawing is our encounter with the world. Everyone draws or has drawn at some point. For some people, drawing eventually becomes writing; for others it remains a lifelong practice.
We turn to drawing in countless situations, especially when words fail us: to sketch a quick map, capture the precise contours of a shape, or trace absent marks in the margins whilst on the telephone.
Drawing is also a way of knowing, of sharpening concentration, nurturing curiosity, and kindling the imagination – to the point where we can reimagine the world around us!
Programme
Drawing to sculpt and sculpting to draw
In this drawing session, we draw inspiration from a sculpture by Antonio Canova in the collection of the Gulbenkian Museum, exploring the full possibilities of representation through a series of drawing exercises.
Shadows: the presence of things
Countless things populate our visual field, each with its own properties and peculiarities. What happens when we choose to focus on just one of them? What changes, and what is revealed? In this drawing session, we will explore the art of attentiveness and the revelation of shadow.
Landscapes within landscapes
The artists of the Barbizon School were among the first painters to treat landscape as an autonomous subject. They made their way to the Forest of Fontainebleau to observe nature at first hand, drawing and painting on location. In this session, we take as our starting point a landscape by one of those artists and use it as a springboard to create our own. We will also explore textures, tonal values, and principles of composition.
Portraits
Maurice Quentin de La Tour was one of the most celebrated portraitists of the eighteenth century. Known for his virtuosity with pastel, he received countless commissions from members of the French court. Taking one of those portraits as our starting point, we will explore the genre through graphite and pastel.
Credits
Concept and direction
Catarina Dias