Monkton Life Drawing Weekend

For many years we have run a very successful weekend of lifedrawing at Monkton Wyld. Monkton is a holistic and alternative education centre near Lyme Regis in Dorset, run by a resident community. The weekend itself is organised by us, but the teaching is done by Dave Berson. Dave is an artist and teacher who was taught many years ago by Cecil Collins, and it is his inspiration that lives on in Dave's Teaching. Using pencils, brushes, reed pens and quills, charcoal and sanguine, with very quick poses and working with materials in both hands at once, Dave entices his students into producing the most spontaneous and remarkable drawings. Over the course of the weekend students will do something over 100 drawings.

Click here for a more detailed description of Dave's teaching method.