Life Drawing: Intermediate
When: Semester Two. Course commences Wednesday 21st January 2026, from 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Course Registration Opens: 1st December 2025
Course Application Deadline: 16th January 2026
Course Fee: €330
Tutor: Orla O'Byrne
What is the course about?
This course is intended for artists and students who already have basic drawing skills and for those who wish to reconnect with their own studio practice. It is also suitable for anyone who is interested in transitioning from other art practices and professions. This course will encourage participants to engage with the process of drawing and expand their drawing skills by experimenting with different drawing techniques and exploring various drawing media. Concentrating on observational drawing, including life drawing, this course aims to encourage the development of the participant’s own visual language and drawing abilities.
Tutor Profile
Orla O'Byrne
Orla O’Byrne is an artist, researcher and teacher based between Backwater Artists Group and St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, where she is Cathedral Curator. She holds an MA in Art & Process from MTU Crawford, Cork.
Orla has exhibited widely and her work is in public and private collections. Her previous awards include The Lavit Gallery Student of the Year, the CIT Registrar’s Prize and The Valerie Gleeson Bursary Award.
Orla’s art practice is firmly rooted in drawing, although she works across a wide range of media which also includes sculpture, photography, and installation.
For more information on Orla’s practice:
Accreditation
These part-time, evening courses provide students with an opportunity to experience the potential of visual arts practice, through sustained engagement with materials, techniques, processes, research and art contexts. Each course is an accredited module (5 credits) on the National Framework of Qualifications, where 60 credits equate to the workload of a full-time academic year on a degree programme. It may be possible, therefore, to use these credits as part of one of our full-time programmes in the Department of Fine Art and Applied Art. Students interested in pursuing this option should contact crawford.enquiries@mtu.ie and bear in mind that they would need to submit work for assessment at the end of the module.