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Term 2 of my Classical Life Class starts on the 26th May 2022! Brisbane, Australia
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced drawer, this 10 session, in-person course will offer you drills to train and deepen each of the aspects critical to classical drawing. I’ve poured my heart into this, and got amazing results for my students. We break the complexity apart and then put it all back together in a way that is sure to increase your intuitive capacity for seeing and drawing the figure powerfully and sensitively.
It is supported by the extensive online notes and videos of my Form, Gesture, Anatomy Course, which matches the sequence of study. See the curriculum life class summary page for the life class and drawing content of the Form, Gesture, Anatomy Course.
Each class involves a live demo for the class and then one on one tuition as the class is working from the model.
We will cover: three dimensionality, artistic anatomy, accuracy and strategy, rhythm and gesture and rendering (shading), as well as more esoteric and subtle factors in drawing the figure beautifully.
Studies for paintings in progress
I have learned over time that for the main figures in paintings, it is critical that I have studies such as the ones you see here to guide me when I am developing the painting. This is partly practical because it allows the gestural theme and sub-themes of the figure to be developed and many of the problems to be solved. It is also a psychological support: there is nearly always an excitement/optimism at the start of a painting that is followed by a period of chaos and discouragement, prior to the resolution forming - by having a solid drawing that I feel good about, I can refer back to this to keep me going through this inevitable chaos/discouragement period.