Drawing at the Barbican

A morning of drawing at the Barbican, exploring movement and the ways in which errors can help build depth and space.

Join Yiwei and Isobel on the 1st October for a morning of drawing at the Barbican, from 10am to 1pm.

Building on our first class, we will expand our explorations in mark making to encompass movement and depth in an urban landscape. Beginning with oil pastel monoprints, you will finish with multi-media layered drawings that evoke your experience of being at the Barbican.

This day is excellent for anyone who wishes to work both outside and inside and feels they would benefit from a lightly structured morning with specific tasks and feedback. Also for those looking to experiment and expand their drawing vocabulary, in a relaxed environment. All levels welcome :)

Date: 10th Dec, Sunday

Duration: 3hrs, from 10am-1pm

Fee: £20

Meeting point: Barbican Underground Station, Aldersgate St, Barbican, London EC1A 4JA

Materials provided: - we will have a small supply of paper and charcoal.

Please bring: - sketchbooks and paper, plus any materials you wish to use ie. graphite, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels, coloured pencils and watercolours.

We will have some drawing boards available for those that wish to work on a larger scale (A3-A2)

A s we will spend the morning outside, We suggest that you dress according to the weather conditions.

We look forward to seeing you!

Isobel Das Gupta and Yiwei Xu both graduated from The Royal Drawing School ‘21 and are currently based in East London.

Yiwei's art practise is rooted in natural forms found in serene urban spots. She cherishes outdoor spaces as studios, finding healing and sensory inspiration. Her art celebrates life's constant change, influencing her creative process. Yiwei's genuine respect for what she observes translates into abstract imagery, enabling her to break artistic rules and explore the balance between familiarity and enigma.

Isobel is concerned with stories and their power to enlighten and mislead. Whether presented as social constructs, literature, film, or the stories we tell ourselves when we observe, imagine, and draw, she uses them to encounter and harness fleeting feelings and thoughts, which, by way of painting and drawing, mutate into new and open narratives. Merging figuration and abstraction, fractured thoughts are stabilised around figures and forms in the landscape, referencing the European Romantic Movement of the late 18th and early 19th century.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, United Kingdom