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A Painterly Approach to Portrait Drawing
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$275
USD
$275
USD
6 Wednesdays (Feb-March)
February 18th, 25th, March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
DATES
February 18th, 25th, March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
5:30-8:30PM
TIME
Chelsea Bard
INSTRUCTOR
All levels/ages
LEVELS/AGES
Over the course of six weeks students will explore a mixed media approach to creating a naturalistic portrait drawing. Working with a model from life students will hone their skills of accurate observation and conceptual knowledge to represent nature. Dividing time between block in and modeling stages, there will be an emphasis on building the architecture of the portrait and the fundamentals of representation - character of the model, anatomical & structural conventions, and form rendering.
Chelsea will guide students in using varied drawing materials to convey character, energy and bolster objective truths of the portrait. With the aid of master drawings students will investigate and discuss the historical use of materials to convey nature, concept and emotion.
Materials to be discussed and utilized will include charcoal, graphite, and pan pastel. While offering objective guidance Chelsea will encourage selective, intentional and
personal creative engagement with the materials.
Throughout this course students will see Chelsea’s approach demonstrated, participate in short lectures and receive one on one critiques.
Drawing Materials:
Pencils: 2H, H, HB (2B and 4B if Staedtler) graphite pencils in any brand will do. (Faber Castell, TomBow and Black Wing are my pencils of choice)
Small assortment of general's charcoal pencils – HB, B, 2B (any or all)
Black Pan Pastel
Range of a few Pan Pastel sponges
Charcoal
General's Charcoal Powder (Chelsea will provide this for students)
Kneaded Eraser
Mono Zero Mechanical Eraser Round, 2.3 mm (suggested but not necessary).
Paper Stumps, Assorted sizes (suggested but not necessary).
Brush(s) for massing in: Synthetic soft bristle in one or two sizes, (I use a size six round).
Paper options, any size between 9”x12” to 18”x24”. Any one choice of:
Strathmore Drawing Paper
Arches or Stonehenge Hotpress 140 lb. Watercolor Paper (will perform better)
Students may work on toned paper if they like, Chelsea will be using white paper
Other:
A Chamois, clean rag (natural or white) or Paper Towels
Pencil/Lead Holder: Cretacolor Wooden Holder, General's Pencil Extender
Sandpaper block for sharpening pencils and charcoal
Utility Knife or Razor Blade
Cooking Skewer or thin knitting needle for measuring. Thin Wooden or metal sticks.
Masking Tape
Drawing Board
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American visual artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Chelsea obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a classical foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vital ways. Her creative motivations and influences range in the symbolist, sensualist and tonalist movements. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea recently moved to New Salem, MA to be an artist-in-residence and instructor at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.
A Painterly Approach to Portrait Drawing
$275
USD
SOLD OUT
$275
USD
Over the course of six weeks students will explore a mixed media approach to creating a naturalistic portrait drawing. Working with a model from life students will hone their skills of accurate observation and conceptual knowledge to represent nature. Dividing time between block in and modeling stages, there will be an emphasis on building the architecture of the portrait and the fundamentals of representation - character of the model, anatomical & structural conventions, and form rendering.
Chelsea will guide students in using varied drawing materials to convey character, energy and bolster objective truths of the portrait. With the aid of master drawings students will investigate and discuss the historical use of materials to convey nature, concept and emotion.
Materials to be discussed and utilized will include charcoal, graphite, and pan pastel. While offering objective guidance Chelsea will encourage selective, intentional and
personal creative engagement with the materials.
Throughout this course students will see Chelsea’s approach demonstrated, participate in short lectures and receive one on one critiques.
Drawing Materials:
Pencils: 2H, H, HB (2B and 4B if Staedtler) graphite pencils in any brand will do. (Faber Castell, TomBow and Black Wing are my pencils of choice)
Small assortment of general's charcoal pencils – HB, B, 2B (any or all)
Black Pan Pastel
Range of a few Pan Pastel sponges
Charcoal
General's Charcoal Powder (Chelsea will provide this for students)
Kneaded Eraser
Mono Zero Mechanical Eraser Round, 2.3 mm (suggested but not necessary).
Paper Stumps, Assorted sizes (suggested but not necessary).
Brush(s) for massing in: Synthetic soft bristle in one or two sizes, (I use a size six round).
Paper options, any size between 9”x12” to 18”x24”. Any one choice of:
Strathmore Drawing Paper
Arches or Stonehenge Hotpress 140 lb. Watercolor Paper (will perform better)
Students may work on toned paper if they like, Chelsea will be using white paper
Other:
A Chamois, clean rag (natural or white) or Paper Towels
Pencil/Lead Holder: Cretacolor Wooden Holder, General's Pencil Extender
Sandpaper block for sharpening pencils and charcoal
Utility Knife or Razor Blade
Cooking Skewer or thin knitting needle for measuring. Thin Wooden or metal sticks.
Masking Tape
Drawing Board
Meet your Instructor
Chelsea Bard
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American visual artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Chelsea obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a classical foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vital ways. Her creative motivations and influences range in the symbolist, sensualist and tonalist movements. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea recently moved to New Salem, MA to be an artist-in-residence and instructor at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American visual artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Chelsea obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a classical foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vital ways. Her creative motivations and influences range in the symbolist, sensualist and tonalist movements. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea recently moved to New Salem, MA to be an artist-in-residence and instructor at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.