Learn the key skills and techniques for sketching and gain a unique look at the stunning exhibition, Expressionists: Kandinsky, Munter and the Blue Rider. This practical tour will take place in the exhibition space where you will work directly in front of artworks. Over the course of 90 minutes, you will build up the introductory skills and techniques needed to get you started making your own masterpieces.
Examples of Technique: hatching, crosshatching, colour grading and blending, stippling, circling, shading, scaling and washing.
The sketching session includes materials to take home with you, including a Winsor & Newton: Drawing Set, which contains a set of Graphite Pencils and a set of Coloured Pencils produced in collaboration with Tate.
All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner Street.
There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.
- Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
- A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
- Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.
To help plan your visit to Tate Modern, have a look at our visual story. It includes photographs and information about what you can expect from a visit to the gallery.
For more information before your visit:
- Email hello@tate.org.uk
- Call +44 (0)20 7887 8888 (daily 10.00–17.00)
