Bargue Drawing Course - Lisbon

March 30 to April 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (with a 1-hour lunch break).
A fascinating journey through the key steps of creating a realistic charcoal drawing, by using a time proven method that trained thousands of artists. Van Gogh mentions this course in 16 letters to his brother:

“The careful study and constant, repeated drawing of Bargue’s Exercices au fusain have given me deeper insight into figure drawing. I have learned to measure, to see, and to attempt the broad outlines, so that what once seemed desperately impossible to me is now gradually becoming possible, thank God.”
— Vincent van Gogh, September 1881
 
Open to all skill levels, including beginners.
All materials will be provided.
This course will take place at the Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves House-Museum in Saldanha. It is the former studio of the renowned painter José Malhoa.
 
We will contact you before the course begins. Registration is valid upon payment.
Special promotion: €198.00 including materials!

Students in Portugal can transfer directly to the IBAN:
PT50 0033 0000 4545 9394 8360 5.
Proof of payment must be sent to the email: nelson.ferreira.portugal@gmail.com (always including your phone number) or via WhatsApp to +351 966474188

About the instructor: Nelson Ferreira specialises in the techniques of the old European masters (15th-century Early Flemish painting methods, as well as 19th-century academic drawing and painting). He has twice been invited by the National Portrait Gallery, notably to teach Renaissance drawing techniques during the exhibition of drawings by Holbein and Leonardo da Vinci. He is a guest lecturer at various museums and universities. He trains artists at Walt Disney, teaching drawing and painting to the Industrial Light & Magic teams in North America, Singapore and the UK. He has held solo exhibitions at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Monastery of Batalha and the Soares dos Reis National Museum. He was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition in the entire history of Borobudur (the world’s largest Buddhist temple, dating back 1,200 years, and Indonesia’s most visited monument). He was also the first ever to undertake an official artist residency at Angkor Wat.