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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Two Japanese Women
Studies After Michelangelo
Study of a Young Woman
Two Women on a Couch
Guia Montenola
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Bouguereau Atelier
(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)
