Organised by National Gallery
Develop your creative skills in a thematic session drawn from our collection and beyond
Sketchbook Saturdays are morning-long creative sessions with the aim of exploring the various ways in which artists have approached their own image making.
Suitable for beginners, as well as those wanting to improve their current skills, each month we explore a particular theme or subject through practical activities based upon the art and artists found in our collection.
From drawing techniques and materials, to the ways that artists today have taken inspiration from the past, develop your own toolkit of ideas for making art at home.
The National Gallery’s collection is populated with dogs, from well-loved pets and companions, to scavenging mongrels. In this session, artist Robin-Lee Hall explores three particular examples from a range of periods, demonstrating how to draw dogs using different mediums, as well as discussing the stories behind each animal.
Image: Detail from Thomas Gainsborough, 'Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')', 1785