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Summer LIFE DRAWING

Past Workshop:

LIFE DRAWING Summer

Life Drawing – Drop-in studio – Non-Instructional Sessions at Semiahmoo Recreation Center, White Rock-South Surrey May through Aug 2017. (604) 536-8333
Life Drawing offers many benefits, pleasure, and FUN. Models are draped & un-draped. Bring your own sketch book and drawing materials. Everyone is welcome.
Member’s Price: $40 for 5 sessions Non-member Price: $50 for 5 sessions.
FRIDAYS Sept 16-Dec 2 10:00AM-12:30PM
Drop-in tickets can be purchased at Semiahmoo Arts office at South Surrey Recreation Centre Mon-Sat 9am-5pm

Live Sketching Mixed Media at Shadbolt Center (May 7 2017)

Yesterday I drew as a demonstration at the Shadbolt Center Burnaby for the “Rhododendron Festival”. Charcoal and pastels on office easel paper about 24 x 36. Hyped the colors a bit in P-Shop. The idea was to promote classes and participate in the Civic Festival representing the Shadbolt Center. I always enjoy doing this type of thing as it motivates and focuses me. Making art, pretty girls, sunny day, live music, get paid – can life be better than that? If it can I don’t care!

Gesture Drawing – Make your own Human Figure Manikin

Seeing-Drawing the ‘gesture’ is a fundamental skill in being able to draw a human figure. I teach drawing at Emily Carr and elsewhere and developed a sequence for correctly scaling a gesture so as not to ‘go off the page” in life drawing. Here are some pix of an 11 inch aluminum wire sculpture armature I made to create poses for drawing without needing a live model or manikin. I also include a handout I give my classes.

To create your own wire manikin: Draw a stick figure on 8 1/2 x 11 paper first. Bend wire on top of your drawing to get a proportionate figure. Aluminum sculpture wire from an art store is best, and use a pliers to bend accurately for the initial figure. You can photo about 10 or 20 poses to create a library to sketch from for practice.

Eraser -ism Aspens Done for Art-Slam Charity Fundraiser Feb 12, 2017

Eraser -ism Aspens done for Artslam Semiahmoo Arts Charity Fundraiser Feb 12, 2017 – Done in 20 minutes each as part of a competition ‘paint-off’. Used white vinyl erasers to scrape out aspens. FUN AND QUICK. Because there were rules to the competition, I could not do a titanium white underpainting as per usual. So I painted direct on the primed canvas. This causes some ‘ghosting’ of the earlier horizontal background layers (not unattractive) which could not be scraped off thoroughly, as would be the case with a slick titanium white under layer. I have several video demos on this. Search for “Aspens” in search box.

Faces, Scale Figures & Perspective for Life Drawing (5 videos) {Nov 2016}

There are two main ways of approaching the figure. They complement each other. One is OBSERVATION (Life drawing or copying reference photos). The other is CONSTRUCTION (Using scale and proportion methods to create a figure with little or no references). The two can and should be used together for a full skillset. Both depend on the armature of ‘gesture’ for liveliness and composition. These five videos are an introduction to useful methods of CONSTRUCTION. You can also look under the Category: “FACE AND FIGURE” for many more videos.

Faces, Scale Figures & Perspective (1 of 5) {Nov 2016}

Faces, Scale Figures & Perspective (2 of 5) {Nov 2016}

Faces, Scale Figures & Perspective (3 of 5) {Nov 2016}

Faces, Scale Figures & Perspective (4 of 5) {Nov 2016}

Faces, Scale Figures & Perspective (5 of 5) {Nov 2016}

Review Videos for Semiahmoo- Drawing the Face (4 session course Fall 2016)

I have dropped a number of videos into this Category which might be useful for review of the Semiahmoo Drawing the Face Course material, Fall 2016. The numbering may seem a bit random, so this is likely the best order to watch in:

Relating to Day One/Two Semiahmoo:

‘MANIKIN HEAD’ BLOCK-IN, SEMIAHMOO ARTS, VIDEO #1 OF 5 VIDS, (DAY ONE)

‘MANIKIN HEAD’ BLOCK-IN, SEMIAHMOO ARTS, VIDEO #2 OF 5 VIDS, (DAY ONE & TWO)

‘MANIKIN HEAD’ BLOCK-IN, SEMIAHMOO ARTS, VIDEO #3 OF 5 VIDS, (DAY ONE & TWO)

‘MANIKIN HEAD’ BLOCK-IN, SEMIAHMOO ARTS, VIDEO #4 OF 5 VIDS, (DAY ONE & TWO)

‘MANIKIN HEAD’ BLOCK-IN, SEMIAHMOO ARTS, VIDEO #5 OF 5 VIDS, (DAY ONE & TWO)

Relating to Day 2 Semiahmoo:

Art in the Country – Toward the Portrait – PROFILES – (Vid 4 of 7) {Mar 16 2016}

Art in the Country – Toward the Portrait – FEATURES pt 1 – (Vid 5 of 7) {Mar 16 2016}

Art in the Country – Toward the Portrait – FEATURES pt 2 – (Vid 6 of 7) {Mar 16 2016}

Relating to Day Three and Four Semiahmoo:

DAY 6 Shadbolt TAS Drawing Head & Face – MUSCLES & CARICATURE (5 of 5) {Nov 2015}

Shadbolt Tony’s Art School Drawing & Shading The Face (1 of 3) {Nov 2015}

Shadbolt TAS Drawing & Shading The Face (2 of 3) {Nov 2015}

Shadbolt TAS Drawing & Shading The Face (3 of 3) {Nov 2015}

‘MANIKIN HEAD’ BLOCK-IN, SEMIAHMOO ARTS, VIDEO #1 OF 5 (DAY ONE)

Please note: Some video tutorials are exclusive to students currently enrolled in courses at Emily Carr. If you are already logged in but you cannot access this content, if may be because you do not have the required membership level. Please contact Tony if you are interested in a course.

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