PAST IN-PERSON COURSES

FIGURE DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION with Michael Grimaldi

In this five-day, intensive workshop students will learn the essential tools for drawing the figure and portrait from direct observation. The class will consist of lecture/demonstrations in the morning session and instructed drawing in the afternoons where the advanced foundational concepts of gesture, proportion, perspective, composition, anatomy, and the study of light on form will be thoroughly examined while students learn to apply the concepts and methods essential to life-drawing to their own work. Throughout the week, students will develop holistically organized and spatially resolved drawings of the live model in an extended, 5-day pose.

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PORTRAITURE AND THE STRUCTURAL ANATOMY OF THE HEAD AND NECK with Michael Grimaldi

In this 3-day lecture series, the structural anatomy of the head, neck and upper thorax will be examined towards developing the advanced skills necessary to draw, paint and sculpt the head from direct observation. By identifying and separating anatomy's underlying principles and studying them independently to create a well-unified and holistic understanding, participants will learn to interpret the visual experience with intelligence, apply this knowledge to their work, and cultivate an ability to strategically problem-solve as they approach representational portraiture. Through interactive lectures and demonstrations, students will be introduced to the in-depth study of the musculo-skeletal system and learn how a working knowledge of anatomy, morphology and kinesiology can be used to translate and interpret the essentials of effective portraiture.

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