ARCHITECTURE PAINTING DEMO with Philip painting St Peters of Rome with Watercolour

About this Event   art webinars for adults exploring the architecture from Ancient Greco-Roman time  Rome. St. Peters Cathedral.  

Borromini and Bernini are reshaping the city in a new derivative baroque style, bending and stretching the possibilities of a monumental Catholic church..the papal architect Carlo Maderno takes on the idea of how the architectural ideas from the ancient greek library at Ephesoscould be adapted for the facade of the new Catholic cathedral in Rome after its medieval version was demolished...  

We invite you to explore how the same functional ideas of niches and theatrical Skenae were adapted to incorporate new mechanisms like clocks and bell towers while the balconies are no longer for the Roman Emperor but someone arguably more powerful...  

The session will begin with a PowerPoint presentation, after which you will be invited to draw and to paint a facade of St Peter's in Rome under the guidance of an experienced artist and art historian.  It will be a fun and informative session, that everyone will enjoy.  

This webinar will be available as a recording for 7 days and the email with the link will be sent to all the participants after the end of the live webinar - so you can watch it any time later on if you can't make the live session.  

In the live webinar, you will be able to ask questions in the chat.  

Art Materials needed:  A4 or A3 paper 180gsm or higher paper, watercolour paints and few soft paintbrushes of different sizes, set of graphite pencils, rubber eraser.  

If you don't intend to paint you can still take part and draw along with your workshop leader using a pencil and simple cartridge paper. It will be equally engaging.  

Requirements:  A computer, Tablet or Smartphone with access to a WiFi connection.  The latest version of Zoom App installed from www.zoom.us   

The event is listed in UNITED KINGDOM TIME (GMT) but will be available in other time zones.  Please make sure to check your start time depending on your time zone.  We recommend that you log-on 10 minutes prior to the start time and waiting in the waiting room. 

 Philip Firsov is an inspiring art tutor with over a decade of experience in London. Having studied in four London Art hubs like the Slade and Royal Drawing School, and architecture school in Italy and Russia. Philip shares knowledge and skills in many aspects of Fine Art. He used to run life drawing classes through the Prince's Drawing School in London, London life Drawing Network, and with medical students at King's College London, teaching drawing and anatomy, wood and stone carving, oil, acrylic and watercolour painting, classical academic drawing, clay sculpture, copying artworks in museums, etching, lettering and heraldic design, architectural styles.   

We look forward to exploring the beauty of classical architecture with you! It will be a very informative and entertaining art class for adults and we look forward to seeing you.