Here's a taster of what's to come...
DRAWING – for its own sake and for a planned painting, (prep drawings) and the use of CHIAROSCURO
Using graphite pencils and white & black pencils on white and tinted paper. Using some charcoal.
Understanding tone and scale.
WEEK 1: LANDSCAPES - Elements of a landscape:
Other elements include:
Use of earthy colours. Use of scale of man-made objects within a landscape.
How to draw mountains and various types of trees. Media and various surfaces.
Will also include a brief introduction to perspective drawing of buildings.
WEEK 2: DRAWING PORTRAITS - Facial and head construction,
Using graphite pencils and white & black pencils on white and tinted paper.
Elements like:
The importance of capturing expressions in the face:
Self-portraits using a mirror.
Different head angles too. Using Graphite pencils. And tinted pencils.
WEEK 3: DRAWING STILL LIFE - static observations of various objects.
Using graphite pencils and white & black pencils on white and tinted paper.
Arrangement, shading, ellipses, single objects. Natural objects from nature.
Different textures to look at and work on.
Shadows:
Different ways to shade drawing cloths / fabrics.
Distortion drawings: curved objects, mirrors etc.
Negative drawings too (white on black paper).