Atmospheric Portrait Drawing July/August

07/16/2024 - 08/20/2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Price

$387

Member Price

$328.95

Room: 202 Atelier

Fundamental drawing experience required.

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, shadow and atmosphere in their portraiture. 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. Our focus will be drawing the portrait, but the concepts practiced will be applicable to all other subject matter. This class is about learning the language of form so you can write your own poetry with constructive integrity.

Jen Starling

Recommended- BEGINNERS USE GRAPHITE

I will move between the two mediums- but the concepts that I will be teaching work between both media

Paper
Canson Mi-Tientes Paper- 24x30 sheets -cut down to a variety of sizes no smaller than 8x11 light -cool or warm tone (NO DARK TONES) you can purchase sheets at Meininger’s, and they will cut them for you. IF YOU PLAN TO USE CHARCOAL- your sheets should be no smaller than 12x15. :)
OR
Sketchbook
Stillman and Birn Zeta Series Hardcover Sketchbook, 8.25 x 11.75
Plastic or metal clamps from the hardware store to secure paper/ sketchbook to easel
Mechanical Eraser

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
Paper Stump Variety- Important!

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

Jen Starling

Atmospheric Portrait Drawing July/August

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