Workshop: Everyday Characters: Observational Drawing Inspired by Sir Quentin Blake: With Julia Midgley RWS

15 May 2026 

RWS GALLERY AT WHITCOMB STREET

£115/ £105 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT

10.30 - 4.30PM

 

Explore the joy of capturing people and everyday moments with lively, expressive line in this observational drawing workshop. Inspired by Sir Quentin Blake’s playful, character-filled sketches, you will practise capturing the gestures, posture, and personalities of people at large whilst translating them quickly onto the page. Through rapid, responsive drawing on location, you’ll develop skills in observation, proportion, and expressive mark-making, developing your own illustrative language.

 

 

This workshop is designed for all abilities and celebrates honesty, movement, and humour in everyday life, offering a relaxed, supportive space to draw the people and moments around you with energy and expression. Whilst quite high levels of concentration are required, it will be fun, eye opening, and confidence building.

 

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