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COURSE FULL PRICE
$332
$41.5
/ per session
Total sessions:
8
Location:
154 West 93rd Street New York, N.Y. 10025
Starts:
Apr 28, 2023
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Painting, Drawing and Sketching
Classic academic course of painting and drawing
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GRADES:
2nd-5th
WHEN:
Fridays, 6:45pm - 9:15pm
WHERE:
154 West 93rd Street New York, N.Y. 10025
Class Description
This is a classic academic course that will help students to learn the basic fundamental principles of drawing and painting. A series of simple tasks will help to improve artists' skills, improve hand dexterity for painting, will teach how to analyze the world around us as artists, will teach how to work with colors, different materials, convey volume, textures, and space. This course will be helpful for future artists, architects, designers, sculptors, and illustrators.
Content:
1. Introduction. Theory: why it is important to learn the basic fundamental principles of drawing and painting to be able to express yourself.
2. Drawing:
- Overview of the materials;
- How to work with a pencil, different types of hatching;
- Basic shapes, formation in drawing;
- How to portray objects realistically;
- Perspective. Different types of perspective;
- Composition. Different types of composition. How to express the mood and feelings using composition;
- Background. Space between the objects;
- Working with tone;
- How to portray different materials and textures. Light, transparency, reflections;
- Still-life;
- Landscape;
- Sketching;
- Opening creativity using the right side of the brain. New way of drawing.
2. Painting:
- Overview of the materials. Watercolor, acrylics, gouache, brushes, different types of paper;
- Working with tones in painting;
- Still-life;
- Landscape;
- Sketching;
3. Color theory:
- How colors work;
- How to mix colors, color wheel;
- Brightness, hue, saturat
COURSE FULL PRICE
$332
$41.5
/ per session
Total sessions:
8
Location:
Starts:
April 28, 2023 at 6:45:00 PM
Spots available:
10
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COURSE FULL PRICE
$332
$41.5
/ per session