Please fill in the form below to register for Subtractive Charcoal Drawing Workshop, Mangawhai Art Workspace, 45 Moir St, Mangawhai.
Mangawhai is approximately 90 minutes drive from Auckland and 50 minutes from Whangarei.
​Come for the weekend, there are plenty of local accommodation options and restaurants. 

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Subtractive Charcoal Drawing, 9.30 - 4.30pm, Saturday 31 July
Full day workshop with a 45 minute break for lunch, and coffee breaks. 

Tutor: Wendy Leach
​Maximum participants: 12 
Cost: ​$100, includes all art materials which will be provided for you to keep and take home.
*Also includes the use of a range of Wendy Leach's original photographs to be used as visual references for your drawing.
*​See note below  
 
Description: This workshop focuses on the technique of subtractive charcoal drawing, an expressive and dramatic drawing technique. Subtractive drawing is a really interesting way of working with charcoal and it can teach you a lot about tonal value (light and dark). Subtractive (also called reductive) means ‘taking away’. We work on Fabriano art paper with both willow charcoal and compressed charcoal. Charcoal is put on the paper, covering it, then is taken away with a kneaded eraser, and other types of rubbers, which you use as your drawing tools. You will be drawing with your erasers, removing charcoal to create dramatic, atmospheric drawings.  
 
Sorry, not suitable for beginners, but other artists of all levels should enjoy this workshop. Please check with me if you are unsure. 
 
What to bring:
Bring lunch and a drink. Tea and coffee are provided for morning and afternoon tea.
All materials are paid for in your class fee.
You will get quite dirty so wear old clothes. 

​* note: if you think you might exhibit your charcoal drawings please bring your own original photographs to work from. 

To register use the form below. 
​Sorry, the class is full. Please contact me here to go on the waiting list.

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