Classical Drawing Techniques - Session A
Adult Course | This program is completed
This course is designed for students at the beginner and intermediate level to hone and develop their conceptual drawing skills by applying their knowledge of creating the illusion of light and shadow on formusing casts. We will be covering the start, middle and ‘end’ phase of developing the illusion of form and atmosphere with graphite/charcoal. Student’s progress along that spectrum depending on the efficiency and accuracy they bring to each stage. The concepts practiced can be applied to all other subject matter..
Topics practiced: sight size versus comparative measurements, gesture, contour drawing, rendering, creating atmosphere, cross hatching
- Paper
Canson Mi-Tientes Paper- 24x30 sheets light -cool or warm tone ( NOT MID or DARK TONES)- these are too dark. - you can purchase sheets at Meininger’s
OR
Sketchbook
Stillman and Birn Zeta Series Hardcover Sketchbook, 8.25 x 11.75
Charcoal
Nitram Charcoal, H, HB, B
Chamois
Paper Stump Variety
Graphite
Staedtler Mars Technico 780 C Pr5 LeadHolder Pencil
Graphite Refills: 2H, B, 2B
Sharpener: Mars Technico Lead pointer #502
Reading Material:
- Drawing Course, Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Géróme
- Constructive Anatomy, George Bridgman
- The Human Figure, John H Vanderpoel
- The Art Spirit, Robert Henri
- The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing, Anthony Ryder
- Hawthorne on Painting
Tanner Steed
“My paintings are the result of deep observation and contemplation of light. Through my sensory experience, I create a personal interpretation of the scene using the abstraction of brushstrokes. No matter how rendered, it will always be abstraction that formulates my work. Even though the subject matter is more than easily recognized, my paintings are about the quality of the paint itself. I hope to catch the viewers attention with a subject, only to inspire them to look closer at the innate beauty of oil on linen.”