Course
Learn to Draw Using the Figure: A Responsive Approach CEXTN23-202480
Sep 10, 2024 - Oct 29, 2024
Full course description
Learn to Draw Using the Figure: A Responsive Approach
Tuesdays, 9/10-10/29/2024 (no meeting 10/15), 6:30-9:30pm.
Location: Ocean Campus, Creative Arts Bldg, Room 101
Instructor: Linda Hope
Learn the fundamentals of drawing using a live model in this 7-session workshop, where the model will provide a limitless source of possibilities. With guided and timed exercises, learn to respond through movement to create animated and lively drawings. Primary elements of all drawings: Gesture, Line, and Value will be introduced, and processes and approaches will build on themselves over time to result in integrated drawings. Materials will be recommended for each exercise, and demonstrations provided. This workshop would be perfect for anyone who has never drawn before, or who thinks they cannot draw! It would also be an ideal review, even for those with much experience. There is a Model fee of $7 - $9 per meeting, collected on the first day of the workshop.
MATERIALS LIST needed for each meeting:
• Rough Newsprint Tablet - 18" x 24" (Be sure it says Rough on the cover) OR “Sketch” Tablet - 18 x 24” (Paper is higher quality and whiter, usually 50-65 lb.)
• Compressed Charcoal pack with #2B, #4B, and #6B sticks
• Graphite Drawing pack with #2B, #4B, and #6B
• Vine Charcoal (softest available - 10 to 12 sticks of various sizes. Try to get thick sticks because they are easier to hold)
• Charcoal pencils #4B and #6B (Try to get the peel down variety because they are easier to “sharpen.”
• 4B and 6B Graphite drawing pencils
• Ebony pencil or general inexpensive "Sketching" pencil
• Conte crayon #2B (or softest)
• Soft Chalk pastel or Nu-Pastel: One or two sticks in ONE of the following recommended colors:
For nu-pastel: Sanguine, Cocoa Brown, Indian Red, Tuscan Red, Van Dyke Brown, Rust
For Soft Pastel: Burnt Umber OR Burnt Sienna
• Kneaded eraser
• Plastic eraser
Instructor Bio:
Linda Hope, who has been an instructor of Painting and Drawing from the live model with the City College of San Francisco Extension Program for 28 years, has developed a unique approach to teaching. She incorporates demonstrations with guided and timed exercises that are designed to expand and improve methods of observation. She is a strong advocate of observational and responsive drawing, always with the intention of guiding each student individually toward their own stylistic visual language.