Portrait Fundamentals From Life B

10/19/2024 - 11/23/2024 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Level: All

Price

$387

Member Price

$328.95

Room: 106

200 Grant St Denver

-General proportions
-Plumb lines
-Value scale & shapes -
Transitions (soft/hard. fast/slow)
-Practice!

Drawing faces is hard! If you are frustrated and unhappy with your work, or just starting out, this is the class for you! Let us get back to the basics by simplifying what we see. In this class we will focus on proportions, values, transitions, and learning how charcoal behaves. We will draw a model's portrait each week using light and shadow to show form. We will learn:

-General proportions

-Plumb lines

-Value scale & shapes -

Transitions (soft/hard. fast/slow)

-Practice!

Jen Starling

-Willow or vine charcoal sticks
-Compressed charcoal (Generals brand)soft (at least 3 pencils)
-Kneaded eraser
-A few soft small paint brushes (size 2-4ish)
-Blue shop towels (not regular paper towels!)
-Paper Canson Mi-Tientes Paper- 24x30 sheets -cut down to a variety of sizes no smaller than 9"x 12" light
*Cool or warm tone (NO DARK TONES) you can purchase sheets at Meininger’s, and they will cut them for you
-Plastic or metal clamps from the hardware store to secure paper/ sketchbook to easel OR tape