VIRTUAL - Essential Drawing for the Painting Practice

VIRTUAL - Essential Drawing for the Painting Practice

Jason Michael Bentley

Four Wednesday afternoons

September 1, 8, 15, & 22

1:30-4:00pm Central Time

$150 members/ $190 non-members

Level: Novice, Beginner, and Intermediate

With the exception of other mediums that lend themselves well to the direct painting approach, watercolor is best suited to a bit of pre-paint planning and design.

A basic understanding of drawing is essential to any painting program. In this class we will learn the constructive principles of drawing, and apply them to develop space and form in still-life, landscapes, and the portrait, specifically tailored for the art of painting.

Week 1: Tools and principles

Topics:

• Understanding the range of pencils, erasures, and blenders.
  
• Hand positions and control of the pencil
  
• Using helpful guides and optical measuring for building simple and complex shapes
  

Project:  Draw a collection of stand alone objects with a convincing mass 

Week 2: Elements of Design

Topics:

• 1 and 2 point perspective
  
• The importance of line, shape, space, value, and relative position
  

Project:  Bringing our elements together to draw a stilllife 

Week 3: Atmosphere

Topics:  Detail effectiveness and illusion of distance 

Project:  Drawing for a simple landscape 

Week 4: Anatomy for the Portrait

Topics:

• Understanding the individual features
  
• Construction of features and measurements for the head 
  

Project:  Drawing a simple portrait 

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