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12/18/2021

Winter Drawing Sessions | Gesture Drawing

10/29/2021

Open Drawing Sessions | The Pelvis, from Skeleton to Skin

This 2 hour, online session, explores the pelvis, starting with the skeleton and gradually building up the muscles layers and the external forms. It is very important, for the figurative artist that wants to understand the sense of movement, stability and instability of a pose, to study the pelvis, this central volume of the body from where ribcage and legs stem, and site of center of balance. In addition to the anatomical and structural art of the pelvis, we will also create a few sketches of the external forms of this part of the body to better connect anatomy with figure drawing.
10/23/2021

Online Course | Figure Drawing Foundation

Figure Drawing Foundation This course is specifically designed for the students that want to approach the practice of figure drawing systematically, starting from a solid foundation that can later give them access to more advanced and specific courses on the figure. During this six, online sessions course, of the duration of 3 hours each, the students will practice...
10/20/2021

Open Drawing Sessions | Facial Features

ODS 25, Facial features This Open Drawing Session is dedicated to the exploration of the facial features that will be at first discussed and drawn considering their typical proportions and correct positioning on the face and head, then with a number of quick sketches from various angles and foreshortenings, exploring a few of the infinite creative possibilities that the facial features and facial expressions can offer to artists. A good occasion to brush up on this subject or to win the “natural” hesitation we might have about drawing this complex but satisfying topic. Materials Graphite pencils in HB-2B, and or colored pencils in red earth (burnt Sienna or Venetian red, Indian red, sanguine…), brown, black. Good –decent quality drawing paper such as Strathmore, Canson, Legion. The paper can be white or tone, your choice. Easer, pencil sharpeners.
10/16/2021

Open Drawing Sessions | Creative Figure Drawing… Again!

Creative Figure Drawing again! ODS #24 The recent Creative Figure Drawing session was quite fun, so, let’s do it again! In this drawing Session, we will keep exploring creative and expressive ways to visualize the figure working from photos, using a variety of media: charcoal, conte or cretacolor sticks, graphite, pen and ink, watercolor washes. Bring also a few pieces of drawing and watercolor paper and be ready to hone your technical skills and try some new ones.
10/15/2021

Online Course | Portrait Drawing

This course is specifically designed to give the students interested in portraiture, a solid foundation on the subject. In this six sessions, online course, the participant will work from photographic references creating a number of portraits in a variety of dry media and techniques: graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, Conte crayons, reduction technique, Trois Crayon technique, pen and ink with water media washes. The students will also be encouraged to work from life preparing self-portraits or portraits of family and friends as homework assignment, continuing practicing the techniques studied in class and further develop technical skills. The techniques we will practice during these 6 weekly sessions, each lasting 2:30 hours, include those that are traditionally used for portraiture to obtain a good level of realism and detail but also quick preliminary sketches to study subject and composition, utilizing also modern approaches and materials such as markers, ballpoint pen and so on.
Online Course | Portrait Drawing
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