The Atelier Experience: LARA

After LARA: a year later

I found this in my drafts folder, long overdue for posting now but somehow appropriate to the present, reflecting on […]

LARA cast drawing: Apianus from Helen Frost on Vimeo. This was one of my first cast drawings at LARA. It’s

It was fantastic sculpting this from life in LARA’s summer intensive sculpture course. The model was amazing; he managed to

LARA, one year on A year is a milestone. An opportunity to reflect on my goals, progress and problems and

As you can see, this term went badly in comparison to Term 1 and Term 2: It would be much

This was my first portrait drawing at LARA, which I completed during my second term. I learnt a lot but

My second term at LARA: More drawings I was pleased to get a lot more drawing done this term, in

I finished my first term at LARA a while ago but I’ve decided to do a term by term review,

Last term I spent 6 weeks doing a cast painting of a hand: Persistence It was something that I found

l’m so lucky to be attending the atelier; so, so lucky to be drawing from a model every day with

I love the energy of fast drawing and the amazing poses but I’m not a expert on how to draw

When I was first considering atelier study I was concerned that I wouldn’t have the necessary self-discipline. I did an