Date: Tuesday 22 August, 10.00–12.30

Venue: The Gallery at Green & Stone

Tickets: £45

Drawing and Reinterpreting the Masters

‘All artists borrow, great artists steal' said Picasso.

Picasso, Auerbach, Cecily Brown and many others have made contemporary work that refers to art of the past. In this class we look at how to make fast and meaningful thumbnail sketches from paintings by the Old Masters. We will then look at ways of responding via coloured drawing to their work as part of a journey towards finding your own contemporary voice. The class is suitable for all levels. All that is needed is a genuine , open-eyed appreciation of both contemporary and past art.

All art materials provided by Green & Stone.

Drinks provided by Nuisance.

About Sara Lee Roberts

Sara lives and works in London. She has a degree in Chemical Physics, a Postgrad Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings from Cambridge University and completed the postgraduate level Drawing Year at the RDS in 2008 where she won the Paintings in Hospitals Prize.

As a restorer, she worked on paintings in the Wallace Collection, The Royal Collection and the Royal Collection. She now devotes her time to painting, teaching and writing. Sara has exhibited widely and has paintings in the Jesus College Collection, The Unilever Collection, the Forbes Collection and many private collections. She teaches regularly at the Royal Drawing School where she is a member of the Senior Faculty.

Her book Painting and Reinterpreting the Masters, published by the Crowood Press, gives a detailed and considered approach to using the art of the past for inspiration and to find your own contemporary voice.