Drawing School Dublin

Full Time Programme:

This interdisciplinary, process-driven course is the only one of its kind in Ireland and has been developed specifically to meet the growing demand for practical artistic training. As with our Part-Time courses, this programme is based on the traditional practice of copying, central to artistic training throughout history. 

In an ethos of rigour and discipline, students are guided through a programme based on that of the traditional ateliers, workshops and academies of the 17th century and beyond, beginning with lessons from THE FLAT (Prints & Drawings), which serve as preparation for progressing to THE ROUND (Plaster-casts from Antiquity) and, finally, to NATURE (the Life-Model). Fundamental techniques are taught through copying prints from Bargue and Gérôme’s Cours de Dessin, as well as a variety of abstract exercises designed to train the hand and the eye. Students have access to the school's Library of Master Drawings, which houses an impressive collection of works, including original 19th century drawings from the École des Beaux-Arts, and the rare Alinari Cabinet of Master Drawings. Drawing visits to the National Gallery of Ireland, just around the corner from the school, also form part of the curriculum. 

This course provides students with intensive practical training in a structured and hands-on environment, allowing substantial time to develop and practice drawing skills and techniques. Students will see their technical competence improved, enabling more fluent expression of their own artistic vision, and will leave with a body of work which demonstrates their drawing ability.