Visual Arts Brampton
This workshop is designed for those who are brand new to life drawing or for those who may have some familiarity with life drawing and want to develop their skills further. Our goal will be to learn how to render the human figure in a realistic manner using a live nude model as a reference.
Life drawing provides a disciplined approach for training the eye to notice subtleties in proportion, perspective, form, and tone. It is very helpful for improving skills in drawing, painting, and sculpture. Naturalistic life drawing is also a necessary foundation for advanced animation and character design.
Students will be working in charcoal, pencil, and pastels.
This course is for anyone who wants to improve their drawing skills and is also ideal for students who want to add a valuable life drawing component to their portfolios for post-secondary visual arts/animation programs.
Details
Ages: 16+
Dates: Sunday Evenings - February 3 to March 3, 2019
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Sessions: 5
Price: $185 for non-members, $160 with a membership
Skill Level: Beginner
Registration Deadline: Saturday February 2, 2019
What Students will Learn
- Fundamentals of drawing from a live nude model
- Strategies for rendering naturalistic human figures including basic human proportion, gesture, silhouette, positive and negative space, foreshortening, line quality and shading
- How to use compressed charcoal sticks, charcoal pencils, and graphite pencils for life drawing
About the Instructor
Paul Paradiso, B.A., B.Ed., OCT
Paul studied at OCADU and worked as a professional graphic designer and illustrator for several years. He also worked in the publishing and printing industries prior to becoming a teacher in 2007. He has taught Visual Arts to all grades as well as adults. Paul currently teaches in the Peel District School Board.
Materials
All basic materials will be provided. If students wish to explore the use of other drawing materials they are welcome to bring them to class.
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