Drawing Classes
DRAWING (USING A VARIETY OF MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES)
Length: 8 weeks Cost: $245
Drawing is one of the core disciplines upon which a classical art education rests, it serves as a foundation for the training of artists. Fortunately, drawing is teachable like learning to play music. This course introduces the basic language of drawing and how it is used to communicate what and how we observe. While many first-time students have doubts about their ability to draw, we know you will discover not only that you can draw, but the essential element of drawing, which is how to observe.
This course introduces the fundamentals of drawing from how to measure proportions, design, perspective, composition, and quality of line. This course is for the complete beginner, as well as anyone who wants to review the principles and current practices of drawing. By teaching the techniques and methods of drawing, this course develops skills that are critical in all aspects of the production of art. You will develop skills through the study of a range of subjects such as still life, architecture, plant, natural forms, and manufactured objects. Line, space, texture, form, colour, and measurement will be employed to produce drawings using various media and techniques.
Time: Tuesday 9.30am - 12.30pm Artist: Lindsay Pow
Time: Tuesday evening 6.00 - 9.00pm Artist: Lindsay Pow
Time: Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm Artist: Lindsay Pow
Time: Wednesday 9.30am - 12.30pm Artist: Tim Garrity
DRAWING THE FIGURE FROM THE LIFE MODEL
Length: 8 weeks Cost: $265
Figure drawing is the traditional cornerstone of art training. The human figure offers every challenge one could require -line and tone, perspective and composition. Drawing the figure is exciting and challenging in any medium, it is a complex form of light and shadow, with subtle variations in colour and texture, possessing both complex angles and smooth curves and all interacting in an endless variety of configurations.
You will be inspired to learn ways of interpreting life drawing by seeking out the essence of expressive line and tone. This course will heighten your understanding of form, structure, composition, foreshortening, light, and shadow. Combining basic drawing approaches, including use of gesture, portraiture, and anatomical study allows the student a personal connection with the figure.
Time: Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm Artist: Richard Merito
Time: Saturday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Artist: Richard Merito
TRADITIONAL CHINESE FLOWER AND BIRD BRUSH PAINTING
Length: 8 weeks Cost: $245
The concepts covered in this course include Traditional Chinese Flower and Bird Brush Painting, and Landscaping Brush Painting depicting the object with its rich, vivid colours and diversity of artistic styles unique in the world of Chinese Painting. This class will focus on the introduction of special brushes to paint flowers and birds, Xuan paper and prepare silk, ink and Chinese paint colours.
Techniques studied will include a variety of traditional flower and bird painting compositions, ink and colours wash methods and the study of traditional masterpieces and ‘Master s’ works to understand the theories, spirit of sentiment and symbolism behind all flower and bird brush painting. Throughout the course you not only study brush technique, more importantly you will learn about Chinese culture and the spiritual connotations in traditional flower and bird brush painting. The instructor will use a variety of teaching methods including demonstration and explanation of theories. Individual consultation and group discussions will be ongoing.
Time: Tuesday 1.00 - 4.00pm Artist: Ray Bian
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