life drawing

Design Bridge & partners:

Petra came to our design studio to give a workshop on life drawing to approximately 25 participants. Everyone agreed it was wonderful and enriching – Petra’s expertise and intuition is very apparent in how she works. We came away from the workshop having learned many new drawing techniques, and how to approach art in a way that is observational and attuned. With her, Petra brought all the supplies we could possibly need and a very professional model, which only further improved our experience. I could not recommend Petra more highly, and would gladly have her back to our agency. She is truly an inspiring teacher and creative.

Life drawing is at the foundation of most of my work. Practising it so extensively naturally led me to start teaching it too.

What began as weekly sessions at my studio developed into teaching at institutions including ArtEZ, and eventually into workshops for companies. I realised how many creative people spend most of their working hours behind a screen, and how valuable it can be to step away from it, work with your hands and observe something in real time.

I bring everything needed for a life drawing session to the workplace: a professional model, paper, charcoal, drawing boards and my experience of working with the live model.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with teams from G-Star, Hunkemöller and Design Bridge and Partners, among others. Each workshop is tailored to the organisation. With Hunkemöller, for example, we worked around lingerie and the body, while the G-Star workshop focused more on line, structure and movement.

The workshops are about more than learning to draw. They offer a chance to step away from the screen, work with your hands and look at something in real time.

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photo right: workshop Design Bridge & partners