Developing the line drawing is the focus of this course. The beginning of each session consists of five-minute poses, giving students a chance to warm up and to work on interpreting the clothed model in a spontaneous way. The session will then progress to 20-minute poses in order to achieve a more intimate connection with the work. Pencil and charcoal are the primary media. Oil pastel techniques will be introduced to create rough color studies, and students may elect to work in this medium. We will explore composition through the placement of the model within the confines of the page. Various clothing modes, such as fashion, street and historical (i.e., Roman togas) will be included. Individual attention and instruction will be given. The end result will be a body of work that reflects the ability to draw the model in a three-dimensional space.
NOTE: Please bring a white all-purpose drawing pad (18x24", 50 lbs.), graphite pencils (8B and 9B) and a kneaded eraser to the first session.