Oxford Summer School

Charcoal Portraits

Thursday 7th August 2025 for 1 day — Cost: £65

Tutor: Mandy Monkcom

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In this workshop, you will be drawing portraits from photographs. You will look at how to measure proportions of the face to get a good likeness and explore drawing techniques in soft pencil and charcoal.

You Will Need

  • Charcoal
  • Soft graphite woodless pencils 3B and softer
  • A hard rubber and a putty rubber
  • A3 white cartridge paper
  • A drawing board
  • A table easel
  • Handwipes

Reference pictures will be provided, but do bring your own black and white photo if you have a portrait you would especially like to do.