FIGURE DRAWING: PART ONE
1-week Intensive
April 8-12, 2024
9:30am-3:30pm (12-1pm Lunch break)
Instructor: Rae Bates
Location: 99 North Oval (Westdale United Church)
$385+ hst (cost includes fee for models' wages)
Description
A figure drawing class for everyone.
This course progresses through a series of core techniques for artistic representation of the 3-dimensional human form.
Working with the live nude model, each lesson develops key skills in visualizing movement, space, form, and proportion. Attention is given to different uses of line, value, and artists’ anatomy.
Who is this class for?
All levels. A perfect class for beginners as well as those with experience.
Figure drawing is a foundational practice for all art students and artists. Those who work in other genres (landscape, still life, portrait, illustration, fashion and design) will appreciate the benefits of figure drawing. It is the time honoured way of acquiring skill in visualizing a dynamic subject!
Materials
- black conte or willow charcoal
- kneadable eraser
- 18” x 24” pad of manila or newsprint paper
- Optional: 2-3 sheets of toned/grey colour drawing or pastel paper—this can be bought as single sheets or in pads no smaller than 12” x 16”. An example of this paper is “Ingres Paper” made by Canson, Strathmore or Fabriano. Optional, but highly recommended when drawing from longer poses.
- Optional: white conte (For use on toned paper.)
- Optional: Charcoal pencils, black and white. (For use on toned paper.) Recommended brands: Stabilo or Faber & Castell.