Life Drawing
- Design and Technology Centre
- Samantha Whittingham
- $255.00 (inc GST )
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Drawing from the human form provides an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the visual artist. It is highly recommended (but not compulsory) that students complete a Drawing for Beginners class before enrolling in this course.
Learn to draw using a variety of exercises which will enable you to see as an artist and develop your self-expression. Fee includes cost of weekly life models.
If you want to learn Life Drawing in Sydney, then this course is for you.
Agenda
During this course the intention is that the following topics will be covered, but not necessarily in the order given. Due to the variable nature of Adult Education classes, parts of the curriculum may be adapted to suit the needs of the class.
- Perform exercises to familiarise student with the materials
- Use warm up exercises with emphasis on the gesture of the pose
- Appreciate proportion and structure
- Learn to use light and dark to create form
- Learn to represent proportion and foreshortening and to see positive and negative space
- Explore expression using line, tone, shape and volume
- Look at each student’s style and individual’s approach
Objectives
The intended Learning Outcomes for this course are as follows.
By the end of the course the student will have:
- Experimented with a variety of approaches to the human form, to develop personal expression
- Learned to see the subject through the elements of line, tone, shape and composition
- Used these techniques and insights to draw from life
Other Information
Please bring:
- A2 or A3 Cartridge drawing pad, around 110gsm paper (get one with a stiff backing)
- Clips – Large Bulldog Clips x 2
- Pencil sharpener (normal, not the ones with a container)
For the Daytime Course, please bring the following:
- 4B or 6B graphite stick (the ones that look like ordinary pencils, not the thick, stubby ones or the water soluble ones)
- Erasers – normal, not a putty eraser
- Charcoal
For the Evening Course, please bring the following:
- Charcoal – Compressed and willow – round type
- Pencils – Pencils 6B and 8B
- Stanley knife for sharpening pencils
Students are eligible for a 10% discount at Tillys Art Supplies, Darling St, Rozelle. Newtown Art Supplies, King St, Newtown (just show copy of course enrolment confirmation).
Design & Technology Ctr, cnr Gordon St & Victoria Rd, Rozelle. If driving, no left turn into Gordon St, so turn left into Lilyfield Rd, then first right into Gordon St.
Please wear closed in shoes.
PLS NOTE: All classes need a minimum number of students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled and you will be informed. ***Please be aware that you may be informed of a cancellation &/or change via SMS or E-mail.
