SUBTRACTIVE CHARCOAL DRAWING 
Sorry, this workshop has been cancelled.

​Tutor: Wendy Leach
Location: Mangawhai Art Workspace, 45 Moir St, Mangawhai

6½ hour workshop (9.00am  - 4.00pm with a 30 minute break for lunch)
Date:
Sunday 16 November 2025

Themes: Landscape, Dramatic Skies, Flowers / Plants

Workshop fee $90.00
All materials provided: +$20
(pre-paid fee is refundable until 2 weeks before the workshop)
Maximum students: 12
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Bring your lunch. Morning tea will be provided.

This workshop focuses on the technique of subtractive charcoal drawing, a very expressive and dramatic drawing technique. Subtractive drawing is a really nice 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, then is taken away with various types of erasers, which you use as your drawing tools. This technique creates dramatic, atmospheric drawings.
We work from photographic references.
Sorry, NOT SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS, but other artists of all levels should enjoy this workshop. 

REGISTRATION FORM IS BELOW.

Sorry, this workshop has been cancelled. 

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Photos from Subtractive Charcoal Workshop, Saturday 31 July, 2022