I am running half or full day portrait drawing workshops at Southampton City Art Gallery on Sat 8th July, and Sat 16th September, as part of the current exhibition Creative Connections, in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery.

“This exhibition seeks to tell the story (or indeed stories) of Southampton through portraiture from the National Portrait Gallery and Southampton City Art Gallery’s collections, as well as new work created by Pete Codling and by students from Cantell School.

Join Alys Scott Hawkins at these friendly and relaxed portrait sessions. The morning session is for those wishing to develop confidence with drawing from observation, or looking for new approaches, and will involve a series of quick and playful exercises drawing a clothed model. The afternoon session continues a relaxed and experimental approach and focuses on portraits and self-portraits, responding to music and drawing with colour. You are welcome to book for either morning, afternoon or both!”

The workshops are free. You do have to pay a £10 deposit per session, and this will be refunded when you attend. Book here