Life Drawing 01 – Kingston 2020/21

 

The Basics LD01.1



Develop your drawing skills in a range of ways exploring multiple techniques. Learn about how to control the way you see and think to enable you to reach you’re full potential with drawing and design. The more classes you can attend the better as they are designed to work together and compliment each other as well as supplement your own practice and learning.

The Life drawing classes will not only improve your observational drawing but also your skills with design, composition, scale, colour and light as well as contextual art historical knowledge and professional practice all of which can feed in to your studio practice.



Brief


An introductory class for those that have not had a lot of experience with life drawing in the past or the particular methods of life drawing used at Kingston School of Art. 


We will start from a basic level but the class is still useful for all levels of ability. 


Using various techniques we look at how to increase your confidence with drawing helping you to improve key areas of your work including: observation, mark making, composition, scale, design and colour.



‘We do not know what our eyes see; They see different from minute to minute’

‘We see whatever our minds are focusing upon’

Patrick Heron


Aims


Outline how the six box system works

The presentation and care of life drawings

Naming, dating and lesson code – useful to track progress/professional practice 


Introduction – Please set up without an easel. We will want to be able to move during the class. We will also be using what is in the room to help us draw the model so it is good not to have our view obscured by big boards. Just paper and drawing boards please. 


Referenced artists in the class

Roy Oxlade

Cave paintings from lascaux

Henri Matisse

Roger Hilton

Alice Neel

Helene Schjerfbeck

Van Gogh

Eduard Vuillard



Life drawing at Black Mountain College


Henri Matisse



Helene Schjerfbeck



Roy Oxlade




Cave Paintings from Lasqaux France



Alice Neel







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