FIGURE DRAWING & ANATOMY - CHIAROSCURO & SFUMATO - Carol Rensink
Six Wednesday mornings, January 23, 30 and February 6, 13, 20, 27. 10:00am - 12:00pm. $150 plus model fee
Discover how chiaroscuro and sfumato techniques can be used to bring excitement to your drawings as well as help you create important studies to inform your paintings. We will look at the work of contemporary and classical artists to see how they use these techniques and then work directly from models. Daily demos will feature these and other techniques you can use to analyze anatomy, perspective, composition and draw dynamic figures. Intermediate level Model fee. Double your progress! Bring your lunch and stay after class for the Wednesday Model Lab (no instruction) from 12:30-3:30. Model fee $10/members or $14/non-members. Carol Rensinkcrensink.art@att.net713-299-4136 BASIC SUPPLIES:(Examples at Texas Art Supply) Pad of Newsprint Paper (“Smooth” only) 18” x 24” TA Item #73393 • Strathmore • Smooth 50 Sheets 18 In. X 24 In. 2+ Sheets of Pastel Paper in a Neutral Gray 19” x 25” TA Item Strathmore 446-7 Artagain Steel Gray Pastel Paper Drawing Board min 19” x 25””…or masonite or gator board cut to size TA Item #45142 • Pacific Arc • 23 In. X 26 In. 2 Large Bull Clips to attach pad of paper to board TA Item #20986 • X-Acto Bull Clips • Size #4 , 3 In. Each Large sticks, Willow Charcoal TA Item #17260 • Coates • 12 Mm - 14 Mm Extra Thick Box Of 4 Thin sticks, Willow Charcoal TA Item #17471 Coates Willow Charcoal Thin Sticks 25 sticks…or TA Item #33515 Coates Willow Charcoal 12 sticks ( a little thicker) Paper Wrapped - Soft - Charcoal Pencil TA Item #13625 • Prang • Soft Kneaded Eraser 2+ Nupastel Sticks - white….or2+ Conté Crayons - white 2B TA Item #61695 • Conte • White 2B [Some additional supplies will be provided for experimentation.]
Discover how chiaroscuro and sfumato techniques can be used to bring excitement to your drawings as well as help you create important studies to inform your paintings. We will look at the work of contemporary and classical artists to see how they use these techniques and then work directly from models. Daily demos will feature these and other techniques you can use to analyze anatomy, perspective, composition and draw dynamic figures.
Intermediate level
Model fee.
Double your progress! Bring your lunch and stay after class for the Wednesday Model Lab (no instruction) from 12:30-3:30. Model fee $10/members or $14/non-members.
Carol Rensinkcrensink.art@att.net713-299-4136
BASIC SUPPLIES:(Examples at Texas Art Supply)
Pad of Newsprint Paper (“Smooth” only) 18” x 24” TA Item #73393 • Strathmore • Smooth 50 Sheets 18 In. X 24 In.
2+ Sheets of Pastel Paper in a Neutral Gray 19” x 25” TA Item Strathmore 446-7 Artagain Steel Gray Pastel Paper
Drawing Board min 19” x 25””…or masonite or gator board cut to size TA Item #45142 • Pacific Arc • 23 In. X 26 In.
2 Large Bull Clips to attach pad of paper to board TA Item #20986 • X-Acto Bull Clips • Size #4 , 3 In. Each
Large sticks, Willow Charcoal TA Item #17260 • Coates • 12 Mm - 14 Mm Extra Thick Box Of 4
Thin sticks, Willow Charcoal TA Item #17471 Coates Willow Charcoal Thin Sticks 25 sticks…or TA Item #33515 Coates Willow Charcoal 12 sticks ( a little thicker)
Paper Wrapped - Soft - Charcoal Pencil TA Item #13625 • Prang • Soft
Kneaded Eraser
2+ Nupastel Sticks - white….or2+ Conté Crayons - white 2B TA Item #61695 • Conte • White 2B
[Some additional supplies will be provided for experimentation.]
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