ONLINE COURSES
2025
WEDNESDAYS 6 - 7:15pm (SAST)
Online classes are structured through an illustrated talk, in-class activities, and off-line prompts.
All courses include access to an interactive class page with notes, additional resources, and recordings.
FOUNDATIONS of DRAWING
15 JAN – 5 MARCH / 8 x classes
This is a comprehensive eight week introduction course that explores the five formal elements of line, form, tone, texture, and composition. Starting with an introduction to the principles of drawing with mindfulness and a tutorial on drawing tools and mediums, it finishes with the much beloved class on how to embrace mistakes.
Each weekly class is structured around a study of historical and contemporary artworks, and a combination of online and offline exercises.
A playfully approachable course for beginners, as well as a revitalising refresher for practicing artists.
ZAR 2600 / $143
MYTH and MAGIC
19 MARCH - 9 APRIL / 4 x classes
This course explores how drawing has been used through the ages to visualise the unknown or the invisible. We look at how myths, monsters, visions, and dreams have manifested in art history. And we explore the nature of icons, talismans and symbols.
In four rich classes I'll guide you through imaginative exercises to tease out how the transformative and transporting power of the image blurs the boundaries between artistic practice and sacred experience.
This is one to summon the muses!
ZAR 1600 / $78
Exploring COLOUR
23 APRIL - 11 JUNE / 8 x classes
An eight part kaleidoscopic, myth-busting, whistle-stop tour through the history of colour theory, with plenty of practical exploration and colour play.
I learn something new every time I run this course. Colour is a dazzling chimera of science, art, culture and philosophy. This course is a great introduction to the vagaries of colour through the often neglected format of coloured drawing mediums.
It's a thorough, but always entertaining, series of classes that allows you to build your wonder and confidence from the bottom up
ZAR 2600 / $143
MORBID ANATOMY
2 JULY – 23 JULY / 4 x classes
This course takes a look at the fascinating, surprisingly beautiful, and often humourous intersection of medicine and drawing. It’s a look at the history and evolution of medical illustration; the depiction of medicine in art; and how art has been used as medicine.
From portrayals of pandemics, disease and death, to the inventive and creative aspects of the healing arts, this course is not for the faint hearted! But it is also a celebration of where the medical body meets arts and culture.
ZAR 1400 / $78
6 AUG – 24 SEPT / 8 x classes
FIGURING IT OUT
This course looks at the powerful attraction that figure drawing has exerted on artists and viewers around the world and through the ages. It also considers the powerful frustration it elicits, in both new and experienced drawers!
As the name suggests, this course aims to make the most enduring - and most challenging - of subjects more approachable. Through exploring line, tone, proportion and gesture, this course focuses on helping you develop your own authentic relationship with drawing the figure.
ZAR 2600 / $143
FEAST for the EYES
5 NOV – 26 NOV / 4 x classes
This course considers the intersection of food and art through the ages, sampling the delights of both art history and cookbook illustration. From the egg to the egg-whisk, this course explores the tactile and sensual resonances between cooking food and drawing it.
Not just for foodies, this class is full of textures, colours, and characters, offering many surprising inroads to exploring drawing.
Includes recipes from famous artists in each class!
ZAR 1400/ $78!
30% off gift vouchers!
THE VOUCHERS CAN BE USED FOR ANY ONLINE COURSE AND ARE VALID FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
FAQs
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An internet connection, a device, and a Zoom account. These classes are really about learning the art of looking, and therefore are best done on a larger screen like a computer or iPad, rather than a phone.
Also, somewhere where you have space to draw and can immerse yourself in the activity without distractions.
Finally, anything you can make a mark with, and anything you can make a mark on: markers, pencils, ballpoint pens, crayons, pastels, charcoal, printer paper, a sketch book, cardboard, envelopes etc. I will give you advance notice if special mediums, papers, or objects are needed for the class, but these will usually be things you can find around the house.
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No! Both the online and live workshops are suitable for all levels, whether you haven’t drawn since school, or are a practicing artist. These classes are focused on encouraging you to see drawing as an exploratory process and practice. They are beneficial to established artists, for both reigniting curiosity in their own practice and revisiting foundations; and they are beneficial to beginners looking for a structured space in which to explore drawing. Although skill level is irrelevant, a sense of play is an advantage
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All the classes are recorded and are available for up to 2 weeks afterwards
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Yes, most of the classes are offered as single drop-in classes! You can follow on instagram or subscribe to the weekly newsletter to know what’s happening each week.
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In an effort to make these classes accessible to as many as possible, I am always open to discussing payment options. You can pay in installments or pay in trade, (some of the things and services I’ve accepted include artwork, proofreading, and a tattoo.) Please reach out.
“Over six evening sessions, I’ve learned more practical tips on how to look, see, and draw, than I did in a full year of standing in front of an easel in first year varsity.”
— Leonie
“I loved your colour course. I could barely wait for each class. I love the care you take and the depths you take us to. You made colour thrilling and profound, you make art making thrilling and profound.”
— Sarah
“I just completed my fourth Drawing with Mindfulness course. Not only are they a reprieve from our mad world, but Rebecca teaches with great erudition and a sly whimsicality. Her research is generous and elucidating with slide after slide triggering ‘lightbulb moments. Though the classes are held online, the page where people share their work builds a real community.”
— Jen
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