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Sketching the Figure from Life

Classical Figure Drawing Done in Carbon - The Academy of Realist Art

Workshop: sketching-figure-2019-2

Date: Oct 11, 2019 - Oct 13, 2019

Duration: 3 Days

Location: ARA Toronto

Instructor: Fernando Freitas

Price: 350.00

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$100.00 deposit is requested.

Please note: SPACE IS LIMITED. Registrations are not guaranteed until a deposit has been paid. If you require more information call 416-766-1280.

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Learn the art of figure drawing using our step-by-step method. Beginner and advanced students will benefit from this drawing workshop. Students will be working directly from the nude using charcoal or carbon pencil. Principal instructor Fernando Freitas will teach the basics of gesture, proportion, and morphology. Students will then finish their drawings with big form and small form modeling. The end effect is a dramatic three-dimensional figure.

 

Full workshop price is $350, and a $100 deposit is required to save your easel or bench. The balance will be due on the first day of the workshop.

About ARA Workshops

Each participant gets lots of one-on-one attention from our superb instructors. ARA instructors teach year round so, unlike many artists who offer summer/holiday workshops our instructors are professional teachers as well as successful award-winning artists. Whether you are an award-winning experienced artist or have never painted before, our instructors will tailor to your skill level.

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Materials List

DRAWING INSTRUMENTS:

Either Graphite, Carbon or Charcoal Pencils

  • Graphite – 2B, HB, and 2H. Brand – Staedtler
  • Carbon – 4B, 2B and B. Brands – Wolff’s or Conte Carbone
  • Charcoal – Hard, Medium, Soft.  Brands – Generals or Grumbacher

DRAWING BOARD:

  • 1 – 18X24 inches

PAPER:

  • Pad of cartridge or bond paper, 18X24 inches

 

  • You will also need one sheet of good paper (cut to 18X24 inches) of your choice. Some suggested brands – Canson Dessin, Canson Mi-teintes, Fabriano Ingres, Strathmore, Arches, Somerset, Mayfair

TOOLS:

  • Sanding block
  • Knitting needle 2.5 to 3.5 mm thickness
  • Masking tape
  • Eraser – one white, one kneadable
  • Pencil extender
  • Mahl stick (a ½ inch diameter dowel approximately 30 inches)
  • Stomps

BRUSHES: please bring filbert brushes; flats and rounds not necessary

  • 2 synthetic bristle hair brushes – sizes #2 or #4, and #10
  • 2 synthetic soft hair brushes – sizes #2 or #4, and #10

Note – do not buy expensive brushes for life drawing.

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