2023-AN-Techniques-Class | Viennaatelier

DRAWING AND PAINTING FUNDAMENTALS

by Andy Nabong

Due to the growing number of participants attending this weekly class, Andy is now offering to add an additional time slot. As such the class will take place Saturday morning (9:30-12:30), Sunday morning (9:30-12:30) as well as Wednesday evening (17:30-20:30).

Classes are starting from January 10th onwards. The dates that classes will take place can be found in the table below. Participants will be asked to choose between Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday. It is possible to chose more than one of these options. Participants are expected to maintain their choice and come to subsequent classes as much as possible.

Fees amount to 40 Euros/class.

MATERIALS LIST

Course Description.

The class is for beginners and advanced artists, who wish to learn drawing and painting methods or who want to hone their skills in the classical realist tradition. Participants work on their individual projects, and the teacher will thus provide guidance on a one-to-one basis.

Participants will be trained to see and understand the effects of light and shadow, which generates the illusion of form. The essentials of measurement and proportion, block-in -- including the principles of light and dark -- will be emphasized in rendering values and forms.

At the outset, the course will focus on making copies of Charles Bargue lithographs consisting of master drawings. These 2D exercises will help the participants to learn to draw accurately. Once these basic concepts have been acquired , they then proceed to cast drawing and/or painting.

Afterwards, the course will entail the application of the fundamentals of good picture making, from the technical to the conceptual aspects of drawing and painting. Participants can choose from master copies, still life painting or portraiture as their semestral projects. Participants will have the chance to learn about materials, color mixing, medium and solvent usage, grounds, varnishing, and other issues relating to finishing their painting and other best painting practices.