Architecture and the Body

An online drawing course with artists Anna Brass and Paul Patrick Fenner

Are you aged 8 or over? Do you love to draw? Want ideas and prompts from professional artists? This short course of five films will show you amazing images made by connecting buildings and bodies. You’ll get practical guidance on how to explore buildings and bodies through your own drawings.

On this page you’ll find:

· A film introduction to the Sainsbury Centre Building with Anna and Paul called Crab, Body, Box.

· Four more films with images and drawing instructions for you to do at your own pace.

· Accompanying information for each film, with suggested materials, written instructions and further questions to consider.

· A glossary of words that you might find useful

· Further information for those using this material in an educational setting.

· Made something amazing? You can share your work with us. Send it to Rach at sainsburycentrelearning@uea.ac.uk or use #SCOnline on social media.

Introduction: Crab, Body, Box

In this short film, Anna Brass and Paul Patrick Fenner discuss different ways of looking at the Sainsbury Centre building.

Session 1: Inside and Outside

A short film with images and drawing instructions: exploring your home from the inside out.

Download our Inside and Outside PDF here, which includes suggested materials, written instructions and further questions to consider.

This resource is to be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

Session 2: The Body as Labyrinth

A short film with images and drawing instructions: translating the intertwining systems inside the body into architectural forms.

Download our The Body as Labyrinth PDF here, which includes suggested materials, written instructions and further questions to consider.

This resource is to be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

Session 3: The Cosmic Body

A short film with images and drawing instructions: imagining the internet as a mind and the physical stuff that sustains it as a body.

Download our The Cosmic Body PDF here, which includes suggested materials, written instructions and further questions to consider.

This resource is to be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

Session 4: Body/Building

A short film with images and drawing instructions; looking at how bodies can merge with buildings.

Download our Body/Building PDF here, which includes suggested materials, written instructions and further questions to consider.

This resource is to be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.