SPRING FIGURATIVE INTENSIVE
STUDIO 909/Contemporary Figurative Atelier
Thousand Oaks, CA
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
After a successful Winter Figurative Intensive—2015, with an emphasis on drawing and painting the
model from Life, I am excited to offer a curriculum where students can further delve into the
Principles and Techniques of Painting from Life. This semester we will be even more attentive to the
Principles of Color and Light, through our extended focus on four main exercises:
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Plane of Light Drawing
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Poster Study
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Plane of Light Color Study
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Rounding Study
Students will learn how to conceptualize the fall of light over the human figure and how to create that
illusion with paint.
The greater part of my instruction is based on the clear exposition of underlying VISUAL PRINCIPLES.
These are essentially abstract qualities embedded in the reality of what we see. I will draw heavily
from a book that I am currently working on, which discusses ART as a VISUAL LANGUAGE, comprised of
visual ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES. VISUAL ELEMENTS are WHAT we see. VISUAL PRINCIPLES are
HOW we see.
My teaching is a compilation of perceptual, conceptual and physical exercises. It introduces unmistaken
principles from a unique, unbroken, master-apprentice tradition, and cultivates them in the student
through daily studio practice and critiques. The aim is to understand the figure visually, and as
a living design — its structure, nature, character and the play of light upon it.
The Spring Figurative Intensive—2015 will be geared towards PAINTING with an emphasis on
TRADITIONAL METHODS & MATERIALS. Students will receive real-time coaching and critique at their
workstations, weekly lecture-demonstrations, and adequate time to study and practice the teaching on
their own, in the life class.
The FIGURATIVE INTENSIVE program will be ongoing from one semester to the next. With continued
enthusiasm and commitment, students will see a steady progression over time. Other types of courses
will be offered as workshops throughout the year.
For more information, please contact me at rwurmser@yahoo.com
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