102 Drawing & Painting Master Copies – ONLINE

Course Overview:

Strengthen your skills, improve your focus, and explore new techniques by challenging yourself to draw and/or paint from the masters. Discover their economy of line and vocabulary of form by absorbing their tips and tricks into your own work. Each week we will draw and/or paint from carefully selected high-quality drawings and/or paintings by master artists (past and present). We will focus on how to construct figures and portraits, with special weekly attention given to each of the five main features. Beginners are encouraged to work in pencil, charcoal, and PanPastel, while those with more experience may work in other mediums, such as watercolor, acrylics, or oils. All levels are welcome, as instruction and demonstrations are given on an individual and group basis.

Course Materials:

MATERIALS: Any mark-making materials you have in your home studio, including graphite (mechanical or wood pencils), charcoal (vine, willow, or wood-encased), pen & ink, colored pencils, erasers, ruler, and sketch pad or loose sheets of paper (white, cream, or toned). These are suggestions; only buy what you need. Let’s draw or paint the model using your current art supplies and see how to get the most out of whatever you have.

Basic supply lists:

PanPastel: Black, White, or Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, and PanPastel wands.

Pastel: Rembrandt, box of 90 or 180, or NuPastel, box of 96; Canson brand pastel paper #429, 426, or 431 (quartered); Masonite drawing board at least ¼” x 20” x 24”; paper towels; masking tape.

Oil: stretched canvas or canvas board, up to 16” x 20”; brushes, #1, 2, 4, 6, 8 (two of each); odorless Gamsol thinner; small cup or jar; rags; small hand mirror; a warm and cool tube of at least seven colors: Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black, Titanium White.

Optional: Raw Umber, Scarlet Lake.

Acrylics: at least the same range of colors as the oil paints.

Watercolor: at least the same range of colors as the oil paints—flat or pointed brushes, watercolor blocks, chair or easel, Kleenex.

Register For Class Through the Athenaeum

102 Tuesdays, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM

July 5 – July 26 (4 Weeks, 12 Total Hours of Instruction)

Online

$230/250