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LIFE DRAWING TIME TABLE SPRING 2010Hello everybody This Spring I intend to buy myself a camper van so that the dogs and I can go off travelling when the weather is good. What I would like to do, is travel around the coast line of the British Isles, painting and sketching as I go. Perhaps managing to join in with some other art clubs and societies as I meander around. But trying to decide on the right sort of camper van is a real head ache. The more vans I look at, the more confused I get. Far too much choice. I am thinking about a high top converted panel van. I have already bought lots of small sketch books, but not the van! The popular new deal running again this term … if you sign up for a term at £88 you can come to ALL of the weekday classes at ANY location for no extra cost. That’s 77 hours of life drawing and tuition for only £1.14 hour!
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The TWO models hold the same pose together for the whole life drawing day, which gives you a chance to complete an oil painting, acrylic, watercolour or a series of different sketches. Please book the portrait class in advance as the numbers are limited. You can have a sandwich and chips lunch at the Bull’s Head at 1 p.m. Or you can bring a packed lunch and eat it in the village hall. Tea, coffee and biscuits are freely available through out the day. Free parking in Mrs Toyne’s field near the telephone box. More news on my website www.dianekettle.com PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS so that I can keep my private mail list up to date and send these letters by the magic of the internet. Diane You can print out the new Spring 2010 timetable here (pdf file)
Here are examples of my
students at work and the model at an all day life class.
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Life drawing and painting is an academic exercise that has been taught in art schools throughout the centuries. Our classes are more informal than this one from 1930! My all day class below has several large life paintings in progress in oils, acrylics and watercolours. |
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Life drawing is a very good way of teaching the craft of drawing and painting . It is quite difficult to do at first but I know that once you can draw a body you will find it very easy to draw anything else. Definitely a good way for you to start seeing and observing for everything is within the human body that needs to be learnt for other drawing and painting skills. You learn and improve your skills with line, proportion, mass, volume, perspective, tone and colour By looking at colour and seeing subtle colour on the body will enable the student (you) to see more colour in the landscape and environment and thus increase a colour awareness and give more pleasure and appreciation to every day life.
All the different mediums can be used in life drawing
Pencil drawing where the use of the different weights of line can be employed different shading and blending techniques. How the rubber can be used to make marks and used as a tool rather than as an eraser.
Charcoal sticks - again how to get different weight of line and how this medium can be used for blocking in tone or making different textural marks.
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and ink, stick and ink, conté crayons, pastels, oil pastels, collage, all the different types of paints, the list could go on and on .... use whatever medium you choose.
Enjoy your art!
Diane