Structural Portrait Drawing

7 WEEK COURSE

Mondays 6:30-9:00 PM

Nov 4 - Dec 16 2024

WITH MAEVE COTTER

LEVEL: all levels welcome

price: $265 (includes model fee)

class summary

This course will provide students with the tools they need to create powerful and convincing portraits from life through a combination of structural knowledge and observed information. Students will be introduced to a variety of materials and techniques, learning how to hatch and describe form with graphite for the initial planar studies before progressing to soft materials like sanguine and sepia chalk for portraits from the live model. All levels are welcome!

MATERIALS

We’ll discuss materials and cover any questions you may have during the first class!

Drawing Paper Pad, 18 x 24” (Strathmore 400 medium surface)
Drawing Board
One 3B Graphite Drawing Pencils
Two Sanguine Conte pencils
Two Koh-I-Noor Giaconda Sepia pencils
Kneaded Eraser
Plastic Eraser
X-Acto Knife (for sharpening pencils and cutting erasers)
Sandpaper (220 grit) or Sandpaper Sharpening Block

Syllabus

Week 1- Cast drawing with conte

Week 2- Anatomy of the skull/facial muscles- lecture and graphite drawing

Week 3- Portrait from life- instructor demonstration and two hour pose

Week 4- Portrait from life- quick graphite sketches (silhouette, value, construction) and one hour pose

Week 5- Portrait from life- instructor demonstration and two hour pose

Week 6- Day one of long pose from life

Week 7- Day two of long pose from life

REFUNDS

Please contact us at least 1 week before class for a full refund. Unfortunately due to our limited class sizes we cannot process refunds after this time. Transfers to other classes are usually possible

It is possible that a class is cancelled if an inadequate number of students register. In this case, tuition will be promptly refunded

absences

Anyone who must miss classes may attend up to two make-up sessions in other classes as long as space permits