9.10.2012

DRAWING & PAINTING : FIGURATIVE INSTENSIVE @ CAI : FALL SEMESTER : 2012




INTRODUCING A NEW CLASS @ CALIFORNIA ART INSTITUTE : FALL SEMESTER : 2012

TRADITIONAL FIGURATIVE DRAWING & PAINTING

THURSDAYS : 3 PM - 10 PM : OCT 11 - DEC 13

This class will offer a discourse on the principles, techniques, and practices of the Traditional Arts, namely the Greek and Roman aesthetic and philosophical traditions and their impact on Western Realism from the 16th Century, through the High Baroque and onward to present-day. We will be working towards an acknowledgment of the experiences and methodologies of our predecessors and a willingness to honor their discoveries. I will also do my best to pass on what I learned through my studies with Yuqi Wang @ Andreeva Academy, at Studio Escalier (The Next Eclectics) and at Ecole Albert Defois with Ted Seth Jacobs (Restructured Realism)The class will be split between drawing and painting equally six hours a week for ten weeks. I will introduce many different types of exercises based on the elements and fundamentals of traditional practice in the life class. The length of the poses will vary according to the exercises being stressed. There will be thorough demonstrations and lecturing with a lot of individual critique. There will be a long demonstration early in the course, which takes you through the technical process of building a figure drawing step by step.


"I do not teach STYLE. I do not teach an AESTHETIC.  I teach how to SEE."


Figure Study of Magda, France, 2010

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SOME PRINCIPLES AND EXERCISES THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED:

INNER MOVEMENT CURVE - 'LINE OF FIRE'
PRINCIPLES OF THE BLOCK-IN
ROUNDING FORM
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN STRUCTURE
GESTURAL ARRANGEMENT & EXPRESSION
ARRANGING FORM TO ACTION
STRUCTURAL PATHWAYS &
MODELING FORM ON THE INSIDE
PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT
COLOR THEORY
LIGHT KEY
POSTER STUDY
PLANE OF LIGHT STUDY
CLASSICAL PAINTING METHODOLOGIES


 TRAPPING THE INNER MOVEMENT CURVE TO THE ENVELOPE
 


EARLY TO ADVANCED BLOCK-IN APPROACHES


SIMPLIFIED ROUNDING SCHEMATIC OF THE BACK (PROGRESSION)


 ROUNDING SCHEMATIC OF THE UPPER ARM (PROGRESSION)


ROUNDING SCHEMATIC OF THE UPPER TORSO


EXAMPLES OF POSTER STUDIES


EXAMPLES OF PLANE OF LIGHT STUDIES


Study After Pontormo, France, 2010


Study After Pontormo, France, 2012


Portrait of Magda, France, 2010


Figure Study of Magda, France, 2009

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Beautiful sketch of me doing a demo by Dave Zaboski

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A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY TED SETH JACOBS


Drapery Study


 Two Japanese Women


 Studies After Michelangelo


Study of a Young Woman


Two Women on a Couch 


Guia Montenola





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Bouguereau Atelier


Adolph W. BouguereauThe First Mourning, 1888
(Bouguereau was highly influenced by Guido Reni, one of the most accomplished 
Italian High-Baroque painters - BELOW)


Guido Reni, Hercules on the Pyre (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Preparatory Study for Hercules and the Hydra (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Atalanta and Hippomenes (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Christ Study (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Crowned Love and Profane Love (High-Baroque, Italian)



Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (Rounded forms)








6 comments:

  1. An opportunity not to be missed! Looks great Ryan, congrats on the teaching.

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  2. We have need of your exceptional skill and soulful expression. Welcome back, Ryan!:)

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  3. Thanks a lot Tom & TMC:) Looking forward to it!

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  4. Amazing course. Do you have any book or document that have these topics as Poster Studies, How to see planes of light, Rounding , etc. Seems that you have a very clear approach to teach how to see. Do you have any DVD or Online workshop for people that live outside USA? Thanks.

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  5. Hi Estavao ~
    It appears that you are not receiving my messages…so I decided to try here…
    Leave me your e-mail and I will re-send my full reply to both questions!
    All the best,
    Ryan

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    1. Hi Ryan, thank you for your attention. My email is estevaolucas1@gmail.com Please send me the full replies in this email and once more thank your for your help.

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