£250 - Life Drawing Class with George Donald RSA

Saturday 12 September 2026

Take part in an intimate life drawing class led by the RSA's own expert in anatomy, George Donald RSA. Drawing on decades of teaching experience, George will help you develop your life drawing technique, utilising his wealth of talent.

 

Accompanied by a live model, you’ll learn how to represent the structure of the human form in this intimate and fun one-day workshop, combining expressive mark making with anatomical accuracy.

 

A donation provides one space in this exclusive workshop for up to six people ensuring an ample ammount of one on one time with George. This full-day workshop is suitable for all skill levels. All necessary materials (typically: charcoal graphite and pastels) and refreshments will be provided.

 

George Donald RSA is a painter, printmaker and lecturer in studio arts. His contemplative paintings of figures and landscapes combine colour, texture and pattern to delight, provoke thought or elicit meaning.

 

Donald was born in Ootacamund, India in 1943. He graduated from Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art in 1967 and then attended Hornsey College of Art, London in the 1960s and the University of Edinburgh in the 1980s. He was Lecturer in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking at ECA from 1970 until his retirement in 2000 and was latterly the Director of the Centre for Continuing Studies at ECA. He is currently a visiting Professor of Anatomy and Drawing at the University of Central Florida, USA, and at the University of the Arts, London. He has also been a visiting tutor in many overseas universities in countries including: France, Spain, India, China, Korea and Japan.

£250 - Life Drawing Class with George Donald RSA, Saturday 12 September 2026
£ 250.00