Portrait Drawing Class- Saturday Mornings @Hunt Museum starts 4th March 2017

http://www.huntmuseum.com/whats-on/class-and-workshop/portrait-drawing---capturing-a-likeness.aspx

Portrait Drawing- Capturing a Likeness

The emphasis in this class will be on the techniques of observational drawing as well as basic anatomy and the drawing fundamentals necessary for drawing a convincing human head from various angles.  We'll draw from life as well as portraits in the museum!

Basic materials provided, sketchpad recommended.

This course is highly recommended for those interested in "Portrait Drawing-  Mastering Light and Shadow" which will be offered in on 29th April.

4th March- 1st April 20175 Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Pay as you go per session: €25
Prepaid for all 5 sessions: €100
Book Online
Email:  info@huntmuseum.com

Tutor:  Mark Heng, Limerick Figure Drawing Society, Shortlisted on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 & 2016, Shortlisted for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015
Have a look at Mark's website!

 

The LFDS 2017 Spring Term is here! Sunday Evenings!

The LFDS 2017 Spring Term is here!  

14 Sessions

Sundays 8-10 p.m.

22 January-14 May

with Easter break on 9, 16, 23 April

At Dromroe Village Hall on the UL Campus.

€100 prepaid (Makes you a member)

€12 per session- Pay as you go

22nd and 29th January will be FREE taster sessions. 
Space limited to 25, so please respond to book your place.

Bring your own materials and draw however you like!

These sessions are brought to you in association with The University of Limerick Arts Office.

Why become a member?

By prepaying, you are helping make these sessions happen by ensuring money for the model.  

Members can choose to run a session as MP (Master of Poses). 

Returning members (prepayers who prepaid for a previous block of sessions) can receive up to 50% back at the end of the term if the sessions are well attended.

Here's a map of UL:

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Dromroe Village Hall is #12, just beyond the University Concert Hall parking lot (where you should park if you're driving).

2016 Autumn Term

The LFDS 2016 Autumn Term is almost here!

12 Sessions
Wednesdays starting September 14 to December 7 (excluding November 2nd, midterm break).
8-10 p.m. sharp.
At Dromroe Village Hall on the UL Campus.
€100 prepaid (Makes you a member)
€12 per session- Pay as you go

14th September will be a FREE TASTER SESSION!
Space limited to 25, so please respond to book your place.

Bring your own materials and draw however you like.
These sessions are brought to you in association with The University of Limerick Arts Office.

Why become a member?
By prepaying, you are helping make these sessions happen by ensuring money for the model.
Members can choose to run a session as MP (Master of Poses).
Returning members (prepayers who prepaid for a previous block of sessions) can receive up to 50% back at the end of the term if the sessions are well attended.

Dromroe Village Hall is #12, just beyond the University Concert Hall parking lot (where you should park if you're driving).
Regarding parking, on certain busy nights, you may have to use the pay lot which requires €3 to exit.

Our Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/LimerickFigureDrawingSociety/

To view our members' work and keep up with our events, please LIKE our Facebook page.

Life Drawing Sessions_Spring Semester 2016

Hi Everyone,

The LFDS Spring Term is here!  

Please note that we have a new night-  Wednesdays.

12 Sessions

Wednesdays starting 20th January to 20th April 

Easter Break on 23rd & 30th March

8-10 p.m. sharp.

At Dromroe Village Hall on the UL Campus.

€100 prepaid (Makes you a member)

€12 per session- Pay as you go

27th January will be a FREE TASTER SESSION! 

Space limited to 25, so please respond to book your place.

Bring your own materials and draw however you like.

These sessions are brought to you in association with The University of Limerick Arts Office.

Why become a member?

By prepaying, you are helping make these sessions happen by ensuring money for the model.  

Members can choose to run a session as MP (Master of Poses). 

Returning members (prepayers who prepaid for a previous block of sessions) can receive up to 50% back at the end of the term if the sessions are well attended.

Here's a map of UL:

​

Dromroe Village Hall is #12, just beyond the University Concert Hall parking lot (where you should park if you're driving).

For those of you without cars, here's a bus schedule from Limerick City: 

 http://www.macsi.ul.ie/mfls/travel_files/bus_timetable.pdf

FREE Life Drawing Session! 16th September

Hi Everyone!

The Limerick Figure Drawing Society is kicking off the Autumn Season with another FREE Session!
It's Tuesday night 16th September from 8-10 p.m. at Dromroe Village Hall, University of Limerick.
This is a very popular event (bring your friends!), so please reply to this email to register.
As always, bring your own materials and draw however you like.

The regular season will continue with:
10 Tuesdays starting 23rd September to 2nd December with a midterm break on 28th October.
€100 prepaid (Makes you a member)
€12 per session- Pay as you go

Why become a member?
By prepaying, you are helping make these sessions happen by ensuring money for the model.
Members can choose to run a session as MP (Master of Poses).
Returning members (prepayers who prepaid for a previous block of sessions) can receive up to 50% back at the end of the 10 weeks if the sessions are well attended.

Check out the map if you haven't visited before...
Dromroe Village Hall is #12, just beyond the University Concert Hall parking lot (where you should park if you're driving).

Free Session and the 2014 Spring Schedule!

Hi Everyone!

We're starting the 2014 Spring Sessions off with a bang...

Thursday, 30th January will be a FREE SESSION!  

7:30-9:30 p.m. at Dromroe Village Hall in U.L.

Please register by email if you want a place!

We'll have 10 Thursday sessions after that, starting 13th February with breaks on 20 February & 17, 24 April.

100 euro prepaid (Makes you a member)

12 euro per session- Pay as you go
Please let me know if you are interested in signing up! 

The advantages of  membership-  By prepaying, you are helping make these sessions happen by ensuring money for the model.  Members can choose to run a session as MP (Master of Poses). Returning members (prepayers who prepaid for a previous block of sessions) can receive up to 50% back at the end of the 10 weeks if the sessions are well attended.

Here's a map of UL:

http://www.wctest.ul.ie/main/places/campus.shtml

Dromroe Village Hall is #12, just beyond the University Concert Hall parking lot (where you should park if you're driving).

For those of you without cars, here's a bus schedule from Limerick City: 

 http://www.macsi.ul.ie/mfls/travel_files/bus_timetable.pdf

Autumn Sessions!

by Charles Harper

Summer Sessions 2013!

Summer Sessions! 10th June to 15th July. Six 2 hour sessions, 60 euro prepaid, 12 euro pay as you go. Monday nights 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. At The Raggle Taggle Gallery, corner of Sarsfield St. and Henry St.

2013 Spring Sessions- Book now!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you've had a good break! 
Our last blocks of life drawing sessions at the Raggle Taggle Gallery were very successful and we hope you can join us for the Spring Sessions!
Book now and prepay for the best value:

10 two hour sessions , Monday evenings
7:30-9:30 p.m.
4th of February  to 11th of March
8th of April to 29th of April
At The Raggle Taggle Gallery
on the corner of Sarsfield St. and Henry St.
Limerick City

Professional models
Untutored- Draw however you like!

100 euro prepaid
12 euro per session pay as you go
Places limited-  Prior Booking Recommended

To register and ask questions:
LimerickFigureDrawingSociety@gmail.com
086 235 8463

Happy New Year!

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/Features/article1179243.ece

Is 2013 the year The Nude gets respect in public consciousness? 

We'll be doing our part by organizing more sessions and a show or two...

Free Life Drawing Session in December!

13 December, 6.20- 8pm . 
Limerick City Gallery of Art

Free life drawing sessions facilitated by Limerick Figure Drawing Society in the Gallery Hub. All materials and clothed model provided.

Students and adults of all levels of drawing ability are welcome.

Booking in advance with Limerick Figure Drawing Society on mcboothman@gmail.com

Fall Sessions- Get registered!

Hi Everyone!

We had a great time with the Summer sessions-  Raggle Taggle is a beautiful room to draw in (Thanks, Alan!)
Here's the info for the Fall sessions.  Please reply if you're interested-  I'm hoping for 10 people to sign up!

10 two hour sessions , Monday evenings
7:30-9:30 p.m.
17th of September to 26th of November
(no session on 29th October Bank Holiday)
At The Raggle Taggle Gallery
on the corner of Sarsfield St. and Henry St.

Professional models
Untutored- Draw however you like!

100 euro prepaid
12 euro per session pay as you go
Deposits being taken

To register and ask questions:
limerickfiguredrawingsociety@gmail.com
086 2358463

Check us out on FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LimerickFigureDrawingSociety/

Returning members (those who prepaid for 2012 sessions) will split remaining costs after payments have been made by new prepaid members.

Prepaid:

1. Mark Heng (returning member)
2. Marie-Clare Boothman (returning member)
3. Ann Moloney (returning member)
4. Gerry Fenniman (new member)
5. Fionnuala Quigley (new member)
6. Charlotte Leeder (returning member)

17 Sept:  PAYG:

1. Ailish Chawke
2. Michael McMahon
3. Maliheh Zafarnezhad

24 Sept:  PAYG:

1. Maliheh Zafarnezhad
2. Rosemary Moone 

1 Oct: PAYG

1.  Maliheh Zafarnezhad
2. Jamie Sheehan
3. Lucy O'Sullivan 

8 Oct: PAYG

1. Carla Burns

15 Oct:PAYG

1.   Maliheh Zafarnezhad
2. Jamie Sheehan

22 Oct: PAYG

1. Jamie Sheehan 

29 Oct- No session.  5 Nov- No Guests.

12 Nov: PAYG

1. Jamie Sheehan 

19 Nov: PAYG

1. Jamie Sheehan
2. Darragh Corrigan

26 Nov (Last Session of the season): PAYG

1. Darragh Corrigan

16 PAYG= 192 euro collected.

120 payed out to returning members.

32 to be payed to Raggle Taggle

40 to slush fund:  97.20
16.61 Spring Post Ad.
Slush fund now- E80.59  (14 January)
10 for Spring session flyers
Slush fund now E70.59 (24 January)

Find us on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LimerickFigureDrawingSociety/

Boston Figurative Art Center

Wouldn't it be cool if there was something like this in Limerick?
I have some friends in Boston who take part in it, and I've seen amazing results from them.

http://www.bostonfigurecenter.org/

From the "About Us" page:

Our goal is to provide a physical and virtual meeting place for figurative artists in Boston. We like diversity of approach, aesthetic, and philosophy, but we all share the desire to make better pictures by working at our craft and talking with one another. We want to provide artists who paint and draw the figure an artistic location that is neither overly academic nor dominated by current trends. Though we meet regularly to draw and paint from the model, this is not just a drop-in group. The BFAC believes that if talented artists come together as a movement, we can change the art culture. Don't come expecting only to get  -  come to give and be a part of something.

The Boston Figurative Art Center (BFAC) formed from a group of artists who were enrolled or were considering enrolling in graduate school, but who believed they could achieve a better, more specifically tailored community without the high price.
The Center is part of a trend toward re-establishing guild and atelier-like structures in which professional artists can share knowledge, support and compete with one another. Students can learn about the tools and crafts that are specific to the form of art that they intend to pursue in their professional lives. There is no promise of an empty degree, or a non-existent job, or indeed even of success; only the promise of community and the valuing of real and germane artistic knowledge. To draw and paint well one mostly has to practice and learn by observing how others succeed, and we want to provide an environment that matches that reality.

Messy Charcoal- Learning to Accept & Love It!_Mark Heng

The Weight of the World

55 minutes

Matthew Collings_This is Civilization

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/this-is-civilization/

If you're interested in art and have ever wondered "What's it all about then, eh?", then this is essential viewing.
The top link has info on the whole series (4 episodes), and the bottom link is to the playlist on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9052B67512266C93

And once you're done with that, look up Matthew Colling's other documentaries:
This is Modern Art
Impressionism, Revenge of the Nice
Matt's Old Masters
...and many more.


Trust me, it'll be time well spent.

From Session # 3_Mark Heng

55 minutes, 4b pencil

 

 

 

 

 

Ann wanted a long pose, so the second half of the session was devoted to that. 

It's interesting how long poses present their own problems!  I can definitely drive myself crazy trying to work up a degree of finish without losing sight of the big picture.  Like drawing a nice foot, then realizing it's way too big in relation to the head. 

Anyone else experience things like that?