Learn to overcome the fear of mistakes and the resistance to making corrections. Working directly with pen and ink on smooth mixed media paper, we will create a figure drawing, striving for capturing the pose. We want the proportions to be off from the first go, because then we can create pentimenti!
Caravaggio is one of the great masters in Art History, and in this course you will learn from him. To understand what made his paintings so extraordinary, we will be studying his palette, composition, paint application, and brushwork - everything that matters in painting will be covered. The unusual aspect of this course is that you will be taught how to stage your setup in order to achieve a similar visual effect. Yes, you'll paint from your own still life! Every student's work will be different. Compose it in large format, choose a set of pigments for the dramatic lights and shadows, control the form, and bring your subject to life, and discover how without making a direct copy of Caravaggio, you can produce your own Caravaggesque figurative painting or a still life.
Learn to paint a face in the style of the French Fauves. They were interested in the intensity of color in their portraits; their focus was on exaggerating colors more than accuracy or naturalism. You will be able to loosen up and create portraits that are expressive, bright, and happy. You will learn how to create three portraits in this style, unleash your brush, and paint with pigments extra-bright and pure.
Beginners welcome - no art experience needed.
Advance your drawing style and achieve high contrast in your drawings. Pen and ink is the medium of restraints and precision, where time investment is key - this is why we will spend the first three classes learning the principles and techniques, and develop a feel for working with pen and ink, and the next three weeks will be dedicated to creating one drawing, to give you the time to add the details. We will go very slowly to enjoy the process of drawing, to savor every pen stroke.
Beginners welcome - no art experience needed although drawing experience will be helpful.
We will create gestural poses by means of negative shapes, i.e. we will direct our focus to the space that surrounds the figures. We will practice this in our warm-up practice to create multiple studies before we shift to the main project, where we will paint around the silhouette and add charcoal to define the body. We will spend 2 weeks on one drawing, refining it step by step.