Practical courses for ALL LEVELS
The Drawing School was founded in 2008. We are located on the historic Merrion Square, in the museum and gallery district of Dublin, Ireland. We offer full and part-time courses in drawing, painting and sculpture, teaching the traditional methods and techniques that underlie much successful art and design.
Our courses are designed for students of all levels, from complete beginners to those with advanced experience looking to refine their skills. We are dedicated to reviving the time-honoured practice of copying masterworks as a means of training the hand and eye, while fostering a deep engagement with the rich artistic inheritance we have access to today.
The school is a visual library which houses an outstanding collection of teaching materials, including original academic drawings, high-quality printed reproductions and antique plaster casts.
Student Testimonials:
“…What I love about the Drawing School is its thoroughly professional approach to drawing. Teachers are passionate about skill and technique, taking students through the Bargue method which is a classical approach to drawing. For me, having a structured approach was essential and most beneficial. I think the Drawing School is the perfect place for creative industry professionals who want to hone and continue to develop their drawing skills… I can’t recommend the Drawing School enough. Students come from many backgrounds and age groups, but all have a common purpose and passion which the school nurtures. There is a great sense of camaraderie but mostly, a feeling of purpose and achievement.”
– Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh. (Costume Designer; The Banshees of Inisherin, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Brideshead Revisited)
“Classes at The Drawing School are invigorating. The tutors have a way of helping you to see better and the techniques they teach unlock you to draw better. The selection of prints to draw from are really inspiring and the atmosphere is warm and enjoyable. The whole experience keeps me coming back again and again…The care they pour into teaching and their attention to detail is compelling. Working from a collection of prints and original drawings, I now find myself learning from drawings that I never thought I would be able to attempt.”
– Lynn Johnston (Academy Award Oscar-nominated make-up artist)
Discipline of Drawing | PART I
FOUNDATIONAL INSTRUCTION
Course details: Sep – Dec 2026 (Scroll down for full dates & booking) | Morning & Evening Options | 12 weeks | 3 hours per week | Price: €520 (All materials provided) | Open to all levels – Beginner to Advanced
Course Description: Following the traditional method, the Drawing School teaches drawing through a structured progression, beginning with the copying of the FLAT, prints and drawings, before advancing to the ROUND, three-dimensional forms such as historical plaster casts, and finally to the representation of NATURE through life drawing from a model. Discipline of Drawing I and Discipline of Drawing II form the introduction to this structured approach, establishing the essential foundations of observational drawing.
Upon completion of Discipline of Drawing I, students can progress to the Drawing School’s other part-time courses. Access to the Life Room is based on a portfolio review.
Discipline of Drawing I offers a comprehensive introduction to observational drawing, making it ideal for beginners as well as those wishing to strengthen their foundational skills. Working from the celebrated nineteenth-century drawing manual, the Cours de Dessin by Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme, studied by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and Diego Rivera, together with simplified geometric forms, students learn the core principles of line quality, measurement and tonal modelling. Each lesson builds progressively, moving from line-based studies to carefully structured tonal studies that introduce volume and depth.
Through instructor demonstrations, guided practice and one-to-one tuition, students gain a practical understanding of classical methods rooted in centuries of artistic tradition. Optional weekly assignments reinforce the principles introduced in each lesson. By the end of the course, students will have acquired a deeper understanding of the essential principles and practical skills that underpin observational drawing.
Vincent Van Gogh on Cours de Dessin:
“I’m still working on Bargue’s Cours de Dessin, and plan to finish it before undertaking anything else, since day by day it exercises and strengthens both my hand and my mind…I couldn’t tell you how happy I feel to have taken up drawing again…The careful study, the constant and repeated drawing of Bargue’s (Cours de Dessin) has given me more insight into figure drawing. I’ve learned to measure and to see and to attempt the broad outlines. So that what used to seem to me to be desperately impossible is now gradually becoming possible. – Vincent Van Gogh
BOOKING DETAILS:
Price: €520 (All materials provided)
For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials during classes, with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them.
IMPORTANT: If a course has sold out, please email info@drawing.ie to be added to our waiting list.
Wednesdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 30 Sep – 16 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Thursdays, 10am – 1pm ( 1 Oct – 17 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Thursdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 1 Oct – 17 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Discipline of drawing | PART II
APPLICATION & PRACTICE
Course details: Sep – Dec 2026 (Scroll down for full dates & booking) | Morning & Evening Options | 12 weeks | 3 hours per week | Price: €520 (All materials provided) | Open to students currently enrolled in, or graduates of, Discipline of Drawing I or one of our full-time programmes
Course Description: For students wishing to continue with the highly structured curriculum of Discipline of Drawing I, Discipline of Drawing II develops their understanding of structure, tone and form. Each session progressively introduces techniques practised in the nineteenth-century École des Beaux-Arts, including simplified head construction and the Beaux-Arts estompe method.
Throughout the course, students continue to refine their approach to modelling form through studies from Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Cours de Dessin, together with other carefully selected references. Regular instructor demonstrations, alongside references to original drawings and historical teaching material from the School’s extensive collection, illuminate the principles explored in each lesson.
Optional weekly assignments complement in-class studies, reinforcing the principles introduced throughout the course.
BOOKING DETAILS:
Price: €520 (All materials provided)
For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials during classes, with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them.
IMPORTANT: If a course has sold out, please email info@drawing.ie to be added to our waiting list.
Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm (28 Sep – 14 Dec 2026) | €520
Tuesdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm (29 Sep – 15 Dec 2026) | €520
Wednesdays, 10am – 1pm (30 Sep – 16 Dec 2026) | €520
Scriptorium
COPY FOR ART'S SAKE
Course details: Sep – Dec 2026 (Scroll down for full dates & booking) | Morning & Evening Options | 12 weeks | 3 hours per week | Price: €520 (All Materials provided) | Open to students currently enrolled in, or graduates of, Discipline of Drawing I or one of our full-time programmes. Students are welcome to book as many sessions as they wish.
Course description: In the centuries following the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, much of Europe experienced profound upheaval. On the edge of Europe, Irish monastic scriptoria became important centres of learning, where monk-artists helped preserve and transmit culture through the copying and illumination of manuscripts, producing masterpieces such as the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow.
Drawing upon this tradition, the Scriptorium at the Drawing School offers students the opportunity to engage deeply with the School’s exceptional collection of prints and drawings. By studying and copying works spanning a broad range of periods, styles and traditions at close hand, students refine their technical ability while developing a deeper understanding of great art and design.
The Drawing School’s Art Library includes:
- The complete Cours de Dessin by Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme, including rare original editions and exact facsimiles
- The 28-volume Biblioteca di Disegni, published by Alinari, Florence
- The Vasari Society for the Publication of Old Master Drawings
- Works from the École des Beaux-Arts academies and the Rothenstein Art Master Collection
- Modernist publications, including Verve, featuring artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso
- The Walt Disney Animation Studios Archive Series
- The Richer Artistic Anatomy series
- Rare first editions of esoteric works, including Manly P. Hall’s The Secret Teachings of All Ages and Fulcanelli’s Le Mystère des Cathédrales and Les Demeures Philosophales
- Rare manuscript facsimiles, including the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Codex Borbonicus, and other illuminated and pre-Columbian manuscripts
- Rare illustrated books and first editions, including works by Hergé
These represent only a small selection from the Drawing School’s continually expanding Art Library.
Working within a focused studio environment, students explore these works through sustained copying and careful observation, using a variety of media. The Library becomes a living studio resource, fostering a deeper understanding of artistic tradition while encouraging technical refinement.
ENTRY
This course is open to students who are currently enrolled in, or have completed, Discipline of Drawing I or one of the Drawing School’s full-time programmes. Students are welcome to attend as many Scriptorium sessions as they wish.
BOOKING DETAILS
Price: €520 (All materials provided)
For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials during classes, with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them.
IMPORTANT: If a course has sold out, please email info@drawing.ie to be added to our waiting list.
Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 28 Sep – 14 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Tuesdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 29 Sep – 15 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Wednesdays, 10am – 1pm ( 30 Sep – 16 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Thursdays, 10am – 1pm ( 1 Oct – 17 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Cast Room
REALISING THE ROUND
Course details: Sep – Dec 2026 (Scroll down for full dates & booking) | Morning & Evening Options | 12 weeks | 3 hours per week | Price: €520 (All Materials included) | Open to students currently enrolled in, or graduates of, Discipline of Drawing I or one of our full-time programmes. Students are welcome to book as many sessions as they wish.
Course Description: Plaster casts form an essential part of traditional drawing instruction. Made from moulds taken from original sculptures, they preserve the identical likeness of many of history’s greatest works, allowing students to study their three-dimensional form through direct observation. As a result, plaster casts became one of the principal teaching tools of academic art education.
Traditionally, students progressed through three stages of study: the Flat, copying prints and drawings; the Round, drawing from plaster casts; and finally Nature, drawing from the living model. Building upon the principles established in our Discipline of Drawing and Scriptorium programmes, the Cast Room introduces the second stage of this progression, where students learn to observe, analyse and draw three-dimensional form.
The Drawing School’s cast collection is among the finest in Ireland. It includes casts after sculptures from the academic tradition alongside works representing a broad range of historical periods and cultures. The casts are changed every three to four weeks, allowing sufficient time for sustained study while introducing students to a wide variety of sculptural traditions. Regular instructor demonstrations and individual critiques are provided throughout.
ENTRY:
This course is open to anyone who is currently enrolled in, or has attended, our introductory part-time Discipline of Drawing | Part I course or one of our full-time programmes. Participants are welcome to book as many sessions as they wish.
BOOKING DETAILS:
Price: €520 (All materials included)
For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials during classes, with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them.
IMPORTANT: If a course has sold out, please email info@drawing.ie to be added to our waiting list.
Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 28 Sep – 14 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Thursdays, 10am – 1pm ( 1 Oct – 17 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Life Room
LONG-POSE LIFE DRAWING
Details: Sep – Dec 2026 (Scroll down for full dates & booking) | Morning & Evening Options | 12 weeks / 3 hours per week | Price: €520 (All materials provided) | Open to graduates of Discipline of Drawing II or one of our full-time programmes. Also open to anyone based on a portfolio review of at least 5 drawings.
Course Description: Drawing from the living model represented the culmination of academic drawing instruction. Having progressed through the Flat, copying prints and drawings, and the Round, drawing from plaster casts, students finally turn to Nature – the direct study of the human figure.
The Life Room continues this tradition. Life models pose on a central raised platform beneath carefully controlled chiaroscuro lighting, surrounded by students in an environment designed for sustained observation and concentrated study. Working from life presents interesting challenges that cannot be encountered when drawing from prints or casts. Every pose is unique, requiring students to bring together their understanding of proportion, structure, anatomy, light and form in response to a living subject.
Students work from both short and long poses, progressing from rapid studies to sustained drawings over several weeks. Instructor demonstrations and individual critiques are offered throughout the course.
ENTRY: This course is open to anyone who is currently enrolled in, or has attended, our introductory part-time Discipline of Drawing | Part I course or one of our full-time programmes. Participants are welcome to book as many sessions as they wish.
BOOKING DETAILS: €520 (All materials provided) For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials during classes, with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them.
IMPORTANT: If a course has sold out, please email info@drawing.ie to be added to our waiting list.
Tuesdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 29 Sep – 15 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Wednesdays, 10am – 1pm ( 30 Sep – 16 Dec 2026 ) | €520
WEEKLY PAINTING INSTRUCTION
Course details: Sep – Dec 2026 (Scroll down for full dates & booking) | Morning & Evening Options | 3 hours per week | Price: €520 (All Materials included, excluding brushes) | Open to students who have completed Discipline of Drawing I or one of our full-time programmes
Course Description
Building upon the principles established in Discipline of Drawing, this course introduces students to the traditions of oil painting through a carefully structured programme of study.
Students are introduced to the preparation and use of traditional painting materials before progressing to block-ins, facture (an artist’s characteristic handling of paint) and grisaille (monochrome painting).
Throughout the course, students work with traditional materials and methods while developing confidence in the handling of paint, tonal relationships and the modelling of form. The Drawing School’s collection of original artworks and instructor demonstration pieces provides opportunities to study technique at first hand. Live instructor demonstrations, individual critiques and one-to-one guidance support students throughout.
Upon completion of Oil Painting Part I, students wishing to continue their studies may progress to a follow-on oil painting programme introducing limited-palette and full-colour painting, portraiture, figure painting and more advanced studies. Further details are available on request.
Note: To complement their painting, students are encouraged to refine their drawing skills either at home or at the Drawing School in the structured and inspiring setting of the Scriptorium or the Discipline of Drawing | Part II. These 3-hour weekly sessions deepen your understanding of drawing, – a critical foundation for painting. You will find SCRIPTORIUM in the menu above.
BOOKING DETAILS
Price: €520 (All materials provided*) For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials such as canvas, paints, linseed oil, odourless spirits, palette, painter’s rag, painter’s apron, palette knife etc. during classes (Excluding paint brushes. The recommended Hog-hair brushes are available to purchase at the Drawing School) with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them, apart from their brushes.
IMPORTANT: If a course has sold out, please email info@drawing.ie to be added to our waiting list.
Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 28 Sep – 14 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Tuesdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 29 Sep – 15 Dec 2026 ) | €520
Wednesdays, 10am – 1pm ( 30 Sep – 16 Dec 2026 ) | €520
DRAWING FULL TIME | AUTUMN 2026
Begin / Advance Your Craft
Details: Flexible Duration: Enrol for 1 or more terms | 3 days per week | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 10am – 4pm (Lunch: 1pm – 2pm) Materials included | Autumn Term 2026: 28 Sep – 17 Dec, 2026 | Mid-term break: 26–30 October 2026 | Terms & conditions apply, see below.
Dates: Start any term and choose one or multiple terms:
Autumn Term 2026: 28 Sep – 17 Dec, 2026
Price: €2200 (Materials included)
For students’ convenience, the course fee includes use of all materials during classes, with storage provided for coursework. Students can simply arrive for class each week without the need to bring anything with them.
Course Description: The Drawing Full-time programme is Ireland’s most comprehensive course in academic drawing. It is designed to provide you with the foundational skills necessary for a disciplined and focused craft in an inspiring space located in the Museum and Gallery district of Dublin’s City Centre.
Drawing forms the foundation of this curriculum, offering essential groundwork for advanced study. You will progress through carefully structured exercises informed by historical workshop and academic training, refining your understanding of accurate observation, tone, proportion, and form. The course is suitable for complete beginners seeking a structured introduction to drawing, as well as experienced designers / artists aiming to deepen their technical ability, with course material being tailored accordingly.
As part of the full-time programme, you will have access to the Drawing School’s Library of Prints & Drawings, an extensive collection of over 10,000 works. This includes original pieces and high-quality reproductions spanning millennia, from a broad collection spanning Ancient Egyptian funerary portraits to Old Masters like Michelangelo and Dürer, as well as Modernists like Matisse and George Grosz. This outstanding resource allows you to engage deeply with historical works, all presented to the highest standard. An ever-expanding catalogue will be made available prior to your attendance and will also be accessible online in the coming months. Additionally, the School is home to an expansive collection of plaster-cast sculptures, invaluable for developing your understanding of form, light, and three-dimensional structure.
Most students complete the Drawing Programme over 1 to 2 academic years. Regular visits to the National Gallery of Ireland, just a few minutes walk from the school, will enrich your learning, providing opportunities to engage directly with historical masterpieces.
Programme Structure:
The Flat: You will copy master drawings and prints, such as the Bargue-Gérôme Cours de Dessin, to develop your eye to see accurately, to understand tone, line, and proportion and to record precisely what you see.
The Round: Working from plaster casts, you will study light, shadow, and depth to render three-dimensional form.
Nature: Drawing directly from the life model (portrait and full figure), you will explore anatomy, gesture, and movement.
Advance at Your Own Pace: You’ll progress as you meet required standards, focusing on quality and precision.
Entry Requirements: Entry is open to all, whether beginner or advanced, however, a commitment to your study is essential.
Booking & Information: For further information or to enrol, contact info@drawing.ie or +353 (0)87 298 0409. By completing any purchase, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions
OIL Painting Full Time | AUTUMN 2026
EXPERT PAINTING INSTRUCTION
Details: Flexible Duration: Enrol for 1 or more terms | 3 days per week | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 10am – 4pm (Lunch: 1pm – 2pm) Materials included | Autumn Term 2026: 28 Sep – 17 Dec, 2026 | Mid-term break: 26–30 October 2026 | Terms & conditions apply, see below.
Dates: Start any term and choose one or multiple terms:
Autumn Term 2026: 28 Sep – 17 Dec, 2026
Price: €2400 (Materials included)
For students’ convenience, the course fee includes all materials required for the programme, including professional-quality oil paints, canvas, mediums, palette, palette knife, apron and paper towels, with storage provided for coursework. New students also receive their own professional set of Italian-made hog-hair brushes to keep. This ensures that students have the correct, carefully selected materials from the outset and can focus fully on their painting without the additional expense of sourcing materials themselves.
Course Description: Set in the Museum and Gallery district of Dublin’s City Centre, this full-time oil painting programme is for students with a solid foundation in representational drawing, such as those who have completed at least a full year of the Drawing School Full-Time programme or an equivalent in the Part-Time Discipline of Drawing & Scriptorium programmes. The course will deepen your understanding of traditional oil painting techniques. Throughout the course you will be instructed in basic artistic anatomy and how to think sculpturally when analysing and representing your subject. You will progress through masterwork reproductions, historical plaster casts, portrait and life models, refining your skills through specially designed exercises.
Painting Programme:
Part I: Tone & Mass
The initial phase focuses on monochrome painting (grisaille), a greyscale technique to learn about modelling form with light and shadow. You will progress through masterwork reproductions, where you will learn to perceive subjects as dynamic arrangements of light and dark, deepening your understanding of composition and form as well as tone. Structured exercises will strengthen your Facture – the handling and application of paint – while refining your ability to manipulate the medium for maximum effect. A colour palette will be introduced, through straightforward colour theory.
Part II: Fullness of Form
Building on the strong foundation of Part I, you will progress to working with three-dimensional forms, beginning with plaster casts. These exercises are complemented by work from stunning masterwork reproductions sourced from the Drawing School Art Library and frequent visits to the National Gallery of Ireland, offering you the opportunity to study masterpieces first-hand.
Part III: Nature
The final phase integrates all techniques learned throughout the programme, culminating in extensive work with life models for portraiture and full-figure painting. You will combine your understanding of tone, colour and form to create more sophisticated and expressive works. Emphasis will be placed on fluency and precision, alongside the development of design, composition, and personal expression.
Aims of the Programme:
– Build confidence in tone, colour, and form, progressing from simple studies to complex subjects, including plaster casts and life models, with an understanding of human anatomy.
– Develop fluency with oil painting tools and mediums, focusing on effective handling of paint (facture) and applying techniques in both studio and outdoor settings.
– Adopt a disciplined approach to oil painting, moving from monochrome to full colour while incorporating historical and contemporary techniques.
– Enhance understanding of painting history, learning to interpret works and engage with key literature.
– Foster a personal and expressive vision, refining observational skills and descriptive abilities through Ekphrastic seeing to foster more evocative and expressive descriptive abilities.
Materials and Methodology: The programme begins with foundational studies using a simplified range of materials, building systematically toward more advanced works. Facture, or the handling and application of paint, is a significant focus, with ongoing exercises designed to refine technique and fluent expression. A full materials list will be provided upon request.
Entry Requirements: Admission to Oil Painting Full Time requires the successful completion of at least one year (three terms) in the Drawing School Full-Time course or an equivalent level of experience in the Part-Time Discipline of Drawing & Scriptorium programmes. If you have not attended any courses at the Drawing School but have completed similar advanced-level programmes elsewhere, please let us know. You will be asked to kindly provide examples of your work for review.
Enrolment, Booking & Information: For further information or to enrol, contact info@drawing.ie or +353 (0)87 298 0409. By completing any purchase, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions
Artistic Anatomy | WORKSHOP
COMING SOON
Two-Day Intensive Artistic Anatomy Modelling Workshop | Dates: To be Confirmed | Price: To be Confirmed | Use of materials included (Chavant NSPTM modelling clay, full figure armature, modelling tools, notebook)
This intensive hands-on course is the only one of its kind in Ireland, and will centre around building an écorché sculpture; écorché meaning “flayed” or “without skin. This is a critical way to gain a concrete, in-depth understanding of artistic human anatomy. Over the two days students will sculpt, using Chavant NSPTM modelling clay over an armature, the skeleton and study the underlying structures of the human body. Then they will study the main forms and relationships between them, the joint types and the skeletal mechanics of the body, before moving on to the muscular system that create the outlines and forms we see every day. Through this fascinating exploration into human anatomy students will partake in a study of design, form and function.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be left with an expanded knowledge of anatomy in three dimensions and most importantly a system of study to fuel future interest in the subject. The course is critical for painters, sculptors, illustrators, and digital artists and medical practitioners who want to better understand the human form.
Further details coming soon
Sculpture: features | WORKSHOP
COMING SOON
Weekend workshop | Modelling Course | Newcomer / All levels | TBC
This 2-day weekend workshop introduces students to the fundamentals concepts of modelling by starting with a series of exercises focusing on approach and methods of creating forms, analysing structure and proportion.
Students will work with water-based clay using white plaster casts from the iconic features of Michelangelo’s “David” as models to copy. Starting with basic reduction, the complex form is broken down to step by step easy to understand exercises.
During the course students will complete the eye, the nose, the mouth and the ear gaining a strong foundation which can be applied in traditional or digital model making.
Further details coming soon
Head Anatomy | WORKSHOP
COMING SOON
Weekend workshop | Modelling Course | Newcomer / All levels | TBC
Students can continue their studies, modelling a life size model of the human head, learning about the proportions of the face, the skeletal landmarks of the skull and the muscles responsible for the expressions of the face. This approach is invaluable for the correct understanding of how to represent and reinterpret the human face. While the course is covering the fundamentals of portrait anatomy, it has a strong focus on proportion, structure, volume, form and introduces students to the hollowing of a clay portrait and finishing techniques with water based clay.
Further details coming soon.
Long Pose Portrait Drawing: Likeness and Form
3-day weekend workshop with patrick byrnes
Workshop details: 9th – 11th May, 2025 (Friday , Saturday, Sunday: 3 days) Daily Schedule: 10am – 5pm; Lunch; 1- 2pm | Price: €520 Booking: To make booking please email us: info@drawing.ie or call +353 (0)87 298 0409. A full materials list will be provided upon request.
Workshop Description: In this three-day workshop participants will draw the live model in a single portrait pose, developing the fundamentals of portrait draughtsmanship in graphite by learning to synthesise visual and conceptual modes of analysis. After completing a highly resolved linear block-in with instruction emphasising proportion, anatomical structure, and a sensitive fidelity to nature, artists will then learn to render the illusion of three-dimensional form by analysing the physics of light and its effect on objects in space. Patrick will aid participants with demonstrations, individual critiques, and detailed discussions on establishing an accurate value range, anatomy, perspective, line quality, and the balance between sculptural, graphic, and atmospheric aesthetic aims. Beginning to advanced artists are welcome. Instruction will be customised to individual levels of experience.
Morning sessions begin with short group lectures to introduce key concepts as well as a comprehensive, narrated demonstration by Patrick. From 12pm through the rest of the day participating artists will draw from the live model, with Patrick offering detailed, customised critiques.
Further enquiries: info@drawing.ie or call +353 (0)87 298 0409.
By completing any purchase, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions
BOOKING: 9th, 10th & 11th May, 2025 (Fri , Sat, Sun, 3 days) 10am – 5pm | €520
Address:
DRAWING SCHOOL
74 Merrion Square S,
Dublin 2,
Ireland.
D02 TK30
Phone: +353 (0)87 298 0409
Email: info@drawing.ie
Visit by Appointment:
If you would like to visit the Drawing School, please schedule an appointment by contacting us via the form above or by emailing info@drawing.ie.
Location:
GETTING HERE
Located in the city centre, in the heart of Georgian Dublin and a two-minute walk from the National Gallery of Ireland, the Drawing School is easily accessible on foot and by public transport.
On foot
The School is a 10 to 15-minute walk from St Stephen’s Green, Grafton Street and Trinity College.
By DART Commuter Rail
Pearse DART Station is the closest station and a 10-minute walk to the School.
By LUAS light rail
If travelling via the LUAS Green Line, alight at Dawson Street. The School is a 15-minute walk from here. If travelling via the Red Line, alight at Abbey Street, which is about a 20-minute walk from here to the School.
By bus
Dublin Bus provides service to nearby bus stops, several directly outside our entrance. Bus routes serving the School include the following: 130, 142, 145, 15A, 26 to our doorstep on Merrion Square South, 4, 7, 8 to nearby Merrion Square North & Clare Street; 39a to Merrion Row; 46a to nearby Dawson Street & Nassau Street. If travelling from Heuston Station, take the 145 bus to Nassau Street.
By dublinbikes
Dublinbikes is a public bicycle rental scheme which has operated in the city of Dublin for over a decade. There are two Dublinbikes stations beside the School, located on Merrion Square South and Merrion Square West.
By car
There is metered parking on Merrion Square. As of November 2024, on-street parking is approximately €4 per hour and free after 7pm until 7am, Monday to Saturday.